The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection
A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media
The American Enterprise • 10 Years, 68 Issues, 2,217 Articles, 5,684pp
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- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Our Chance of a Lifetime to End the Welfare Curse
- Sidelights, p. 7 Newt Gingrich. China Today. The Rights of Grass.
- Scan, pp. 8-15 Election Reports. Body Weight Liberation. Marion Barry, Welfare Critic. George Gilder o...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 16-20 The Working Poor? Massive Support for Welfare Cuts. Haiti and Population Growth. Multic...
- Two Views, pp. 21-22 Should All-Male Schools Be Illegal? From the Left and from the Right, Elizabeth For-Gen...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 23-27 "People Want Their Money Back, They Want Their Freedom Back, They Want Their Country Ba...
- America at Midnight, pp. 28-32 On the 30th Anniversary of the Moynihan Report, It's Past Time to Repair the American F...
- --- by Walter Williams, p. 33
- --- by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, p. 33
- --- by Lee Rainwater, p. 33
- --- by Charles Murray, p. 34
- --- by Glenn Loury, p. 34
- --- by Sen. Joe Lieberman, p. 35
- --- by Mickey Kaus, p. 35
- --- by George Gilder, p. 36
- --- by Eugene Genovese, p. 37
- --- by Martin Anderson, p. 37
- The Summer of '65, pp. 38-41 The Author Remembers the Birth of the Negro Family, and Describes the Great Transformat...
- The View from 1999, pp. 42-48 A Welfare Fantasy
- Rebirth of the Maternity Home, pp. 49-55 Forget Welfare Checks. Here's How to Help Poor Women in Trouble.
- Rescue the Perishing, pp. 56-60 The Director of a Rare Homeless Shelter That Does More Than Shelter Describes the Tough...
- Making America Sick?, pp. 61-64 Here's a Welfare Program That's Costlier the AFDC, and Growing Like Kudzu. Yet Welfare ...
- Pariahs, pp. 65-72 A Roundtable Discussion on Forbidden Research, with Leading Lepers Christina Hoff Somme...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 73-74 Excerpts from a Bradley Lecture on Feminism by Christina Hoff Sommers. Very Contemporar...
- Journal: The Daily Work of Americans, pp. 75-78 Gaye Wagner Collars a Career Criminal. Blake Hurst Harvests Corn. Ann MacFarlane Lunche...
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 79-82 Private and Electronic Competitors Are Delivering a Message to the U.S. Postal Service:...
- The Economist, pp. 83-85 The Environmental Movement Discovers the Limits to Its Growth.
- Flashback, p. 86 In 1808, 13-year-old William Cullen Bryant Wrote Paeans to...Free Trade.
- [+]Touch Colleens (Review) , p. 87The Kennedy Women, by Laurence Leamer
- The Kennedy Women by Laurence Leamer
- [+]Wild Sam (Review) , p. 88If They Move . . . Kill 'Em!, by David Weddle
- If They Move . . . Kill 'Em! by David Weddle
- [+]Congressman: Go Home (Review) , p. 89Home Style, by Richard F. Fenno, Jr.
- Home Style by Richard F. Fenno, Jr.
- [+]Nixon's Ghost (Review) , p. 90Nixon Reconsidered, by Joan Hoff
- Nixon Reconsidered by Joan Hoff
- [+]We're Off to Slay the Wizard (Review) , pp. 91-93Arrogant Capital, by Kevin Phillips
- Arrogant Capital by Kevin Phillips
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 94-100 War Technology...Rock and Roll Incomes...Bad Jury Rules...School Spending's Poor Paybac...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 101-111 Republican Realignment, Satisfaction with Work, and Welfare Reform. Exit Poll Results f...
- Biograph/Names in the News, pp. 112-114 Who Is Tokyo Sexwale?
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January 1995 Issue - 37 Articles
Blueprints for a New World of WelfareSex, Families, Race, Poverty, Welfare: A SymposiumBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 America Is One House with Many Rooms
- Sidelights, pp. 6-7 Fortune Cookie Exports. Deaf Culture. Catoptricophobia.
- Scan, pp. 8-15 The Tailpipe Police. The ADA and Our Toilet Shortage. Civil Rights Revolution in Califo...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 16-20 The Revolt against Government - in Figures. Your Tax Burden. State and Local Government...
- Two Views, pp. 21-22 Should Immigrants Get Entitlements?
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 23-26 We Talk with Virginia Gov. George Allen, Firebrand Leader of the Small-Government Crusade.
- States to D.C.: Don't Tread on Me, pp. 27-33 A Great Jurisdictional Struggle Is about to Break Out between Out National and State Go...
- Republican Matadors, pp. 34-36 Thirty GOP Governors, Most of Them Young and Exceptionally Active, Now Preside Over Sta...
- Think Small, pp. 37-41 If You Believe You've Got Federalism and Stare Power All Figured Out, Brace Yourself fo...
- New Jersey and the Death of Rockefeller Republicanism, p. 42
- Cuomo Democrats Lose Their Blue Collars , p. 43
- Voters Throw a Party---Out , pp. 43-44
- Conservatives Struggle in the Stony Fields of New England , p. 45
- Making Americans: Immigration Policy for a Post-Industrial Economy, pp. 46-50 The Case for Designer Immigration.
- Melting Pot Blues, pp. 51-55 America and Assimilation Are Inseparable. Always Have Been.
- Asian Americans Head for Politics, pp. 56-58 What Horse Will Asian Voters Ride: Hyphenated-American Minority Democrat, or Economical...
- --- by Michael Medved, pp. 59-64
- Still a Long Way to Go , p. 65
- The Interesting Case of Peru, p. 66
- Venezuela: Democratic and Floundering , p. 67
- Markets or Elections , p. 68
- Democracy and Development , pp. 69-70
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 71-73 The Great Orphanage Debate.
- Block and Tackle a Hostile Culture., p. 74
- Stepped on by State Mandates., p. 75
- The Neighborhood outside Her Patrol Car., p. 76
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 77-79 Caterpillar vs. the UAW - It's a War Out There. And It's Nearly Over.
- The Economist, pp. 80-82 Centralism Lived. Centralism Died. It's Not Coming Back.
- Flashback, p. 83 The NEA Drafts Artists into the Cold War.
- [+]The Hubris and the Glory (Review) , p. 84Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan
- Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
- [+]A Cabal of Smarties (Review) , p. 85On the Edge, by Elizabeth Drew
- On the Edge by Elizabeth Drew
- [+]Pistol-packin' Comics (2 Reviews) , pp. 86-88All the Trouble in the World, by P.J. O'Rourke
- All the Trouble in the World by P.J. O'Rourke
- The Florence King Reader by Calvert Morgan and Florence King
- [+]He Said, She Said (Review) , pp. 89-90Strange Justice, by Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson
- Strange Justice by Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson
- Authors: Literary Lives, p. 91 Violet Hunt: Handmaiden
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 92-99 Black Crime...Out with the Old Welfare...Asian Non-Miracles...Tree-Hugging May Hurt...t...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 100-109 Measuring Disillusionment with Washington. Taxes. Ambivalence Toward Immigration. Belie...
- The Mail, p. 110
- Biograph, p. 111
- Names in the News, pp. 112-114
- Cover Illustration
Power to the StatesConservatives in Liberalism's Front ParlorHollywood Makes Room for ReligionPaths to Freedom: Democracy or Markets?Journal: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Liberated into Terror.
- Sidelights, p. 7 To Speak or to Sign. IRS Service. Fairy Tales for the '90s.
- Scan, pp. 8-15 Affirmative Action Foolery. Saving Squirrels. Poll-Gazing Politicians Are Losers. Depar...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 16-20 Crime and Non-punishment. Victimization Odds. Prison Works. Race and Crime. Guns and Cr...
- Two Views, pp. 21-22 What Should Congress Tackle in Its Second 100 Days? Communitarian Amitai Etzioni and Li...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 23-27 Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms Covers Foreign Policy, the NEA
- Death of an Officer, pp. 28-31 The Slaying of a San Diego Policeman Moves His Fellow Officers - And the People of the ...
- Rescue the Young from Barbarism, p. 32
- Save the Drug Babies , p. 33
- Get Control of Juvenile Terrorists , p. 34
- Reduce Serious Crime by Restoring Order , pp. 35-36
- Just Take Away Criminals' Guns , p. 37
- Get More Guns Into Law Abiding Pockets , p. 38
- Go to the People , p. 39
- Retrieve the Death Penalty from Symbolism , p. 40
- Close the Habeas Corpus Loophope , p. 41
- Radically Narrow the Exclusionary Rule... , pp. 42-43
- ...Or Get Rid of It Altogether , p. 44
- Open Up Juries , p. 45
- Hiring Police and Building Prisons Pays Off , p. 46
- There Is No Alternative to Building More Prisons , pp. 46-47
- Run Prisons Differently , p. 48
- Use Drug Tests to Reduce Demand for Narcotics , p. 49
- Control, Track, and Lock Up Sex Predators , p. 50
- Fight Back Personally , p. 51
- Runaway Judge, pp. 52-56 U.S. Judge Russell Clark Has Wildly Exceeded His Constitutional Authority in Kansas Cit...
- Taking the Law into Shangri-la, pp. 57-59 Hawaiian Jurists Are about to Impose Gay Marriage on Every American Community. And It W...
- Curbing Our Undemocratic Courts, pp. 60-63 There Is No Reason Runaway Judges Should Frustrate the Will of the People. Some Suggest...
- Solzhenitsyn at Home, pp. 64-69 May Marks the End of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's First Year Back in Russia. America's Lead...
- Feminists and Dysfunctional Families, pp. 70-75 The Personal Backgrounds of Many Leading Feminists Are Tragically Unhappy. Is Feminist ...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 76-77 We Can Learn Something from Victorian Morals.
- His Battle with Destructive Unionism., p. 78
- Two Daughters in Tears, Glimpses the End of Childhood., pp. 78-79
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 80-82 Sports Moguls Have Been Talking Taxpayers into Megabuck Subsidies for Their Teams and S...
- The Economist, pp. 83-85 Deregulation Is Coming to Your Electric Service. Expect Lower Bills and Higher Service.
- Flashback, pp. 86-87 Meet the Strangest Third Part in American History.
- [+]Monster Mao (Review) , pp. 88-89The Private Life of Chairman Mao, by Li Zhi-Sui
- The Private Life of Chairman Mao by Li Zhi-Sui
- [+]Mr. Independent (Review) , p. 90The Revolt of the Elites, and the Betrayal of Democracy, by Christopher Lasch
- The Revolt of the Elites, and the Betrayal of Democracy by Christopher Lasch
- [+]Endless Summer (Review) , p. 91The Nearest Faraway Place, by Timothy White
- The Nearest Faraway Place by Timothy White
- [+]The Fugitive (Review) , pp. 91-92The Attack on Leviathan, by Donald Davidson
- The Attack on Leviathan by Donald Davidson
- Authors: Literary Lives, p. 93 On the Defanging of Dorothy Parker.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 94-99 Cable Regulation Done Wrong...Making the Postal Service Work...Putting Felons in Prison...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 100-109 Unpopular Affirmative Action. White Male Yawn. Third-Party Prospects. Hillary Rodham Cl...
- The Mail, p. 110 Larry Speakes for the Postal Service. Harder and Softer Views on Welfare.
- Biograph, p. 111 Sporting Pols
- Names in the News, pp. 112-114 Ms. April May August
- Cover Photograph
Crime Solutions: 18 Things We Can Now Do to Fight BackIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 The Fearsome Master: Millions of Americans Have Been Stepped on by Government.
- Sidelights, p. 7 Uncle Sam to James Nichols: $36,522.Tupac Shakur, Black Panther Cub. Forgoing NFL Loot.
- Scan, pp. 8-15 Children's Horror Stories. The Time Warner War. The Japanese Jugger-Not. Hong Kong on t...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 16-18 Do Americans Fear Their Government? Powerful Urge for Tax Reform. Billions in Farm Aid.
- Two Views, pp. 19-21 Now That Racial Affirmative Action May Be on the Way Out, Should It Be Replaced by Inco...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 22-27 It's Time for a Socially Liberal Jewish Republican from the Northeast to Be President.
- Socialism: Dead or Alive?, pp. 28-35 A Roundtable
- Marxism and Me, pp. 36-38 One of Today's Leading Conservative Thinkers Describes His Personal Journey into Commun...
- Control Freaks, pp. 39-40 Socialism Has Psychological Appeal for Many - Rulers and Ruled Alike.
- Socialism Lives, p. 41 Marxist Thought Is Down But Not Out. Das Kapital in the White House in 2010?
- Can American Farmers Survive without Subsidies?, pp. 42-44
- One Option for Small Farmers, pp. 45-50
- The Last Farm Bill?, pp. 51-52
- Enviro-Socialism, pp. 53-54 Why Environmentalists Distrust Free Markets and Private Property, and What Conservative...
- "From Red to Green", pp. 55-56 Lots of Radicals Have Dropped Marx for Malthus, But the Missionary Project Is the Same.
- The Three Competing Plans., pp. 57-58
- The National Sales Tax Fantasy., pp. 59-60
- The Circuitous Origins of the Flat Tax., pp. 61-62
- The Flat Income Tax That's Actually a Progressive Levy on Consumption., pp. 63-65
- That Dick Armey's Best Idea Is to End withholding., p. 66
- A Case for the Nunn-Domenici Consumption Tax., p. 67
- What Americans Are Looking for in Tax Reform., pp. 68-69
- Clinton's Terrifying Response to Terror, pp. 70-73 Militarized Law Enforcement against Citizens Who Hold Unpopular Political Views Is Dang...
