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April 9, 2007 Issue

Hagel’s Dilemma
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Will the Nebraska Republican try to ride his objections to the Iraq War all the way to the White House?

Hegemony Lite
By James P. Pinkerton
Don’t mistake a cautious internationalist for a principled noninterventionist.

Twilight Zone
By Gregory Cochran
Pass through the portal to the alternate reality of the War Party propagandists.

The Starbucks Delusion
By James Mann
If free elections were held in China, the new bourgeoisie would be outvoted.

Amnesty Impasse
By Michael Brendan Dougherty
Bush’s amnesty plan stalls in Congress.

Appointment in al-Adhamiya
By Stewart Nusbaumer
Good Morning, al-Adhamiya

Flowers for the Liberators
ByJason Motlagh
America’s hopes for Afghanistan are coming up poppies.

Ant Farm
By James L. Payne
Making mountains out of anthills

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The Pluck of the Irish Rebels
By Steve Sailer
Ken Loach’s “The Wind that Shakes the Barley”

The Pleasure of the President
By Thomas E. Woods Jr.
Commander in Chief: How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America’s Future by Geoffrey Perret

Beyond Red and Blue
By Paul Gottfried
Eight Ways to Run the Country: A New and Revealing Look at Right and Left by Brian Mitchell

Invisible Hand
By Kevin C. Gutzman
George Mason: Forgotten Founder by Jeff Broadwater

We Don’t Live in Lake Wobegone
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Not all students are above average.

It’s All Greek to Me
By Taki
Ode to a Grecian Victory

Fourteen Days: Four Years and Counting; Bush Stands By His Man;
Our Friend in France

Deep Background: Iran in AIPAC’s Sights