Vol. 40 • July 2007 • No. 6

ABOUT THIS MONTH:Among the Cynics 6
Pleszczynski, Wladyslaw
CORRESPONDENCE 8
THE CONTINUING CRISIS 10
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
ON THE PROWL 12
HOPE FLOATS ON THE BAYOU 16
Hillyer, Quin
DON'T GO HIKING WITH CAPTAIN PAIN 20
Croke, Bill
OBAMA RISING 24
Klein, Philip
ARMIES FOR DEMOCRACY-PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 32
HANSON, VICTOR DAVIS
ECONOMICS:The Long Global Boom 42
Wesbury, Brian S.
CAPITOL IDEAS:Darwinism at AEI 44
Bethell, Tom
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE:Art, Beauty, and Judgment 48
Scruton, Roger
THE SENATORIAL SPECTATOR:Pork Buster in Chief 51
Moore, Stephen
PRESSWATCH:Ignorance of the Law 54
Taranto, James
FROM THE GUT:Mother's Day at Pier 1 56
GUT, FROM THE
POLITICS:Springtime in Paris 58
Fund, John H.
HIGH SPIRITS:Blair's Faith and Future 60
Aitken, Jonathan
BEN STEIN'S DIARY:I Get Around 62
Stein, Benjamin J.
CONSERVATIVE TASTES:Making It Official 66
Bowman, James
PETER J. WALLISON:Reagan Co-opted 68
Diggins, John Patrick
LAURIE MYLROIE:Present at the Destruction 75
Allawi, Ali A.
R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR.:Will We Always Have Paris? 78
Iklé, Fred Charles
PAUL JOHNSON:Indispensable Encounters 80
Kramer, Roger Kimball and Hilton
PUBLIC NUISANCES:Carter's Coogler Hat Trick/Do Nothing Democrats 82
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
CURRENT WISDOM 84
Jackasses, Assorted
LAST CALL:Special Orders 86
Macomber, Shawn

 
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