| ABOUT THIS MONTH: The Summer of Our Discontents |
4 |
| Pleszczynski, Wladyslaw |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
6 |
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| THE CONTINUING CRISIS |
12 |
| Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr. |
| BROWNWATER SAILORS |
14 |
| Babbin, Jed |
| THE DA VINCI CODE DISTRACTION |
20 |
| Thornbury, Gregory Alan |
| THE SEARCH FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
26 |
| Bethell, Tom |
| A WEE DRAM OF SCOTLAND |
36 |
| May, Clifford D. |
| THE NATION'S PULSE: Where Are the Heroes of Iraq? |
46 |
| Yost, Mark |
| CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS: Don't Pass This Bar |
48 |
| Hillyer, Quin |
| POLITICS: Can We Talk? |
50 |
| Fund, John H. |
| THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE: The Music of America |
52 |
| Scruton, Roger |
| THE CAMPAIGN SPECTATOR: God's Other Party |
56 |
| Hynes, Patrick |
| THE DOWNLOAD SPECTATOR: Of iPods and Dirty Underwear |
60 |
| Rosen, James |
| BEN STEIN'S DIARY: On the Road Again |
62 |
| Stein, Benjamin J. |
| THE TALKIES: Blockbuster Banality |
66 |
| Bowman, James |
| Hitler's Pope? |
68 |
| Dalin, David G. |
| Sing-Song Conservatism |
73 |
| Dreher, Rod |
| Life's Recovery |
75 |
| Ponnuru, Ramesh |
| PUBLIC NUISANCES: Carter Wins Second Coogler/Tom Wolfe--Aha! |
78 |
| Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr. |
| CURRENT WISDOM |
80 |
| Jackasses, Assorted |
| LAST CALL: Fruitcake |
82 |
| Henry, Lawrence |
