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Vol. 021 Issue 037 (June 6 2016)
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Vol. 021 Issue 038 (June 13 2016)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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The Scrapbook
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A Conservative Victory?
If conservatives have been feeling a bit discouraged about politics late.ly, we should cheer up: There is good news from Tehran. For, according to the New York Times (May...
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Not Many Laughs
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Epstein, Joseph
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Not Many Laughs
recently gave a talk at a syna.gogue in Miami on the subject of Jewish humor—specifically on the jokes Jews tell about themselves. Freud, in his Jokes and Their Relation to the...
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Editorials
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EDITORIALS
Our Iranian Allies
Last week pictures of Qassem Suleimani started to circulate on social media, which is always a pretty sure sign that an Iranian military campaign is about to kick...
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It's the Server, Stupid
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Coffin, Shannen W.
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It’s the Server,Stupid The Clinton email saga continues. by Shannen W. Coffin The State Department inspector general’s conclusion that Hillary Clinton violated fed.eral records law should...
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Republican Panic Recedes
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BARNES, FRED
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RepublicanPanic Recedes Senate prospects improve, as do Trump’s. by fred barneS Donald Trump has achieved two things besides locking up the Republican presiden.tial nomination. The first is...
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Reactionary Manliness
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macLean, aaron
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Reactionary
Manliness
Donald Trump’s tough-guy act. by aaron MaCLean H
is vast fortune, the equally vast array of women with whom he has slept, the suf.ficiency of the relevant equipment for...
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Fixing Regulatory Overreach
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Brannon, Ike
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Fixing RegulatoryOverreach Why rollback is not the best solution. by ike brannon Despite the acrimony among the Republicans who ran for the presidency in 2016, there was actually a fair amount...
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China's Yuan as a Reserve Currency
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Wolf, Charles Jr.
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China’s Yuan as a
Reserve Currency
Boon or bane for the dollar? by CharLeS WoLf Jr. T
he International Monetary Fund designated China’s yuan—also called renminbi (RMB), or “People’s...
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The Perils of Secret Diplomacy
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Takeyh, Ray
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The Perils of
Secret Diplomacy
From Nixon to Obama By Ray Takeyh Secret diplomacy has a special place in the annals of American history. Henry Kissinger’s furtive trip to China has been...
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Jutland 1916
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NORMAN, GEOFFREY
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Jutland 1916
A great and inconclusive battle By Geoffrey NormaN I
t would have been a magnificent sight a century ago, the kind that fills one with awe and dread. A fleet of great...
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Out of Harm's Way
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BecK, Stefan
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Books&Arts
Out of Harm’s Way
The case for keeping Art above Politics. by Stefan beck I
n 1860, during the Second Opium War, the British and French armies sacked the Chi.nese Summer Palace...
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Minds Like Ducks
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Mattix, Micah
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Minds Like Ducks
The enduring value, and pleasure, of the metaphor. by Micah Mattix F
arnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric—a guidebook of rhe..pected success in 2010. David R. Godine, the...
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A Russian Window
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Atamian, Christopher
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A Russian Window
The whys and wherefores of Putin’s favorite peninsula. by chriStopher ataMian S
ite of the Yalta Conference, the Crimea is the Miami Beach of the former Soviet Union, a...
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Symphonic Hero
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SIMON, JOHN
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Symphonic Hero
‘The tragic horror of a trapped genius’ comes to life. by John SiMon Jtant novels, from Flaubert’s Parrot (1984) to The Sense of an Ending .tion. Some of it has been great;...
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Eros and Plato
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Wilson, James Matthew
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Eros and Plato
The quest for love and the desire to be better. by JaMeS Matthew wilSon M
odern thinking about love tries to tame it: to exclude its ele.ments of risk, self-abandon, and its...
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Imperial Bust
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Higgins, Randolph
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Imperial Bust
A Big Bang theory for the modern Middle East. by randolph higginS T
he First World War brings to mind scenes of muddy trenches in France and Bel.gium, withering machinegun fire...
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Academic Exercise
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PODHORETZ, JOHN
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Academic Exercise
A screwball comedy of postmodern manners. by John podhoretz A chamber comedy set among New York City academics, Maggie’s Plan is so slight on the surface and so seemingly...
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Parody
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Parody “Clinton: I can beat Trump in Texas” —News item, May 31,...
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Vol. 021 Issue 039 (June 20 2016)
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Vol. 021 Issue 040 (June 27 2016)
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