160: Character Assassination May 19, 2000 Act Two: Sonny Takes A Fall David Foster Wallace reports on a turning point in past Presidential primaries: The moment when John McCain failed to respond well to an attack by George Bush...which arguably ended up costing him the election.
167: Memo to the People of the Future Sept. 8, 2000 Act One: Dewey Decimal Beats Truman Sarah Vowell visits four Presidential libraries on a fact-finding tour for...President Clinton. Not that he asked her.