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Vol. 015 Issue 012 (December 7 2009)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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THE GATE CRASH OF 2009
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The Gate Crash of 2009 The city of Washington has been collectively aghast at the spectacle of Michaela and Tareq Salahi, the fun couple from Virginia wine country who seem to have talked...
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TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI
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LABASH, MATT
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To the Shores of Tripoli Surely there are worse PR gigs than fl acking for the Libyan government, but I can’t think of many. It’s not that there’s never good news emanating from the province...
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SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT
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Kristol, Frederick W. Kagan and William
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Support the President President Obama has ordered sufficient reinforcements to Afghanistan to execute a war strategy that can succeed. We applaud this decision. And we urge everyone to rally...
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"NO MINARETS, PLEASE"
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Caldwell, Christopher
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No Minarets, Please We’re Swiss. BY CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL E veline WidmerSchlumpf, the Swiss justice minister, took to the airwaves as soon as her fellow citizens voted by a...
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A WAR PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY
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CEASER, JAMES W.
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A War President and His Party Will Democrats be able to keep from criticizing Obama on Afghanistan? BY JAMES W. CEASER President Obama faces the unprecedented challenge of being a war...
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INFATUATED WITH THE NEW DEAL
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BARNES, FRED
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Infatuated with the New Deal The only ideas Obama wants to entertain on job creation are bad ones. BY FRED BARNES President Obama is a master of the “narrative.” That’s the fancy new word in...
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THE LONG AWAKENING
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SMITH, WESLEY J.
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The Long Awakening A Belgian case revives the Schiavo decision. BY WESLEY J. SMITH The case of Terri Schiavo— who died fi ve years ago next March, deprived for nearly two weeks of food and...
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SCIENTISTS BEHAVING BADLY
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HAYWARD, STEVEN F.
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Scientists Behaving Badly A corrupt cabal of global warming alarmists are exposed by a massive document leak BY STEVEN F. HAYWARD Slowly and mostly unnoticed by the major news media, the air...
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THE COLOMBIAN MIRACLE
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BOOT, MAX; BENNET, RICHARD
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The Colombian Miracle How Alvaro Uribe with smart U.S. support turned the tide against drug lords and Marxist guerrillas BY MAX BOOT & RICHARD BENNET Bogot? ‘Colombia has been the most...
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CASES CLOSED
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TEACHOUT, TERRY
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Cases Closed Revisiting the mysterious legacy of the late, great Donald Westlake BY TERRY TEACHOUT When Donald E. Westlake died unexpectedly last New Year’s Eve, thousands of people...
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PROFESSOR IN POLITICS
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HAMBY, ALONZO L.
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Professor in Politics Grading the successes and failures of Woodrow Wilson. BY ALONZO L. HAMBY Some readers of THE WEEKLY STANDARD may have seen Darryl F. Zanuck’s 1944 fi lm, Wilson. A...
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SOLDIERS OF MERCY
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TOOLEY, MARK
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Soldiers of Mercy The Salvation Army and the religion of compassion. BY MARK TOOLEY Many Americans know nothing of the Salvation Army beyond its Christmas red kettles and bell-ringers in...
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LIBERALS FOREVER
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TERZIAN, PHILIP
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Liberals Forever? Norman Podhoretz ponders the politics of American Jews. BY PHILIP TERZIAN Milton Himmelfarb’s epigram that “Jews earn like Episcopalians and vote like Puerto Ricans” has...
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LIQUID ASSETS
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GROOM, WINSTON
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Liquid Assets Big oil, big money, and Texas-sized tales. BY WINSTON GROOM Growing tired of the rich these days? Bored with greedy Wall Streeters’ multimilliondollar bonuses and mansions...
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CHRISTMAS CONQUEST
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Achorn, Edward
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Christmas Conquest When Sherman’s march through Georgia ended at the sea. BY EDWARD ACHORN In Saint Luke’s rendition of the Christmas story, “a multitude of the heavenly host” appears...
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IT TAKES A VISAGE
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Short, Edward
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It Takes a Visage The rebirth of learning in the art of portraiture. BY EDWARD SHORT Towards the end of the fi rst act of Macbeth, Duncan asks after the traitor Cawdor and is told that he...
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TWENTY OVER PAR
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YORK, BYRON
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Twenty Over Par A celebration of the great American game that began in Scotland. BY BYRON YORK Like any sport, golf has its sacred relics. There’s Bobby Jones’s putter, Calamity Jane. The...
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FIRMER FOUNDATION
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DESMOND, JOAN FRAWLEY
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Firmer Foundation Curriculum as a source of national unity, equality, and strength. BY JOAN FRAWLEY DESMOND President Obama has promised billions in stimulus funds to states that...
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POLITICAL WOMEN
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SCHAEFFER, SABRINA L.
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Political Women The complications of gender in today’s America. BY SABRINA L. SCHAEFFER The hit television program Mad Men provides a remarkable (if exaggerated) portrayal of the sexism...
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PARODY
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“President Obama may have a thing or two to learn from Tiger Woods’ golf game, according to an upcoming article in the January edition of Golf Digest…. The magazine cover is a photoshopped image...
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Vol. 015 Issue 014 (December 21 2009)
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Vol. 015 Issue 015 (December 28 2009)
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