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Vol. 041 Issue 003 (April 1 2008)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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NOTE FROM THE PUGLISHER : Civility and Freedom
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Regnery, Alfred S.
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noTe fRoM THe PublIsHeR Civility and Freedom by Alfred s. regnery A s we mourn the passing of Bill Buckley, it is interesting to note the contrast between the uni-versal praise now being...
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS
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Tyrell, R. Emmet Jr.
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THe conTInuInG cRIsIs R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. one of the calendar’s rare 29-day Februaries passed into the history books, and with it went one of this column’s most illustrious fans, Mr....
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THE GOP'S EVANGELICAL DILEMMA
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Novak, Robert D.
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I n lecturing around the country over the past decade, I have been asked this question—usually by a well-dressed gentleman in his middle years— on innumerable occasions: “What are we going to do...
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THE ULTIMATE JACKIE MASON
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Macomber, Shawn
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America’s most beloved comedian is alive and well on Broadway. By shawn Macomber 16 THe AMeRIcAn sPecTAToR APRIl 2008 C “omedy, in general, is a great escape for anyone who wants to...
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IS IT REALLY OVER?
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Tucker, William
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like tobacco litigation exhausts itself something comes along to take its place.” Yet as events have unfolded over the past year, it is becoming apparent that the tide may have turned....
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THE FATE OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY IN THE POST-COMMUNIST EUROPE
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Applebaum, Anne
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By Anne Applebaum A mong many other things, the year 1945 marked one of the most extraordinary population movements in Polish history. Hundreds of thousands of people were returning home...
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LETTER FROM BEIJING : Trying to Catch Its Breath
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Aikman, David
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leTTeR fRoM beIJInG Trying to Catch Its Breath China struggles to keep up with Olympian expectations. by David Aikman F rom the 20th-floor window of a new apartment block in the...
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THE NATION'S PULSE : The Party of Race
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Lord, Jeffry
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THe nATIon’s Pulse The Party of Race by Jeffrey lord B ill clinton was furious. Campaigning in the South Carolina Demo-cratic primary for his wife’s presidential cam-paign, the former...
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CAPITOL IDEAS : Strange New Disrespect
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Bethell, Tom
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cAPITol IDeAs Strange New Disrespect by Tom Bethell S ometimes i think that my sole contribution to political discourse will be the phrase Strange New Respect. I first used it—in 1981,...
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THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE : Freedom in the East
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Scruton, Roger
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THe PuRsuIT of knoWleDGe Freedom in the East by roger scruton D uring the 1980s it was increasingly easy to travel to Eastern Europe, to make contact with the dissident underclass,...
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LETTER FROM PARIS : The Culture Ploy
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Harris, Joseph A.
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l e TT e R f R o M P ARI s The Culture Ploy by Joseph A. Harriss T hough i have never had the gall to try it, France is the only country I know where a writer could...
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POLITICS : Tinsel Strike
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Fund, John H.
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PolITIcs Tinsel Strike by John H. Fund T he hollywood strike that consumed the entertainment industry for three months as writers and producers battled it out is over. Ostensibly,...
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PUBLIC POLICY : No, the Stem Cell Debate Is Not Over
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Fumento, Michael
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No, the Stem Cell Debate Is Not Over by Michael Fumento he embryonic stem cell debate is over.” So stated Charles Krauthammer in his column and perhaps it is the beginning of the end. The...
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PRESSWATCH : We Stand Behind Our Stereotype
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Taranto, James
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PRessWATcH We Stand Behind Our Stereotype by James Taranto T here is a school of thought in Journalism where it is bad form to mention the race or ethnicity of a criminal suspect or...
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BEN STEIN'S DIARY : Outraged Sadness
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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ben sTeIn’s DIARY Outraged Sadness by Benjamin J. stein TuesDAY T his is probably the saddest column I have ever written for the Spectator. It takes some explaining, but I can...
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CONSEVATIVE TASTES : Remember to Laugh
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Bowman, James
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conseRvATIve TAsTes Remember to Laugh by James Bowman L ast month in this space, we had occasion to notice that heroism is now treated as a matter for com-edy (see “No Room for the...
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W. JAMES ANTLE III : All Taxpayers Left Alone
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Norquist, Grover G.
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books In RevIeW All Taxpayers Left Alone I n the course of a long New Yorker profile of John McCain, Ryan Lizza stopped to survey the latest literature on how Republicans can escape...
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SHAWN MACOMBER : Utopia Road
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Kripal, Jeffrey J.
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W hile the policy proposals in Leave Us Alone are uniformly sound, Norquist’s analysis might occasionally be overly optimistic.Forexample,hedevotesanentirechapter to the growth of the conservative...
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MARK TOOLEY : Quite a Love Letter
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Young, Robin
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books In RevIeW I n the end, it is not even Kripal’s selective synchronicities that necessarily bar our conversion to the Esalenian way. The narrative is overblown. Kripal is a gifted and...
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TAKI THEODORACOPULOS : The Great Paul Johnson
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Johnson, Paul
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books In RevIeW The Great Paul Johnson “N ancy mitford told me that the only way she had been able to obtain a satisfactory orgasm while masturbating was by thinking about Lady Jane...
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PUBLIC NUISANCES
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PublIc nuIsAnces R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. William f. buckley, RIP It was in those years that Buckley was every-where assisting in the founding of conservatism’s student wing, the...
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CURRENT WISDOM
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cuRRenT WIsDoM The Great books series Someone by the name of Greg Anrig concludes yet another book-length obituary to America’s long and apparently boring expanse of eco-nomic growth, relative...
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LAST CALL : The Eccentric Dancer
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Klein, Phillip
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lAsT cAll The Eccentric Dancer by philip klein M ike always wore his white hat, but his hat wasn’t always white. It started out khaki col-ored, but as it deteriorated over time,...
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