- The Danger in Idaho, p. 74 The National Media Believe the Rural West Is Full of Menacing Bigots. They're Wrong.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 75 Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus on the Leap from Socialism to Market Capitalism.
- A Worthwhile Struggle, p. 76
- Furnishing a Hope With Old Live, pp. 76-77
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 78-81 The 28 U.S. National Labs Are a $6 Billion-a-Year, 50,000-Employee Leftover from the Co...
- Business Welfare, pp. 82-83 Now That the Federal Budget Is Receiving Careful Scrutiny, It's Time to Examine the Pro...
- The Economist, pp. 84-86 "Pro-Business Socialism" Fails in Japan. Case in Point: Japanese Computers.
- Flashback, p. 87 Lest You Think FDR and the New Deal Were a Triumph among Their Contemporaries...
- [+]Red, Not White and Blue (Review) , p. 88The Secret World of American Communism, by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Fridrikh...
- The Secret World of American Communism by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Fridrikh I. Firsov, ...
- [+]The Right's Favorite Marxist (Review) , p. 89The Southern Front, by Eugene D. Genovese
- The Southern Front by Eugene D. Genovese
- [+]Migrant Headache (Review) , p. 90Alien Nation, by Peter Brimelow
- Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow
- [+]Green White (Review) , p. 91The War Against the Greens, by David Helvarg
- The War Against the Greens by David Helvarg
- [+]God and Liberty (Review) , pp. 91-93The Holy Earth, by Liberty Hyde Bailey
- The Holy Earth by Liberty Hyde Bailey
- Authors: Literary Lives, p. 94 Robert Fulghum Proves Childhood Can Last Forever.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 95-100 Jobs Can't Be Protected...Bringing Confucius Back to Life...Eco-Optimism, and More.
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 101-110 Sex, Divorce, Single-Parent Families, Homosexuality, and Abortion. U.S. Views of Japan.
- The Mail: Letters on Law and Order, George Allen, and Affirmative Action., pp. 111-114 George Allen
- Cover illustration: City Building
Farm SocialismThe Great Tax Reform Race - A ScorecardIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 On Work, Truth, and Romance: No Flinching Allowed.
- Sidelights, p. 6 Co-Ed Slumber Parties. A Hospital for Hypochondriacs. The $399,418 Union Joe.
- Scan, pp. 7-17
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-20 College Boom. White Voters/Black Representatives. Enviro-Activists. Welfare Hurts.
- A Case for Censorship., p. 21
- He's Cracked., pp. 21-23
- From Underclass to Working Class, pp. 24-28 It's the Holy Grail, and It Can Be Done. But Not by Government Training Programs. By Pr...
- The State of Wisconsin Has Big Plans to End Welfare and Substitute Jobs Instead., pp. 29-30
- The Mormon Church Has Been Running Such a System for Decades., pp. 31-32
- African Americans and the Entrepreneurial Gap, p. 33 More Effort at Starting Small Businesses Could Cure What Ails American Blacks Economica...
- Family Responsibilities Can't Be Managed Like Business Commitments., p. 34
- Too Many Americans Go to College., p. 35
- Kids Who Don't Take to Schooling to Go into Business Instead., p. 36
- Child Labor., p. 37
- She Had Gone to Work Instead of University., p. 38
- Work Is Gobbling Up Other Worthwhile Undertakings., pp. 39-40
- A Big Choice., pp. 41-42
- How Hard Are You Working?, p. 43 Conventional Wisdom Says the Average American Is Toiling Longer These Days. Not True.
- Payday Mayday, pp. 44-48 Wages Have Stopped Growing, and Downward Mobility Is Squeezing Many Americans Out of th...
- On Honoring Blackness, p. 49
- Beware of Race-Pride, p. 50
- Pride and Prejudice, pp. 51-54 Some Efforts to Build Black Pride Produce Ignorance and Chauvinism Instead.
- Alternative Afrocentrisms, pp. 55-58
- Jessie Fauset, pp. 59-60
- Zora Neale Hurston, pp. 61-63
- Unpristine Nature, pp. 64-66 Mother Nature Is Impure, Cruel, and Sometimes Out of Control. She Needs Man's Help.
- Managing Nature in South Africa, pp. 67-68
- Managing Nature in the Future, p. 69
- 100000 Prisoners and the Bomb, pp. 70-73 A True Story of Hiroshima Told by a Distinguished British Man of Letters and Former Pri...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 74-75 Pocahontas Is Poco-Dishonest When It Comes to Depicting Indian Life.
- The Blooming of His Small Business., p. 76
- The Ghost of "Some Dude.", p. 77
- A Work-and-Motherhood Collage., p. 77
- An Employer Can't Do the Job of the Schools., p. 78
- On the Humble Nobility of the Weekend Warrior., p. 79
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 80-81 Should the Feds Have to Approve a Private Company's Every New Hire?
- The Economist, pp. 82-83 Some Fair and Sensible Ways to Fix the Endangered Species Act.
- Flashback, pp. 84-85 Travel Back to the Founding of the U.N. and Listen to What Silly Opponents Said.
- [+]Victorian Principles (Review) , p. 86The De-Moralization of Society, by Gertrude Himmelfarb
- The De-Moralization of Society by Gertrude Himmelfarb
- [+]Terrible Ted (Review) , p. 87Citizen Turner, by Robert Goldberg and Gerald Jay Goldberg
- Citizen Turner by Robert Goldberg and Gerald Jay Goldberg
- [+]Smash Your Mainframe? (Review) , p. 88Rebels Against the Future, by Kirkpatrick Sale
- Rebels Against the Future by Kirkpatrick Sale
- [+]Who's Sorry Now? (Review) , p. 89In Retrospect, by Robert S. McNamara and Brian VanDeMark
- In Retrospect by Robert S. McNamara and Brian VanDeMark
- [+]Calvin at Sea (Review) , pp. 90-91Billy Budd and Other Stories, by Herman Melville
- Billy Budd and Other Stories by Herman Melville
- Authors: Literary Lives, pp. 92-93 Molly Ivins Is a Lovable Left-Wing Cynic - And a Shameless Word Thief.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 94-99 Regulating the Press...Costly Free Vaccines...the End of Mob Rule...Japan's Secrets.
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 100-108 A Profile of College Freshmen...Unpopular Lawyers...O. J. Fallout...PBS...the Tories.
- The Mail, pp. 109-110
- Biograph, p. 111
- Names in the News, pp. 112-114
- Cover Illustration
Two ViewsWork, Not WelfareThe Academic TrapWork Versus the Rest of LifeThe Double-Edged Sword of Race-PrideUnpristine NatureIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Do Religious Conservatives Have Horns?
- Sidelights, p. 7 Colin Powell on Sex...Jimmy Carter's Baby Book...Baptist Standing Ovation.
- Scan, pp. 8-17 Taiwan Is Our King of China. Charity after Welfare. James Q. Wilson on Runaway Individu...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-21 Are Religious Conservatives Dangerous? Is Irreligion Dangerous? Are Americans Becoming ...
- Two Views, pp. 22-23 Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League and Rabbi Daniel Lapin debate whether Chri...
- Religious Conservatives Up Close I, pp. 24-28 Personal Profiles Ranging from Movement Leaders to the Neighbor Next Door. The First of...
- A Professor's Transformation, pp. 29-30 One Man's Dramatic Journey from Spiritual Death to New Life.
- The Synagogue by the Sea, pp. 31-34 A True Story of Judaism Reborn - In a Building, in a Neighborhood, and in Individual Jews.
- Religious Conservatives Up Close II, pp. 35-38
- Christianity for Real Men, pp. 39-42 Is Promise Keepers a Male Chauvinist Plot? Or America's Most Promising New Social Movem...
- Major League Champion of Family Values, pp. 43-47 Focus on the Family Has Loyal Fans, a Star Player, and a Winning Record. And It's Not P...
- Religious Conservatives Up Close III, pp. 48-52
- Fundamentally Confused, pp. 53-54 When It Comes to Religious Conservatives, Liberals Don't Have a Clue.
- From Bad to Better, pp. 55-57 Press Coverage of Religion Is Ridiculously Thin and Often Hostile - But Less So Than It...
- The Parallel Universe, pp. 58-61 Frozen Out of Mainstream Culture, Religious People Have Built Their Own Vast World of B...
- Religious Conservatives Up Close IV, pp. 62-66
- The Case for a Religious Liberty Amendment, pp. 67-69 A Legal Scholar Who Has Argued Some of the Nation's Most Important Supreme Court Cases ...
- The Orthodox Alliance, pp. 70-71 America's New Politico-Cultural Split Is between People of Faith Concerned Over Moral D...
- Return from Decadence?, pp. 72-73 Once They're Discarded, Can Moral Restraints Ever Be Restored in a Modern Society? Reli...
- Religious Conservatives Up Close V, pp. 74-78
- A Nobel-Winning Economist Notes Religion's Importance., p. 79
- America's Political Founders Do Likewise., pp. 80-81
- Details a Day in the Life of a Home School., p. 82
- Battles Moral Crisis, and State Discrimination, at a Black Catholic High School., pp. 83-84
- Flashback, pp. 85-86 Dorothy Day Didn't Want to Fight Poverty; She Wanted to Help Poor People.
- [+]Holocaustism Versus God (Review) , p. 87Why Should Jews Survive?, by Michael Goldberg
- Why Should Jews Survive? by Michael Goldberg
- [+]The Pinstriped Priesthood (Review) , p. 88The Confidence Game, by Steven Solomon
- The Confidence Game by Steven Solomon
- [+]The Critical Liberal (Review) , p. 89Big Babies, by Michael E. Kinsley
- Big Babies by Michael E. Kinsley
- [+]Davidians vs. Goliath (Review) , p. 90The Ashes of Waco, by Dick J. Reavis
- The Ashes of Waco by Dick J. Reavis
- [+]Not Natural (Review) , p. 91Virtually Normal, by Andrew Sullivan
- Virtually Normal by Andrew Sullivan
- Author, Author!, pp. 92-93 Molly Ivins Apologizes, Pretty Much. Florence King Sort of Accepts.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 94-100 Selling the World Bank...Food Regulation for Hypochondriacs...Government Art Lessons......
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 101-109 Survey of Immigrants...School Violence...Views of Washington...School Prayer.
- The Mail, pp. 110-114
Transcript: Words Worth RepeatingIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Race, Politics, and Progress.
- Sidelights, p. 7 California Democrats by the Numbers...Green Hugs...Yellow Lennon...Silence in the Land....
- Scan, pp. 8-15 Black Republican Voters. Farm Subsidy Breakthrough. Libertarians and Religious Conserva...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 16-21 A Quirky Wrap-Up of the Year in Numbers, 1995.
- Two Views, pp. 22-23 Integration or Respectful Disengagement? What Should Come Next in Race Relations.
- Republicans or Democrats?, pp. 24-29 Which Party Represents the Future of America? A Conservative Activist Faces Off against...
- The Left, p. 30
- The Center , p. 30
- The Right , pp. 31-39
- Year One for the Republican Congress - a Critical Assessment, pp. 40-42 Did Newt and Co. Produce a Mountain? Or a Molehill?
- Firebreathers: Interviews with Six House Freshmen, pp. 43-47 Some Rebels with a Cause Reflect on Their Maiden Season.
- The Route Is Rugged., p. 48
- An Independent Candidate Might Not Bring Change After All., p. 49
- Will Values Matter Most in 1996?, p. 50 Social Issues Now Drive American Politics. Does Bill Clinton Understand That?
- Fanaticism of the Moderates, pp. 51-52 How the Republicans Should Handle Abortion.
- A Bomb in the Supreme Court, p. 53 A High Court Ruling Due in Early 1996 Could Shake Up Society and Politics as Much as Ro...
- When Race Trumps in Court, pp. 54-57 In Some Cities, Racial Sympathies May Be Tinting Half of All Jury Verdicts.
- How Poor Are the Poor?, pp. 58-59 Two New Reports Provide Some Eye-Opening Data.
- Incinerating Jerusalem, pp. 60-63 An Optimistic Horror Story for the New Millenium, from an Eminent American Author.
- His Goals as a New Congressman., p. 64
- Play-by-Play on the Calf-Judging at His County Fair., p. 64
- Moral Decline Even in a Picket Fence Neighborhood., pp. 65-67
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 68-69 The Clinton Administration Tries to Sneak Industrial Policy into the Pentagon.
- Author, Author!, p. 70 John Kenneth Galbraith, Grand Old Gasbag.
- The Economist, pp. 71-72 Could America Have Too Many Scientists and Engineers? Some People Think So.
- Flashback, p. 73 Drafting Celebrity Presidential Candidates Is Risky Business. Ask Willkie Republicans.
