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

Ashcroft 2000?

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 >>

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A list of missionary websites
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Homespun computer network keeps missionaries in touch
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Throwing the book at 'em | by Jay Grelen
As local prosecutors refuse to tackle "mainstream" kiddie porn, citizens across the country protest the retail peddlers
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Even after 1,500 years, Augustine is still quite up-to-date
Books: Hasta la vista, baby | by Chris Stamper
A new so-called self-help book promotes family crack-ups
Film: Royal nonsense | by Chris Stamper
But this enjoyable romance doesn't have to make sense
Music: No more confusion | by Arsenio Orteza
Rockers show spiritual healing and backsliding from liberalism
ArrowDepartments The Buzz (Publick Occurrences) Quotables Mailbag ArrowThoughts A good offense is still best | by Joel Belz
From the United Kingdom comes evidence that defense isn't enough
My little extra | by Barbara Curtis
Lessons in love from an unexpected teacher
Exercise due diligence | by Marvin Olasky
Questions to ask before selecting a Christian college
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