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December 15, 2008 ISSUE

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Cover

The Spirit of ’76 
Philip Jenkins
Democratic overreach derailed Jimmy Carter’s presidency—and may do the same for Barack Obama’s.

Articles

Mom, Apple Pie, and Hyundai? 
Pat Choate
The case for saving Ford, Chrysler, and GM, companies that made the American middle class

A Surge of Skepticism   
William S. Lind
In Afghanistan as in Iraq, more American troops won’t mean more security.

Off Base 
Sean Scallon
Can the GOP hold on to its traditional constituents while diversifying its appeal?

American Omen 
Justin Raimondo
Old Right journalist Garet Garrett is now more relevant than ever

Cowboy and Indians   
Paul Moreland
Bush takes a village.

Goldwater Standard   
John Duncan
The Right must return to the Goldwater standard.

Withered Conservatism 
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Conservatives look for a new direction. Just don’t mention the war.

News

Fourteen Days   
India’s 9/11; A Team of Neoconservative Rivals; The Recession Is Official

Deep Background   
No Spy Left Behind

Arts & Letters

Too Big Not to Fail   
Steve Sailer
Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia”

Centralist American   
Alan Pell Crawford
Hamilton’s Curse: How Jefferson’s Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution—and What It Means for America Today by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Literary Ambassador   
Walter Hudson
George Kennan: A Writing Life by Lee Congdon

Right-wing Liberal 
W. James Antle III
Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism by Ben J. Wattenberg

Columns

Back in the U.S.S.A.   
Patrick J. Buchanan

Meet the Old Boss   
Daniel Larison

Manchester Disunited 
Bill Kauffman

 

 


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