- [+]Captain Kirk (Review) , p. 74The Sword of Imagination, by Russell Kirk
- The Sword of Imagination by Russell Kirk
- [+]Does Democracy Have Too Much Democracy? (Review) , p. 75The Road to Mass Democracy, by C.H. Hoebeke
- The Road to Mass Democracy by C.H. Hoebeke
- [+]The Duke of All (Review) , p. 76John Wayne: American, by James Stuart Olson and Randy W. Roberts
- John Wayne: American by James Stuart Olson and Randy W. Roberts
- [+]Witch-Hunting (Review) , p. 77Satan's Silence, by Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker
- Satan's Silence by Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker
- [+]Short-Changed by the Govern-Mint (Review) , pp. 77-79Fractional Money, by Neil Carothers
- Fractional Money by Neil Carothers
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 80-86 Cheers for Two-Faced Foreign Policy...Raspberries for Computer Productivity...Sesame St...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 87-94 Making Voting Decisions...Strengths of the Republicans and Democrats...Third-Party Voting.
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 Kudos and Voodoos on Religious Conservatives. Andrew Sullivan Defends His Book. Reverbe...
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What's Wrong with...The Third Party Path to the PresidencyIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Competing Takes on Our Old and New Media.
- Sidelights, p. 7 McLaughlin Group Flunks Futurism...Right and Left Unite against Gambling...Castro Boost...
- Scan, pp. 8-15 Spayed Media Pit Bulls. Poor Folk for the Flat Tax. Audubon's Gas. Rent Control for Ind...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 16-19 Demographics of the Talk Radio Audience. Sex on TV. Real Numbers on Internet Use.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 20-23 Meet Press Baron Conrad Black, a Business Nemesis of Rupert Murdoch, a Proponent of U.S...
- --- by Don Feder, p. 24
- Democracy on the Air , p. 25
- Are Talk Radio Hosts Dummies? , p. 26
- The Vox Populi , p. 27
- Limbaugh in the Ivory Tower , p. 28
- Our Partisan Media, pp. 29-31 Newsrooms Are Wildly Partisan. Again. But It Doesn't Have to Be a Bad Thing.
- The Birth of Celebrity Journalism, pp. 32-33 Meet the First of America's Blow-Dried Journalists.
- Today's Press Is Manipulating History., pp. 34-35
- How Reporters Tinted the 1992 Election., p. 36
- Ideological Journalists Are Stage-Managing Our Politics and Culture., pp. 37-38
- L.A. vs. N.Y.C., pp. 39-42 In Multimedia and Entertainment, the Battle Is on between Crass Hollywood and Snobby Ma...
- Rotten Hollywood, pp. 43-44 If Lots of Today's Mass Entertainment Seems Mean, Twisted, and Immoral, It May Just Be ...
- Wanted (Desperately): Cyber-Editors, pp. 45-47 A Poetic, Big Picture of the Internet - Its Strengths and Its Greatest Weaknesses.
- Whether Computer Networking Will Lead to a More or Less Centralized World., pp. 48-49
- It Is Already Erasing Geographic Identities., pp. 50-52
- Democracy on (the) Line, pp. 53-54 On-Line Voting, Electronic Town Halls, Instant Polling - Peril or Promise?
- How Free Is American Speech Today?, pp. 55-57 Public Expression Is both More and Less Open Than It's Ever Been.
- China's War on Children, pp. 58-61 Baby-Killing Is Taking Place on a Large Scale in China Today. Their Government Is the C...
- Government as Gambling Partner, pp. 62-65 The State Is Playing Eager Bookie to Millions of Citizens, Enticing Some of Them to Ruin.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 66 Liberalism's Destructive Pandering to the Poor, Helpless, and Sad, and Warns Conservati...
- The "Disabled" Rowdies in His Classroom., p. 67
- An Art Fix in the Midst of the Great Government Shutdown., p. 67
- A Child of the '60s., p. 68
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 69-70 Are Today's Media Mergers Something to Worry about?
- The Economist, pp. 71-73 Auctioning Off the Airwaves Would Put Billions in the U.S. Treasury and, More Important...
- Flashback, pp. 74-75 The Sage Injunctions of Washington's Farewell Address.
- [+]Lyin' King (Review) , p. 76Only in America, by Jack Newfield
- Only in America by Jack Newfield
- [+]Clearcutting Environmentalists (Review) , p. 77In a Dark Wood, by Alston Chase
- In a Dark Wood by Alston Chase
- [+]Paradise Lost (Review) , p. 78The Lost City, by Alan Ehrenhalt
- The Lost City by Alan Ehrenhalt
- [+]Charlton Heston, Real Person (Review) , p. 79In the Arena: An Autobiography, by Charlton Heston
- In the Arena: An Autobiography by Charlton Heston
- [+]Practice Makes Perfect (Review) , p. 80Rationalism in Politics, and Other Essays, by Michael J. Oakeshott
- Rationalism in Politics, and Other Essays by Michael J. Oakeshott
- Author, Author!, p. 81 Lou Salome Collected Literary Lovers and Searched for Profundity in Peasants.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 82-87 The Republican Realignment Is Real....the FDA Is a Health Hazard...school Desegregation...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 88-91 The Personal Politics of Reporters. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Unpopularity.
- The Mail: Special Correspondence, pp. 92-98 Glenn Loury Replies to Karl Zinsmeister. Florence King Is an Enjoyable Snot. Europeans ...
- Front Cover
Why Liberals Hate Talk RadioPress Objectivity: Dead and GoneComputer Communications and Our FutureIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Collapsing Marriages We Can Do Something about. All That's Lacking Is Will.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Rent-a-Rock. Chilean Americans for English. Making Lieutenant the Hard Way.
- Scan, pp. 10-19 The Marriage-Crime Connection. Felix Unger's Prenuptial Agreement. Adoption and the Col...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 20-21 Drug Abuse Relapse. Teen-Mother Crisis? (Not Exactly). Divorce around the Globe.
- Two Views, pp. 22-23 The Troubling Upturn in Drug Abuse Rates after More Than a Decade of Progress. Bill Cli...
- The War between the Sexes, pp. 24-27 Marriage Is a Bridge over the Sexual Divide. As It Rusts Away, Things Are Getting Ugly ...
- We Know How to Repair Most Marriages. What's Needed Is Action., pp. 28-30
- Fatherhood and Marriage , p. 31
- Is the Decline of Marriage Inevitable? , p. 31
- Empathy, Not Therapy , p. 32
- Becoming a Mentor , p. 33
- Building a Covenant , p. 34
- Marriage Behind Bars , p. 34
- Walkaway Wives, p. 35 Overlooked amidst the Catcalling about Deadbeat Dads: Women Initiate Most Divorces.
- Braking Divorce, p. 36 Divorce Should Be Less Easy. Here's Why. Here's How.
- The Backlash against No-Fault Divorce, pp. 37-38 State Legislatures Are Rumbling with New Proposals from Divorce-Busters.
- Divorce's Toll on Children, pp. 39-44 Promoted as Adult Liberation, Divorce Is Punishment for Kids. And Lots of Adults Too.
- Marriage and Happiness, pp. 45-46 Tying the Knot Is Good for You. Here's the Proof.
- Banish the Honeymoon!, pp. 47-49 Why Newlyweds Should Stay Home.
- Beware the Childrearing Manual, pp. 50-51 When It Comes to Raising Children, An Expert Is Sometimes the Worst Person to Ask.
- Raising Children Is a Cottage Industry, pp. 52-54 Very Young Children Need One-on-One Parents, Not Villages. The Israeli Kibbutzniks Prov...
- One Man's Family Values, pp. 55-56 Start at Home, If You Want to Help American Children.
- What Is a Family for?, pp. 57-58 A Psychologist Defends Manipulating, Judging, Discriminating Parents.
- Revive the Orphanage, pp. 59-62 But Don't Expect Any Help from the Child-Development Profession.
- Family Breakdown and the U.S. Military, pp. 63-65 Some of the Government's Most Expensive and Counterproductive Welfare Programs for Fami...
- Her Journey from Economist to Mother., p. 66
- Real Poverty and Real Charity in the Great Depression., p. 67
- Juveniles in the Courtroom., p. 68
- The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier., p. 68
- The Importance of Ancestors, Decoration Day, and Family Roots., p. 69
- The Economist, pp. 70-73 Everybody Says a Flat Tax That Eliminates the Mortgage Deduction Would Hurt Homeowners....
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 74-75 The Postal Service Wants to Dip into Lots of New Private Businesses. Don't Let'em.
- Flashback, pp. 76-77 Speaking of Third Parties, Remember George Wallace?
- [+]The Program Queen (Review) , pp. 78-79It Takes a Village, by Hillary Clinton
- It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton
- [+]Democratic Mandarin (Review) , p. 80The Stevensons, by Jean H Baker
- The Stevensons by Jean H Baker
- [+]Harry Truman, Old Democrat (Review) , p. 80Man of the People, by Alonzo L. Hamby
- Man of the People by Alonzo L. Hamby
- [+]Proto-Democrat (Review) , p. 81Founding Father, by Richard Brookhiser
- Founding Father by Richard Brookhiser
- [+]War Stories (Review) , p. 82The Captive Press, by Ted Galen Carpenter
- The Captive Press by Ted Galen Carpenter
- [+]Anti-Statism as a Hate Crime (Review) , p. 83A Force Upon the Plain, by Kenneth S. Stern
- A Force Upon the Plain by Kenneth S. Stern
- [+]Vows or Violence (Review) , pp. 84-85Lancelot, by Walker Percy
- Lancelot by Walker Percy
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 Term Limits Are a Venerable Idea....Don't Blame Foreign Trade, Blame Regulation... Sell...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94 Definitive Roundup of Exit Polls from the Spring Primaries.
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 Oliver Stone Fires Back. Feedback on the Internet and Talk Radio. Gambling Opponents Sp...
- Cover illustration
The Marriage SaversIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 2-6 We're Not Victims, Thank You.
- Sidelights, pp. 7-8 Collecting Whales. Hunting Bear. Toting Guns. Smoking Voters. Bronzing Clinton.
- Scan, pp. 9-17 Oscars for the Unsung. Sex, Drugs, Ice Skating, and Marriage. Braveheart's Just the Beg...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-21 A Special Edition on Economic Anxiety: Job Security, Wages, Taxes, and Income. The Bott...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 22-25 We Talk with Bill Bradley, the Senate's Best Basketball Player, about Sports, Taxes, an...
- Is America's Economy Really Failing?, p. 26
- --- by Robert J. Samuelson, p. 27
- --- by Jonathan Marshall, p. 27
- --- by Irwin Stelzer, p. 28
- --- by John Cassidy, p. 28
- --- by James K. Glassman, p. 29
- --- by Herbert Stein, pp. 29-31
- It's the Culture, Stupid!, pp. 32-34 What Most Americans Are Most Worried about Isn't Money, It's the State of Our Culture-a...
- Income, Inequality, and Work, pp. 35-39 Inequality Isn't Necessarily Inequity. Opportunity Abounds in America's Churning Econom...
- A Stroll through the Income Spectrum, pp. 40-42 Sorting Out Ordinary Working Stiffs, High-Income Strugglers, Closet Comfortables, and t...
- Mississippi's "Faith and Families" Program, Though Off to a Rocky Start, May Still Be the Best Possible Way to Fix Our Broken Welfare System., pp. 43-46
- Don't Privatize the Nanny State Mentality , p. 47
- Welfare Buys Illegitimate Births, pp. 48-49 Case Closed: The Verdict Is in on This Hotly Disputed Question.
- Self - Help for the Urban Poor, pp. 50-52 Immigrants from Mexico, Korea, and Vietnam Have Set Up Homemade S&Ls in America's Citie...
- Government Harm on the Minimum Wage, pp. 53-54 We Ought to Be Making It Easier to Offer Jobs to the Non-Working Population, Not Harder.
- The Specter of Russian Communism, pp. 55-57 Russia Should Not Be Trusted, But She Shouldn't Be Feared Too Much, Either. With a Spec...
- The Coming Russian Boom, pp. 58-59 Though It's Plagued with Many Problems, You Can Expect Russia's Economy to Be the Mirac...
- I'm Playing Roulette in Russia, pp. 60-61
- Hope, p. 62
- Control , p. 63
- Theater , p. 64
- Loyalty , pp. 65-67
- Teacher , p. 68
- Camaraderie , p. 68
- Corruption , p. 69
- Trust , p. 69
- Release , p. 70
- Perspective , p. 70
- Irrelevance , p. 71
- Discipline , p. 72
- Character , p. 73
- Love , pp. 74-75
- Country Living, But Not Because It's Easy., p. 76
- The Funeral for a Fellow Cop's Daughter., p. 77
- The Economist, pp. 78-79 The Earned Income Tax Credit Has Taken on a Life of Its Own. Time to Connect It to Welf...
- Flashback, p. 80 Was Warren Harding Our First Negro President?
- [+]All the President's Journalists (Review) , p. 81The System, by Haynes Johnson and David Broder
- The System by Haynes Johnson and David Broder
- [+]She Meant Well (Review) , p. 82Casting Her Own Shadow, by Allida M. Black
- Casting Her Own Shadow by Allida M. Black
- [+]Can the Mummy Walk? (Review) , p. 83Left for Dead, by Michael Tomasky
- Left for Dead by Michael Tomasky
- [+]Al Gore's Newest Horror Story (Review) , p. 83Our Stolen Future, by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers, ...
- Our Stolen Future by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers, ...
- [+]Oliver the Rough-Rider (Review) , pp. 84-85Oliver Cromwell, by Theodore Roosevelt
- Oliver Cromwell by Theodore Roosevelt
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 Cities Are Still Useful...Shaming Criminals...inside the Japanese Mind...and Other Matt...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94 Economic Anxiety or Cultural Anxiety? Personal Finances. Job Security.
