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May 18, 2009 ISSUE

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Apocalypse Not 
Michael C. Desch
The logic of nuclear deterrence applies as much to Iran as it did to the Soviet Union.

Columns

Fourteen Days   
Republicans Who Dare Not Speak Their Name; Another Surge—of Violence; The Original Reagan Revolutionary; Would a Liberal Souter be a Conservative?

Change in 2012   
Patrick J. Buchanan

Articles

Saving Israel From Itself 
John J. Mearsheimer
The creation of a Palestinian homeland is in the Jewish state’s best interest. But will Obama make the case?

Not Good as Gold 
David Gordon
Americans pay a high price for the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency, but the Chinese proposal for an IMF alternative would be no improvement.

Beyond the Paleos 
W. James Antle III
Republicans don’t have to turn left to set their party right.

What Is It Good For? 
Stuart Reid
In the nuclear age, there can be no just war.

Right Reflections 
David Bromwich
Burkean conservatism must be as much about civil liberties as property rights.

Becoming Barbarians 
Rod Dreher
Barbarism begins at home.

To Die For a Mystique 
Andrew J. Bacevich
Long war, short attention spans

In His Sights 
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Gun owners load up.

Found Cause 
Bill Kauffman
Why I am not a conservative

Arts & Letters

Italian Opera   
Steve Sailer
Paolo Sorrentino’s “Il Divo”

Fighting Words   
Patrick Allitt
Scandal and Civility: Journalism and the Birth of American Democracy by Marcus Daniel

Constitutional Moralist 
Daniel McCarthy
Defending the Republic: Constitutional Morality in a Time of Crisis edited by Bruce P. Frohnen and Kenneth L. Grasso

Back to the Future 
Kara Hopkins
The Next Conservatism by Paul M. Weyrich and William S. Lind

 

 


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The Serious People And The Fringe
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On Hiatus
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The Trouble With Disraeli
November 13, 2009 - Comments: 4

Asymmetrical Politics
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Are The Republicans Stupak?
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Lou Dobbs: "Bring Our Troops Home"
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