January 18, 1999

This issue covered President Clinton's impeachment trial with analysis from Peter Barnes, Tucker Carlson, and David Rees, along with editorial commentary from the magazine's editors. The cover also featured a package on contemporary women's issues, including reviews of two prominent books on female identity and social expectations: Danielle Crittenden's What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us reviewed by F. Carolyn Graglia, and Wendy Shalit's A Return to Modesty reviewed by Melinda Ledden Sidak. The issue explored questions about women's roles and desires in American society during a period of significant cultural debate.