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 The Challenge of Single-Parenthood. James Madison vs. Talk Radio. More on Gambling.
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Backlash against the New York TimesA New Path Out of Poverty?Sport StoriesIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 2-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Let's Have an Authentic Multicultural Education - Not a Relativist One, Thank You.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Revolution in Uxbridge, Mass. Homework Helps. A Gun of Her Own.
- Scan, pp. 10-17 Preening Peacocks. Common Sense School Discipline. Angry White Females. Bennett and Ril...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., p. 18 School Choice and Family Satisfaction. Where Teachers Send Their Children to School.
- Two Views, pp. 19-20 Character Education in the Public Schools.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 21-25 Two of America's Most Famous Ex-Leftists, Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, D...
- A Liberal Argument for School Choice, pp. 26-29 Competition among Schools Would Respect Children's Individuality and Diversity - Now Op...
- The Politics of School Reform, pp. 30-34 Americans Rate Better Schools as a Higher Priority for the Next President Than Crime or...
- Special Interests in the Classroom, pp. 35-37 From the Corner Schoolhouse to Washington, D.C., the Two Teachers' Unions Wield Enormou...
- To Understand Why Inner-City Milwaukeeans Support School Choice, It Helps to Know the Damage Busing Has Wrought., p. 38
- Blacks vs. Busing , pp. 39-40
- Busing Fails in Pittsburgh , p. 41
- Family Education, pp. 42-45 Parents Need to Get Their Act Together Before They Point the Finger at Schools.
- Students Need Standards, Not Happy-talk, p. 46
- The Feel-Good Goes to School , p. 47
- "We Were Wrong" , p. 48
- Self-Esteem , p. 49
- The More Prestigious the Academic Institution, the Worse It's Likely to Be., pp. 50-52
- Just Say No to the Ivy League, p. 53 Higher Education Is Best When It's Local.
- Students to Keep Learning Outside the College Ghetto., pp. 54-55
- Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Lawyers, pp. 56-57 A Recovering Lawyer's True Confessions.
- Wrench-Wrestlers vs. Pencil-Pushers, p. 58 Are There Any Americans Left Who Don't Mind Getting Their Hands Dirty?
- Runway College Tuition, pp. 59-60 Where Does the Money from Higher Tuitions Go? Definitely Not to Higher Education.
- Affirmative Action Goes to College, pp. 61-62 After Years of Double Standards in College Admissions the Verdict Is In - All Parties H...
- Separate and Unequal at Cornell, pp. 63-64 An Undergraduate's Account of Racial Separatism on Campus.
- Will the Chinese Save L.A.?, pp. 65-67 Our Dead-End Urban Areas Are Being Powerfully Renewed by Chinese American Entrepreneurs.
- Asia's Bamboo Network, pp. 68-69 Look Out for the Next Global Power: Chinese Entrepreneurs Dominate the Business Sector ...
- The Battle for Congress, pp. 70-71 The Next Congressional Elections May Be the Most Important in 50 Years.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 72 America's Think Tanks and Political Magazines Are More Important Than Her Universities.
- Socializes the Neighborhood., p. 73
- How Multiculturalism Destroyed His Parents' Homeland., p. 74
- Blake Hurst Is Fed Up with Red Tape at His Local School Board., p. 75
- The Economist, pp. 76-77 Why the Republicans' Fiscal Polices Offer the Best Chance for Growth and Opportunity.
- Flashback, pp. 78-79 In the Good Old Days, America's Youth Had Better Ways to Learn about Life Than College.
- [+]Get the Picture? (Review) , p. 80George Eastman: A Biography, by Elizabeth Brayer
- George Eastman: A Biography by Elizabeth Brayer
- [+]McPapers Everywhere (Review) , p. 81The Chain Gang, by Richard McCord
- The Chain Gang by Richard McCord
- [+]Muggeridged by Reality (Review) , p. 82Malcolm Muggeridge: The Biography, by Richard Ingrams
- Malcolm Muggeridge: The Biography by Richard Ingrams
- [+]We're All Post-Liberals now (Review) , pp. 83-85Enlightenment's Wake, by John Gray
- Enlightenment's Wake by John Gray
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 Glass Ceilings.. .Miranda Rights and Wrongs.. .Privatizing Social Security.
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-95 Public and Private Schools Compared.. .Doubts about Washington's Role in Education...El...
- The Mail, pp. 96-98 Baby Boomers Should Not Be Blamed for Our Maladies. More on Marriage.
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After Busing, Milwaukee Turns to School ChoiceThe Self-Esteem FlimflamJust Say No to the Ivy LeagueIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 Finding Community Life.
- Sidelights, pp. 6-9 Sharpton for Kemp? Encore Marriages. Pro-Choicers for Life. Is That Zucchini Loaded?
- Scan, pp. 10-17 Pack the Rod and Spoil the Criminal. It's a Mall World. Heroin Is Comical? Robert Nisbe...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 School Choice Results. Car Homicides. Who Gets Abortions? Grandpa Was a Trader. Liberal...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 20-23 Legendary Football Coach Joe Paterno Speaks Out on Black Quarterbacks, Poetry, and Kids.
- Free-for-All on the November Elections, pp. 24-33 An All-Star Line-Up of Political Experts Debates How This Year's Elections Will Reshape...
- Two Cheers for the Suburbs, pp. 34-35 Suburbia May Not Be Perfect, But It Beats the Alternatives.
- A Conservative Case against Suburbia, pp. 36-40 Are Suburbs Really Family-Friendly?
- The New, Neighborly Architecture, pp. 41-50 Believing That Traditional Buildings Can Bolster Traditional Values, a New Wave of Arch...
- --- by Victor Gold, p. 51
- --- by Joseph Epstein, p. 52
- --- by Ken Hamblin, p. 53
- --- by Henry Turley, p. 54
- --- by Rabbi Mayer Schiller, p. 54
- --- by Gayle Yiotis, p. 55
- --- by Pat Buchanan, p. 56
- --- by Walter E. Williams, p. 56
- --- by Ed Koch, p. 57
- --- by Hadley Arkes, pp. 57-58
- Make Way for the Urban Confederates, pp. 59-64 Cities Have Fattened Themselves by Gobbling Up Surrounding Suburbs. But Smaller Jurisdi...
- Bulldoze the '60s and Bolster Business, pp. 65-66 Urban Renewal 1960s-style Was Disastrous. Now Smart Cities Look to Businesses, Not Bure...
- Bring Back Respectability, p. 67
- Privatize Inner-city Neighborhoods , p. 68
- Preserve National Communities , p. 68
- Put Places First , p. 69
- Restore Power to the Local Level , p. 69
- Limit the Size of Residential Lots , p. 70
- Make Transit Understandable , p. 70
- Promote "Near Transit" Mortgages , p. 70
- Pedal a Bike , p. 71
- Learn from Tradition , p. 71
- Three Good Ideas from Abroad, pp. 72-73 Could These Institutions That Have Fostered Community Life in Other Nations Be Transpla...
- The Three-Generation Household Lives!, pp. 74-75 The Joys and Pains of Sharing a Roof with Both Your Children and Your Parents - Two Tru...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 76-77 Urban Crime's Biggest Accomplice - Our So-Called Criminal Justice System.
- Dope on the Streets to the White House., p. 78
- Some Public-Spirited Citizens from Holt County, Mo., p. 78
- The Old Ethnic Neighborhoods of New York., p. 79
- His Doorman Building., p. 80
- His Dad a Happy Eightieth Birthday., p. 81
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 82-83 "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap May Be the Best Friend Shareholders Have.
- The Economist, pp. 84-86 Dump Government Regulations That Keep Industrial Sites in Urban Areas Vacant.
- Flashback, p. 87 Americans 1, Metric System 0.
- [+]Static on the Radio Priest (Review) , p. 88Radio Priest, by Donald Warren
- Radio Priest by Donald Warren
- [+]Casey at the Mat (Review) , p. 89Fighting For Life, by Robert P. Casey
- Fighting For Life by Robert P. Casey
- [+]Whose Seoul? (Review) , p. 90Tripwire, by Doug Bandow
- Tripwire by Doug Bandow
- [+]Happy Days Aren't Here Agin (Review) , p. 91Divided They Fell, by Ronald Radosh
- Divided They Fell by Ronald Radosh
- [+]A Grand Plan for Decentralism (Review) , p. 92Decentralize for Liberty, by Thomas Hewes
- Decentralize for Liberty by Thomas Hewes
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 93-98 Out-of-Bounds Zoning.. .Turn Off the Energy Department.. .Businesswomen Oppressed.
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 99-102 Where We Live. Party Politics. Presidential Pizza Toppings.
- The Mail, pp. 103-106 Men and Single-Motherhood. Don't Forget Homeschoolers. Europe's Electronic Backwoods. T...
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The City Life We've LostMaking Our Hometowns More LivableIn Real Life the Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Headless Conservatism Attacks Bottomless Problems.
- Sidelights, p. 8 Fish-Cheek Fillets. The Values Gap. Manipulating Moral Issues. Parfum de G+T.
- Scan, pp. 9-17 Irish Potato Quotas. Three-Foot-Tall Harassers. Janitors for School Choice. What's in Y...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-20 Entitlements Are Exploding. Personalized Social Security Is Popular.
- Two Views, pp. 21-23 Medicare Needs Rescuing. Here Are Two Very Different Ideas on How to Do That.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 24-27 Cabinet Heavyweight Caspar Weinberger on What Government Should and Shouldn't Do.
- The '96 Election: Freedom vs. Entitlements, pp. 28-31 Uncontrollable Government Is Not Self-Government
- Institute Single-Sex Voting, p. 32
- Allow Only Homegrown Money... , p. 32
- ...or Get Rid of All Money Limits , p. 33
- Increase the House to 2,000 Members , p. 34
- Send the Supremes to Kansas... , p. 34
- ...And Let Congress Curb Their Excesses , p. 34
- Give Businessmen the Same Privileges as Union-Bosses , p. 34
- Repeal the Two-Term Limit , p. 35
- Bust Ghost-Writers , p. 35
- Change the Election Calendar , p. 35
- Make Voting Harder, Not Easier , p. 36
- Keep Whippersnappers Out of Office , p. 36
- Race Quotas Just Died. What Comes Next?, pp. 37-40 The Death Knell for Racial Quotas Was Sounded in 1996 - At the Polls and in Court. How ...
- --- by James L. Payne, p. 41
- Fixing Old-Age Entitlements Is the Task of the Day , p. 42
- Social Security Imbalances Could Wreck the U.S. Economy , p. 43
- Entitlements Are Corroding Personal Responsibility , p. 44
- Creating a New Kind of Social Security, pp. 45-48
- Will "Wired Workers" Lead a Push for Privatization , p. 49
- Could Individual Retirement Accounts Be Part of a New Wave of American Self-Reliance , p. 50
- --- by David R. Henderson, p. 51
- Is Saving Privately for Retirement Safe? , p. 52
- Why "Little People" Need Personal Savings Accounts , p. 53
- Social Security as a Property Right , p. 54
- Personal Savings Accounts Would Invigorate the Economy and Strengthen Families, pp. 54-55
- How Much Does Social Security Really Cost?, pp. 56-57
- Personal Savings Accounts Would Strengthen Families, p. 58
- Social Security Needs a Bypass. Will Our Politicians Allow It?, pp. 59-60
- When Government Pits Old Against Youth, pp. 61-62
- Why "Conservative" Entitlement Reforms Are Coming, Like It or Not, pp. 63-64
- Welfare Reform, Stage Two, pp. 65-69 Mainline Churches Need to Stop Resisting Welfare Reform and Pitch in to Help Make It Work.
- Now Pot Time Limits on Public Housing, pp. 70-72 Public Housing Programs Need the Same Kinds of Fixes Welfare Programs Are Receiving.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 73 Unions Are Doomed by Their Disdain of Markets and Romance for Big Government.
- The Great Depression Principles He Grew Up with., p. 74
- What Drives a Cop Crazy., p. 75
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 76-77 The Threat of Clinton's Second Term Is Regulation, Not Legislation.
- The Economist, pp. 78-79 The Dirty Little Secrets, Past and Present, of the Davis-Bacon Act.
- Flashback, p. 80 Old Senator Wadsworth Knew Just How Social Security Would End.
- [+]A Not So Civil War (Review) , p. 81Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men, by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
- Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
- [+]I Am Somebody---Right? (Review) , p. 81Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson, by Marshall Frady
- Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson by Marshall Frady
- [+]American, Help Thyself (Review) , p. 82Self-Reliance and the Accountable Life, by Nathaniel Branden
- Self-Reliance and the Accountable Life by Nathaniel Branden
- [+]Is Evil a German Trait? (Review) , p. 83Hitler's Willing Executioners, by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
- Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
- [+]Grain of Truth (Review) , p. 84In the American Grain, by William Carlos Williams
- In the American Grain by William Carlos Williams
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-88 Tomorrow's Wars...Grandpa Spends Too Much...Wolf Stories.
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 89-94 Social Security Insecurity. Physician-Assisted Suicide. Election '96.
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 What Runaway College Tuition? With Zoning, Houston Would Be Minneapolis. Exiled from Ne...
Real Political ReformSocial Security Doesn't Work Any MoreThere Is an AlternativePersonal Savings Accounts Would Be Good for Everyday WorkersIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Tradition Works.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Presidential Kindling. Macho Fish. The Maharaja Mac and the Momma T. Roll.
