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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 THE SCRAPBOOK
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THE SCRAPBOOK Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 No secrets are being divulged when I report that Christopher Hitchens liked a drink every now and then. Preferably now. He wasn’t sloppy about it. In...
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CASUAL
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BOTTUM, JOSEPH
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CASUAL Goodly Fragrance Mrs. Johansen always complained. She’d whine about newsprint smearing. She’d grumble that I folded the paper wrong. Never mind that I was delivering to all her neighbors;...
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A DELIBERATIVE CONVENTION
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KRISTOL, WILLIAM
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EDITORIALS The late Murray Kempton famously said that “a political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.” Witty—but wrong. American history...
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HURRY ASSAD ALONG
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SMITH, LEE
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Hurry Assad Along Last week the Obama administration’s point man on Syria, Frederic Hof, went to Capitol Hill to apprise the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East of recent...
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CHAOS IN CAUCUSLAND
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HAYES, STEPHEN F.
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Chaos in Caucusland Who’s going to win in Iowa? Who knows. by Stephen F. Hayes Sioux City, Iowa £ f I \ hey’re all idiots.” It was a I considered opinion, offered A. by a waitress at a popular...
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THE AGONY OF VICTORY
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BARNES, FRED
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The Agony of Victory It’s the age of anxiety for Republicans. by Fred Barnes The thrill is gone. Enthusiasm fired by the Republican sweep in the 2010 election has faded as fear of blowing the...
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IN THE HUNT?
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WARREN, MICHAEL
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In the Hunt? In New Hampshire, the former Utah governor is 25 points behind, and gaining. by Michael Warren Wayne MacDonald, the chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee, has a...
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BRINGING THE EPA BACK TO REALITY
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Donohue, Thomas J.
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Bringing the EPA Back to Reality By Thomas J. Donohue President and CEO U.S. Chamber of Commerce Is it just me, or does it seem like EPA regulators are writing new rules in an alternate reality?...
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A VERY BEATABLE PRESIDENT
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COST, JAY
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A Very Beatable President But the GOP can still blow it. by Jay Cost We are a little over 10 months from Election Day, and the Christmas hope of many conservatives is that voters next November...
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THE COMPANY RON PAUL KEEPS
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Kirchick, James
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The Company Ron Paul Keeps Meet Alex Jones. by James Kirchick The Republican Jewish Coalition announced this month that congressman Ron Paul would not be among the six guests invited to...
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MORTGAGING OUR FUTURE
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LEHRER, ELI; Brannon, Ike
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Mortgaging Our Future The case against 30-year loans. by Eli Lehrer & Ike Brannon The conventional wisdom holds that a housing finance system built on the bedrock of longterm, fixed-rate...
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CAMERON TO EUROZONE
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STELZER, IRWIN M.
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Cameron to Eurozone Drop dead By Irwin M. Stelzer ? M man attending a wife-swapping party JP without his wife.” So a very annoyed French negotiator at the latest European summit characterized...
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HIGH SCHOOL MONUMENTAL
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MUNSON, ZACK
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High School Monumental How much education does $124 million buy? By Zack Munson Washington, D.C. Last year, I happened to drive by my old high school, Woodrow Wilson in Washington, and I saw...
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DWIGHT'S DREAM
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FERGUSON, ANDREW
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Books&Arts Dwight’s Dream The demise of middlebrow America by Andrew Ferguson If I thought of Dwight Macdonald every time I came across a PBS pledge drive, I would think of Dwight Macdonald much...
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WRONG TELEGRAM
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BOLTON, JOHN
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Wrong Telegram The mysterious reputation of George F. Kennan. by John Bolton Yale professor John Lewis Gaddis has written an impressive biography of George Kennan, the Cold War strategist, Soviet...
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OPUS MAXIMUS
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LODGE, SARA
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Opus Maximus A comic master’s comic masterpiece turns 100. by Sara Lodge A great English comic novel celebrates its centenary. The funniest femme fatale of all time turned 100 this year. Zuleika...
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LIFE IS EARNEST
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CLYNE, MEGHAN
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Life Is Earnest No wings for this angel, but Mr. Potter was right. by Meghan Clyne Christmas is nigh, and so are the nonstop showings of Frank Capra’s beloved 1946 classic, It’s a Wonderful Life....
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SLOW MOTION SMILEY
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PODHORETZ, JOHN
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Slow Motion Smiley A remake of a television version of the espionage novel. by John Podhoretz The new version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy—John le Carre’s 1974 novel made into an indelible 1979...
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