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 Vol. 047 Issue 002 (March 1 2014)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Scandal
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Pleszczynski, Wlady
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About This Month by WLADY PLESZCZYNSKI Scandal THERE ARE NONE SO blind as those who see things his way. Here's a classic formulation, as presented by the New Yorkers David Rem-nick toward the...
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The Continuing Crisis
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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The Continuing Crisis by R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR. January departs stage left, but not before the hearties of scenic El Puig, Spain, on January 26 held their annual Dead Rat Throw, heaving the...
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Odds & Ends
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Odds & Ends ID: Intelligent Debate John Derbyshire's article "Occasionalism Is Not Science" (TAS, January-February 2014) attacking Intelligent Design (ID) was full of religious emotion but did not...
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The Bootblack Stand
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Plunkitt, George Washington
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The Bootblack Stand Dr. George Washington Plunkitt, our prize-winning political analyst, has recently retired from a staff position with the House Ethics Committee and is working on volume twelve...
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Running Toward Reform
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Peterson, Kyle
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In The Colosseum by KYLE PETERSON Running Toward Reform Scott Walker on eliminating Wisconsin's income tax (maybe), his Christian faith, and how conservatives can win the fairness fight. As...
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Is Rand Paul the future of the GOP?
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Weinstein, Reid Smith and Jamie
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Ten Paces Conservatism is not, and has never been, a monolith—no matter how much its opponents pretend otherwise. At times in its history, building unity has been the paramount concern. But this is...
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Obama's Shop of Horrors
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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Obama's Shop of Horrors by R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR. OH LUCKY, LUCKY YOU! You thought when you subscribed to The American Spectator or picked it up defiantly on the newsstand that you were getting...
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Stoll, Ira
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???af_dialog.LABEL_OK??? How I tried—and failed—to sign up for health care through my state's buggy exchange website. by IRA STOLL President obama's signature legislative initiative, the Patient...
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The IRS Outrage
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McCain, Robert Stacy
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The IRS Outrage Congress continues to investigate, the administration conducts a sham inquiry—and journalists look the other way. by ROBERT STACY McCAIN WHAT DID Tom Perez know and when did he...
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Whitewashing Benghazi
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Babbin, Jed
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Whitewashing Benghazi Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. by JED BABBIN with R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR. WERE HE alive today, Richard Nixon would have to doff his hat to Barack Obama. Compared...
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Israel's Bulldozer
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Tobin, Jonathan
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Israel's Bulldozer Ariel Sharon's greatness and failings were both rooted in a reckless spirit. by JONATHAN S. TOBIN WHEN HE DIED at 85 on January 11, Ariel Sharon had already passed from the...
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Flying Camels, Butterflies, and Twizzles
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Tushnet, Eve
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Flying Camels, Butterflies, and TWizzles A report from the men's U.S. National Figure Skating Championships. by EVE TUSHNET IN early January, I attend my very first professional sports...
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Cheers to the Bull & Finch
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Flynn, Daniel J.
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The Great American Saloon Series by DANIEL J. FLYNN Cheers to the Bull & Finch Some bars should never become famous. It's fitting, in a fit-in-with-the-crowd kind of way, that my first visit in...
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Ghost of the Nauvoo
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Lipsky, Seth
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Constitutional Opinions by SETH LIPSKY Ghost of the Nauvoo WHAT MIGHT BE the chances that the fracas over gay marriage in Utah could result in war? Utah enacted its ban on same-sex marriage in...
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Duck Soup
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Taranto, James
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Presswatch By JAMES TARANTO Duck Soup Phil Robertson makes duck calls, but nobody can accuse him ofus-ing dog whistles. "He's got lots of thoughts on modern immorality, and there's no stopping...
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Six Giants
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Norquist, Grover G.
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Politics by GROVER G. NORQUIST Six Giants There is no room for pygmies in 2016. The republican primary campaign for the presidential nomination in 2016 will be very different from the campaigns...
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Audible and Admirable From Adelphi to Arlington
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Hillyer, Quin
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In Memoriam by QUIN HILLYER Audible and Admirable From Adelphi to Arlington AN AMERICAN HERO-a real hero, by old standards, before the word "hero" became overused—was buried at Arlington National...
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No More Joy Girls in Paris?
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Harriss, Joseph A.
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Letter From Paris by JOSEPH A. HARRISS No More Joy Girls In Paris? Socialism will make you virtuous—or else. France's reputation for a relaxed attitude toward sex has long fed the world's public...
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Southern Sanity
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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Ben Steins Diary by BENJAMIN J. STEIN Southern Sanity Sunday OUR LAST MORNING of a one-week stay in Greenville, South Carolina. Tommy is not feeling well, so Alex, our beautiful daughter in law...
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The Naked and the Dead
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Bowman, James
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Conservative Tastes by JAMES BOWMAN The Naked and the Dead What was that stereo typ e again? Something about women being fickle and unable to make up their minds? Oh, and being illogical. You...
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Overburked
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Rittelmeyer, Helen
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Books In Review Underburked Most American conservatives acknowledge the importance of the 18th-century Irish statesman. But which Burke do they have in mind? The Great Debate: Edmund Burke,...
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A Big Man in a Big League
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Reid, Paul
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A Big Man in a Big League The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams By Ben Bradlee Jr. (Little Brown, 855 pages, $35) Reviewed by Paul Reid The kid, at 855 pages and weighing in at 2.7 pounds,...
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Our Prophet of Peace
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BLACK, CONRAD
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Our Prophet of Peace Wilson By A. Scott Berg (Putnam, 832 pages, $40) Reviewed by Conrad Black This is an interesting book about a very interesting subject, on whom the needle of agreed judgment...
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Bring It All Back Home
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Bakshian, Aram Jr.
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Bringing It All Back Home The Founders at Home: The Building ofAmerica, 1735-1817 By Myron Magnet (Norton, 472 pages, $35) Reviewed by Aram Bakshian, Jr. Myron magnet, editor-at-large of City...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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Current Wisdom Slate A troubled young thing communicates with the famed Internet advice columnist "Dear Prudence," anterior to entering the blissful world of divorce court for years to come. I...
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Letter Man
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Mann, Windsor
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Last Call by WINDSOR MANN Letter Man In the bottom drawer of my bedside table, you will find, if you care to look, dozens of intricately folded pieces of paper, almost all of them from the early...
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