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Vol. 041 Issue 008 (October 1 2008)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Come Cruise With Us
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Regnery, Alfred S.
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noTe fRoM THe PublIsHeR Come Cruise With Us by alfred s. Regnery A s the Democrats were sweeping up their litter at Denver’s Invesco Field, John McCain stole the bounce that the angry...
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS
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Tyrrell, R.Emmett Jr.
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THe conTInuInG cRIsIs
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
august witnessed the Democratic National Convention transform itself from the usual extended session of group therapy to a religious awakening....
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ON THE PROWL
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on THe PRowl Top seed Sen. Dick Durbin, currently deputy majority leader, has his eye on the top Senate job after the November elections. Quietly, the senior senator from Illinois has...
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SUFFER THE [POLITICAL] CHILDREN: Pray the Millinnials stay home thi November
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Macomber, Shawn
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Suffer the (Political) Children Pray the Millennials stay home this November. By Shawn Macomber A s thousanDs of teenage girls queued up in a gargantuan line snaking around the...
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BETWEEN A ROCK AND SINATRA: Catching on to the Chairman of the Board's greatness after a lifetime of rock and roll
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Beston, Paul
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Catching on to the Between a Chairman of the Board’s greatness after a lifetime Rock and of rock and roll. by Paul beston Sinatra 22 THe aMeRIcan sPecTaToR ocTobeR 2008...
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FREEDOM AND THE CITY: There would be no West without both
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ANDRESON, BRIAN C.
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There would be no West without both.
By Brian C. Anderson iviliZation as we know it is inseparable from urban life,” wrote Friedrich Hayek in his classic study The Constitution of Liberty,...
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THE CAMPAIGN SPECTATOR: Obama's New Deal
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Klein, Philip
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THe caMPaIGn sPecTaToR Obama’s New Deal In Denver, progressives gathered to discuss what they expect from him. by Philip klein O n a hot august Day in Denver, just a few hours...
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THE GREAT AMERICAN SALOON SERIES: The Inebriated Election of 1840
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Grinspan, Jon
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THe GReaT aMeRIcan saloon seRIes
The Inebriated Election
P icking a presiDent baseD on his qualifications as a drinking buddy seems like a quintessentially contemporary act, typical of...
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THE PURSUI OF KNOWLEDGE: Saving the City
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Scruton, Roger
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THe PuRsuIT of KnowledGe Saving the City by Roger scruton A ll conservatives agree on one thing, which is that, before destroying things, we should pause to consider their merits....
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CAPITOL IDEAS: Has Oil Peaked? Maybe Not
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Belthell, Torn
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caPITol Ideas Has Oil Peaked? Maybe Not by Tom bethell W hen i was in englanD this summer my brother asked me if I knew anything about “peak oil.” I wasn’t too sure, to be honest....
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PRESSWATCH: Edwards Lied, People_Were Born?
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Taranto, James
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PResswaTcH Edwards Lied, People… Were Born? by James Taranto H ere is the most telling exchange from John Edwards’s interview with ABC’s Bob Woodruff, in which the Democrats’ 2004...
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THE HELL-HOLE SPECTATOR: Holding the Line on Iran
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BERMAN, ILAN
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THe Hell-Hole sPecTaToR
Holding the Line
on Iran
by ilan berman T hese must be heaDy Days for iran’s ayatollahs. Just a year ago, American efforts to contain and isolate the Islamic...
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POLITICS: Change to Nowhere
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Fund, John H.
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PolITIcs Change to Nowhere by John H. Fund I n picking sarah palin, john mccain reinforceD his own anti-establishment credentials. “I found someone with an outstanding reputation for...
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HIGH SPIRITS: A Serious Encounter
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Aitken, Jonathan
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HIGH sPIRITs A Serious Encounter by Jonathan aitken T he new atheism, an intellectual cult ardently promoted by the likes of Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, is increasingly...
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BEN STEIN'S DIARY: Heroic Blackhawks
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Stein, BenjaminJ.
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ben sTeIn’s dIaRy Heroic Blackhawks by benjamin J. stein THuRsday W hat a Day. I set out from Sandpoint, Idaho, at about 10 in the morning on a medium warm August day. I was...
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CONSERVATIVE TASTES: Saying Something Stupid
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Bowman, James
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conseRvaTIve TasTes Saying Something Stupid by James bowman E very august, as regularly as the geese fly south for 18-year-olds, called A-levels. Nothing seems to be able to stop...
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JOSEPH A. HARRISS: Monument to the Age of Faith Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral
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Ball, Philip
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booKs In RevIew n the night of june 10, 1194, the people of Chartres awoke to see flames and smoke billowing from the town’s celebrated Notre Dame cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. By...
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SHAWN MACOMBER: The Man Whisperers Nudge: Improving Decisions Abount Health, Wealth, and Happiness
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Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler and Cass R.
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booKs In RevIew intention, signification—that tell you so clearly and so forcefully that these stones were put in place according to a philosophy of awesome proportions.” C hartres’s crowning...
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ALAN B. SOMERS: Taking Brundage Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World
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Maraniss, David
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slope”), fretting instead over how the little people (“somewhat mindless, passive decision makers”) will react to nudges, warning that “choice architects” must understand how to “encourage socially...
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SHELDON KELLY: An American From Cambodia Golden Bones: An Extraordinary Journey from Hell in Cambodia to a New Life in America
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Siv, Sichan
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booKs In RevIew KGB, and the Soviets, which reveals some of the fatuousness of the Olympics as an extension of the Cold War. Avery Brundage, president of the IOC in 1960, is savaged by...
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PUBLIC NUISANCES: A Surge of Confidence/ The Mainstream Moron Media
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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PublIC NuISANCES R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Have a career and a family. Domestic chores A Surge of Confidence were to be shared with one’s husband. Governor WASHINGTON Palin has a...
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CURRENT WISDOM
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cuRRenT wIsdoM Got your own? Submit your own Current Wisdom at currentwisdom @spectator.org or send it to us here: Attn: Department of Current Wisdom 1611 N. Kent Street Suite...
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LAST CALL: Disorientation
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Freire, J.Peter
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lasT call Disorientation by J. Peter Freire W hen i arriveD at columbia university, I wore jeans, a dress shirt, and a backpack. I did my best to look like a deer in headlights to...
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