12/8/2008: Vol. 014, # 12

12/1/2008: Vol. 014, # 11

11/24/2008: Vol. 014, # 10

11/17/2008: Vol. 014, # 09

 Issue Date: 12/8/2008 -  Volume 014, Number 12

Editorial

Before He Goes
What President Bush could accomplish in his final days in office.
by William Kristol

Scrapbook

Sally Quinn, Media Bias, etc.
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

Obama's Good Students
A dissent on the 'valedictocracy'.
by Joseph Epstein

To the Shores of Tripoli . . .
The place to stop pirates is on the beaches.
by Seth Cropsey

The Obama Jolt
Is Barack a secret centrist?
by Fred Barnes

Wrinklies at Work
Why do we think early retirement is sacrosanct?
by Irwin M. Stelzer

The Marriage Juggernaut
Why Arizona flipped on gay nuptials.
by Kevin Vance

Remember the Holodomor
The Soviet starvation of Ukraine, 75 years later
by Cathy Young

Features

Columbia University, Slumlord
A case study in abusing eminent domain law.
by Jonathan V. Last

Books & Arts

Friendly Persuasion
The Lincoln-Douglass debates.
by Claudia Anderson

America's Teams
Football is serious business.
by Max Boot

Does She, or . . . ?
Once, only their hairdressers knew for sure.
by Pia Catton

Over There
A historian hears the echoes of the Great War.
by Andrew Nagorski

Pigs Without Blankets
'Yes, you can do a whole hog at home'
by Terry Eastland

Tania Unleashed
Billy Ayers was once a 'phony revolutionary'.
by Peter Collier

It's Killing Time
Only 'sensitive and important' murders, please.
by James Grant

Biomorality
The uses and abuses of science in political life.
by Steven Lenzner

Vulture Culture
What happens when an ancient heiress falls ill.
by Judy Bachrach

Tin Lizzie Tales
The car that made our automotive culture.
by Richard Striner

Taken on Faith
No diplomatic recognition for religion.
by Joseph Loconte

Tunnel Revision
Anti-anti-Communism is alive and well.
by Stephen Schwartz

Just One More
Not for the faint of heart, but who cares?
by Charlotte Hays

Casual

Fried Bread Lines
Christopher Caldwell, wise man.
by Christopher Caldwell

Parody

Tax tips from Charlie
A parody.

 Issue Date: 12/1/2008 -  Volume 014, Number 11

Editorial

The Sector Formerly Known as Private
How Obama intends to use corporations to effect social change.
by Matthew Continetti

Scrapbook

Nicotine in the White House
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

Bail Me Out, Mr. Paulson
Print journalists aren't feeling the love, these days.
by P.J. O'Rourke

A Time for Thanksgiving
Obama's debt of gratitude to George W. Bush.
by Jules Crittenden

Twin Cities Throwdown
The Coleman-Franken recount may end up like a replay of Florida 2000.
by John McCormack

The Mosque and the Imam
Washington's Islamic Center is riven by scandal and lawsuits.
by Stephen Schwartz

Features

Building a Better Bailout
It's time to reward virtue.
by Lawrence B. Lindsey

Our Hapless Automakers
The choice before Congress is bankruptcy now or bankruptcy later.
by Irwin M. Stelzer

Clear and Present Danger
The Obama administration is about to discover that the terrorists detained at Guantánamo are there for good reason.
by Thomas Joscelyn

Books & Arts

Happy Birthday, Milton
The poet-prophet turns 500.
by Laurance Wieder

Seeing Red
Happy, productive peasants can't be wrong: Socialist Realism lives!
by Katherine Eastland

He Saw the Future
From poet to propagandist in Bolshevik Russia.
by Michael McDonald

God's Politics
Is religion a menace, or an asset, to the American experiment?
by Joseph Knippenberg

Man on the Brink
Nine decades since 'The Education,' a look back at Henry Adams.
by Patrick J. Walsh

Small Is Beautiful
You lose some effects, but keep the story, in portable moviegoing.
by John Podhoretz

Casual

Days of Wine and Oysters
Victorino Matus, oenophile.
by Victorino Matus

Parody

Scrooge McDuck writes to the Treasury
A parody.

