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Issue Vol. 022 Issue 041 (July 3 2017)
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Paid article The Scrapbook
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...
Paid article Casual
Skinner's, David
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...
Paid article Editorial
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,...
Paid article The Downside of the 'Peace Process'
ABRAMS, ELLIOTT
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...
Paid article Disappointed Dems
BARNES, FRED
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...
Paid article Loyal Opposition
COST, JAY
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...
Paid article Taken for a Ride
HEMINGWAY, MARK
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...
Paid article Craving Statehood
EPSTEIN, ETHAN
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...
Paid article Put the Kids First
Riley, Naomi Schaefer
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...
Paid article Make Progress Exciting Again
O'ROURKE, P. J.
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...
Paid article Curious George
Bradburn, Douglas
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...
Paid article Fear Is the Spur
Klepp, Lawrence
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...
Paid article Winston's Folly
Roberts, Andrew
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...
Paid article Still Life with Corn
GROOM, WINSTON
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...
Paid article Palmer's Method
NORMAN, GEOFFREY
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....
Paid article Empathetic Eye
GARDNER, JAMES
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,...
Paid article The Big Trial
BREEN, JON L.
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...
Paid article The Human Clock
Ehrenfeld, Temma
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...
Paid article Out of the Shadow
TROY, TEVI
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...
Paid article The Master's Voice
Check, John
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...
Paid article Patience Rewarded
Nelson, Michael
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...
Paid article Bohemian Rhapsody
Henderson, Amy
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...
Paid article You Were There
Yoder, Edwin M. Jr.
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...
Paid article Words and Music
Heitman, Danny
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...
Paid article Parody
“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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