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Vol. 018 Issue 012 (December 3 2012)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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The Scrapbook
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THE SCRAPBOOK Hostess with the Mostest The Scrapbook admits it has not paid too much attention to Twinkies in recent years. Our taste in—what shall we call them?—rec-reational foodstuffs tends to...
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Heap Big Irony
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TERZIAN, PHILIP
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CASUAL Heap Big Irony I have what might be called a philosophical attitude toward the defeat of Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts. Brown, it seems to me, played his part in history by...
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In Praise of Half Measures
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levin, yuval
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EDITORIALS In Praise of Half Measures As soon as the presidential election was over and the exit polling results began to pour in, some on the right (and many outside it) started arguing that the...
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Win the Winnable
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BARNES, FRED
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Win the Winnable First, the problem. In 2010, Republicans failed to capture winnable Democratic Senate seats in Delaware, Nevada, and Colorado. The reason: bad candidates. In 2012, Republicans...
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The West Fights Back
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KRISTOL, WILLIAM
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The West Fights Back There are some facts so obvious that only a liberal could deny them. One of them is that, from Benghazi to Be’er Sheva, the West is under attack. By the West I mean those...
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Why Romney Lost the 'Asian Vote'
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WARREN, MICHAEL
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Why Romney Lost the ‘Asian Vote’ Drill down into the numbers, and it’s not a surprise. by Michael Warren Falls Church, Va. Turning off U.S. 50 at a chaotic six-way intersection onto Wilson...
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Winners & Losers
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ABRAMS, ELLIOTT
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Winners & Losers The Gaza war and its fallout. by Elliott Abrams If the truce announced in Cairo last Wednesday truly brings the Gaza war to a close, it is not too soon to assess who gained and...
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After the Tumult and the Shouting
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COST, JAY
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After the Tumult and the Shouting A dyspeptic election. by Jay Cost If I had to choose one word to describe the 2012 presidential election, it would be decline. The results showed a decline in...
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By the Rivers of... Quebec?
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LEHRER, ELI
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By the Rivers of. . . Quebec? The cheap, green answer to our electricity needs. by Eli Lehrer Jake Irving looks excited. Sitting at a table in a noisy Washington, D.C., bistro, he pulls a chart...
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Charity Begins in China
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Melchior, Jillian Kay
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Charity Begins in China The good works done by Christians after the 2008 earthquake have led Beijing to ease up on private philanthropy By Jillian Kay Melchior The day after Long Cai Bin was...
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Winston's Table Talk
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SIMMONS, TRACY LEE
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Books & Arts Winston’s Table Talk Churchill and the art of delicious conversation. by Tracy Lee Simmons Dinner with Churchill Policy-Making at the Dinner Table by Cita Stelzer Pegasus, 336 pp.,...
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Miami Vise
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MURRAY, BRIAN
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Miami Vise A Cuban-American cop gets caught in a web of allegiances. BY Brian Murray Back to Blood A Novel by Tom Wolfe Little, Brown, 720 pp., $30 It’s been almost 25 years since Tom Wolfe...
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Jolly Old St. Nick
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EDEN, DAWN
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Jolly Old St. Nick His generosity and wonderworking were fabled in Christendom. by Dawn Eden The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra by Adam C....
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The Civil War at Sea
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CALLO, JOSEPH F.
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The Civil War at Sea How the Navy came of age in the War Between the States. by Joseph F. Callo War on the Waters The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 by James M. McPherson North...
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Exiled in Europe
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FALCOFF, MARK
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Exiled in Europe Joseph Roth’s real home was the German language. by Mark Falcoff Joseph Roth A Life in Letters translated and edited by Michael Hofmann Norton, 512 pp., $39.95 Some literary...
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Kings of the Jingle
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GIOIA, TED
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Kings of the Jingle How music and commerce combine to make America. by Ted Gioia The Sounds of Capitalism Advertising, Music, and the Conquest of Culture by Timothy D. Taylor Chicago Press, 368...
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Indestructible Dream
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LOPATIN, PETER
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Indestructible Dream Exploring the human instinct to live after death. by Peter Lopatin Immortality The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization by Stephen Cave Crown, 336 pp.,...
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Westlake Lives!
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BREEN, JON L.
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Westlake Lives! Two posthumous gifts from a master entertainer. by Jon L. Breen Memory by Donald E. Westlake Hard Case Crime, 336 pp., $7.99 The Comedy Is Finished by Donald E. Westlake Hard...
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Douglas of the West
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Achorn, Edward
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Douglas of the West He was not called ‘the Little Giant’for nothing. by Edward Achorn Stephen A. Douglas and Antebellum Democracy by Martin H. Quitt Cambridge, 224 pp., $24.99 His...
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Reason for Rhyme
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Pritchard, William H.
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Reason for Rhyme The lost art of memorizing (and reciting) verse. by William H. Pritchard Heart Beats Everyday Life and the Memorized Poem by Catherine Robson Princeton, 312 pp., $45 Up rose...
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A revealing email from the Taliban
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PARODY “In a Dilbert-esque faux pax [sic], a Taliban spokesperson sent out a routine email last week with one notable difference. He publicly CC’d the names of everyone on his mailing list.” —ABC...
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Vol. 018 Issue 013 (December 10 2012)
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Vol. 018 Issue 014 (December 17 2012)
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Vol. 018 Issue 015 (December 24 2012)
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Vol. 018 Issue 016 (December 31 2012)
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