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Vol. 021 Issue 018 (January 18 2016)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 The Scrapbook
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THE SCRAPBOOK Mabus Strikes Again (Marines Hardest Hit) If there were any remaining doubts that a grudge is motivating Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’s policies dictating gender integration in the...
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Casual
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FERGUSON, ANDREW
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CASUAL Florence King (1936-2016) I never save anything—or rather I save lots of stuff that I don’t want while I throw away an equivalent amount of stuff that someday I will. Improbably I’ve saved...
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Editorials
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EDITORIALS Thank You, Donald Writing in mid-June, a couple of days after Donald Trump announced his candidacy, we offered the judgment that he should not be our next president: “We’re not Trump...
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Can Cruz Control Iowa?
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HAYES, STEPHEN F.
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Can Cruz Control Iowa? Now he wants to be a uniter. by Stephen F. Hayes Sioux Center, Iowa Ted Cruz was running a few minutes late for his appearance at Dordt College, having to reply to the...
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You Snooze, She Wins
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WARREN, MICHAEL
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You Snooze, She Wins That’s what Hillary is hoping. by Michael Warren Des Moines There’s no other way to say it: Hillary Clinton is very boring. The Democratic presidential frontrunner’s campaign...
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Permanent Revolution
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SMITH, LEE
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Permanent Revolution Iran’s aggression continues. by Lee Smith The attacks on Saudi Arabia’s two diplomatic missions in Iran—which came in response to Riyadh’s execution of a Saudi Shiite...
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Classical Gasbags A handbook of political catchwords
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Epstein, Joseph
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Classical Gasbags A handbook of political catchwords. by Joseph Epstein Ronald Syme—actually, Sir Ronald Syme—is not a household name in America, but perhaps it ought to be. Syme (19031989) was a...
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Hillarynomics
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BARNES, FRED
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Hillarynomics As incoherent as you’d imagine. by Fred Barnes Hillary Clinton says she comes from “the Clinton school of economics.” It’s her way of identifying with her husband, Bill Clinton, and...
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Stranger than Fiction
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HAYES, STEPHEN F.
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Stranger than Fiction Hollywood gets Benghazi right. by Stephen F. Hayes his is a true story.” Those words appear onscreen to open 13 Hours, the major motion picture about Benghazi, in theaters on...
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2016 Forecast: Fog
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COST, JAY
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2016 Forecast: Fog Why the GOP race abounds with uncertainty. by Jay Cost After nearly a year of buildup, the Republican nomination process is finally set to begin. What do we know about how...
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Meme Wars
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DEVOSS, DAVID
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Meme Wars An online battle for Muslim hearts and minds. by David DeVoss After the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants publicized al Qaeda’s beliefs, demands, and atrocities with a...
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Boss Trump
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Martinsson, Roland Poirier
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Boss Trump The statist candidate. by Roland Poirier Martinsson On the surface it seems clear why Donald Trump’s campaign is effective. His fame, bluster, wit, and intuitive sense for one-liners...
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Bernie at the Bridge
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NORMAN, GEOFFREY
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Bernie at the Bridge The red whirlwind comes to New Hampshire By Geoffrey Norman Manchester, N.H. Crossing from Vermont into New Hampshire, you get a feel for what is driving the improbable...
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The Two Years with Lex Kaplen
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SCHULMAN, SAM
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The Two Years with Lex Kaplen The death and life of a great American magazine By Sam Schulman Alexander Kaplen died December 16, 2015, at the age of 56. He was 31 when I last saw him on March 5,...
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His Shining Hour
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TEACHOUT, TERRY
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Books & Arts His Shining Hour The maestro of the Great American Songbook. by Terry Teachout The Man That Got Away The Life and Songs of Harold Aden by Walter Rimler Illinois, 248 pp.,...
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The Putin Challenge
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Bolton, John R.
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B&A The Putin Challenge A sobering assessment of post-Soviet Russia. by John R. Bolton Winter Is Coming Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped by Garry...
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Gore Vidal, Anyone?
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Heitman, Danny
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B&A Gore Vidal, Anyone? The dwindling shadow of a literary celebrity. by Danny Heitman Empire of Self A Life of Gore Vidal by Jay Parini Doubleday, 480 pp., $35 Since Gore Vidal died at age...
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The Klan's All Here
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Yoder, Edwin M. Jr.
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B&A The Klan’s All Here Reality and myth in the Invisible Empire. by Edwin M. Yoder Jr. Ku-Klux The Birth of the Klan During Reconstruction by Elaine Frantz Parsons North Carolina, 400 pp.,...
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Israel's Laureate
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Balint, Benjamin
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B&A Israel’s Laureate The sacred and secular vision of Yehuda Amichai. by Benjamin Balint The Poetry of Yehuda Amichai edited by Robert Alter Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 576 pp., $35 Yehuda...
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Bad Day at Red Rock
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PODHORETZ, JOHN
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B&A Bad Day at Red Rock An ‘itsy-bitsy whodunit’ with blood. by John Podhoretz The Hateful Eight Directed by Quentin Tarantino Two years ago, the writer-director Quentin Tarantino announced his...
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A candidate's caffeine crash
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PARODY “Jeb Bush Sprints to Escape Donald Trump’s ‘Low Energy’ Label” —New York Times headline, December 29,...
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Vol. 021 Issue 019 (January 25 2016)
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