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March 14, 2005 Issue

Vital Interest
By Stephen Van Evera
Why the road to victory in the War on Terror runs through Jerusalem.

Living Room War
By Andrew J. Bacevich
Instead of summoning the American people to shared sacrifice, the Bush administration insulates us from the costs of conflict.

Libertarianism: A Home
for Conservatives?
Robert Locke and Daniel McCarthy square off on just how much freedom a society can endure.

Marxism of the Right
By Robert Locke

In Defense of Freedom
By Daniel McCarthy

Church of the Open Sky
By Roger D. McGrath
From gremmie to Gandalf, a lifelong surfer on the endless quest for that perfect wave

Newest Deal
By W. James Antle III
How Bush’s ownership society could become warmed-over welfarism

How to Destroy a Nation
By Richard D. Lamm
Destroying America in seven easy steps

America’s New Nationalism
By Scott McConnell
America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism
by Anatol Lieven

Austen in a Sari
By Steve Sailer
Jane Austen meets Bollywood in “Bride and Prejudice”


Philosophy, Not Politics
By Gene Callahan
Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction
by Paul Franco

Hamilton’s Empire
By James Gass
An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power
by John Steele Gordon

The Stillborn Empire
By Patrick J. Buchanan
America as the “New Rome”—of the late fourth century

Open to Debate
By Taki
Doing in London what you can’t do in New York

Fourteen Days: Electing the Ayatollahs; Liberate UNLV; The DNC’s Litmus Test

Deep Background: Bush: A Second Helping of Regime Change, Please; Pakistan’s Rules of Engagement

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