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 Issue Date: 9/1/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 47

Editorial

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The Thin Man
Obama's slender record.

Scrapbook

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Bob Herbert's History Lesson
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

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Don't Cry for Russia
The world's unlikeliest "victim."

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Keynote Kalamities
If history is any guide, Mark Warner will flop.

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Would You Hire Barack Obama?
The resume of a chronic underachiever.

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An Awkward Alliance
McCain neither embraces Bush, nor criticizes him.

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Unsuper Delegate
Detroit's Kwame Kilpatrick, unwelcome in Denver.

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Hillary Supporters for McCain
West Virginia Democrats aren't warming up to Obama.

Features

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Misfortunes of War
Success in Iraq confounds the Democrats.

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The New Jews?
Asian admissions at the Ivies.

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Faith-Based Campaign
What brought John McCain and Barack Obama to Rick Warren's megachurch.

Books & Arts

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No Way Out
Ethnic cleansing, by fire and atrocity.

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The Texas Way
There once was a Democrat who worked with George W. Bush.

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Crime Pays
The rewards of following two masters of the form.

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Hef's Cold War
On the trail of Warsaw Pact pulchritude.

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Le Film Mediocre
What Keanu Reeves rejected, the French embrace.

Casual

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A Summer Car
Joseph Bottum's summer car.

Parody

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The Podestionary
A parody.


 Issue Date: 8/25/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 46

Cover

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History's Back
Ambitious autocracies, hesitant democracies.

Editorial

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What Is To Be Done?
The conflict in Georgia.

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Blaming the Victim
Putin's provocations.

Scrapbook

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Peter W. Rodman, 1943-2008
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

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To Drill, or Not to Drill
Will McCain change his mind about Alaskan oil?

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European Disunion
Russia is far from the only issue dividing the EU.

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China Looks Across the Strait
Events in Georgia bode ill for Taiwan.

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Iraq's Oil Progress
It's impressive, but U.S. lawmakers aren't helping.

Features

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Destination Malabo
A group of mercenaries' failed attempt to take over the worst place on earth.

Books & Arts

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Track Record
A Japanese novelist races against his demons.

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Man of Courage
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1918-2008.

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One Hit Wonder
Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, and that's enough.

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Machine Politics
Will the new technologies make a difference in November?

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National Treasures
Must the artifacts of culture be the property of states?

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Who Are You?
Ignore the question at our peril.

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Petit's Gift
The day the Twin Towers enchanted New York.

Casual

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Jon From Alexandria
Jonathan V. Last, surf dog.

Correspondence

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Colorado, whiners, and more

Parody

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John Edwards's House: The Complete Makeover
A parody.


 Issue Date: 8/11/2008 - 8/18/2008 Volume 013, Number 45

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Hollywood Takes on the Left
David Zucker, the director who brought us 'Airplane!' and 'The Naked Gun,' turns his sights on anti-Americanism.

Editorial

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Rewards of Wisdom
As McCain's stand on the surge shows, experience cannot be separated from judgment.

Scrapbook

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Green dorms, cable's creator, etc.
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

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Nancy Pelosi's Power Recipe
Complain your way to the top.

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A Matter of Principle
Colorado's right-to-work law champion.

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Inside the Bubble
The looney left's articles of faith.

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A Fool's Gold Medal
Don't waste your time looking for high ideals from the Olympic Committee.

Features

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Barack Obama's Lost Years
The senator's tenure as a state legislator reveals him to be an old-fashioned, big government, race-conscious liberal.

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The End of Nuclear Diplomacy
Iran to the West: Drop dead

Books & Arts

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World War II Revised
Apparently, the Good War was a Bad Idea.

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Their Town
The lost Washington of 1968.

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At War with Itself
Spain, the Spaniards, and their internecine history.

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Please the Courts
Can judges and juries win the war on terror?

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It's a Jungle
Ben Stiller sends up Hollywood--and lives.

Casual

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Take My Mower, Please
David Skinner, lawnmower man.

Parody

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The Genocide Annex
A parody.


 Issue Date: 8/4/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 44

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First, Lose Three Straight Elections
Britain's Conservatives are finally emerging from the wilderness. Republicans can learn from them.

Editorial

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Look, Ma, No Arms
Why is the Bush administration delaying arms sales to Taiwan?

Scrapbook

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Impeachment redux, PC newspapers, etc.
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

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Dewey Like Obama
Is it 1948 all over again?

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Sweet Nothings
A close reading of The Speech.

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Obama's Centrist Economic Team
Pro-free trade and pro-Wal-Mart are not enough.

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Le Kennedy Noir
Paris sulks: Why Berlin and not us?

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Supremely Screwed Up
A do-over for the High Court?

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Distrust But Verify
Caving in to North Korea.

Features

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Scared Sober
Another way to waste taxpayers' money and schoolchildren's time

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Moderate Islam, African-style
Meet the beer-swilling Muslims of Mali.

Books & Arts

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Scotland the Brave
Or the Foolish, as it ponders independence.

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Marsh Fever
Now largely a tropical disease, malaria was once a global blight.

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Left Behind
An evangelical loses his faith but fails to gain insight.

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Jerry's Kids
A celebration of Jerome Robbins and the New York City Ballet season.

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Running with Sarkozy
The personal is the political for playwright Yasmina Reza.

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Luke the Unloved
A cinematic Holden Caulfield or sensitive drug dealer?

Casual

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Have Fun, Schweinhund!
Joseph Epstein remembers Vernon Young

Parody

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What's in your wallet?
A parody.




 

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