 Issue Date: 11/24/2008 -  Volume 014, Number 10

Cover

China's Gruesome Organ Harvest
The whole world isn't watching. Why not?
by Ethan Gutmann

Editorial

Beyond Doom & Gloom
On the governors, Sarah Palin, and challenges ahead.
by William Kristol

Scrapbook

Archbishop Tutu annoys
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

A Little Something for the GOP?
If only Obama keeps his promises.
by Fred Barnes

Tennis Shoes and Stolen Toilets
Russia's military 'renaissance.'
by Reuben F. Johnson

Biden: the Book
A glimpse into the future.
by Matthew Continetti

Slouching Toward Washington
The lurid foolishness of the Transition.
by Philip Terzian

Saakashvili Takes Paris
A president and an intello walk into a Left-Bank bar...
by Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Worldwide Hate Speech Laws?
Muslims and Christians together.
by Nina Shea

Why We Call Them Human Rights
Ecuador just gave every virus, bacterium, insect, tree & weed constitutional rights.
by Wesley J. Smith

Hispanic Panic
Back to square uno para el GOP.
by Duncan Currie

Features

Rising Stars of the GOP
A surprisingly upbeat group at the governors' conference.
by Stephen F. Hayes

Books & Arts

Murder, They Wrote
The art of literary mayhem.
by Jon L. Breen

'Exiles' in Exile
E.H. Carr and the case of the disappearing masterpiece.
by Edwin M. Yoder Jr.

Art Under Siege
Underground culture against kultur in the air.
by Edward Short

Capital Idea
How the market economy is to everyone's advantage.
by Michael Taube

Is Ugly Beautiful?
Standing athwart Francis Bacon's reputation, yelling 'Stop!'
by Henrik Bering

The Chinese Wall
It separates reality from wishful thinking in the West.
by Ellen Bork

Bombay and Son
An Anglo-Indian film is Dickensian, in the best sense of the word.
by John Podhoretz

Casual

Prizeless
Joseph Epstein, prizeless.
by Joseph Epstein

Parody

Bush and Obama in the Oval Office

 Issue Date: 11/17/2008 -  Volume 014, Number 09

Editorial

President Obama
Now it's our turn to hope.
by William Kristol

Scrapbook

The Courtier Chronicles
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

The Unity Fantasy
The donkey and the elephant are not about to lie down together.
by Andrew Ferguson

Supposing Obama Were a Bipartisan
What then?
by Peter Berkowitz

Put on a Happy Face
The Republican challenge.
by Fred Barnes

The Emerging Majority
It's not Republican.
by Matthew Continetti

The Worst Case Scenario
The economic consequences of hope and change.
by Irwin M. Stelzer

A Guide to Elite Opinion
California's Prop. 8, Alaska's governor, and other abominations.
by Jeffrey Bell

What Happens in Vegas . . .
Is reported here: A McCain campaign postmortem.
by Stephen F. Hayes

Bloomberg's Bombast
New York's mayor buys himself a third term.
by Fred Siegel

Defining Jew-Hatred Down
The curious response to Ahmadinejad at the U.N.
by Matthias Küntzel

Features

Apathetics Anonymous
The joy of deciding not to decide who should be the next president of the United States.
by Matt Labash

We Blew It
A look back in remorse on the conservative opportunity that was squandered.
by P.J. O'Rourke

Books & Arts

Sir Vidia's Dance
Can life and art be separated?
by Joseph Bottum

Physical Man
Is science the alternative to philosophy and art?
by Ryan T. Anderson

Listener's Choice
One phonograph, eight records, and all the time in the world.
by John Simon

Natural Poet
Environmental lyrics are more appealing than political verse.
by Eli Lehrer

When It Sizzles
Its Fashion Week in the capital of fashion.
by Pia Catton

Grand Alliance
How Winston and the Welsh Wizard made history.
by David Aikman

The One and Only
Barack Obama won't need special effects to walk on water.
by John Podhoretz

Casual

Dean Barnett, 1967-2008

Parody

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