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Vol. 035 Issue 006 (November 1 2002)
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The Continuing Crisis
Tyrell, R. Emmett Jr.
"The Continuing Crisis" TWO THOUSAND TWO TWIRLED from late autumn into early winter, and the Republicans remained joyous, the Democrats glum, the press schizophrenic. The press had adopted funereal tones...
Correspondence
"Correspondence"
Democrat Suicide Watch
Fund, John H.
"Democrat Suicide Watch" BY JOHN H. FUND You knew the Democratic Party was turning left after its drubbing in the 2002 election when House Democrats overwhelmingly selected San Francisco's Nancy Pelosi as...
From Low to High
Wesbury, Brian S.
"From Low to High" BY BRIAN S. WESBURY Election Day 2002 was the height so far of George Bush's presidency, the bottom was in mid-July, during a speech in Birmingham, Alabama, when he addressed...
The Squirminator
Neumayr, George
"The Squirminator" one and the same. Micromanagement and economic engineering failed. Good old-fashioned, Texas-style entrepreneurial zeal has worked. THE AGENDA With this historical guide as a reference, the agenda...
"Someone Will Die"
Methvin, Eugene H.
""Someone Will Die"" one and the same. Micromanagement and economic engineering failed. Good old-fashioned, Texas-style entrepreneurial zeal has worked. THE AGENDA With this historical guide as a reference, the agenda...
Medicine By Mandarins
Gottlieb, Scott
"Medicine By Mandarins" New drugs are too important to be tested in the closet BY SCOTT GOTTLIEB Fight years ago, when the biotechnology company Bio-4 gen had to make a change in a new drug that...
Why Government Can't Do Science
Bethell, Tom
"Why Government Can't Do Science" CAPITOL IDEAS By Tom Bethel/ Why Government Can't Do Science Two comments on the midterm elections—the good news and the bad. It does seem that something has changed. That's good. The bad news is...
Tony Award
Johnson, Paul
"Tony Award" BY PAUL JOHNSON J n all the turmoil that has followed the September 11 events, President Bush's closest and most reliable ally has been Tony Blair. This is not surprising. The special...
The East Is Green
Gilder, George
"The East Is Green" CAPITALIST REVERSAL The East Is Green BY GEORGE GILDER Management guru Peter Drucker's great insight is: "Don't solve problems." When you solve problems, you end up feeding your...
A Talk with Steve Moore
"A Talk with Steve Moore" RINO Hunter The Club for Growth had a great election day. RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) watch out. "Do you want a Republican Congress, but don't want to give your contributions to Republicans...
Learning from Israel: Even a superpower can't cure what ailsthe Middle East
Grossman, Edward
"Learning from Israel" Even a superpower can't cure what ails the Middle East BY EDWARD GROSSMAN, Edward Grossman has written for THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR, The New York Times, The Wall...
The Age of Genetic Technology Arrives
Kass, Leon R.
"The Age of Genetic Technology Arrives" Arrives BY LEON R. KASS As one contemplates the current and projected state of genetic knowledge and technology, one is astonished by how far we have come...
Man For All Seasons: Chuck Colson would run over his grand-mother to help prison inmates. Almost.
Aitken, Jonathan
"Man For All Seasons" Chuck Colson would run over his grandmother to help prison inmates. Almost. BY JONATHAN AITKEN archman State Penitentiary in the 100-degree heat of a...
Dark Sage: Reconsidering H. L. Mencken
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
"Dark Sage: Reconsidering H. L. Mencken" BY R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR. L. Mencken, along with his urbane colleague George Jean Nathan, has long been an influence on THE AMERICAN...
Book of Christmas: Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers
Article
Books for Christmas Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers ELLIOTT BANFIELD Lately I've been reading C. S. Lewis's primer on theology, Mere...
Ben Stein's Diary
Stein, Ben
BEN STEIN'S DIARY THURSDAY Beverly Hills Here it is, late August, early evening. Earlier today I asked Tommy if he wanted to go look at cars. He turned fifteen a few days ago and is eager to get...
The Talkies: Immune From Criticism
Bowman, James
"The Talkies: Immune From Criticism" a review earlier this year of Austin Powers: Goldmember, the third of Mike Myers's ventures into 1960s Bond-nostalgia, I inadvertently neglected to be critical. This caused some...
Two Sides of Bush Two: Bill Sammon'sFighting Back
Gurdon, Hugo
Books in Review - "Two Sides of Bush Two" Fighting Back: The War on Terrorism— From Inside the Bush White House BY BILL SAMMON Regnery Publishing/400 pages/$27.95 Reviewed by Hugo Gurdon When George W....
Where's the Beef?: Mattew Scully's Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals
Lott, Jeremy
"Where's the Beef?" 9/11 speeches, which are impressive, poised, and powerful. It is also a pleasure to savor the unscripted moments that confound critics' efforts to portray this president as a...
Ken Starr Writes a Book: First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life
Sentelle, David B.
Books in Review - "Ken Starr Writes a Book" (no, not about that) First Among Equals The Supreme Court in American Life BY KENNETH W. STARR Warner Books/320 pages/526.95 Reviewed by David B. Sentelle Ken...
Cult of Kurt: Kurt Cobain's Journals
Skinner, David
"Cult of Kurt: Kurt Cobain's Journals" would have come out in a Court with Bork on it. Of much broader significance still, Starr presents analyses of the votes and influence of the sitting justices. For a lawyer who makes much of his...
The Great American Saloon Series: The Bourbon Beat
Babbin, Jed
"The Great American Saloon Series: The Bourbon Beat" Jed Babbin on the Bourbon Beat The Blessing of Elijah Craig Scotch drinkers approach bourbon with caution. Not with disdain, but unease. You can no more measure...
Public Nuisances
Tyrell, R. Emmett Jr.
"Public Nuisances" IN A CHAMPAGNE MOOD —WASHINGTON— right, so my sanguine commentary on Campaign 2002 has been proved wrong. "My hunch," I mistakenly wrote two weeks before Election Day, "is that enough seats...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
"Current Wisdom" THE NATION In her aptly titled column "Diary of a Mad Law Professor," Patricia J. Williams elucidates the cause of her bloodshot eyes: As the fear that has gripped our nation...
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