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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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The Scrapbook
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THE SCRAPBOOK Dinner Under the Tent We accept that a certain degree of pomp and circumstance is part of having a presidency, and, with a tolerance born of Washington’s summer languor, we can even...
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Guided Torture
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TERZIAN, PHILIP
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CASUAL Guided Torture One summer morning almost exactly 20 years ago, I drove out to Leesburg, Virginia, to meet a courtly businessman named B. Powell Harrison and discuss the fate of Dodona...
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Editorials
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EDITORIALS the weekly Standard Sins of Commission You don’t have to be an Eisenhower Memorial groupie—yes, there are such people—to enjoy a new 56-page congressional report called “A Five-Star...
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The Infallible 'New York Times'
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WOODWARD, KENNETH L.
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The Infallible ‘New York Times’ Don’t waste time writing a Letter to the Editor unless it’s adulatory, by Kenneth L. Woodward On June 23, something very rare appeared in the pages of the New York...
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How to Discredit Your Critics
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HALPER, DANIEL
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How to Discredit Your Critics The Clintons haven’t changed their playbook. by Daniel Halper This is partly a story about reporting my new book on Bill and Hillary Clinton—Clinton, Inc.: The...
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War Crimes in Gaza?
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Schoenfeld, Gabriel
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War Crimes in Gaza? By any historical standard, Israel’s air attacks were a model of restraint. by Gabriel Schoenfeld Condemnation of Israel for its conduct of Operation Protective Edge in Gaza...
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Hillary Clinton's Reputation
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COST, JAY
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Hillary Clinton’s Reputation Don’t laugh—it’s better than you think. by Jay Cost The rollout of Hillary Clinton’s new memoirs, Hard Choices, was not a resounding success for the former secretary...
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The Democrats' Goldwater
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BARNES, FRED
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The Democrats’ Goldwater Elizabeth Warren leads the party’s leftward march. by Fred Barnes Republicans had Barry Goldwater. Democrats now have Elizabeth Warren. What do they have in common? Years...
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Immigration Malpractice
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SKERRY, PETER
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Immigration Malpractice Young Latin Americans pay the price for America’s policy blunders. by Peter Skerry For over a generation now, America’s elites have willfully ignored a substantial...
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Summer of Stalemate
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NORMAN, GEOFFREY
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Summer of Stalemate The fight for Georgia By Geoffrey Norman In the summer of 1864, the Union cause rested with Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman. They commanded the most...
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Quietly Revolutionary
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ALLITT, PATRICK
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Books ^Arts Quietly Revolutionary The achievement(s) of James Madison. by Patrick Allitt If you’re in your 20s or 30s and still living with Mom and Dad, remind them, next time they nag you about...
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Till Your Own
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Henderson, Amy
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B A Till Your Own Gardening as necessity, not avocation. by Amy Henderson Gardening, as an idea, has always seemed like a great way to spend time. What could be more fulfilling than to transform...
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People of the Word
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LOPATIN, PETER
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B A People of the Word The Jewish encounter with history. by Peter Lopatin Simon Schama’s choice of “Story” in place of “History” in the title of this impressive new work is fitting, for the...
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The Son Also Rises
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Short, Edward
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B A The Son Also Rises Titles, tangled webs, titillating journalism. by Edward Short In his preface to this well-researched and witty retelling of the famous Ampthill Succession case, Bevis...
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Darwin's Islands
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Irmscher, Christoph
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B A Darwin’s Islands A paradise created by survival of the fittest. by Christoph Irmscher The lizard—a dirty, yellowish-orange creature several feet long—had been doggedly working on that shallow...
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The Real Amadeus
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Fleming, Colin
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B A The Real Amadeus The Mozart of music, and the Mozart of the movies. by Colin Fleming Slim biographies of the most famous people tend to have a more philosophical slant than the big...
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Monster Mash
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Russello, Gerald J.
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B A Monster Mash An epic reclaimed, courtesy of J.R.R. Tolkien. by Gerald J. Russello Before Robert Baratheon or Ned Stark, from the hugely popular Game of Thrones series, there were Beowulf and...
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A Convivial Glass
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WOOSTER, MARTIN MORSE
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B A A Convivial Glass Craft breweries, global corporations, and the making of beer. BY Martin Morse Wooster There aren’t many things that tie together Belgian monks, lederhosen-wearing Germans,...
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Genteel Treachery
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KLEHR, HARVEY
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B A Genteel Treachery The spy who came in from the cold, and prospered. by Harvey Klehr There is a story, probably apocryphal, that Franklin Roosevelt, when informed that Whittaker Chambers had...
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Big Mac of the Pacific
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Yockelson, Mitchell
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B A Big Mac of the Pacific The fascinating/infuriating General MacArthur. by Mitchell Yockelson Douglas MacArthur (18801964) was undeniably one of history’s greatest Army officers. During a...
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Seeing 'Red'
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Seaton, James
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B A Seeing ‘Red’ The imaginary lives of an American realist. by James Seaton This will undoubtedly serve as the standard work on Stephen Crane’s life for many years. Paul Sorrentino was one of...
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Fear Itself
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Schachter, W.
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B A Fear Itself Reports of the perils of childhood have been greatly exaggerated. by Abby W. Schachter Julie Gunlock is one mother who’ll welcome the return of pink slime. As the Wall Street...
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Sicilian Gumshoe
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BREEN, JON L.
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B A Sicilian Gumshoe An unlikely setting for police procedurals. by Jon L. Breen Until recently, Italian mystery writers did not loom large in the criminous hierarchy, and the genre was not...
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Parody
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“Hamas [spokesman Osama Hamdan]: ‘I have Jewish friends’” —Politico, August 4,...
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