February 16, 1998

This issue featured David Frum's major cover story examining a generation on trial, tracing the trajectory from the 1960s counterculture to the 1990s political landscape, with Peter Collier providing additional perspective. The magazine covered pressing contemporary issues including Linda Tripp's controversial role in the Clinton scandals, Republican political strategy, and economic concerns about Asia's financial stability, while also reviewing cultural matters from poetry to cinema and the enduring Clinton controversies.