- Scan, pp. 10-17 Robert Bork vs. Charles Murray on Rap. Nebraskans Rein in a Judge. Larry Flynt, Enemy o...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 Why the Economy's Better Than You Think, and Government Spending's Worse. College Tuiti...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 20-23 Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch Are Two of the Most Successful, Forward-Looking Men ...
- "The Rules" of Courtship to Her Girls and Yours., p. 24
- The Traditional Path from Boy to Man., pp. 25-26
- Manners Matter, p. 27 Neither Law Nor Barbarism Can Substitute for Etiquette.
- The Traditional Family Will Never Be Obsolete, pp. 28-33 Across Time and Place, Mom, Dad, and Jr. Endure, While Substitutes Fail. Here's Why.
- The Disappearance of Nicknames to the Loss of Local Roots., pp. 34-35
- July 4 as Usual - In an Alley., pp. 36-37
- Glimpses of a Counterculture, pp. 38-41 Can Children Still Be Raised to Respect Traditional Virtues? A Report from Four Schools.
- Why Traditional Education Is More Progressive, pp. 42-47 A Political Liberal Argues That New-Fangled Teaching Methods Mainly Hurt the Needy.
- The Warrior Tradition, pp. 48-49 A Soldier-Poet Defends Military Traditions from Some Dangerous Opponents.
- Winds of the Appalachians, pp. 50-51 Sometimes One Man Can Build a Tradition: Bill Monroe Did.
- The Return of Old-Style Ballparks, pp. 52-53 At Camden Yards and Elsewhere, Tradition Is Riotously Popular.
- Classical Architecture Speaks the Language of Free Men, Says This Prominent Designer., pp. 54-55
- Is Classicism Linked to Fascism?, pp. 56-57
- The Dead Poet, pp. 58-60 A True-Life Clash between Lethal Modernism and Classic Art.
- A Daughter Who Can Keep Kosher Can Say No to Anything., p. 61
- [+]Some Like Him Not (Review) , p. 62Wilder Times, by Kevin Lally
- Wilder Times by Kevin Lally
- Catholics Are Demanding the Old Latin Mass., p. 63
- A Dead White European Male Comforts a 20th-Century Jew, pp. 64-65 Edmund Burke's Convincing Defense of Ancient Traditions, Prejudices, and Religions.
- The Last Western Traditionalists, pp. 66-67 If You're Looking for Respect for the Past, Forget Europe and Go to America.
- --- by Virginia Postrel, p. 68
- --- by James K. Glassman, p. 68
- --- by Charles Murray, p. 69
- --- by Christopher DeMuth, pp. 69-71
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 72 Citizenship Should Be Taken Seriously.
- Swallows Hard As His Broker Calls., p. 73
- Contemplates Hiring a Bodyguard., pp. 73-74
- Chemical Warfare in the Gulf., p. 75
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 76-77 Want to Spur Entrepreneurship? Start Auctioning U.S. Visas.
- The Economist, p. 78 A Response to Folks Who Don't Want to Fix the Errors in the Consumer Price Index.
- Flashback, p. 79 That Old-Fashioned Three-Day Weekend.
- [+]Destination Mars (Review) , p. 80The Case for Mars, by Robert Zubrin and Richard Wagner #2
- The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin and Richard Wagner #2
- [+]Up On Main Street (Review) , pp. 81-82Home from Nowhere, by James Howard Kunstler
- Home from Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler
- [+]Rocky's Road (Review) , p. 83The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller, by Cary Reich
- The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller by Cary Reich
- [+]Tocqueville's Antagonist (Review) , pp. 84-85The American Commonwealth, by James Bryce
- The American Commonwealth by James Bryce
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 Judging Judges...The Fire of Invention...Everyone's Getting Richer...African Fascists.
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94 Welfare Reform Update. Taxing Questions. TV Ads. Life's Little Experiences.
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 Don't Privatize Social Security; End It. A Maximum Cultural Leader, Please.
- Cover Illustration
Tradition and The SexesCustom-Built PatriotismClassic Buildings in a Modern AgeIn Praise of Archaic RitualWho's Afraid of the Future?In Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Our National Nervous Breakdown.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Who Buys Peace Pops at the Pentagon? Michael Lerner Makes [up] Friends. Einstein's Taxes.
- Scan, pp. 10-17 Lenin and Marx Beat God. Timid Republicans. Who's Too Partisan? Welfare Toughness Works...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 The Tax Dog Bites Harder. Theory vs. Practice: '60s Ideas on Crime, Family Life, Drugs,...
- Two Views, pp. 20-22 The Roots of the Age of Aquarius to the 1950s.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 23-27 In a No-Holds-Barred Clash of the Titans - That Ends Amiably.
- Scenes From a Radical Life, pp. 28-33 A Portrait of '60s Activism by a Founder of the New Left. Some Dramatic, Previously Unt...
- The Other '60s, pp. 34-35 Not Everyone Became a Hippie and Manned the Barricades 30 Years Ago.
- The Other Activists, p. 36
- Us Young Americans for Freedom , pp. 37-38
- Flaming Moderates of the '60s Move Right , p. 39
- The Revolt That Revolted , pp. 40-41
- Power to the Politics, pp. 42-43
- Stumbling Toward a Littler America , p. 44
- Where '60s Right and '60s Left Overlapped , p. 45
- Peace? or Defeat?, pp. 46-49 What Did the Vietnam War Protesters Want?
- A Ruined Life, pp. 50-51 Let's Not Revive the '60s Ideas That Have Almost Killed My Brother.
- Where Were You in the '60s?, pp. 52-56 Secret Personal Histories of 1990s Celebrities from James Carville to Tommy Hilfiger.
- The Dysfunctional Generation, p. 57 Speaker Gingrich and President Clinton Are Two of a Kind - And There Are Millions More.
- The New Left Takes Over American Unions, pp. 58-61 Flower Children 2, Hard Hats 1. The long, Strange Trip of American Labor.
- The '60s Rule in Public School, pp. 62-67 If You Think the '60s Are Over and Done with, Pay a Visit to Your Local Public School.
- Radicals' Refuge, pp. 68-69 College Campuses Are Now Fully Stocked with '60s Ideas and Wildlife.
- Mea Culpas on Marijuana, pp. 70-71 Thank Baby-Boomer Parents Who Just Said Yes for Today's Troubling Pot Comeback.
- Did '60s Rock Rot?, p. 72 From "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to "Stripped, Raped and Strangled" - Straight Line or A...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 73 The "Fragile American Girl" Myth.
- A Citizen Who Defends Herself., p. 74
- The Family Home Go Up in Smoke., pp. 74-75
- Enterprising: Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 76-77 The FDA Protects Children from Mom and Dad.
- The Economist, pp. 78-79 America's Own Little Hong Kong Is Threatened by Unions and Clintonistas.
- Flashback, p. 80 Barry Goldwater, New Leftist?
- [+]Muddle of the Road (Review) , p. 81The New Golden Rule, by Amitai Etzioni
- The New Golden Rule by Amitai Etzioni
- [+]I'm OK, You're OK, To Hell With the Kids (Review) , p. 82The Divorce Culture, by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
- The Divorce Culture by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
- [+]Thoreaus in Our Midst (Review) , p. 83No Law Against Mercy, by Barbara Lyn Lapp and Rachel B. Lapp
- No Law Against Mercy by Barbara Lyn Lapp and Rachel B. Lapp
- [+]Close Sesame? (Review) , p. 84PBS: Behind the Screen, by Laurence Jarvik
- PBS: Behind the Screen by Laurence Jarvik
- [+]Steam Off Emerson's Kettle (Review) , p. 85Essays, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 Islam as Bogeyman...Tear Down Public Housing...Living without Arts Subsidies...The War ...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94 The Real '60s Kids. Aging Boomers Change Their Views. The Shrinking Generation Gap.
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 Milton Friedman Fixes Social Security. Dissent on Immigration. Ignorance Isn't Bliss.
- Cover Illustration
Right in the '60sMissing the BoatIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 America's Animal Spirit for Enterprise.
- Sidelights, p. 7 Total Quality Crack. Drunken Bureaucrats. Family Togetherness. Intolerant Bishops. Cons...
- Scan, pp. 8-15 Media Mess-Up on Japan. Mentally Ill Government. FDR's Mongrel Monument. Uncomfortable ...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 16-17 Women Rate Work vs. Home Life. The Secret History of Wages. The Millionaire Next Door. ...
- It Will Enlarge Spending and Endanger Europe., p. 18
- Expanding NATO Will Enlarge Democracy., pp. 18-20
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 21-25 In a Vigorous Defense of Capitalism, Silicon Valley's Tough-Talking CEO T.J. Rodgers Ta...
- An American in Africa, pp. 26-31 A Washington Post Reporter Dissects Africa's Suffering - And Expresses Gratitude That H...
- The ACLU's Haughty Disregard for Poor Communities Seeking to Save Themselves., pp. 32-34
- The Group's War on Common Sense and the Common Good., pp. 35-37
- Generation X Does Business, pp. 38-41 Gen Xers Are Taking to Commerce Like Ducks to Water. Meet America's Most Enterprising S...
- Today's Female Passion for Entrepreneurship, pp. 42-45 The Surge in Women-Owned Businesses Is a Revolution from the Bottom Up, Not the Top Dow...
- America's Prosperity Machine, pp. 46-49 Small Businesses Are America's Beating Heart. So Why Is Big Government Squeezing Them?
- Government Hiring Hell, pp. 50-51 Nutty Employment Laws Threaten Lives, Liberty, Livelihoods, and Even Diversity.
- Lots of Businesspeople Worship More Than the Free Market., pp. 52-55
- The Altruism Powering One of Japan's Greatest Businessmen., pp. 56-58
- The Moral Vocation of Business., pp. 59-61
- Horatio Alger Lives, pp. 62-65 In America, Hard Work Still Transports People from Rags to Riches.
- The Landlord as Entrepreneur, pp. 66-67 Scorned in Story and Song, Landlording Is Actually a Classic Route into Business Life.
- It's the Culture, Stupid, pp. 68-72 Evidence from America's Boom Cities Shows That the Recipe for Business Prosperity Conta...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 73 The Creativity Unleashed by the Constitution's Patent-Protecting Clause.
- Business Expansion., p. 74
- New Life into Children's Classics., p. 75
- A Rural Militia. Sort of., p. 76
- The Economist, pp. 77-79 Wealth-Builder Beware: Giving Money Away Is Harder Than You Think.
- Flashback, p. 80 Jackie Robinson Not Only Did. He Undid.
- [+]The Infernal Revenue Service (Review) , p. 81Unbridled Power, by Shelley L. Davis and Mary Matalin
- Unbridled Power by Shelley L. Davis and Mary Matalin
- [+]One Giant Leap for Black Athletes? (Review) , p. 82Darwin's Athletes, by John M. Hoberman
- Darwin's Athletes by John M. Hoberman
- [+]Destructive Giveaway (Review) , p. 83The Road to Hell, by Michael Maren
- The Road to Hell by Michael Maren
- [+]No Canada? (Review) , p. 84Impossible Nation, by Ray Conlogue
- Impossible Nation by Ray Conlogue
- [+]Trash to Treasure (Review) , p. 85Kristin Lavransdatter, by Sigrid Undset
- Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 Self-Defense for Corporations...It Wasn't Reagan's Fault...The Inequality Panic...Does ...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94 Being the Boss. Volunteering. Government or Private Charity? The Responsibilities of Bu...
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 James Webb Receives and Returns Fire. Senior Citizens Debate. Lazy Fairies.
Two ViewsHow the ACLU Harms AmericansSpirited EnterpriseIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Mona Charen Wonders Whether It's Worth Crawling Through the Muck to Reach TV's Flowers.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Driving While an Iguana. Reparations for Tories. Howard Stern, Censor. Lott for Sale.
- Scan, pp. 10-17 Safe Public Housing? Madness in Manhattan. MTV and Paradise Lost. Immigration and Crime...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 A Special Edition on Immigration, Welfare, and Assimilation.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 20-25 The World's Most Successful Press Baron, Defends His Newspapers, TV Shows, And His Late...
- Not in the Family, pp. 26-30 What Happens When Today's Kids Challenge Their Parents' Liberal Politics? Meet Some Rea...
- Alan Greenspan & Ayn Rand, pp. 31-33 Ayn Rand Influenced the Chairman of the Federal Reserve in More Ways Than One. An Insid...
- Why "The Simpsons" Is the Greatest Show Ever., pp. 34-36
- Shakespeare to Wishbone, TV's Dog-Knight., pp. 37-38
- The Set of a New Sit-Com., pp. 39-40
- Gambling on the News, pp. 41-43 The Upstart Fox News Channel Hopes to Beat Out MSNBC and CNN with Unbiased Reporting.
- The Soft Hearts and Softer Heads of Network News., pp. 44-45
- Why C-SPAN Does News Right., pp. 46-47
- TV and Me, pp. 48-50 The Lessons He Learned Doing His TV Show.
- Mixing the Trivial with the Sentimental, pp. 51-53 Television Can Make You Feel, But It Can't Make You Think.
- TV Vice, pp. 54-57 Sex and Violence Are Not the Problem with TV.
- A Blessing in Disguise, pp. 58-59 Religion Is a Scarce Commodity on TV - And Maybe That's Not So Bad.
