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Vol. 021 Issue 008 (November 2 2015)
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Vol. 021 Issue 009 (November 9 2015)
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Vol. 021 Issue 010 (November 16 2015)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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The Scrapbook
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The Krugman Effect There used to be a theory in the newspaper business, to which THE SCRAPBOOK wholeheartedly subscribes, that when two publications merged—say an afternoon daily with a...
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Casual
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CASUAL How I Got Here From There Rummaging around the other evening in a box of magazines and newspaper clippings with my byline, I stumbled upon the November 1975 issue of a journal called...
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Editorials
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Anderson, William Kristol, Jonathan V. Last, Mark Hemingway, and Jeffrey H.
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EDITORIALS Ben Carson, Reconsidered Generally speaking, THE WEEKLY STANDARD is from the Edith Piaf school of second thoughts. We don’t have many. And when we do, we keep quiet about them....
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Sasse Finally Speaks
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BARNES, FRED
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Sasse Finally Speaks An unusually promising senator’s unusual debut. BY FRED BARNES After Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) delivered his maiden speech on the Senate floor last week, Majority...
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Tough Questions
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LINDSEY, LAWRENCE B.
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Tough Questions CNBC’s missed opportunity. BY LAWRENCE B. LINDSEY CNBC defends its performance at the last Republican debate by saying that candidates should be able to answer...
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Not a Conspiracy
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JOSCELYN, THOMAS
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Not a Conspiracy We really do know a lot about Osama bin Laden’s death. BY THOMAS JOSCELYN In May, the London Review of Books published a 10,000-word exposé by veteran investigative...
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An Iraqi Abroad
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GERECHT, REUEL MARC
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An Iraqi Abroad Ahmad Chalabi, 1944-2015. BY REUEL MARC GERECHT Before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, my friend Ahmad Chalabi would often carry fat tomes about America’s occupations of...
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Handicapping Iowa
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WARREN, MICHAEL
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Handicapping Iowa Don’t look now, the caucuses are less than three months away. BY MICHAEL WARREN Sioux City, Iowa Ben Carson has a simple theory of why he’s risen to the top of the polls in...
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Our Heroes, Ourselves
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LINDBERG, TOD
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Our Heroes, Ourselves A revealing evolution in our highest military honor. BY TOD LINDBERG At a White House ceremony on November 12, President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to retired...
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Medicare and Medical Futility
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SMITH, WESLEY J.
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Medicare and Medical Futility Who decides to discontinue treatment? BY WESLEY J. SMITH The media are cooing over the news that Medicare will reimburse doctors $86 for...
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Bayou Voodoo
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Hillyer, Quin
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Bayou Voodoo Zombie helps Louisiana Democrats find new life. BY QUIN HILLYER A year ago, the Louisiana Democratic party seemed as dead as its allegedly habitual voters from New Orleans...
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So You're Getting a Ph.D.
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ALLEN, CHARLOTTE
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So You’re Getting a Ph.D. Welcome to the worst job market in America BY CHARLOTTE ALLEN Every few years in the Northeast, biologist John Cooley gets famous—because he’s the man who...
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Climate Politics
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STELZER, IRWIN M.
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Climate Politics What happens in Paris won’t stay in Paris BY IRWIN M. STELZER At the end of this month representatives of some 200 nations will gather in Paris for the opening of a United...
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Picasso's Avocation
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GARDNER, JAMES
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Picasso’s Avocation The figures that altered the course of art history. BY JAMES GARDNER In recent years, the Museum of Modern Art has seemed to have a target splattered across its...
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Learning from History
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BANNER, JAMES M. Jr.
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Learning from History How do we know what we think we know? BY JAMES M. BANNER JR. Jeremy Black’s previous book, Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures, is a...
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Within Earshot
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YEZZI, DAVID
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Within Earshot The versatility of the poet’s voice. BY DAVID YEZZI Where do poems exist, in the voice or on the page? Surely the answer is “both,” though the page might be best...
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The Central Fronts
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Paletta, Anthony
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The Central Fronts A world war seen from the German-speaking side. BY ANTHONY PALETTA When it comes to anniversaries, the publishing industry usually resembles distant relatives, readiest...
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Speak the Speech
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Green, Dominic
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Speak the Speech Benedict Cumberbatch joins the list of celebrated Hamlets. BY DOMINIC GREEN London There is something about Hamlet. Macbeth is more dastardly, Antony a better lover, and...
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Unsweet Dreams
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Fleming, Colin
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Unsweet Dreams In search of a decent ghost story? Consider E. F. Benson. BY COLIN FLEMING If you’re a connoisseur of ghost stories you are probably aware that the best reading...
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And John Harwood must man the dunk tank
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PARODY “The letter, obtained by Politico and drafted for the campaigns by veteran GOP attorney Ben Ginsberg, asks networks to commit to, among other things, not asking candidates to raise their...
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Vol. 021 Issue 011 (November 23 2015)
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Vol. 021 Issue 012 (November 30 2015)
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2016
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2017
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2018
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