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Vol. 040 Issue 009 (November 1 2007)
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NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Matters of Life and Death
Regnery, Alfred S.
OW OFTEN HAVE WE HEARD thattheWest,especially Western Europe, has a demographic problem? So few babies are being born, we're told, thattherewon'tbeenoughpeopletopayforthe pensions,...
CORRESPONDENCE
REID, JOHN DEN DULK, MELINDA BOWMAN, RICHARD L. HOFFMAN, RICHARD MARLIAVE, NANCY ANN HOLTZ, LINDA EL
Chin Up Tom Bethell ("The Great Blunder," TAS, October 2007) has fallen into thetrapsetbytheleftintheircampaign to make us lose the War on Jihadism: He has descended...
THE CONTINUING CRISIS
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
September came to a halt on the 30th of the month, which was not unusual, but in the month's final days there accumulated evidence that the months ahead may be stupendously unusual. It appears...
ON THE PROWL
Max Out Fundraising must be tightening up a bit for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Traditionally, fundraising events include two-tiered giving: one for $1,000, a second for...
IF ONLY THE PILGRIMS HAD BEEN ITALIAN
Craughwell, Thomas J.
1 8 T H E A M E R I C A N S P E C T A T O R N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 7 WOULD BE WILLING tobetseriousmoneythatrightnow in your kitchen you have olive oil, garlic, pasta, parmesan cheese, and dried...
INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT
Srodes, James
2 2 T H E A M E R I C A N S P E C T A T O R N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 7 INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT EGACY OF ASHES, Tim Weiner's expose of the CentralIntelligenceAgency,wasreviewedin this magazine's...
THE LONGEST MORNING
EMANUEL, JEFF
2 6 T H E A M E R I C A N S P E C T A T O R N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 7 THE LONGEST MORNING Heroism,valor,andsacrifice atoparoofinSamarra.THE LONGEST...
ECONOMICS: Chait's Crackpottery
Wesbury, Brian S.
ILTON FRIEDMAN BELIEVED that the real test of any economic theory was its predictive power. Who canarguewiththat?Let'ssayyouthinkmarinatingsteakinsoysaucemighttastegood.Soyoutry it. If you...
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE: Where Are the Kids?
Scruton, Roger
HE COMMENTATORS WHO WRITE aboutEuropeandits future are united in the view that the continent is facing a "demographic crisis," and that this crisis will unfold, with devastating effects on the...
CAPITOL IDEAS: A Slow-Motion Revolution
Bethell, Tom
VEN IN THE QUIETEST OF TIMES it's hard to figure wherethecountryisheaded,butinarevolutionit's impossible. And we are living through a revolution--a slow-motion one, or perhaps not so slow....
PRESSWATCH: Unstatesmanlike Conduct
Taranto, James
TWASMONDAY, AUGUST27,whentheCapitolHillnewspaperRollCallbrokethenewsthatIdaho'sSenatorLarry Craig had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in a June sex-solicitation sting at a...
FROM THE GUT: Peace Signs
Gutfeld, Greg
OW CAN ANYONE BE AGAINST PEACE?Evenasajoke?" That pearl of wisdom traveled over the Internet and landed in the comment section of my Dailygut.com website--a response to something I wrote about...
POLITICS: Loosening the Screws
Fund, John H.
HEN PRESIDENT BUSH listed North Korea and Iran as charter members of the Axis of Evil back in 2002, one might have hoped for some long-overduechangeinthebizarrepolicieshe inherited from...
LETTER FROM PARIS: To Tu Or Not To Tu
Harriss, Joseph A.
HE FRENCH REVEL IN THEIR COMPLICATIONS despite the frequent inconvenience of getting tangled in them. For one thing, it confirms their cherished impression that they are unique on earth, a...
THE CAMPAIGN SPECTATOR: Looking Out for Number Two
Hyman, Mark
HE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION is still one year away andtheDemocratandRepublicanpartieshaveyetto picktheirnominees.HowardDeanledtheDemocrat fieldoneyearbeforethe2004electionandsixmonths later...
HIGH SPIRITS: Let's Talk About Death
Aitken, Jonathan
N A RECENT SATURDAY MORNING in Washington, D.C., I was strolling along Pennsylvania Avenue in glorious autumnal sunshine when a...
BEN STEIN'S DIARY: Requiem
Stein, Benjamin J.
O BEGIN AT WHAT MAY BE theend,Iamlyinginbed. Mylungsareonfire.Iamsweatingevenwiththe air conditioning on. My head is spinning. I feel sharp shooting pains in my skin. I am sick,...
CONSERVATIVE TASTES: Losing Sight of History
Bowman, James
OT THAT ANYONE COULD BE SURPRISED atthefeminist production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington this fall,...
FLORENCE KING: A Tabloid Girl in a Tiara
Brown, Tina
HE "PEOPLE'S PRINCESS" may not have needed titles to make herself beloved, as her brother snarled in his funeral oration, but she enjoyed having them. One of the most revealing stories in this...
ROBERT D. NOVAK: Sitting Pretty
Greenspan, Alan
SittingPretty AMONG THE ILLUSTRATIONS selected by Alan GreenspanforTheAgeofTurbulenceisawire service photo of him applauding newly inaugurated President Bill Clinton as he presented...
MICHAEL BARONE: War Is Too Important to Be Left to the Lawyers
Goldsmith, Jack
B O O K SI NR E V I E W 7 4 T H E A M E R I C A N S P E C T A T O R N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 7 WarIsTooImportantto BeLefttotheLawyers MEMOIRS OF PRESIDENTIAL appointees who have left...
PHILIP KLEIN: His Way
Bolton, John
B O O K SI NR E V I E W N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 7 T H E A M E R I C A N S P E C T A T O R 7 5 and the President's desire to receive legal advice...
PUBLIC NUISANCES: Designer Slits/Death of a Champion
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
7 8 T H E A M E R I C A N S P E C T A T O R N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 7 Designer Slits WASHINGTON OR MONTHS NOW, stuffy old London has been all jittersaboutanewcrazeinwoman'sfashion,the niqab....
CURRENT WISDOM
Jackasses, Assorted
New Albany Tribune Ruthanne of progressive New Albany, Indiana, explains why every staffmemberofthishigh-toneintellectual review drives a Rolls Royce, and Publisher Regnery two...
LAST CALL: All That Conservative Jazz
Hillyer, Quin
8 2 T H E A M E R I C A N S P E C T A T O R N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 7 OMEBODY NEEDS TO THROW a jazz funeral for the conservativemovement. The uninitiated should understand that in New Orleans, a...
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