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November 5, 2007 Issue

The Myth of the Oil Weapon
By David R. Henderson
Economic necessity—not empire—will ensure that oil keeps flowing to the United States.

Secular Fundamentalists
By Michael Brendan Dougherty
The atheist community holds a retreat.

The Creativity Conceit
By Eamonn Fingleton
Americans shouldn’t assume that they hold the patent on innovation.

There’s Something About Barry
By Daniel McCarthy
As conservative factions battle over his legacy, Goldwater continues to defy all categories.

Obama’s Odds
By W. James Antle III
Obama’s Losing Frontrunner Strategy

We Have Ways…
By James Bovard
It’s not torture if Bush says so.

Putin’s Progress
By John Laughland
The Pragmatic Putin

All in the Family
By Steve Sailer
Ben Affleck’s “Gone Baby Gone”

Recalling the Forgotten War
By Walter M. Hudson
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam

Taiwanese Linchpin
By Ted Galen Carpenter
A War Like No Other: The Truth About China’s Challenge to America by Richard C. Bush and Michael E. O’Hanlon

The Boss Is Back
By A.G. Gancarski
Bruce Springsteen’s “Magic”