Who's Who.

• Author: THREADGILL, SUSAN
• Position: Brief Article

Erik Tarloff has written what The New York Times describes as "a novel [that] takes a look at sexual philandering by a chief executive from the point of view of the cuckold?' Tarloff had, as faithful readers of this column know, good reason to consider that point of view. In early 1993 we reported that Bill Clinton was taking a close look at more than the professional credentials of Tarloff's wife and Clinton's economic adviser, Laura D'Andrea Tyson. As things turned out, nothing came of the president's interest, except of course the idea for the novel.

As of mid-March, White House staffers were asking "where is Sidney [Blumenthal]? Very little has been seen of him since the impeachment trial ended in February.

Elizabeth Dole has been criticized for using her Red Cross job as a launching pad for her presidential bid. That prime-time Christmas Eve TV show featuring her cost the Red Cross $1.3 million to produce. And she hired as Red Cross employees, consultants, and board members such political influentials as Stewart McLaurin (who now runs Doles new office), and the wives of George Will and Dwayne Andreas. On the other hand, to Doles credit, Money magazine in 1996 named the Red Cross as the nation's best-run charity and David Kessler, the former head of the FDA who is now dean of the Yale Medical School, told The Washington Post, "I think she gets an `A.'"

The White House must have felt a twinge of apprehension at learning that Monica Lewinsky's media adviser was Richard Carlson. He happens to be the father of Tucker Carlson, the bright young conservative who regularly torments Bill Clinton on television talk shows and in his columns in The Weekly Standard.

It seems likely that Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw are not all sleeping soundly these days. One of them must be doing a lot of tossing and turning. Why? Larry Flynt told Salon that he "would start investigating the private sex lives of media personalities," noting that a prominent anchor "is like a rabbit--I mean, he's got a revolving door to his office. And many of them have been divorced four or five times. A lot of the divorce transcripts are available."

One sign Ken Starr's operation may be winding down is the departure of key members of his staff. Solomon Wisenberg, Robert Bittman, Brett Kavanaugh, and Jackie M. Bennett (a.k.a. "The Pit Bull and the Leaker") have abandoned ship. Also, Starr's spokesman, Charles G. Bakaly III, was fired. Veteran observers say these...