- America, Unplugged, pp. 60-62 A Better Way to Live?
- Life Without TV, pp. 63-71 Meet an Exotic Species: Families Who Actually Don't Watch TV.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 72-73 What's Right and What's Wrong with Hollywood - And How to Fix It.
- The Family Softball Dynasty., p. 74
- Hell and Back with Heroin., pp. 74-75
- The Economist, pp. 76-77 Unilateral Sanctions against Misbehaving Nations May Make Us Feel Good, But They Rarely...
- Flashback, pp. 78-79 Low Deeds from High Authors: The History of the Political Bio.
- [+]What a Guy! (2 Reviews) , p. 80The Gentleman's Guide to Life, by Steve Friedman
- The Gentleman's Guide to Life by Steve Friedman
- The Rules of Civility by Richard Brookhiser
- [+]Jews Without Judaism (Review) , p. 81The Vanishing American Jew, by Alan M. Dershowitz
- The Vanishing American Jew by Alan M. Dershowitz
- [+]The Last Gentlemen (Review) , p. 82The Correspondence of Shelby Foote and Walker Percy, by Jay Tolson, Shelby Foote, and W...
- The Correspondence of Shelby Foote and Walker Percy by Jay Tolson, Shelby Foote, and Walker Percy
- [+]G.I. Jill Went Up the Hill (Review) , p. 83Ground Zero, by Linda Bird Francke
- Ground Zero by Linda Bird Francke
- [+]A Usable Future (Review) , pp. 84-85The Decline of American Liberalism, by Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr.
- The Decline of American Liberalism by Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 Republicans in the House...Insignificant Campaign Spending...High-Tech Income Inequalit...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94 Is TV a Necessity? TV News vs. Newspapers. Audience Likes and Dislikes.
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 Disgust with the Religious Right. Judge Bork and the Second Amendment. Slick Willie's N...
- Cover Illustration
In Praise of TVGood News, Bad NewsIn Real Life: The Daily Work of AmericansBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Shrink Government to Save Liberty, Not Just Money.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Cockroach Rights. Enviropublicans. Eleanor Clift, Flushmaster General.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 Multiculturalism's Next Defeat. What Banned Books? A Chance for Local Education. The Fa...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 Race Preferences Shrivel. Rejecting Children.
- Crack Down on Liquor Sales., p. 20
- Only Personal Responsibility Can Head Off Alcohol Abuse., pp. 20-21
- --- by Peter Augustine Lawler, pp. 22-24
- Responses , p. 25
- --- by Jonathan Rauch, p. 26
- --- by Michael Barone, p. 27
- Life without Uncle Sam, pp. 28-31 The Amish Shun All Government Programs, Yet Provide Well for Their Needy. Is There a Le...
- Small Towns, Big Government, pp. 32-35 Local Bureaucracies Can Be Tyrannical Too.
- Still Angry, pp. 36-37 A Missouri Farmer Recounts How Arrogant State Officials Have Harmed His Neighbors' Prop...
- What Welfare Cuts?, pp. 38-42 The Crown Jewel of Recent Government Downsizing Is a Fake. Why No Real Reductions Are i...
- Missed Opportunity on Entitlements, pp. 43-45 The New Budget Deal Does Nothing to Fix Out-of-Control Entitlement Programs, Our Bigges...
- The Tax Burden Now Swaying American Backs., p. 46
- Where Republican Reformers Went Wrong This Year - And How to Do Better Next Time., pp. 47-49
- Curing the Yearning for Government, pp. 50-51 The Something-for-Nothing Illusion Feeds Government Spending. Here Are Five Concrete Pr...
- Thank You, Ronald Reagan, pp. 52-55 Don't Credit Newt Gingrich or Bill Clinton, Tax Increases or Spending Restraint: The Bu...
- Danger: Overflowing Funds Ahead, pp. 56-61 The Federal Government Is about to Run Budget Surpluses, Something Not Seen in Decades....
- One Reform That Could Change Everything in D.C., p. 62 Congress's Budgets Aren't Budgets - No Wonder They're Out of Control. Here's a Better W...
- --- by Stephen Goldsmith, p. 63
- --- by John Norquist, p. 64
- --- by Bret Schundler, p. 65
- --- by Michael White, pp. 66-67
- Privatization on a Roll, pp. 68-71 Elected Officials are Learning They Can Deliver Services Better and More Cheaply by Con...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 72 A Liberal Think Tank, a Conservative Think Tank, and an Environmental Group Call for Le...
- Accept Small-Town Nosiness., p. 73
- Explain Abortion to Her Questioning Five-Year-Old., p. 74
- The Economist, pp. 75-76 One Place Where the U.S. Lags Europe in Shrinking Government: Schools.
- Flashback, pp. 77-79 Drumming the Beats.
- [+]White House Dancing Madness (Review) , p. 80Trail Fever, by Michael Lewis
- Trail Fever by Michael Lewis
- [+]California Schemin' (Review) , p. 81The Reluctant Metropolis, by William B. Fulton
- The Reluctant Metropolis by William B. Fulton
- [+]Paper Tiger (Review) , p. 82The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress, by Andrew J. Nathan and Robert S. Ross
- The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress by Andrew J. Nathan and Robert S. Ross
- [+]Recovering from a Blast (Review) , p. 83Drawing Life, by David H. Gelernter
- Drawing Life by David H. Gelernter
- [+]Drone King (Review) , pp. 84-85The One Best Way, by Robert Kanigel
- The One Best Way by Robert Kanigel
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 Is the Line-Item Veto Constitutional?...Crazy in D.C....Homogenizing Radio...Punishment...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94 Anti-Government Feeling. How Much Government Do We Want? Comparing Federal, State, Loca...
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 Unplugging TV. Rights Don't Make Liberty. '60s Kids. Alan Greenspan.
- Cover Illustration
Two ViewsDays of ApathyThe Tax-Cut Follies of 1997How I Tamed GovernmentIn Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Misdirected, Mixed Up, but Mostly Making It.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Healthy Non-Smoking Prostitutes. I-I-Me-Me. Sue Your Hubby. Blocking Right-Wing Smut.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 Religious Rebels. Abused Filmmakers. More Labor Pains. The "Lefties Who Learn Nothing" ...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 The Keys to Welfare Reform. Great Americans. Myth vs. Reality on Wealth.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 20-25 His Films, 67 Years of Life in America, & Politics, Politics, Politics.
- The Year in Review, pp. 26-29 Three Caustic Wits Unsheath Their Knives and Tear into the Year That Was.
- Cold Water on Today's Prophets of Glee., pp. 30-34
- He Wouldn't Trade America's Problems for Any Other Country's., pp. 35-37
- Gen X Is Ok, Part I, pp. 38-41 Gen Xers Have Lots of Flaws, But They Know It. And, Surprise, They're Getting Better.
- Gen X Is Ok, Part II, pp. 42-45 For Many Xers, Passionlessness Is a Pose. All They Need Is the Right Spark.
- No, Gen X Is Not Ok, pp. 46-48 An Afternoon with the Shoppers at the Educational Mall.
- An Intimate Profile of Generation X, pp. 49-51 Gen Xers Are Admirably Serious about Work. But They're Carrying a Lot of Emotional Bagg...
- Casual Sex Is Rampant. Real Intimacy Is Rare. But Signs of a Backlash Are Appearing., p. 52
- Growing Respect for Saving Sex , p. 53
- The Girls of Gen X, pp. 54-59 Young Women Are Freer, But Less Happy Than Previous Generations.
- Welfare to Work: Theory Meets Reality, pp. 60-63 A Firsthand - and Cautiously Optimistic - Report on Business Efforts to Hire and Train ...
- How Churches Are Weaning People from Welfare, pp. 64-68 Moving People from Welfare to Work Isn't Easy, But Church People More Than Any Others H...
- Bring in the Moralists, pp. 69-71 Why Welfare Reform Will Fail without the Help of Religious People.
- ...and Make Sure Welfare Is Unappealing, pp. 72-73 Welfare Progress Began When Recipients Got Scared. Unless Life on the Dole Looks Unattr...
- Wrestles Calves in a Classic Western Ritual., p. 74
- A Talented, Conservative Gen X Daughter., p. 75
- The Economist, pp. 76-79 How to Avoid the Folly of Subsidizing Pro Sports Arenas.
- Flashback, pp. 80-81 Forget Microbes on Mars. Percival Lowell Found Utopia There 100 Years Ago.
- [+]All the Presidents' Ventriloquists (Review) , p. 82All the Presidents' Words, by Carol Gelderman
- All the Presidents' Words by Carol Gelderman
- [+]Friedrich and Ayn's Kids (Review) , p. 83Bringing the Market Back in, by John L. Kelley
- Bringing the Market Back in by John L. Kelley
- [+]The Village's Voice (Review) , p. 84Speaking Freely, by Nat Hentoff
- Speaking Freely by Nat Hentoff
- [+]Viper Killer (Review) , pp. 84-85Generation of Vipers, by Philip Wylie
- Generation of Vipers by Philip Wylie
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 Term Limits and the Constitution...Problems of Prosperity...Seduced Samaritans...Judais...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94 The Beliefs of Generation X - on the Job, in the Voting Booth, in Church, and at Home. ...
- The Mail, pp. 95-98 Fixing L.A. Falling off the Abortion Fence. Raining on TV. Tax Accountants for Simpler ...
- Cover Photographs
What Kind of America Will Generation X Inherit?Sex Codes on CampusIn Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Heroes in the Central Time Zone.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Lawyers from Hell. Day Care's Non-Crisis. Tax Cuts Close the Gender Gap.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 Robert Duvall Gets Religion with Bill and Hillary. Wake up Capitol Hill. Gold-Plated To...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-21 The Past and Future of Nashville Music.
- Norman Rockwell - Great American Artist?, pp. 22-27 A Leading Art Historian Argues That America's Most Popular Artist Was Also an Extraordi...
- Why the Elite Media Don't Understand America, pp. 28-33 While Americans Surge South and West, Today's In-Bred Media Elites Barely See beyond th...
- Nashville Rides a Wave, pp. 34-39 Most Places Would Be Happy to Have Nashville's Problem: How to Keep the City Booming an...
- Why Do Boom Towns Boom?, pp. 40-43 Step Inside the Mind of an Entrepreneur and Tour a Place Where the People Are Ambitious...
- A Tennessee Political Ramble, pp. 44-47 Where a Yankee Mayor, a Dial-Up Governor, and Al Gore the Strip-Miner Meet.
- The Land of Hip Religion, pp. 48-51 A Visit to the White-Hot Heart of the "Christian Alternative Universe."
- The Battle for Country Music's Soul, pp. 52-59 Will a "New" Country Music Lose Its Soul or Gain the World?
- Back to Basics, pp. 60-63 Nashville Has Re-Oriented Its Schools to Pursue Ends No Longer Fashionable in Public Ed...
- Welfare Reform Showcase, pp. 64-67 Public Assistance Rolls Are Shrinking at One of The Fastest Rates in the Nation, Thanks...
- Car Town, pp. 68-71 Fifteen Years Ago, Tennessee Had No Auto Industry. Today It's the Third Largest Vehicle...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 72-73 The Glory of the Ordinary Life.
- The Joy of Hockey., p. 74
- Having an Eighth Child Turns His Family into Celebrities., p. 74
- The Remorseless Mr. Boone., p. 75
- The Economist, pp. 76-77 The Latest Answer to Income Inequality: $80,000 to Every 21-Year-Old.
- Flashback, pp. 78-79 Nashville's Colorful History, from Andy Jackson to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
- [+]The Proligate and the Puritan (2 Reviews) , p. 80Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time, by Robert V. Remini
- Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time by Robert V. Remini
- John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life by Paul C. Nagel
- [+]Architects Behaving Badly (Review) , p. 81Shaping a Nation, by Carter Wiseman
- Shaping a Nation by Carter Wiseman
- [+]Were our Founders Hypocrites? (Review) , p. 82Vindicating the Founders, by Thomas G. West
- Vindicating the Founders by Thomas G. West
- [+]The Clausewitz of the Culture Wars (Review) , p. 83Literature Lost, by John M. Ellis
- Literature Lost by John M. Ellis
- [+]A Long Path to Localism (Review) , pp. 84-85Downsizing the U.S.A, by Thomas H. Naylor and William H. Willimon
- Downsizing the U.S.A by Thomas H. Naylor and William H. Willimon
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90 How to Fire a Bureaucrat...Tobacco Hoax ...Free Trade in Kansas City... America: Pro-Ch...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-94 Southern Peculiarities. Health Care Update. IRS Popularity Polls.
- The Mail, p. 95 Debating Reagan's Tax Cuts - and Hikes. Rand vs. Rothbard. Socialism by a Thousand Cuts.
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
- Cover photograph
In Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Children Need Parents, Not Experts.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Pet Diet Pills. Knuckle-Dragging Intellectuals. Kenneth Starr, College Democrat.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 Peggy Noonan on the Lite Presidency. The Folks Who Brought You the Unabomber. Unduing t...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 The Bad News: Our Public School Disaster Is Deepening. The Good News: Americans Have St...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 20-25 The Man Behind Braveheart and The Man in the Iron Mask, Talks about Leonardo DiCaprio, ...
- The Problem with Day Care, pp. 26-44 There Is No Adequate Substitute for a Child's Mother and Father. Here's Why.
