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April 06, 2009 ISSUE

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Banking on Beijing 
Philip Delves Broughton
China may be worried about its American investments, but it can’t afford to stop buying.

Articles

Rebranding Gillibrand 
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Will New York’s young senator prove that Blue Dogs can’t survive in blue states?

Carter Conservatism 
Sean Scallon
While Reagan is regarded as a champion of the Right, his predecessor better understood America’s limits.

Suit Shopping 
Oliver Marre
The long arm of Britain’s oppressive libel law

Leftward No!   
W. James Antle III
Will Obama’s base bail out over the AIG bonuses?

National Disservice 
James Bovard
Where’s the virtue in mandatory volunteerism?

The Wealth Delusion 
Tom Streithorst
How the culture of consumption cheapened investment

Sticker Shock and Awe 
Jeff Huber
Military transformation means smaller, smarter, swifter—not more expensive.

Columns

The Weimar Way   
Patrick J. Buchanan

Vive la DiffĂ©rence   
Stuart Reid

Say No to Monroe 
Fred Reed

Old and Right   
Robert LeFevre on the Corruption of Conservatism

Fourteen Days   
Brother, Can You Print a Trillion?; When Bad Debt is a Good Deal; Iraq’s Surge of Anti-Americanism

Deep Background   
Our Allies in Tehran; Change Chavez Can’t Believe In

Arts & Letters

What I Did on My Summer Vacation   
Steve Sailer
Greg Mottola’s “Adventureland”

The Rites of War 
Michael Lind
Fighting Identity: Sacred War and World Change by Michael Vlahos

Clear & Present Dangers   
Piers Paul Read
Blood & Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism by Michael Burleigh

Killer Robots—What Could Go Wrong? 
Matthew Yglesias
Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P.W. Singer

 

 


Lone Wolf Tickets
By Dennis Dale - November 06, 2009
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Books for All Seasons
By Daniel McCarthy - November 06, 2009
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Hoffman And The Failures Of The National GOP
November 04, 2009 - Comments: 11

Whom Do You (Objectively) Serve?
November 04, 2009 - Comments: 4
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P.S.
November 04, 2009

On Hiatus
November 03, 2009 - Comments: 3
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Asymmetrical Politics
November 05, 2009 - Comments: 2

Whose Divisions Are Worse?
November 05, 2009
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Why Hoffman Lost
By David Lindsay - November 07, 2009

Never Met a Poor Communist
By Jack Ross - November 07, 2009
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