From the Editor

Impersonations

■ Mr. Clinton is our principal subject in this special Convention issue. We concede him some virtues, but the underlying theme, brilliantly captured by Roman Genn’s cover, is that the President is a sincere fraud, a gifted amateur actor metamorphosing into whatever political identity is suitable to that day’s audience, believing the lines as he speaks them, however much they contradict the lines he delivered yesterday.