January 31, 2005 Issue

Second-Term Test
By Patrick J. Buchanan
The proof of Bush’s presidency will be in his second term.

From Paris to Phuket
By Taki
God and Man at Gstaad

Boeing, Boeing … Gone
By Eamonn Fingleton
How an aerospace titan traded away its technological edge

Democracy for Everyone?
By James L. Payne
Where political violence reigns, freedom is an unlikely prospect.

Pleading the Fourteenth
By Austin Bramwell
Congress already holds the power to define marriage. 

The People’s Party
By W. James Antle III
Democratic populists make a play for red state voters. 

Walking Wounded
By Fred Reed
Old soldiers don’t fade away.

Old Europe’s New Right
By Paul Gottfried
Muslim immigration puts Europe’s nationalist parties on the electoral map.

Girl in Gloves
By Steve Sailer
Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby”