Vol. 1, No. 46
August 12, 1996
Cover Story
Perot's Crowning Catastrophe
Le Reform Party, C'est Moi
By Tucker Carlson
Also in This Issue
- The Kennedy Afterlife — Noemie Emery
- Here Come the Pitchforks? — Christopher Caldwell
- Falling Down on the Job — Eric Cohen
This issue focused on Ross Perot's troubled Reform Party campaign and other developments in the 1996 presidential race. Tucker Carlson examined Perot's political ambitions and missteps, while Christopher Caldwell analyzed Pat Buchanan's continued political plotting. The magazine also covered Republican platform disputes ahead of the San Diego convention, women voters' concerns about Bob Dole, and criticized job-training programs as expensive failures, alongside book reviews examining JFK's enduring cultural legacy and Paul Berman's treatment of the 1960s.