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Issue Vol. 016 Issue 007 (November 1 2010)
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Paid article The Anguish of the Malcontents
The Anguish of the Malcontents THE SCRAPBOOK is not ordinarily in the business of transcription, but a recent interview with novelist Jonathan Franzen—seen on the website of the Guardian...
Paid article Hold the Phone
TERZIAN, PHILIP
Hold the Phone My alluring wife was a Junior Leaguer, once upon a time, and got a big laugh out of a lecture she was obliged to attend on making “cold calls.” It was the fi rst time either of us...
Paid article The Next Two Years
KRISTOL, WILLIAM
The Next Two Years Republicans and conservatives have done a good job, in recent months, of keeping expectations under control for the next two years. The cautionary lessons of 1995 are...
Paid article WikiLeaks, Iran, and Obama
GERECHT, REUEL MARC
WikiLeaks, Iran, and Obama It’s hardly news that Tehran is up to no good. BY REUEL MARC GERECHT The latest dump of classifi ed WikiLeaks documents shows a few important facts: (1) The United...
Paid article Coercing People Out of Their Cars
BARNES, FRED
Coercing People Out of Their Cars The road to hell is paved with bike paths. BY FRED BARNES Have you heard about Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s “tabletop speech” at the National Bike...
Paid article Don't Defend, Don't Appeal?
WHELAN, EDWARD
Don’t Defend, Don’t Appeal? When may a president decline to defend a federal law? BY EDWARD WHELAN The recent district court ruling that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law governing homosexuals...
Paid article Sanctioning Iran
RUBIN, MICHAEL
Sanctioning Iran The more pressure, the better. BY MICHAEL RUBIN Iran today may be the most sanctioned country on earth. After the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 2005 fi nding that Tehran...
Paid article The Germany That Said No
Caldwell, Christopher
The Germany That Said No The stimulus pleas of the Obama administration fell on deaf ears in Berlin. Guess whose economy is growing faster. BY CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL You won’t find a lot of...
Paid article President McCain at Midterm
LINDBERG, TOD
President McCain at Midterm What if . . . BY TOD LINDBERG No, this is not going to be a full-blown exercise in the fi ction genre of Alternative History: A minor adviser to the 2008 McCain...
Paid article It Can Happen Here
KIMBALL, ROGER
It Can Happen Here American government goes European BY ROGER KIMBALL In September I was part of a conference in England on the subject of “The Anglosphere and the Future of Liberty.” Just...
Paid article Future Guy
LAST, JONATHAN V.
Future Guy Clay Shirky has perfected the art of the bold,meaningless epigram. BY JONATHAN V. LAST Clay Shirky is the Internet’s most prominent ponderer. He teaches “Interactive...
Paid article The Parent Trap
EDEN, DAWN
The Parent Trap A sesquicentennial for the father of Peter Pan. BY DAWN EDEN ‘All children, except one, grow up,” wrote J.M. Barrie, and Dr. Dan Kiley, despite his self-identifi cation with the...
Paid article L.A. Constitutional
QUEENAN, JOE
L.A. Constitutional You’d be surprised by the best American city for walking. BY JOE QUEENAN In a New York Times article about the rise of the Urban Caveman (the Paleo Diet is heavy on meat)...
Paid article The Dude Moment
PODHORETZ, JOHN
The Dude Moment When hipness devolves into condescension. BY JOHN PODHORETZ When Barack Obama gets called “dude” by a comedian with a fakenews cable program whose audience is a fraction of the...
Paid article PARODY
"America is no better off now than it was in the late 1970s and early 1980s, says former President Jimmy Carter." -Deseret News, October 23, 2010 Carter book signing canceled after car suffers...
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