- Discovering Motherhood, pp. 45-49 A Feminist Journalist "Surrenders" to Motherhood and Discovers She's Not Oppressed but ...
- Families Who Put Their Kids before Their Jobs and Survived, Even Thrived., p. 50
- The Boom in Home Businesses - and What's Needed to Encourage This Family-Friendly Trend., pp. 51-52
- Tax Policies That Support At-Home Parenting., p. 53
- Pols Who Sniff at Moms Like Her., p. 54
- How a Free-Market Economist Learned That the Market Can't Provide Mothering., pp. 55-57
- Introduction, p. 58
- Look Who's Declining Now , p. 59
- End of the Asian Model? , p. 60
- Keep the Baby, Dump the Bathwater , p. 61
- Why Softening the Blow is a Mistake , p. 62
- Gravy Trains Don't Run On Time , p. 63
- The Planets Are Suddenly Aligned for Serious Social Security Reform: Demographic and Economic Shifts Are Causing Americans to Think of Themselves as Investors, Rather Than People Who Deserve Entitlements., p. 64
- A Chance to Improve , pp. 64-67
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 68-69 American History, and Compares Our Post-War Presidents.
- Catches a .38 Caliber Hollowpoint Bullet., p. 70
- Incompetent Road Warriors., pp. 70-71
- Enterprising, pp. 72-73 A Real-World Test: Do Chain Bookstores Reduce Variety and Choice?
- The Economist, pp. 74-76 A Family Dairy Farmer Reports That Government "Help" Threatens to Put Him Out of Business.
- Flashback, p. 77 Multicultural Soccer Is Making Headway among American Youth. Patriots, Arm Thyselves wi...
- Hollywood Report, pp. 78-79 Only Hollywood Could Make Heroes Out of Lawyers.
- [+]Shamelot (Review) , p. 80The Dark Side of Camelot, by Seymour M. Hersh
- The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour M. Hersh
- [+]The Maestro Dunnit (Review) , p. 81Who Killed Classical Music?, by Norman Lebrecht
- Who Killed Classical Music? by Norman Lebrecht
- [+]No Keepin' 'Em on the Farm Once They've Seen Parris (Review) , p. 82Making the Corps, by Thomas E. Ricks
- Making the Corps by Thomas E. Ricks
- [+]Inside the Underclass (Review) , p. 83The Corner, by David Simon and Edward Burns
- The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns
- [+]When Men Were Men (Review) , p. 84Shane, by Jack Schaefer
- Shane by Jack Schaefer
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89 What Downsized Government?...High-Tech Pork...Two Cheers for Advertising...Zoning Right...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93 What Women Want. Child Care. Family Rules. Rebellious Teens?
- The Mail, pp. 94-95 Country Music at Yale. Carrot-and-Stick Welfare Reform. A New Yorker Learns to Love Nas...
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
- Cover photography
Is Going Home Possible?How to Help Parents - and How Not toCracks In Asia's Berlin HallThe Third Rail of Politics Switches SidesIn Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Why China Doesn't Scare Me.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Turtle Rights. Puppy Perfume. Male Hissy Fits.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 A Liberal Senator for School Choice. An Expensive FOB. Government as Barcalounger. Mich...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 Round-Up on School Choice Reforms. Does More Educational Spending Get Results? Hypocrit...
- Two Views, pp. 20-21 China Will Be Largely Democratic in 20 Years.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 22-25 A Cold Warrior Turned Protectionist, Talks about His Conversion, as Well as His Friends...
- A Chinese Century?, pp. 26-28
- China Will Bloom, pp. 29-30
- Our China Problem, pp. 31-33
- Why China's Economic Future May Be Less Spectacular Than You Think, pp. 34-35
- China's Foolish Miracle , p. 36
- Why China Won't Become a Superpower Anytime Soon , pp. 37-39
- The Chinese Military Threat, pp. 40-43 The Game China Is Playing with Her Neighbors Is Like the One Played by Austria and Germ...
- Don't Overestimate China's Power, pp. 44-49 China's Domestic Backwardness and Her Antiquated Military Constrain Her Ability to Make...
- Are the Chinese Ready for Liberty?, pp. 50-53 Has the "One Child" Policy Exposed a National Docility?
- China's New Population Problem, pp. 54-56 In the Process of Attacking "Overpopulation," China Has Created Other, More Daunting, S...
- Excerpts from "A World Split Apart", pp. 57-59
- Response , p. 60
- --- by John O'Sullivan, p. 61
- --- by Mark Steyn, p. 62
- --- by John Lukacs, p. 63
- --- by David Aikman, p. 64
- --- by Michael Novak, p. 65
- The Cure for Multiple Shootings, pp. 66-67 Savage Multiple Murders Haunt the Nation, But One Policy Has Proven Dramatically Effect...
- How Washington Killed Affordable Housing, pp. 68-70 Federal Programs Have Been Disasters for Cities, Complains the Democratic Mayor of Milw...
- Raising Two Daughters Has Sapped His Attraction to Ayn Rand., p. 71
- Human Gold in Junkyards., p. 72
- Enterprising, p. 73 U.S. Businesses Desperately Need Skilled Works That Our Education System Isn't Supplyin...
- The Economist, pp. 74-75 Pat Buchanan Has Become a Confused Economic Liberal.
- Flashback, pp. 76-77 Allegania the Beautiful? It Would Be Easier to Move the Mountains Themselves Than to Ch...
- Hollywood Report, pp. 78-79 Will Hollywood Become the Last Refuge of Bill Clinton?
- [+]Thoroughly Modern Adolf (Review) , pp. 80-81The Hitler of History, by John Lukacs
- The Hitler of History by John Lukacs
- [+]Salve to Guilt (Review) , p. 82Slaves in the Family, by Edward Ball
- Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
- [+]Advertising Revolution (Review) , pp. 82-83The Conquest of Cool, by Thomas Frank
- The Conquest of Cool by Thomas Frank
- [+]He Had a Dream (Review) , p. 84The Vision of Piers Plowman, by William Langland and A.V.C. Schmidt
- The Vision of Piers Plowman by William Langland and A.V.C. Schmidt
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89 Inequality Yes, Resentment No...Where Charter Schools Work...Back to Leviticus...Brandi...
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 90-93
- The Mail, pp. 94-95
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
Dragon Droop1998 America: Triumphant? Or in Trouble?In Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 The New Science May Bring Us Back to an Old Philosophy.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Better Wages Through Technology. Enviro Treehouses. Living Naked and Frugal.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 Robert Bork, George Priest, and Thomas Hazlett Wrestle with the Microsoft Case. Good Ne...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 Science and Politics: The Polluted Science of Air Quality Regulation. Dishonest Racial ...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 20-23 Witch-burning, Bill Clinton, and His Famously Fat Books.
- Cities Need Leaders, pp. 24-27 Cities Only Grow and Thrive When Their Better-Off Citizens Are Willing to Shoulder Publ...
- Where Business and Philanthropy Flourish, pp. 28-29 Grand Rapids Is a Civic and Economic Success Because Entrepreneurs, Not Government Bure...
- The Phony War between Science & Religion, pp. 30-33 Evolution and Religion Arrive at the Bargaining Table and Discover They Have More in Co...
- Not a Chance, pp. 34-37 If You Think Life Could Have Arisen by Accident, You Haven't Done the Math.
- The Materialist Superstition, pp. 38-42 Computers and Other Scientific Advances Aren't Dehumanizing the World.
- Deadly Social Engineering, pp. 43-44 Tens of Millions Have Died from the Pseudo-Science of Socialism.
- How "Scientific" Materialism Eroded Freedom, pp. 45-46 If Biology and Environment Determine All Our Actions, Liberty Is Lost.
- The Curious Affair of Carl Sagan and E.T., pp. 47-49 Scientists Searching for Aliens in the Cosmos Could Find Them Here on Earth.
- Medicine for Body and Soul, pp. 50-52 The Medical Profession's Strange New Respect for Religion.
- Can a Scientist Believe in God?, pp. 53-54 For Centuries, Scientists Have Been Shocking Colleagues with Their Faith.
- The Heroic Promise of the Revolution in Genetics., pp. 55-56
- How to Copy Sheep - and Why Not to Copy People., pp. 57-58
- Fleeing Science and Reason, p. 59
- How to Win Arguments and Delude People by Disguising Your Opinion as Science., p. 60
- I.Q. and the Left, p. 61
- NASA Must Go., pp. 62-64
- Where a Giant Government Bureaucracy Has Failed, X Programs Could Succeed., pp. 65-66
- The Early Apollo Program Succeeded Thanks to Its Happy Band of Brothers., p. 67
- Sciences vs. Humanities in School, pp. 68-70 Smart Kids Are Thrust into Science Classes, While Education in the Humanities Is Neglec...
- Saving Lives with Penicillin - and DDT., p. 71
- Better Farming Through Chemicals., pp. 71-72
- The Economist, pp. 73-74 The Slow Suicide of America's Disappearing Labor Unions.
- Flashback, p. 75 Does Alaska + Hawaii = Puerto Rico?
- Hollywood Report, pp. 76-77 The Leatherneck behind "Jag."
- [+]Money is the Root of All Art (Review) , p. 78In Praise of Commercial Culture, by Tyler Cowen
- In Praise of Commercial Culture by Tyler Cowen
- [+]The Modernist Prison (Review) , p. 79Architecture: Choice or Fate, by Leon Krier
- Architecture: Choice or Fate by Leon Krier
- [+]Rocket Men (Review) , p. 80The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, by Thomas M. Disch
- The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of by Thomas M. Disch
- [+]Check Out That Mainframe! (Review) , p. 81Machine Beauty, by David H. Gelernter
- Machine Beauty by David H. Gelernter
- [+]This Perfect Hell (Review) , pp. 82-84This Perfect Day, by Ira Levin
- This Perfect Day by Ira Levin
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89 The Business of Sports...the Court of Last Resort...Lumps in the Melting Pot...Beyond Q...
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 90-94
- The Mail, p. 95
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
- Cover
The Future of BiotechnologyArguing ScienceThe Right and Wrong Ways to Get to SpaceIn Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 When Black and White Turn Gray.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 The Spice Girls Fly Air Force One. Desperate Democrats. Gore's Eco-Crimes.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 Ben Stein on Old Racism and New. Hypocrites on Parade. It Didn't Start with Monica. Al ...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 American Tolerance. The Disappearing White-Black Income Gap. Race, Crime, and Class.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 20-23 His Boss, President Clinton, Morality, and Impeachment.
- The Greatest Story Never Told, pp. 24-27 Everyday America's Racial Harmony.
- The Strangely Fragile Black Middle Class, pp. 28-35 Meet Some People Who Confound Both Liberal and Conservative Cliches
- "We Want to Depend on Ourselves", pp. 36-37 African Immigrants Reveal Some of the Many Varieties of "Blackness" in America.
- Out of the Box, pp. 38-41 Black Intellectual Stephen Carter Places His Hope in Local Communities of the Christian...
- The Rise of the Black Independent, pp. 42-47 The Ranks of Non-Liberal Blacks Are Growing. We Profile Some of the Leaders, Including ...
- --- by Marvin Olasky, p. 48
- --- by Hendrik Mills, p. 49
- --- by Michael Lynch, p. 50
- --- by Dinesh D'Souza, pp. 51-53
- The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name, pp. 54-56 A Chinese Immigrant Describes the Black Racism She Grew Up with. Why Are Asian Civil Ri...
- A Deadly Mix, pp. 57-59 Welfare State Liberalism Has Brought Devastation to American Indian Reservations.
- The Fix, pp. 60-61 Radical School Reform Is the Most Compassionate Thing Anyone Could Do for Poor Minority...
- Bulworthless, pp. 62-64 By Serving Up Left-Over Platitudes and Purposely Ignoring America's Real Problems, Clin...
- The Market Is Racism's Enemy, p. 65
- Be Fair to All the Disadvantaged , p. 66
- The Racism Industry , p. 66
- Black America's True Heroes , p. 67
- Start with Individuals , p. 68
- The Preference Problem , p. 68
- Don't Ignore Religion , p. 69
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 70-72 The Best Strategy for Advancing the Black Race.
- A Searing Meeting of the Minds at a Hotel Bar., p. 73
- His Far-Out Business., p. 74
- The Economist, pp. 75-77 The Trendy Crusade Against "Environmental Racism" Isn't Just a Fraud, It's a Danger to ...
- Flashback, p. 78 The GOP's Leading Atheist.
- Hollywood Report, p. 79 The Reagan Story Hollywood Won't Tell.
- [+]Calvin's Seed (Review) , p. 80Coolidge: An American Enigma, by Robert Sobel
- Coolidge: An American Enigma by Robert Sobel
- [+]Texas-Sized Liar (Review) , p. 81Flawed Giant, by Robert Dallek
- Flawed Giant by Robert Dallek
- [+]Copy Cat (Review) , p. 82Plagiarism and The Culture War, by Theodore Pappas
- Plagiarism and The Culture War by Theodore Pappas
- [+]A Half-Baked Generation (Review) , p. 83A New Kind of Party Animal, by Michele Mitchell
- A New Kind of Party Animal by Michele Mitchell
- [+]Con-Fusion (Review) , p. 84It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand, by Jerome Tuccille
- It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand by Jerome Tuccille
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89 Los Millionarios...Falling Prices...Saving Schools with Big Classes...New Info on the H...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93 Getting Beyond Race. What's Holding Blacks Back? (Slim) Differences between Black and W...
