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THIS ESSAY CONSIDERS THE CLINTON SEX SCANDAL AS THE LAST IN A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT ERODED PRIVACY AND ITS PROTECTION IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS AN "EPISODE IN THE DESTRUCTION OF PRIVACY THAT HAS BECOME THE TOTALITARIAN DEMOCRATIC PROJECT OF OUR TIME." IT EXPLORES THE ROLES THAT LAWYERS, FEMINISTS, THE MEDIA, AND THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL HAVE PLAYED IN THIS DESTRUCTION OF PRIVACY.

THIS ARTICLE OFFERS SOME NOTES AND QUESTIONS ABOUT A LINE OF POLITICAL APOLOGETICS THAT MAY LEAD TO THE EUTHANASIA OF LIBERAL SOCIETY. FIRST, LIBERAL THEORISTS ARE MODIFYING THEIR IDEAS OF THE PROPER DUTIES OF THE LIBERAL STATE. SECOND, THE LIBERAL CULTURALISM ITSELF IS A LIE; THROUGH SELF-EVASION AND THE BELIEF THAT CULTURE IS THE MAKER OF IDENTITY, CULTURE ITSELF IS BEING ROBBED. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT PERHAPS LIBERAL CULTURE IS NOT A CULTURE AFTER ALL.

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE LANGUAGE THAT THE CONSERVATIVE RIGHT AND REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS ARE USING TO ALLOW MANY INNOVATIONS TO PASS INTO PRACTICE UNCHALLENGED. EXAMPLES SUCH AS NEWT GINGRICH'S USE OF THE WORD "ORPHAN" TO INCLUDE EVEN THOSE CHILDREN WITH PARENTS IS PRESENTED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FAILING TO QUESTION SOME ASPECTS OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES' LEADERSHIP. THE ARTICLE ALSO DISCUSSES THE MEDIA'S ROLE IN THIS NEW PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF WORD USAGE, AND THE ARTICLE BLAMES THE MASS MEDIA FOR FAILING TO PROPERLY EDUCATE PUBLIC OPINION.

ACTION MEANS ACTION WITH RESPECT TO TEXTS. ON OCCASIONS WHEN ONE CAN SENSE OTHER INTERESTS AT WORK, THE EFFECT IS VERY CURIOUS. IN A POLEMICAL EXCHANGE, FOR INSTANCE, BETWEEN A MARXIST CRITIC AND A POSTSTRUCTURALIST, ONE MAY KNOW WHAT SORT OF EVENT IS BEING STAGED; BUT, AS ONE LISTENS TO THE PRESENTATIONS, AND COMPARES THE ELOQUENCE ON BOTH SIDES WITH ITS APPARENT SUBJECT, ONE SEES THAT CRITICISM IS NOT THE POINT AT ALL. THEY ARE REALLY ARGUING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE-A SOCIAL QUESTION OF SOME KIND-THOUGH NEITHER KNOWS IT YET. SKEPTICS LIKE TO REPLY THAT THE UNDERGROUND QUALITY OF SUCH ENCOUNTERS IS A SIGN OF A HOPELESS CULTURAL MOMENT.

THE AUTHORS DISCUSS THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN STRATEGIES IN THE 1988 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.