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THE SCRAPBOOK Churn, Baby, Churn We might as well go ahead and admit it: There are moments when it seems as though The Scrap-book and the New York Times inhabit different universes. This happens...

Casual

MATUS, VICTORINO

CASUAL Sonata with Cheese, Please There’s a song I’ve started to play on the piano. It’s called “Money,” a fairly straightforward arrangement by Burt Bacharach. The only problem is Liza Minnelli’s...

Editorials

EDITORIALS Finish the Investigation In May, when deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller to inves-tigate “any links and/or coordination between the...

The War on Christmas . . . Parties, That Is

LABASH, MATT

The War on Christmas . . . Parties, That Is No sauce for the goose or the gander. by Matt Labash As we celebrate this Christmas season (or this “holiday,” for Christ-haters), I don’t wish to be a...

The Phony Case Against Tax Cuts

MECIA, TONY

The Phony Case Against Tax Cuts No, the middle class isn’t being fleeced. by Tony Mecia There are plenty of understand-able objections to the tax bill sailing through Congress. Some people think...

A Capital Idea

ABRAMS, ELLIOTT

A Capital Idea Trump is right on Jerusalem. by Elliott Abrams President Trump on December 6 ended all hope of Middle East peace, recklessly encouraged terrorism, and ruined U.S. relations with all...

Brian Ross, Suspended

TERZIAN, PHILIP

Brian Ross, Suspended A long history of getting it wrong. by Philip Terzian On inauguration eve 1991, in Rhode Island, the departing governor, Edward DiPrete, had a morsel of news for the incoming...

Tax Reform Targets Obamacare

Mccormack, John

Tax Reform Targets Obamacare After all, the Court said the mandate is a tax. BY JOHN MCCORMACK One day in October, Arkansas senator Tom Cotton approached Mitch McCon-nell on the Senate floor to...

You're Fired!

Taylor, Stuart Jr.

1 m m m i you re Fired! 'S > ¦ ¦¦ wUa ¥ What happens if Trump sacks Mueller? By Stuart Taylor Jr. As special counsel Robert Mueller and the FBI circle ever closer to the Oval Office,...

Much Ado About Nothing

Holland, Max

Much Ado About Nothing Almost a third of Americans believe there was a wider conspiracy to kill Jack Kennedy. They’re wrong. By Max Holland On October 26, the National Archives was supposed to...

The God of the Snooker Table

BOTTUM, JOSEPH

--------------Books ^Arts-----------------The God of the Snooker Table The game’s greatest player and the anguished dream of perfection. BY JOSEPH BOTTUM Abeautifui simplicity seems to unfold...

The Oldman Churchill

PODHORETZ, JOHN

The Oldman Churchill A metaphor for Britain’s stiffening spine. BY JOHN PODHORETZ Darkest Hour is a movie about the first three weeks of Winston Churchill’s premiership in May 1940, and it is...

In Us We Trust?

Sarewitz, Daniel

B A In Us We Trust? Institutions are indispensable, even as trust in them declines. by Daniel Sarewitz Pollsters, pundits, and public intellectuals identify declin-ing levels of trust in...

Kiddie Con Man

BecK, Stefan

B A Kiddie Con Man The Great Brain at 50. by Stefan Beck Of the many things that a young fellow, barely knee-high to a grasshopper, might aspire to be when he grows up, one that doesn’t often...

Meme Girls

Wishard, Grant

B A Meme Girls Tina Fey’s clique flickprepares for Broadway. by Grant Wishard Back in 2013, in my last weeks as a high school senior, with plenty of free time on my hands, I wrote a survival...

Parody

“I have made the decision to retire from my position as the Member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan’s Thirteenth Congressional District effective today.” —John Conyers...

Vol. 023 Issue 016 (December 25 2017)

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