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May 21, 2007 Issue

Globalization Bites
By William Norman Grigg
America, once the breadbasket of the world, now imports disease along with dinner.

Beyond Baghdad
By Stewart Nusbaumer
The surge is succeeding—in spreading the insurgency across Iraq.

Al-Qaeda’s Waiting Game
By Michael Scheuer
Bin Laden’s minions aren’t routed, they’re resting.

Doomed to Repeat
By Wilson Burman
David Halberstam saw how American optimism can lead to defeat.

One Nation, Divisible
By Carol Iannone
Multiculturalism robs newcomers of the opportunity to become Americans.

Mississippi Compromise
By Peter Wood
The trusting may get swindled, but the suspicious lose more.

Demography Is Destiny
By Leon Hadar
What does it mean for the peace process when the most popular name in Israel is Muhammad?

Sense and Sensibility
By Steve Sailer
Helen Mirren in “The Queen”

Middle Ground in the Middle Kingdom
By Nikolas Gvosdev
Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan

Greatest Hits of the Eighties
By Peter Hitchens
The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World by John O’Sullivan

Buckley’s Paradise Lost
By Robert W. Merry
Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement
by Linda Bridges and John R. Coyne Jr.

The Bill for Bush’s War
By Patrick J. Buchanan
An “unpatriotic conservative” looks back—and ahead.

The Unfortunate Mrs. Middleton
By Taki
Snobs have no class.

Silent Partner
George Tenet wants it all: the Medal of Freedom, a hefty book deal—and his reputation.

Fourteen Days: Harry Reid Surrenders Pretense; Barack Without Borders; Party Line to Heaven

Deep Background: The neocon propaganda machine turns toward Iran.

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