October 12, 1998

This issue focused on the 1998 midterm elections and the Clinton impeachment crisis, with multiple perspectives on the scandal roiling American politics. Contributors including David Frum, Thomas W. Kirby, and Matthew Rees examined the constitutional questions around perjury, the administration's legal vulnerabilities, and the political dilemma facing Democrats heading into the November elections. The magazine also featured cultural commentary, including Victor Davis Hanson on translating the classics and Mark Gauvreau Judge on the moral world of comic books.