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Vol. 014 Issue 019 (February 2 2009)
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Vol. 014 Issue 020 (February 9 2009)
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Scrapbook
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Updike on LBJ Derangement Syndrome Elsewhere in this issue, Christopher Caldwell pays fine tribute to the “writerly power” of the late novelist John Updike, the attribute for which he will...
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Casual
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Anderson, Claudia
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Casual FORTRESS WASHINGTON In 1975, I moved back to Washington after several years away and started working as a freelance editor from home. It was lonely work, and sometimes I’d go stir crazy....
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Correspondence
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Correspondence MEMORIALIZING FLIGHT 93 I WAS ONE OF THE estimated 130,000 people who visited the Flight 93 crash site last year (“The Fight Over Flight 93,” January 19). On a beautiful July 4...
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The Right Stimulus
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The Right Stimulus The economy is in recession. There’s no end in sight. The number of unemployed continues to rise. Equities markets are in the dumps. The real estate sector hasn’t hit bottom....
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Up the Academy
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FERGUSON, ANDREW
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Up the Academy Just what America needs—more ‘public servants.’ BY ANDREW FERGUSON Chris Myers Asch, who came up with the idea, says the U.S. Public Service Academy would be just like a military...
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The Next Big Stink
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O'ROURKE, P. J.
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The Next Big Stink The killjoys are back. What do they have in store for us? BY P. J. O’ROURKE The killjoys are back in charge— the mopes, the fusstails, the glum pots. Their wet blanket has...
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The Art of Bailouts
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SCHULMAN, SAM
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The Art of Bailouts Another asset class in deep doodoo. BY SAM SCHULMAN For years, financial leaders, advised by highly paid experts, have bought and borrowed to acquire a portfolio of...
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A Supreme Sense of Entitlement
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TERZIAN, PHILIP
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A Supreme Sense of Entitlement Or, how not to save a failing family business. BY PHILIP TERZIAN Caroline Kennedy’s swipe at a Senate seat in New York ended in debacle last week, and Governor...
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Triangulation II
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LINDBERG, TOD
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Triangulation II A political strategy for congressional Republicans. BY TOD LINDBERG The singular advantage of being in the opposition is that the majority has to make the first move, and...
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Honor Among Bankers
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Bowman, James
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Honor Among Bankers Europe vs. America. BY JAMES BOWMAN The other day, an Irishman committed suicide. Patrick Rocca, who was described in the Times of London as “a poster boy for Ireland’s...
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Iceland Is Melting
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LAST, JONATHAN V.
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Iceland Is Melting The financial crisis claims a government. BY JONATHAN V. LAST In the span of four months, Iceland’s financial crisis became an economic meltdown which in turn became a...
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How to Export an Awakening
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Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed; GOODMAN, JOSHUA D.
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How to Export an Awakening Afghanistan, viewed from Iraq. BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS & JOSHUA D. GOODMAN The United States needs a new military strategy in Afghanistan. In 2008, NATO casualties...
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Caroline, We Hardly Knew Ye
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EMERY, NOEMIE
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Caroline, We Hardly Knew Ye Is this the end of the line for the Kennedy dynasty? BY NOEMIE EMERY Political dynasties die in different ways, and the ends are not pretty. The Adamses eased...
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Anywhere But Yemen
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HAYES, STEPHEN F.; JOSCELYN, THOMAS
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Anywhere But Yemen One group of Guant?namo detainees will prove especially diffi cult for the Obama administration BY STEPHEN F. HAYES & THOMAS JOSCELYN On January 22, 2009, two days after...
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Great Scot
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LODGE, SARA
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Great Scot Robert Burns at 250: Dead at 37, he left ‘an astonishingly varied, and vital body of work’ BY SARA LODGE Many countries have a national saint. Scotland can boast the distinction of...
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The Sacred Weekend
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BENSON, CHRISTOPHER
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The Sacred Weekend Remember the Sabbath day? To keep it holy was the norm. BY CHRISTOPHER BENSON Stephen Miller lifts his title from a letter by Wallace Stevens. What makes Sunday “peculiar”? If...
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A Tudor Dynasty
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CATTON, PIA
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A Tudor Dynasty Balanchine and the American Ballet Theater are no longer synonymous. BY PIA CATTON When a choreographer’s centennial year rolls around, the public can count on a few sure things....
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Liebling in Uniform
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SHORT, EDWARD M.
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Liebling in Uniform The Great Reporter meets the Good War. BY EDWARD M. SHORT Towards the end of his life, A.J. Liebling (1904-1963), the best of the New Yorker reporters, summed up his...
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Amadeus on Stage
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BAUMANN, FRED
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Amadeus on Stage What Mozart’s operas tell us about Mozart. BY FRED BAUMANN So, what is a “companion,” anyway? Less than a friend, more than a sidekick, something of a teacher, but good company...
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Man of Letters
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Caldwell, Christopher
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Man of Letters John Updike, 1932-2009. BY CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL Part of the achievement of John Updike, who died on January 27, was that he became the preeminent all-around man of letters in our...
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Violence Hurts
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PODHORETZ, JOHN
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Violence Hurts Clint Eastwood knows how to ‘tut-tut while he rat-a-tat-tats.’ BY JOHN PODHORETZ The genius of Clint Eastwood’s career is that he has fi gured out how to have it every which way...
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PARODY
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PARODY President Barack Obama was welcoming House and Senate leaders from both parties to the White House for drinks Wednesday night as he continues to lobby lawmakers to pass his economic...
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Vol. 014 Issue 021 (February 16 2009)
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Vol. 014 Issue 022 (February 23 2009)
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