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October 24, 2005 Issue

Money for Nothing
By Philip Giraldi
Between crooked contractors and corrupt politicians, billions of dollars earmarked for Iraqi reconstruction have disappeared.

When Deficit Hawks Cry
By W. James Antle III
Congress compounds a natural disaster with a flood of wasteful spending.

Trading Up
By Ian Fletcher
A new school of economics argues that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to international trade.

Deconstructing Nation Building
By James L. Payne
The historical record shows that attempts to remake countries by military force most often fail.

The Fathers’ War
By Stephen Baskerville
America’s fathers fight our wars and return to broken homes.

Of Mathematics and Madness
By Steve Sailer
Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins in “Proof”

The Struggle for Europe
By Patrick J. Buchanan
The West’s Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?
by Tony Blankley

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Phyllis Schlafly: Conservatism’s Founding Mother
By Gregory L. Schneider
Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman’s Crusade
by Donald T. Critchlow

Jazz Was Bechet’s Crown
By Ralph de Toledano
Bechet gave the music to all God's children

Fourteen Days: Left and Right March Together; Amnesty Accompli?; Some Offsets Off Limits

Retrospective: Eight decades before our Mesopotamian morass, Britain found itself in a similar situation, as T.E. Lawrence observed.

Deep Background: Britain Joins the Badr Brigades?; Townsend’s Marching Orders; Orange Counterrevolution

Our Paralyzed Elite
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Bush is sinking—and we are too.

1.8 Billion Rounds Later
By Paul Craig Roberts
90,000 rounds per insurgent?

Degrees of Victimhood
By Taki
Victimological one-upmanship

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