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Vol. 024 Issue 009 (November 5 2018)
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Vol. 024 Issue 011 (November 19 2018)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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The Scrapbook
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THE SCRAPBOOK Vegan Season An item in the press recently caught the attention of our friend and colleague P. J. O’Rourke, who emailed to Scrapbook HQ his always amusing reaction. The offending...
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Casual
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CASUAL Feedback Mania here is only one valid * I definition of a business I purpose: to create a -A- customer,” the business writer Peter Drucker once said. One of the great things about...
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Editorial
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EDITORIALS The message was worded, as these messages often are, in the first-person plural—the royal “we”: “We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General...
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Comment
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COMMENT FRED BARNES The biggest winner: Senator Mitch McConnell Republicans lost the House but held the Senate in the midterm election. That puts Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell in the...
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Bluer Blues, Redder Reds
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Mccormack, John
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Bluer Blues, Redder Reds The winners and losers of 2018. by John McCormack In the run-up to the midterms, countless pundits and politicians declared 2018 was “the most important election of our...
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King of the Low Road
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Rubenstein, Adam
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King of the Low Road Iowa’s worst congressman ekes out a victory. by Adam Rubenstein Sioux City, Iowa Iowa’s 4th Congressional District is solidly Republican. In 2016, Donald Trump carried it by...
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It Was a Good Night for the Pollsters
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Byler, David
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It Was a Good Night for the Pollsters Not perfect, but nonetheless impressive. by David Byler Didn’t the polls and statistical models get everything wrong in 2016? How can I trust them? Every...
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They Don't Like Him That Much
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WARREN, MICHAEL
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They Don’t Like Him That Much The suburbs spell trouble for Trump. by Michael Warren When asked at his November 7 press conference at the White House what lesson he took from the midterm...
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Embrace the Darkness
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LAST, JONATHAN V.
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Embrace the Darkness Trump won the midterms because the Republican party lost By Jonathan V Last he midterm elections were good for Donald Trump. Yes, Republicans lost the House. Yes, a...
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Duncan Hunter's Last Hurrah?
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Egger, Andrew
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Duncan Hunter’s Last Hurrah? A 60-count federal indictment was only a slight impediment to reelection. Whether he serves out his term is another question. By Andrew Egger San Diego As the ballot...
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Glory Days
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VALIUNAS, ALGIS
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Glory Days The longing that defined Napoleon, man of action. by Algis Valiunas Men of action present a problem for decent modern democrats. For the very term “men of action” is a euphemism for men...
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Acts of Creation
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Wilson, William A.
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Acts of Creation Ancient robots and today’s intentionally imperfect quest for artificial intelligence. by William A. Wilson Their mission accomplished, the weary travelers set out for home across...
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Powell's People
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Rollyson, Carl
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Powell’s People The friends and fights of the Dance to the Music of Time author. by Carl Rollyson Authorized biographer Hilary Spurling begins with the assumption that Anthony Powell (1905-2000)...
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When They Was Fab
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Green, Dominic
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When They Was Fab Fifty years of the marvelous, mixed-up mess that is the Beatles’ White Album, by Dominic Green Who broke the Beatles, and when? Some say it was the night when John violated the...
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No Escape from Reality
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PODHORETZ, JOHN
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No Escape from Reality Queen pic a surprise hit but unsurprisingly unoriginal. by John Podhoretz Love & Mercy, a superb fictional portrait of Brian Wilson, the presiding genius behind the Beach...
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Parody
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PARODY “Trump settles score with Republicans who didn’t embrace him in midterms.” —Fox News headline, November 7,...
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Vol. 024 Issue 012 (November 26 2018)
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