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THE SCRAPBOOK The Shelter of Mother’s Little Helper The Scrapbook will admit to a certain fascination with Bill and Hillary Clinton. We’ve read and enjoyed—if enjoyed is the right word— all their...

Golfing Alone

CASUAL Golfing Alone Long before I ever even picked up a golf club, I wanted to be the kind of person who golfed regularly. A Real Golfer, in other words. Even as a child, I loved the manicured,...

Editorials

EDITORIALS Campus Kangaroo Courts Betsy DeVos American liberals think of themselves as champions of the excluded and ill-treated, friends of the little guy persecuted by the system. Their...

Details, Details

BARNES, FRED

Details, Details The president discombobulates friend and foe. by Fred Barnes In President Trump’s politics, “the overall impression matters more than the details,” writes Newt Gingrich in his...

Let Trump Be Trump?

TERZIAN, PHILIP

Let Trump Be Trump? History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. by Philip Terzian For those of us who wish (or hope) that Donald Trump may ultimately settle into something resembling a...

A Lack of Ideas Has Consequences

CEASER, JAMES W.

A Lack of Ideas Has Consequences Adjusting to a novel political era. by James W. Ceaser Something has gone missing from American politics. Since the beginning of the new administration in January,...

The Nuclear Deal Is Only Half of It

SMITH, LEE

The Nuclear Deal Is Only Half of It Our Iran problems run far deeper, thanks to Obama. by Lee Smith The Trump White House has yet to roll out its much-anticipated, comprehensive, government-wide...

Not Racing for the Cure

Astrue, Michael

Not Racing for the Cure The FDA old guard backtracks on rare diseases again. by Michael Astrue Once again officials within the FDA are proposing to put other interests over the needs of dying...

Trump's Democracy Man

Lifhits, Jenna

Trump’s Democracy Man Running USAID in the age of America First. by Jenna Lifhits Mark Green, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is a firm...

The Joy of Destruction

BOTTUM, JOSEPH

The Joy of Destruction What explains the sudden mania for toppling statues? By Joseph Bottum Josh Cobin seems a good enough guy. A little pudgy, maybe, with his hair thinning on top and a beard...

What's the Story?

Epstein, Joseph

What’s the Story? Liberals have one; conservatives need one By Joseph Epstein If I were a Republican strategist, which I’m pleased to say I’m not, I would pay especial attention to Shelby...

The Spy Who Loved Animals

KLEHR, HARVEY

The Spy Who Loved Animals The eccentric Brit agent runner who inspired Bond’s (M.> by Harvey Klehr The Cambridge spies—Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, and John...

Fantasy Flashback

DIRDA, MICHAEL

Fantasy Flashback Revisiting a novel that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and George R. R. Martin. by Michael Dirda Now that the latest season of Game of Thrones has ended, fans of the...

Married, Bored, and Confused

Riley, Naomi Schaefer

Southern Man Chronicling Dixie in the Depression. by Edwin M. Yoder Jr. In 1954, when I was a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I paid tribute in an editorial for the...

It Takes All Kinds

PODHORETZ, JOHN

It Takes All Kinds Stephen King’s creepy clown Pennywise is pound wise, too. by John Podhoretz Stephen King’s It was the bestselling book of 1986 and the source material for an enormously...

Parody

“An earlier version of this article misstated the party affiliation of [Rep. Bob] Menendez. He is a Democrat, not a Republican.” “In a story about Mayor Rahm Emanuel telling Chicago students they...

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