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Vol. 022 Issue 017 (January 2 2017)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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The Scrapbook
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THE SCRAPBOOK Be Careful What You Wish For As readers know, The Scrapbook is a longtime connoisseur of the Law of Unintended Consequences. And this election year has furnished more than a few...
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Casual
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BRITT SPENCER CASUAL Scared Straight For several years I enjoyed an affiliation with a “lifestyle” magazine that specialized in the toys and enthusiasms of the well-to-do. As a result my email...
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Editorials
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EDITORIALS Barack Obama, Neo-Hawk It will go down as a classic do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do presi-dential statement. At a press conference in Berlin on November 17, Barack Obama urged his successor to...
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Mucking Out the Justice Department
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BARNES, FRED
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Mucking Out the Justice Department A hard slog ahead for Jeff Sessions. by Fred Barnes Of Donald Trump’s most prominent allies in the presidential campaign, Jeff Sessions is the last one standing....
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Electoral Masterpiece
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ANDERSON, JEFFREY H.
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Electoral Masterpiece The Founders knew what they were doing. by Jeffrey H. Anderson Since November 8, Democrats have been searching for a scape-goat. Hillary Clinton’s defeat couldn’t possibly...
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The Perils of Hyperbole
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COST, JAY
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The Perils of Hyperbole A case study in ineffective Opposition. BY JAY COST With just under a month until Donald Trump’s inauguration, many liber-als have ratcheted up the hyperbole to the point...
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Trump Dominates This, Too
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Green, Dominic
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Trump Dominates This, Too The political vocabulary of 2016. by Dominic Green Politics being one damn thing after another, political lan-guage never sleeps. Fortu-nately, the insomniac hunter of...
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Superheroes and the Sacking of Cities
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NORMAN, GEOFFREY
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Superheroes and the Sacking of Cities Even Wonder Woman cannot save the U.N. by Geoffrey Norman The New York Times headline says it all: “Assad’s Lesson From Aleppo: Force Works, With Few...
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Hitting Eighty
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Epstein, Joseph
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Hitting Eighty Life comes at you fast By Joseph Epstein Not to be born is best, when all is reckoned, But when a man has seen the light of day The next best thing by far is to go back Where he...
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Vaporized
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MARGOLIN, DOVID
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Vaporized Russians are reluctant to remember the martyrs of the Soviet Union By Dovid Margolin Moscow Moscow is a beautiful metropolis. Even in the cold of winter it is pleasant to stroll...
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All Together Now
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Dalfonzo, Gina
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Books ^’Arts The Takacs Quartet, including Edward Dusinberre, first violin (left) All Together Now Breaking the ice with Ludwig van Beethoven. by Gina Dalfonzo orgive me when you see me draw...
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Orders of Merit
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COST, JAY
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B A Orders of Merit What did John Adams see when he looked to the future? by Jay Cost Though civic education among the public has sunk to embarrassing levels, there has of late been an explosion...
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Enigma Machine
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Pritchard, William H.
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B A Enigma Machine The birth, and afterlife, of a modern classic. by William H. Pritchard Remember Existentialism? I heard about it, first, back in the early 1950s on a boat full of students...
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An Iliad Odyssey
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QUEENAN, JOE
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B A An Iliad Odyssey How Homer got the word out. BY JOE QUEENAN Most people figure that when Homer finished writing The Iliad, publishing houses were breaking down his door to get first crack at...
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Surface Depth
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Alspaugh, Leann Davis
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B A Surface Depth Two modernists ponder the point of existence. by Leann Davis Alspaugh ‘Between the Clock and the Bed’ by Jasper Johns (1981) Richmond Midway through this remarkable exhibition...
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Forward to the Past
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PODHORETZ, JOHN
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B A Forward to the Past Thinking about the well-oiled ‘Star Wars’ franchise. BY JOHN PODHORETZ How is the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One? How the hell should I know? Does it even matter what you...
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Parody
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“I'm told [Donald Trump] now just disclaims that. He now says [‘drain the swamp'] was cute, but he doesn't want to use it anymore.” —Newt Gingrich, NPR interview, December 21, 2016 From the...
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Vol. 022 Issue 018 (January 16 2017)
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Vol. 022 Issue 019 (January 23 2017)
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Vol. 022 Issue 020 (January 30 2017)
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