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December 4, 2006 Issue

Chinese Takeout
By Doug Bandow
Taming North Korea requires a regional effort led by Beijing.

The Great Tory Hope
By Peter Hitchens
David Cameron, leader of Britain’s Conservatives, is still the same public-relations shill he was before entering politics.

Minority Report
By W. James Antle III
Sound Democratic strategy, Republican missteps, and Bush’s war lead to a shift in control of Congress.

Return of the Native
By Kara Hopkins
Populism without the people

Battle for the Border
By Peter Brimelow
An avalanche of restrictionist literature suggests that immigration reform may yet prevail over amnesty.

Remains of the Day
By Dennis Dale
View from the bunker

Democracy Takes a Village
By Joseph Pearce
Small is beautiful in politics, too.

Go Webb Go
By Scott McConnell
Jim Webb breaks the Left-Right mold.

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Are More “Thumpings” Needed?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Republicans lost, conservatives didn’t.

Slipshod Scribblers
By Taki
The irresponsible Fourth Estate

Polish Joke for a New Century
By Steve Sailer
Sacha Baron Cohen in “Borat”

Conservatism From A to Z
By Daniel McCarthy
American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia edited by Bruce Frohnen, Jeremy Beer, and Jeffrey O. Nelson

You Know He’s Right
By Gregory L. Schneider
A Glorious Disaster: Barry Goldwater’s Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement by J. William Middendorf II

Bach Reaches Out to God
By Ralph de Toledano

Fourteen Days: The Rumsfeld Fiasco; Amnesty as a House-Warming Gift?; Multiculturalism on the Ballot

Feature: Iraq by the Numbers

Deep Background: The Free Country You Can’t Leave Without Permission; Israeli Calls in Bomb Threat

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