Players Conventional Wisdom Shutdown down arrow D.C. vacationers forced to visit alternate sites: Homelessland, Historic First Crack House. Freshmen down arrow Throw budget tantrum, hide behind Mommy Newt when voters call them babies. The rich up arrow Mutual funds up more than 20 percent and rising! Next year, lower taxes! Let’s party! Internet up arrow CompuServe caves to German censors over online smut. Junior says Guten Tag, AOL. Football up arrow Finally, a national championship bowl game. And no snowballs. Millenium down arrow When does it start? 2000 or 2001? This comes up every 1,000 years. We’re sick of it.
