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 Vol. 041 Issue 010 (January 1 2009)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 NOTE FROM THE PUBLIsHER : Back to Basics
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Regnery, Alfred S.
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noTe from THe PublISHer Back to Basics by Alfred s. Regnery T he age of reagan, we are told, is over. Conservatives have had their day, have been rejected and replaced with liberalism...
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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. october gave way to novemberand the presidential polls were right! So was Mr. John Radima, the West Kenyan witchdoctor who on November 1...
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ON THE PROWL
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on THe Prowl The obama Project President-elect Barack Obama and his transition advisers are creating a permanent, nonprofit entity, which they intend to use not only to seed supporters into...
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sORTINg IT OUT
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Sorting It Out
What now for the Republican-Conservative conventicle? W. James Antle III you think the 2008 presidential contest I f was a long and painful process, just wait for the...
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OIL CITY IS WELL AGAIN
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Macomber, Shawn
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By Shawn Macomber world over. When it first came on line the well produced more oil than the world had hitherto seen in any one place: 20 barrels a day. “Before I enlisted, that crazy...
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THE DAY MY BROTHER WAs MURDERED
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Novak, Michael
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[recently, I found the following memoir in my files. It was written, I believe, within a year of the event described. at certain points, I have updated it with new information. —m.n.] O n...
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THE LIMITs OF LIBERTY
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Scruton, Roger
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As license now trumps responsibility, the Western world fritters away its most treasured possession. Roger Scruton T he american spectator’s essays on “the future of individual...
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BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS
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Jonathan aitken M y christmas reading choices fall into three categories: power, money, and contemplative spirituality. The best book on power that I have read for a long time is Masters...
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ECONOMICS : Irrational Pessimism
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WESBURY, BRIAN
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economIcS Irrational Pessimism by Brian Wesbury S ince 9/11, a pall of pessimism has covered the U.S. Polls show that between 60 and 85 percent of Americans have believed that the...
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LETTER FROM PARIS : Burger's Revenge
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Harriss, Joseph A.
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leTTer from ParIS
Burger’s Revenge
by Joseph A. Harriss I know—old paris hands keep going on, ad nauseam, about how much better things used to be. Paree was really Paree, with a jaunty...
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CAPITOL IDEAS : The Good War? Maybe Not
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Bethell, Tom
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caPITol IDeaS
The Good War?
Maybe Not
by Tom Bethell I have childhood memories of World War II: the drone of distant night bombers in formation (coming from America? heading to Germany?...
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PRESSWATCH : Fact-Check Follies
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Taranto, James
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PreSSwaTcH Fact-Check Follies by James Taranto I n lebanon,” John mccain declared in his second debate with Barack Obama, “I stood up to President Reagan, my hero, and said, if we...
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THE CURRENCY SPECTATOR : Weak Dollars, Weak Presidents
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Tamn, Stephen Moore and John
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THe currency SPecTaTor Weak Dollars, Weak Presidents by stephen Moore & John Tamny O ur friend steve forbes has said that if you’re ever stuck in the middle seat on an airplane...
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POLITICS : Elbow Rahm
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Fund, John H.
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PolITIcS arack obama has appointed Chicago congressman persona that Obama clearly doesn’t possess but fighter, has the kind of blunt-talking tough-guy chief of staff. Emanuel, a bruising...
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HIGH SPIRITS : When the Giving Gets Rough
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Aitken, Jonathan
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HIgH SPIrITS When the Giving Gets Rough by Jonathan Aitken D onor fatigue, not to say collapse, is fast becoming a major problem for many nonprofit organizations. Due to the...
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BEN STEIN'S DIARY : Amid the Collapse
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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ben STeIn’S DIary Amid the Collapse by Benjamin J. stein monDay H ere i am in atlanta. As usual, I am staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Buckhead, one of my favorite hotels. When I...
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CONSERVATIVE TASTES : Enemies of the Good
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Bowman, James
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conServaTIve TaSTeS
Enemies of the Good
by James Bowman F rank langella is a fine actor—for a movie star. But that he is primarily the latter rather than the former you can tell by the...
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ALGIS VALIUNAS
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bookS In revIew A World of Hurt he sighed with a humorous bitterness. The humor seemed momentary, but the bitterness was a constant state of mind.” So Cousin Eva, a Texas schoolmistress,...
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MAX sCHULZ
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Tucker, William
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bookS In revIew Nuclear Recovery O ne clear measure of nuclear power’s rising fortunes is that both presidential candidates this year came out in favor of harnessing the power of the atom...
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REV. MICHAEL ORSI
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Waldman, Steven
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and windmills and solar panels. Lovins’s influence is outsized; he is almost singularly responsible for California’s refusal to build any new power plants during the 1990s, even though demand kept...
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JEREMY LOTT
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Hamowy, Ronald
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bookS In revIew government monies run the very real and imminent risk that their mission and identity will be destroyed. The Establishment Clause has served religion in America well, from the...
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J. PETER FREIRE
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Kleinknecht, William
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bookS In revIew The Slaughterhouse What’s Good for the Gipper W e all get annoyed. People leave their cell phones on in movie theaters. Drivers tailgate and then slow down once they...
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PUBLIC NUISANCES : Morning in America / The Clown of Campaign'08
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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PublIc nuISanceS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. W morning in america WASHINGTON hat a wonderful morn! Campaign ’08 is a corpse. Step gently around it. Offer a gentle wave of the hand...
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CURRENT WISDOM
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Jackasses, Assorted
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currenT wISDom commonweal Government-dictated subprime mortgages overthrow long-standing lending regulations and nudge the world into recession, and what does...
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LAST CALL : The Usual Suspects
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Beston, Paul
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laST call The Usual Suspects by Paul Beston B y using stale metaphors, similes, and idioms,” George Orwell wrote in 1946, “you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning...
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