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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 The Scrapbook
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THE SCRAPBOOK The Fourth Estate Dines Out The Scrapbook is always flattered when the conventional wisdom catches up with our own prejudices. Case in point: There seems to be a gathering consensus...
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Italian for Beginners
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BERING, HENRIK
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Italian for Beginners The first words I learned in Italian were gamba di legno, or wooden leg, for which Benito Mussolini and Walt Disney are to blame: After the war, my mother, who was fluent in...
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Editorials
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KRISTOL, WILLIAM; EPSTEIN, ETHAN
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EDITORIALS The Republican Challenge George Kennan concluded his famous 1947 article, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” which laid the groundwork for the doctrine of containment at the beginning...
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Tax Reform First
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BARNES, FRED
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To maximize their punch, tax cuts should go into effect immediately. President Reagan’s tax cuts were phased in over three years, which prolonged a deep recession. When fully in place, the economy...
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The Right Cure
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LINDSEY, LAWRENCE B.
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Writing good policy is very much like seeing a skilled internist. First, the doctor decides that you really are sick. Next, he determines exactly what’s wrong. Only then does...
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'Too Complicated'?
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Mccormack, John
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Back in October, congressman Devin Nunes met with a group of executives from major corporations to talk business. “I was trying to sell them on” the House GOP’s tax plan,...
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Of Course Court Fights Are Bitter
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COST, JAY
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President Donald Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to fill the late Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court seat is bound to provoke yet another political brawl. The conventional wisdom is that...
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Impossible Dream
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SMITH, LEE
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Since President Trump’s election, American allies and other foreign policy observers have been curious to know how the new White House intends to resolve an apparent contradiction. How is it...
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A Beijing Model?
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TERRILL, ROSS
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Is there really a Beijing Model of governance: authoritarian politics steering economic growth, diluting the appeal of the West’s democracy and freedom? The ruler of China...
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Higher Justice
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WHITE, ADAM J.
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Higher Justice Judge Neil Gorsuch’s constitutionalism contrasts starkly with the progressive administrative state—and the president who is appointing him In nominating Neil...
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Revenge of the Nerds
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Brannon, Ike
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Revenge of the Nerds How the Prosperity Caucus and
the Joint Economic Committee drove the tax reform debate If some sort of fundamental tax reform does occur this year—and the...
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Invisible Handler
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Miller, Stephen
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Books&Arts Invisible Handler What did Adam Smith really believe? by Stephen Miller Adam Smith (1723-1790) may be the most misunderstood British thinker of the last 500...
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Floral History
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Henderson, Amy
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Floral History
How orchids affect humanity, and vice versa.
by Amy Henderson Why do orchids have such a fascinating grip on the popular imagination? There are...
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Every Picture Tells
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ROSEN, MICHAEL M.
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& A B Every Picture Tells
The art world is now a province of politics, alas.
by Michael M. Rosen ‘Beauty,” Camille Paglia once wrote, “is our weapon against nature; by it we make...
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Dressed for Success
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SIMON, JOHN
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Dressed for Success
Coming of age, despite Daddy Dearest.
by John Simon A.good many books are interesting, but far fewer are charming. That, however, is what Wear...
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Stop, Look, Listen
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LENZNER, STEVEN J.
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Stop, Look, Listen
Ralph Lerner’s graceful guide for the perplexed.
by Steven J. Lenzner Ralph Lerner is a man of rare learning, biting wit, and deep thought....
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Dr. Kismet's Cure
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QUEENAN, JOE
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Dr. Kismet’s Cure
How Adjectival Reinforcement Therapy works—
for anyone. by Joe Queenan In 2014, a little-known nutritionist in Milwaukee, one of the more portly cities in America,...
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Scared Straight
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PODHORETZ, JOHN
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& A B Scared Straight
After hours of torture, this is my reward.
by John Podhoretz In my ongoing effort to perform the duties assigned to me as this magazine’s movie critic, I suffer...
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Parody
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“Former U.S. president Barack Obama is trying some new and dangerous water sports that the Hawaii native had to miss out on for safety reasons while serving in the White House.” —Reuters,...
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Vol. 022 Issue 024 (February 27 2017)
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