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May 19, 2008 ISSUE

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The Next Fidel 
Peter Hitchens
Hugo Chavez’s socialist program drives Venezuela to the brink of dictatorship.

Articles

When the Left Was Right 
Bill Kauffman
Before the Weathermen detonated SDS, Carl Oglesby was trying to build a Middle-American movement.

Less Perfect Unions 
Margaret Liu McConnell
Extending marriage to same-sex couples negates the ideal that no parent should abandon his child.

Turning on to J Street 
Michael Brendan Dougherty
A new lobby redefines what it means to be a friend of Israel.

The Wright Answer   
Steve Sailer
Putting Wright to rest

The Road to Kuwait 
Lawrence Korb
The Iraq exit is clearly marked.

Unreality Check   
Dennis Dale
There’s no such thing as a free rebate.

News

Fourteen Days:   
Peace Camp Wins War in North Carolina; Bin Laden Buttons; London Calls Boris Johnson

Deep Background:   
Hayden Gets With the Program; Israel’s Nuclear Reaction

Arts & Letters

Ode to Joy 
Peter W. Wood
Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy by Eric G. Wilson

Full Metal Jacket   
Steve Sailer
Robert Downey Jr. in “Iron Man”

Faith of Our Father   
James P. Pinkerton
Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State by Tara Ross and Joseph C. Smith Jr.

Liberalism's World Wide Web 
Austin Bramwell
Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats by Matthew Yglesias

Columns

McCain Missing in Action   
Patrick J. Buchanan

Establishing Obama   
Daniel Larison

Don't Sweat the TSA 
Fred Reed

 

 


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