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IssueVol. 039 Issue 006 (July 1 2006)
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Paid articleABOUT THIS MONTH: The Summer of Our Discontents
Pleszczynski, Wladyslaw
ABOUT THIS MONTH The Summer of Our Discontents BY WLADYSLAW PLESZCZYNSKI THERE'S ANYTHING THAT now characterizes the coverge of American politics, it's the permanent antiepublican kvetch....
Paid articleCORRESPONDENCE
CORRESPONDENCE Reasons for War Neal B. Freeman's "NR Goes to War" (TAS, June 2006) basically tells National Review "I told you so" that the invasion of Iraq was wrong. Mr. Freeman stakes his...
Paid articleTHE CONTINUING CRISIS
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
THE CONTINUING CRISIS May slipped into the rearview mirror of history a s Republican politicos grew increasingly alarmed that their "political base" will be in grumpy repose come the November...
Paid articleBROWNWATER SAILORS
Babbin, Jed
Training with the new Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. by Jed Babbin - ~ ERRORISTS HIDE, TRAIN, AND OPERATE wherever they think they're out of reach. In the caves of AfghanI istan we routed...
Paid articleTHE DA VINCI CODE DISTRACTION
Thornbury, Gregory Alan
l ~ AN BROWN'S THE DA VINCI CODE is no ordinary work of fiction--but it is fiction. Despite the fact that the hardcover edition of the novel has sold 50 million copies and that Sony Pictures'...
Paid articleTHE SEARCH FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Bethell, Tom
by Tom Bethell N A SEMI-OFFICIAL WAY, the search for artificial intelligence began 50 years ago. In the summer of 1956, a two-month conference at Dartmouth College set out to explore "the...
Paid articleA WEE DRAM OF SCOTLAND
May, Clifford D.
a COTLAND IS A SMALL COUNTRY," the artist Ian Gray said over drinks at a pub in Edinburgh recently. "Yet wherever I go around the world I find it is incredibly well known for its kilts, its...
Paid articleTHE NATION'S PULSE: Where Are the Heroes of Iraq?
Yost, Mark
THE NATION'S PULSE Where Are the Heroes of Iraq? E VER HEARD OF SGT. BENNY ALICEA? D o n ' t feel bad; most Americans couldn't tell you who he was or what he did. On November 13, 2004,...
Paid articleCONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS: Don't Pass This Bar
Hillyer, Quin
CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS Don't Pass This Bar The Department of Education smacks down the ABA. p RESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S Department of Education has sent a subtle but clear message,...
Paid articlePOLITICS: Can We Talk?
Fund, John H.
POLITICS Can We Talk? ~ FTER EVERY MID-TERM ELECTION, establishment Democrats tend to have what they call 'The Conversation." It's effectively about settling on the most liberal presidential...
Paid articleTHE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE: The Music of America
Scruton, Roger
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE Thee Musi c o fAmerica Ask the world-there's nothing like it. A ~ ] I CENTURY AGO COMPOSERS AND MUSICOLOGISTS set out to collect and preserve the folk music of Europe....
Paid articleTHE CAMPAIGN SPECTATOR: God's Other Party
Hynes, Patrick
THE CAMPAIGN SPECTATOR God's Other Party Do Democrats have a prayer of converting Christian voters? B Y THE TIME THE PUNDITS HAD PICKED CLEAN the carcass of the 2004 election, the idea that...
Paid articleTHE DOWNLOAD SPECTATOR: Of iPods and Dirty Underwear
Rosen, James
THE DOWNLOAD SPECTATOR Of iPods and Dirty Underwear B EHOLD MY BELOVED iPod-constant companion! Battery-charged bulwark against bridge-andtunnel boredom! Engraved on its silver gleaming...
Paid articleBEN STEIN'S DIARY: On the Road Again
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY On the Road Again by Benjamin J. Stein FRIDAY H ERE I AM IN BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. Wifey and I flew in to Miami last night. It was hot. It was very hot. Humid, too. Too many...
Paid articleTHE TALKIES: Blockbuster Banality
Bowman, James
THE TALKIES Blockbuster Banality ~ U HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT, JIMMY," says big, lue, bushy"Beast" (Kelsey Grammer), also known as Dr. Hank McCoy, Secretary of Mutant Affairs in an American...
Paid articleHitler's Pope?
Dalin, David G.
BOOKS IN REVIEW Hitler's Pope? S A HISTORIAN OF THE HOLOCAUST, I frequently receive requests from Jewish educators, seeking support for grant applications for their Holocaust programs. Mmost...
Paid articleSing-Song Conservatism
Dreher, Rod
BOOKS IN REVIEW "neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision." The head of the Gestapo, Heinrich Mueller, commented that the encyclical was "directed exclusively against Germany."...
Paid articleLife's Recovery
Ponnuru, Ramesh
BOOKS IN REVIEW ing rhythm, like a ripe pear tree yielding to an insistent wind. Only a pithy classical sentence could break the spell, a polished maxim by someone who understood the rigorous...
Paid articlePUBLIC NUISANCES: Carter Wins Second Coogler/Tom Wolfe--Aha!
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
PUBLIC NUISANCES Carter Wins Second Coogler WASHINGTON ~ ACTS ARE FACTS, and such is the degree of politicization in the republic today that when a political organization announces a...
Paid articleCURRENT WISDOM
Jackasses, Assorted
CURRENT WISDOM The Guardian Proof that the inimitable charm of foraner Vice President Al-Gore travels well-like strychnine: A1 Gore has made his sharpest attack yet on the George Bush...
Paid articleLAST CALL: Fruitcake
Henry, Lawrence
LAST CALL ] Fruitcake P'-"T'S A "STANDING HEAD." That means a headline you can just let "stand," or stay set in type, because it gets used over and over again. "State Rep. Arrested for...
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