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Vol. 022 Issue 041 (July 3 2017)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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The Scrapbook
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THE SCRAPBOOK Oh, the Humanities! When President Obama’s chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities finally stepped down from his post in late May—four months after President Trump took...
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Casual
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Skinner's, David
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CASUAL A Shooting in the Neighborhood My wife looked at her phone and uttered an expletive. I didn’t know why. Maybe we had failed to pay a bill or maybe Cynthia had forgotten to do something...
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Editorial
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EDITORIAL the weekly Standard 'Have You Read the Bill?’ In the first two years of the Obama administration, “Read the bill!” was an effective anti-Obamacare rallying cry. Republican congressmen,...
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The Downside of the 'Peace Process'
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ABRAMS, ELLIOTT
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The Harm in Trying The downside of the Middle East ‘peace process.’ by Elliott Abrams Among Israelis and Palestinians, there’s little optimism about renewed American efforts to negotiate a...
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Disappointed Dems
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BARNES, FRED
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Disappointed Dems Trump-hatred doesn’t deliver the victory they were dreaming of. by Fred Barnes In April, Democrat Jon Ossoff got 48 percent of the vote in the special election to pick the new...
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Loyal Opposition
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COST, JAY
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Loyal Opposition Can we agree on how to disagree? by Jay Cost In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Rep. Steve Scalise and fellow Republican lawmakers, there has understandably been a...
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Taken for a Ride
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HEMINGWAY, MARK
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Taken for a Ride Austin’s Uber wars. by Mark Hemingway On May 29, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed a law creating a statewide regulatory framework governing rideshar-ing services. The impetus for...
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Craving Statehood
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EPSTEIN, ETHAN
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Craving Statehood The view from Guam. by Ethan Epstein Hagatna, Guam Big news swept across this U.S. territory in late May: “Olive Garden to open restaurant on Guam,” read the bulletin in the...
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Put the Kids First
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Riley, Naomi Schaefer
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Put the Kids First A welcome victory against the Indian Child Welfare Act. by Naomi Schaefer Riley Maybe the welfare of Indian kids should come before the interests of tribal governments. That...
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Make Progress Exciting Again
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O'ROURKE, P. J.
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Make Progress Exciting Again The Big Bang theory of capitalism By P. J. O’Rourke French Guiana Arianespace is the French company that fires off huge rocket ships blasting great big things so far...
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Curious George
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Bradburn, Douglas
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Curious George A bibliographical view of the Father of Our Country. BY DOUGLAS BRADBURN John Adams, in his bitter old age, complained that George Washington was too much worshiped by the American...
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Fear Is the Spur
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Klepp, Lawrence
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Fear Is the Spur The answer to the mystery of the master of suspense. by Lawrence Klepp The French director François Truffaut, who conducted a famous series of interviews with Alfred Hitchcock in...
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Winston's Folly
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Roberts, Andrew
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Winston’s Folly Lessons learned from the failure of Gallipoli. by Andrew Roberts n my opinion,” wrote Admiral Lord Charles Beresford to Leo Maxse, the editor of the British conservative magazine...
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Still Life with Corn
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GROOM, WINSTON
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Still Life with Corn Few soft landings when imbibing the hard stuff. by Winston Groom Moonshine always reminds me of the time the great I? J. O’Rourke got hold of a jug of the stuff in college and...
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Palmer's Method
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NORMAN, GEOFFREY
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Palmer’s Method The loyalty of Arnie’s Army explained. by Geoffrey Norman He was, by any strict measure, not the best ever to play his game. That would be Jack Nick-laus or, maybe, Tiger Woods....
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Empathetic Eye
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GARDNER, JAMES
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Empathetic Eye Take another look at the art of George W Bush. by James Gardner George W Bush has been painting for several years now, but has only recently become an artist. His first paintings,...
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The Big Trial
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BREEN, JON L.
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B A The Big Trial Courtroom as theater, with Southern accent. by Jon L. Breen With its adversarial structure and set procedural rules, the trial can be a perfect dramatic vehicle, offering the...
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The Human Clock
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Ehrenfeld, Temma
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B A The Human Clock Time marches on, but why so fast? by Temma Ehrenfeld Once upon a time, it didn’t matter if a clock tower in Spoleto kept time slightly differently than a tower in Assisi and...
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Out of the Shadow
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TROY, TEVI
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B A Out of the Shadow TR’s (eldest) son was a hero in spite of himself. by Tevi Troy In the 1962 D-Day ensemble The Longest Day, an aging Henry Fonda plays the small but important role of General...
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The Master's Voice
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Check, John
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B A The Master’s Voice What we know of Bach, and may never comprehend. by John Check Supreme arbiter and lawgiver of music, a master comparable in greatness of stature with Aristotle in...
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Patience Rewarded
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Nelson, Michael
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B A Patience Rewarded How the Cubs finally put an end to the drought. by Michael Nelson Years ago the popular sociologist Vance Packard told me that he hated to have one of his books paired with...
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Bohemian Rhapsody
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Henderson, Amy
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B A Bohemian Rhapsody The woman who spoke the language of children. by Amy Henderson The prolific children’s book author Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952) began her most famous work, Goodnight...
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You Were There
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Yoder, Edwin M. Jr.
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B A You Were There Lowell Thomas and the dawn of up-to-the-minute ‘news.’ BY Edwin M. Yoder Jr. In my time at Jesus College, Oxford (1956-58), I must have passed Eric Kennington’s evocative bust...
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Words and Music
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Heitman, Danny
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B A Words and Music A réintroduction to the poet of modern fiction. by Danny Heitman In 1926, the British author Henry Green (1905-1973) published the first of nine novels that would gain him...
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Parody
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“Neither Spicer nor deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders responded to queries about the changes to the briefings. Asked why the briefings are now routinely held off-camera, White House chief...
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