| NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: On Red Alert |
4 |
| Regnery, Alfred S. |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
6 |
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| THE CONTINUING CRISIS |
8 |
| Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr. |
| Republican Rout: Democrats take it on the chin-as do their barkers in the Old Media |
10 |
| Barone, Michael |
| Conservative Victories, Conservative Budgets. California again leads the way |
16 |
| Simon, Bill |
| We're All Criminals Now. The government is in the habit of treating the private sector as an illegal enterprise |
22 |
| Roane, Spencer |
| Mummy Wrap. The Spectator Interview: |
34 |
| Wolfe, Tom |
| Books for Christmas: Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers |
40 |
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| POLITICS: CantMoveOn.org |
52 |
| Fund, John H. |
| EMINENTOES: Stern in Space |
56 |
| Cosh, Colby |
| CAPITOL IDEAS: Nobel Farce |
58 |
| Bethell, Tom |
| HIGH SPIRITS: The Gift of Redemption |
60 |
| Aitken, Jonathan |
| IN MEMORIAM: Paul H. Nitze, 1907-2004 |
62 |
| Srodes, James |
| LETTER FROM PARIS: Bonjour Tristesse |
64 |
| Harriss, Joseph A. |
| BEN STEIN'S DIARY: Special Deliverance |
66 |
| Stein, Benjamin J. |
| Big Tom in Campus |
71 |
| Wolfe, Tom |
| A Christmas Surprise |
74 |
| Fischer, David Hackett |
| Decline and Fall |
75 |
| Longman, Phillip |
| When It Raines |
78 |
| Mnookin, Seth |
| PUBLIC NUISANCES: The Wages of Hatred/Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
82 |
| Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr. |
| CURRENT WISDOM |
84 |
| Jackasses, Assorted |
| LAST CALL: Pineapple Pursuits |
86 |
| Mitchell, Amy K. |
