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Vol. 022 Issue 022 (February 13 2017)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 The Scrapbook
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THE SCRAPBOOK The Bess Is Yet to Come The Ahabs at the Washington Post continue their obsessive pursuit of the Great Orange Whale. And if that means harpooning the inoffensive spouse of their...
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Casual
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LAST, JONATHAN V.
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CASUAL I’ve Got Mail JL. Penfold died early on the morning of January 10. He was 71 years old. He was at home. And he was surrounded by his family. All of which are blessings. I met J. L. about a...
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Editorials
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EDITORIALS Make 50 the New 60 Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer isn’t a happy warrior. He loves the spotlight, but everyone’s paying more attention to his colleagues Elizabeth Warren and...
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Angling for a Supreme Pick
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BARNES, FRED
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Angling for a Supreme Pick How Trump landed Neil Gorsuch. by Fred Barnes When Donald Trump released his first list of potential Supreme Court nominees last May, Neil Gorsuch’s name was not on it....
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'Decius' Comes in from the Cold
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WARREN, MICHAEL
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‘Decius’ Comes in from the Cold And goes to work in the White House. by Michael Warren On a late January afternoon, as press secretary Sean Spicer walked into the White House media briefing room,...
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Fillon Falling
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Caldwell, Christopher
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Fillon Falling Will les Déplorables break left or right? by Christopher Caldwell No journalist really understood the forces that over the past year made Donald Trump president, with the possible...
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Mexican Americans
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Rangel, Juan R.; SKERRY, PETER
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Mexican Americans New guys on the block. by Juan R. Rangel & Peter Skerry We are two Americans with different family histories whose paths converged when we got involved with one of the nation’s...
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Entitled to Spend
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COST, JAY
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Entitled to Spend Will Congress restrain a profligate president? by Jay Cost As a candidate for president, Donald Trump did not offer much in the way of specific policies. Still, based on the...
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This Land Is Their Land
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DEVOSS, DAVID
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This Land Is Their Land California throws a hissy fit. by David DeVoss To hear governor Jerry Brown tell it, California is all that stands between Washington and the ruin of the nation. In his...
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Of Debt and Detriment
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Steil, Benn; Smith, Emma
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Of Debt and Detriment China’s currency games have been helping, not harming, the dollar. by Benn Steil & Emma Smith It is the exorbitant privilege of the United States that it can conjure the...
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Housing's Drag on the Economy
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Brannon, Ike
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Housing’s Drag on the Economy Trying to boost building makes sense again. by Ike Brannon Nearly every household in the country spends a sizable proportion of its income on housing. The median...
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The Revolt Against the Elites
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O'ROURKE, P.J.
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The Revolt Against the Elites And the limits of populism By P. J. O’Rourke The election of 2016 was terrible because it wasn’t an election, it was a rebellion. America is having a civil war, or,...
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The Enigma Machine
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Schoenfeld, Gabriel
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The Enigma Machine Edward Snowden: spy or useful idiot savant? by Gabriel schoenfeld In June 2013, Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old National Security Agency contract employee, surfaced in Hong Kong...
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Glimpses of Will
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Seitz, Blake
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Glimpses of Will What we know of Shakespeare from his (known) portraits. BY Blake Seitz When I say that Portraits of Shakespeare is the definitive history of visual depictions of William...
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Who's in Charge?
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Helfman, Tara
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Who’s in Charge? The Constitution and the powers of the presidency. by Tara Helfman The seal of the president of the United States features an eagle clutching the arrows of war in its left talon...
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The Simpler Life
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Klepp, Lawrence
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The Simpler Life Austerity in theory and practice. by Lawrence Klepp Philosophers once preached what they practiced. Socrates, Diogenes the Cynic, Epicurus, and the Stoics not only devoted...
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Mirrors to God
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Bauer, Parker
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Mirrors to God The Anglican imagination of Austin Farrer. BY Parker Bauer You might imagine, consulting some eminent minds, that the whole point of imagination is happiness. “Imagination cannot...
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On Your Honor
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Gelernter, Joshua
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On Your Honor Maybe dueling is the answer to modern politics. by Joshua Gelernter On the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration as president, a well-known neo-Nazi named Richard Spencer gave an...
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Liftoff Uplift
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PODHORETZ, JOHN
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Liftoff Uplift Overcoming sexists and segregationists to put America in space. by John Podhoretz Hidden Figures is a nice movie with a great subject that makes you feel good about America, reminds...
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Parody
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PARODY “Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals” —New York Times, January 29,...
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Vol. 022 Issue 023 (February 20 2017)
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Vol. 022 Issue 024 (February 27 2017)
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