January 27, 2003 Issue


The Apologists
by Patrick J. Buchanan
Only losers are ashamed of a winning record.

Lessons of History
by Taki
American war planners would do well to heed the lessons of history.

How Will Iraq Strike Back?
by Richard K. Betts
Pushed into a corner, Saddam Hussein would have every reason to empty his arsenal—on American soil.

The Anti-Europeans
by Stuart Reid
To hear the neocons tell it, America’s allies across the Atlantic have turned into a bunch of neo-Nazi commie weenies.

Ronald Reagan’s Big Mistake
By Otis L. Graham Jr.
The immigration issue was ripe for reform during Reagan’s first term. The polls favored it, many Democrats backed it, and the multicultural lobby was still in its cradle. But Reagan flinched.

Little Boxes Made of Ticky-Tacky
by Fred Reed
Freedom can be the midwife of conformity.

Fourteen Days: Cold White Men; Sharpton of the Somalis; Lights Out on the Cross

Realizing Tolkien’s Genius
by Steve Sailer
“Two Towers” scores a hit.

The Father of Reality TV
by Steve Sailer
“Confessions” misses the mark.

Treason of the Intellectuals
by Roger Scruton
The New Criterion’s defense of culture

The Politics of Atonement
by Thomas E. Woods Jr.
Paul Gottfried excavates the roots of political correctness.

The New Rome
by David C. Hendrickson
Bacevich charts empire’s trajectory from openness to militarization.