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April 21, 2008 ISSUE
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Cover Superpower Play Luke Coppen China’s Olympic quest isn’t just for gold medals but for global prestige.Articles He Is Penn State Scott McConnell Barack Obama is the big man on campus.The Case for Recession Nelson Hultberg When the economy is ailing, federal cures can be worse than the disease. Surging to Defeat Andrew J. Bacevich The Petraeus strategy buys time but not victory. Trailing Hillary  Michael Brendan Dougherty Millionaire Hil plays working-class hero. The Ron Paul Evolution Daniel McCarthy The Ron Paul revolution looks to the future. Bitter Pill Tom Cairney Down and outsourced The Democracy Business  Ivo Mosley Freedom rhetoric, corporatist reality McCain: More Enemies, Please  Daniel Larison McCain plots Bush’s third term. News Fourteen Days  Khe Sanh on the Tigris; Tibet Morality Play; NATO’s Silly SeasonFeature:  Michael Brendan Dougherty The Lady to Barack’s Left Deep Background  Kenneth Timmerman’s Big Lie Arts & Letters Premature Burial  Tom Piatak The Strange Death of Republican America: Chronicles of a Collapsing Party by Sidney BlumenthalThe Conscience of a Carnivore Rod Dreher Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food by Gene Baur All the Raj  Septimus Waugh Vishnu’s Crowded Temple: India Since the Great Rebellion by Maria Misra Film: No Exit  Kara Hopkins Ryan Phillippe in “Stop-Loss”
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