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  ARCHIVE ISSUE | "Ashcroft 2000?" October 11, 1997, Vol. 12, No. 21

Sackcloth & Ashcroft

COVER STORY | By Bob Jones

t's only 1997 and already Sen. John Ashcroft is making his move to become the candidate of the Christian right. A member of a Republican Congress that is otherwise putting the rank-and-file GOP to sleep, he's managed to identify with the only excitement on Capitol Hill: battling to shut down the National Endowment for the Arts; switching his position and backing Jesse Helms in his ideological fight with liberal GOPer William Weld; stopping abortion-providing HMOs in the Medicaid system; and standing out as one of the lone Senate voices against the president's national education testing plan. Is he starting too early? In a party where activists are still shivering from the Bob Dole nightmare, Sen. Ashcroft is hoping to become the presidential candidate of their dreams.   More >>

ArrowFeatures Missionary Briefs Mindy Belz
International | A list of missionary websites More >>
The need for speed Mindy Belz
International | Homespun computer network keeps missionaries in touch More >>
The wrong message Cal Thomas
National | But here's common sense on sex from an unlikely source More >>
Throwing the book at 'em Jay Grelen
National | As local prosecutors refuse to tackle "mainstream" kiddie porn, citizens across the country protest the retail peddlers More >>
ArrowDispatches Publick Occurrences: The Week Quotables
ArrowReviews Books: Eternal culture wars George Grant
Books | Even after 1,500 years, Augustine is still quite up-to-date More >>
Books: Hasta la vista, baby Chris Stamper
Books | A new so-called self-help book promotes family crack-ups More >>
Film: Royal nonsense Chris Stamper
Movies | But this enjoyable romance doesn't have to make sense More >>
Music: No more confusion Arsenio Orteza
Music | Rockers show spiritual healing and backsliding from liberalism More >>
ArrowVoices A good offense is still best Joel Belz
From the United Kingdom comes evidence that defense isn't enough More >>
My little extra Barbara Curtis
Lessons in love from an unexpected teacher More >>
Mailbag Guest Columnist Exercise due diligence Marvin Olasky
Questions to ask before selecting a Christian college More >>
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