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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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THE SCRAPBOOK
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THE SCRAPBOOK Selfi e-in-Chief Last month, the Oxford English Dictionary named “selfie” the word of the year. If you are blissfully unaware, a “selfi e” is a photo taken of yourself by...
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CASUAL
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CASUAL A Condition in Need of a Label The Nobel Prize in Medicine has already been given for this year, but I should like to get a jump on next year’s prize by describing and naming a mental...
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EDITORIALS
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EDITORIALS Obama-Weary Two public opinion polls released last week show that the American public is skeptical of the Obama administration’s interim agreement with Iran concerning the Islamic...
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THE PURGE OF JANG SONG-THAEK
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Halpin, Dennis P.
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Articles The Purge of Jang Song-thaek End of the road for Beijing’s Man in Pyongyang. BY DENNIS P. HALPIN The spectacle of North Korea’s former number two, Jang Songthaek, being stripped of...
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SPEED READING THE POPE
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FERGUSON, ANDREW
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Speed Reading the Pope 50,000 words, boiled down—way down. BY ANDREW FERGUSON Everybody has an opinion about the pope these days and, what’s worse, feels compelled to express it. Rush...
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THE CONGRESSMAN WHO SAYS 'NO'
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Santos, Maria
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The Congressman Who Says ‘No’ How many enemies does Rep. Justin Amash really have? BY MARIA SANTOS ‘Tables turn on the Michigan tea party”; “Business to tea party: Get out of our...
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SUBSIDIZING RICH AND POOR
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Brannon, Ike
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Subsidizing Rich and Poor There are better ways to help workers than the minimum wage. BY IKE BRANNON There is a vintage Corvette parked on the street nearby, a 1977 canary yellow model...
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THE SILENCE OF THE LIBERALS
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DEMUTH, CHRISTOPHER
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Features The Silence of the Liberals Obamacare is inimical to their values, too BY CHRISTOPHER DEMUTH Obama care may or may not survive its inauspicious beginnings. It has become...
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BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SPLENDOR
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ANDERSON, JEFFREY H.
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Bowl Championship Splendor The golden age of college football BY JEFFREY H. ANDERSON College football wasn’t always like this. The eyes of the nation weren’t always riveted on a massive...
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SCHWEITZER TAKES AIM
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WARREN, MICHAEL
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Schweitzer Takes Aim A progressive populist has Hillary in his sights BY MICHAEL WARREN Brian Schweit zer sounds content with being a “former” pol. As we chat on the phone, he is looking out...
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UNDOING THE DAMAGE
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Eastland, Terry
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Books&Arts Undoing the Damage The (legal) case against Obamacare. BY TERRY EASTLAND The biggest political story in our domestic politics since 2009 has been, as it will be for the foreseeable...
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UNCIVIL TONGUES
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BOTTUM, JOSEPH
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B&A Uncivil Tongues The evolution of forbidden language. BY JOSEPH BOTTUM The early British and American reviews of this book are hilarious—hilarious, that is, in the sense of proving two of...
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EMPEROR OF EUROPE
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Klepp, Lawrence
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B&A Emperor of Europe The little Corsican with some big ideas. BY LAWRENCE KLEPP One thing that Napoleon— who didn’t believe in God, ideologies, or progress— did believe in was his...
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ROSIE THE RIVETING
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Check, John
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B&A Rosie the Riveting How a great pop singer regained her voice. BY JOHN CHECK Rosemary Clooney was brought back to popular consciousness a half-dozen years ago in an episode from the fi...
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DUTCH MASTERS
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Gelernter, Daniel
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B&A Dutch Masters The greatest of whom is much in evidence here. BY DANIEL GELERNTER What may be the greatest painting in our hemisphere is on temporary loan from the Mauritshuis in The...
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ETERNAL ROME
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PODHORETZ, JOHN
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B&A Eternal Rome A flawed gem features a brilliant performance. BY JOHN PODHORETZ T here’s a breathtaking and deeply frustrating Italian fi lm called The Great Beauty I have to tell...
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PARODY
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PARODY “Not limiting their activities to the earthly realm, American and British spies have infi ltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life, conducting surveillance and...
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