- The Mail, pp. 94-95 We Miss DDT. Defending Soccer. Echoes on Day Care.
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
When Race Matters, and When It Doesn'tWhat Clinton's Year-Long Rap on Race Left OutIn Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8 Some Ugly Trends Grow Lovelier.
- Sidelights, p. 9 Doggie Day Care. Wheel of Oppression. $2,000 Worth of Dudley Do-Right.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 The Hypocritic Arts Crowded Coffee Bars. Progress and Peril on School Reform. The Retur...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-21 The Most Influential Intellectual Couple in Late-Twentieth-Century America, Describe Th...
- The Year in Review, pp. 22-27 Three Savage Wits Reflect on the Year of the Goat.
- The Republican Stumble, pp. 28-29 The Republicans Did Poorly in '98-But Have Less to Fear in the Future Than the Democrats.
- Democrats Hit the Jackpot, pp. 30-31 Taking from the Poor and Giving to the Rich Helped the Democrats Make a Comeback in the...
- Liberty, License, and the American Dilemma, pp. 32-35 The Great American Balancing Act: Our Liberal Country Relies on Conservative Institutio...
- Is America Turning a Corner? The Facts, pp. 36-51 A Guided Visual Tour of the Latest Hard Data on the State of American Society.
- A New Era of Civic Virtue Is Dawning, p. 52
- Deviancy Is Down, Not Out , p. 53
- But What About Clinton? , p. 54
- The Return of Common Sense , pp. 55-56
- The Two Americas , p. 57
- The Glass Is Still Half Empty , p. 58
- Get Washington Out of the Way , p. 59
- Freedom Works , pp. 60-61
- Welfare Reform Is Working, pp. 62-65 Visits to Welfare Offices Across America Reveal That the Old Dole Is Dying, to the Bene...
- Welcome to the Casbah, pp. 66-69 The Latest Injection of Savvy and Sweat into America's Economy Comes from the Middle East.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, pp. 70-72 Relax with His Bow and Arrows. And Almost Succeeds.
- Social Security Watch, p. 73 If You Think a Pension Invested in Stocks Is Scary, Compare It to Social Security.
- Enterprising, pp. 74-75 Yesterday's Rag-Pickers Could Teach Today's Recyclers a Lesson.
- Flashback, p. 76 Elbert Hubbard, Soap Salesman and Arts and Crafts Apostle.
- Hollywood Report, p. 77 The Next World War II Blockbuster Is a Wild Card Until the Wraps Come off around Christ...
- [+]Documenting the Deluge (Review) , p. 78Noah's Flood, by William B.F. Ryan and Walter C. Pitman
- Noah's Flood by William B.F. Ryan and Walter C. Pitman
- [+]A Town Called Hopeless (Review) , p. 79Main Street Blues, by Richard O. Davies
- Main Street Blues by Richard O. Davies
- [+]Frequently Misunderstood Flier (Review) , p. 80Lindbergh, by A. Scott Berg
- Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg
- [+]Woody Allen, Seriously (Review) , p. 81Reconstructing Woody, by Mary P. Nichols
- Reconstructing Woody by Mary P. Nichols
- [+]A Well-Regulated Militia at Work (Review) , pp. 82-83Target Switzerland, by Stephen P. Halbrook and Alex Van Buren
- Target Switzerland by Stephen P. Halbrook and Alex Van Buren
- [+]The Black List (3 Reviews) , p. 84Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Native Son by Richard A. Wright
- Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89 Getting Rich Pretty Quick...A Family or a Depression...The Wetlands Swamp...Y2K Is Just...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93 Special Election Roundup: What the Voters Really Said. The Year in Polls. Optimistic Wo...
- The Mail, pp. 94-95 Kudos and Cudgels on Race. Cloning Dangers. Fussing over Fusionism.
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
Is America Turning a Corner?Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Taking Out the TV Trash.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Deadly Sprouts. Doggie Drugs. Secret Agent Furby. Lady Wrestlers.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 A Nazi's Confession. The White House Propaganda Empire. a Conservative Coup at the Osca...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-23 Lowell "Bud" Paxson and Jeff Sagansky, Two High-Flying TV Producers, Launch a New, 100 ...
- Trash TV at Flood Tide, pp. 24-31 TV Nose-Dived into the Gutter This 1998-99 Season. If You Haven't Been Paying Attention...
- --- by Paul Simon, p. 32
- --- by Sam Brownback, p. 33
- --- by Joseph Lieberman, pp. 34-36
- Organize Parents over the Internet., p. 37
- Have the TV Industry Police Itself., p. 38
- Have Advertisers Play a Stronger Role., p. 39
- Boycott the Worst Shows., pp. 40-41
- Use Economic Incentives., pp. 42-43
- Have Physicians Educate Parents., p. 44
- Swap Real Lives for Virtual Ones., pp. 45-47
- Is the Problem Television or Viewers?, pp. 48-55 The State of Our Airwaves.
- You Know Tinseltown's Famous Jerks. Now Meet the Industry's Normal People and Some of Their Products., pp. 56-58
- Bookish Broadcasting , p. 59
- Commercial TV's Grand Slam , pp. 60-61
- Iliad in Space , p. 62
- How TV Is Turning More and More Aspects of American Life into Pro Wrestling, p. 63
- News Shows Open Gateways to the Internet , pp. 63-66
- To Clone or Not to Clone, pp. 67-69 The Ethics of Cloning Humans.
- Why Jews Should Pray for a Christian American, pp. 70-71 An Orthodox Rabbi Argues That the Prosperity and Security of All Americans Depend on th...
- The Long View of Los Angeles., p. 72
- Small Town Life., p. 73
- Social Security Watch, p. 74 Private Retirement Accounts Are Pro-family.
- The Economist, p. 75 The Fantasy Tax: None.
- Enterprising, p. 76 Small Business Horrors in the Courts.
- Flashback, p. 77 Race and Politics on the American Frontier.
- Hollywood Report, p. 78 "King of the Hill" Sends up Laughs from the Heartland.
- [+]Willie Wonka They're Not (Review) , p. 79The Emperors of Chocolate, by Joel Glenn Brenner
- The Emperors of Chocolate by Joel Glenn Brenner
- [+]Innocence Agog (Review) , p. 80Saving Childhood, by Michael Medved and Diane Medved
- Saving Childhood by Michael Medved and Diane Medved
- [+]Thurgood Marshall: American Neoconservative? (Review) , p. 81Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary, by Juan Williams
- Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary by Juan Williams
- [+]Life in the Brats' Lane (Review) , p. 82To the Limit, by Marc Eliot
- To the Limit by Marc Eliot
- [+]Eurotrash Recycled (Review) , p. 83Reconstructing America, by James W. Ceaser
- Reconstructing America by James W. Ceaser
- [+]The Religious Roots of Success (Review) , p. 84Progress and Religion, by Christopher Dawson and Christina Scott
- Progress and Religion by Christopher Dawson and Christina Scott
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89 Sneaky Trade Barriers...Conservatives Are More Generous...Secondhand Smoke and Mirrors....
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93 What People Really Watch on TV. Alternatives to Social Security.
- The Mail, pp. 94-95 Blacks, Asians, and Racism. Miles to Go before We Rest. A Schoolteacher for Choice, Mao...
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
- Cover illustration
Why Cleaning Up Television is Important to the NationSeven Practical Ways to Begin Cleaning Up the WastelandHollywood's Better SideLife Imitates ArtIn Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8 Propaganda in America?
- Sidelights, p. 9 Suing God. Yuppie Bikers. Feminist Cyborgs. No Recluses, Please.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 TAE Chats with the Rocket Scientist behind October Sky. Why School Choice Is Not Enough...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 18-19 Environmentalists Are out of Step with Both Scientists and the Public.
- Two Views, pp. 20-21 Is Baseball Striking Out with Americans? Fred Barnes and Jonathan Yardley Grumble That ...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 22-27 New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani--Whose Stunning Urban Turnaround Has Suddenly Come...
- How Clinton Mangles the Truth, pp. 28-35 Who Have Happily Swallowed Executive Lies. Brian Brown Catalogues a Few Dozen President...
- Lies in the Courtroom, pp. 36-39 Lawyers Are Supposed to Play to Win, But They Also Have a Responsibility to the Truth--...
- Media Fakes, pp. 40-42 We've Recently Experienced an Epidemic of Falsified Journalism. And Given the Incentive...
- On Campus, Politics Has Trumped Truth and Liars Now Flourish, While Honest Voices Are Savaged., pp. 43-44
- The Fibs of Campus Icon Betty Friedan., pp. 45-47
- Misrepresenting the Holocaust, pp. 48-49 A Falsehood about Hitler Is Polluting Christian-Jewish Relations.
- The English Department Virus, p. 50
- From Euphemism to Bloody Lies , p. 51
- A Lying Tongue Lasts Only a Moment , p. 52
- What Happens When We Stop Teaching Truth? , p. 53
- Lying's Threat to the Left , pp. 54-55
- ---, p. 56
- Gentle in Manner, Strong in Deed , p. 57
- Normalcy Comes to Bedlam , pp. 58-59
- "I Never Encountered a Hidden Agenda" , p. 60
- The "Anti-Clinton" , p. 61
- A Dissenting View , pp. 61-62
- Good Instinct , p. 63
- Dangers Vetoed , p. 63
- Of Ethics and Flinching , p. 63
- Speaking with The American Enterprise , pp. 64-66
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 67-69 Censorship and Closed Minds amongst the Liberal Champions of "Tolerance."
- A Tortuous Set of Tax Forms., p. 70
- Human Nature at the Drive-Thru., p. 71
- Social Security Watch, p. 72 Uncle Sam Is the Last Relation You Want in the Stock Market.
- World Capitalism and Democracy Need Some Insurance Protection--In the form of a U.S. Tax Cut., pp. 73-75
- Grab Clinton's Universal Savings Accounts and Run Hard with Them., pp. 76-77
- Flashback, p. 78 That Other Fizzled Impeachment Trial.
- Hollywood Report, p. 79 A New Batch of Teensploitation Movies Sends Mixed Messages.
- [+]William the Liberator (Review) , p. 80All on Fire, by Henry Mayer
- All on Fire by Henry Mayer
- [+]The Wit of Nations (Review) , p. 81Eat the Rich, by P.J. O'Rourke
- Eat the Rich by P.J. O'Rourke
- [+]Portrait of a Marriage (Review) , p. 82Elegy for Iris, by John Bayley
- Elegy for Iris by John Bayley
- [+]I, the Jury (Review) , p. 83Jury Nullification, by Clay S. Conrad
- Jury Nullification by Clay S. Conrad
- [+]Like a good Neighbor (Review) , p. 84Dear America, by Karl Hess
- Dear America by Karl Hess
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89 Keep America Independent...Unionized Joblessness...Death Taxes Are Killing Us...Flood I...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93 The Truth about Lying.
- The Mail, pp. 94-95 Real Race Dialogue. Agnostic, Not Atheist. Fantasy Tax Cuts.
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
Untruth in AcademeThe Roots of Today's Lying EpidemicGerald Ford: Right Man for the HouseIn Real Life: First-Person AmericaThe EconomistBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Character Factories
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Channel of the Apes. More Ammo, Please. Lee Reviews Grant.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17 Pat Buchanan Calls for a Republic, not an Empire. Equal Pay for Equal Work. Gen X Saves...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-23 Hardballer Chris Matthews Defends Politics But Rips into Pols and Pundits.
- The West Point Story, pp. 24-41 The Long History of the U.S. Military Academy Is a Struggle of Contending American Idea...
- Is the Naval Academy off Course?, pp. 42-51 After a Decade Pockmarked by Some Traumatic Lapses, Graduates and Other Observers Wonde...
- Dear Supe, pp. 52-55 One of Annapolis's Most Famous Sons Reports, 35 Years Later, to the Officer Who Grabbed...
- The Advantages and Disadvantages of ROTC., pp. 56-57
- The British Approach, pp. 58-59 Converting Four-Year Academies into One-Year Military Finishing Schools
- The Story of a Would-Be Delinquent Turned by the Marines and the Citadel into an Honorable Man., pp. 60-61
- Why He's Glad He Went to the Citadel Rather Than Georgetown, Oxford, and Yale., pp. 62-63
- Parents Across the Country Singing the Praises of Military High Schools., pp. 64-65
- How It Works., pp. 66-67
- Why Medical Expenses Are out of Control, pp. 68-70 A Second-Generation Doctor Describes in a Crisp Fable How Do-Good Government Is Making ...
- Bipartisan Medicare Reform, p. 71 A Plan for Escaping Today's Medicare Mess That's Practical and Popular, Described by th...
- A Longer-Term Alternative, pp. 72-73 In the Long Run, We'll Have Much Better Choices in Medical Care If We Change the Way Go...
- One Shopkeeper's Effort to Clean Up the Public Square., p. 74
- Farmers and Ranchers Can Occupy the Same Land Yet Live in Different Universes., p. 75
- Social Security Watch, p. 76 If You Think You Have a "Right" to Your Social Security Money, Guess Again.
- Hollywood Report, p. 77 Mel Gibson's Next Movie Aims to Marry Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.And It's Set i...
- Flashback, pp. 78-79 Odd and Poignant Lives in West Point History.
- [+]All Too Geeky (Review) , p. 80All Too Human, by George Stephanopoulos
- All Too Human by George Stephanopoulos
- [+]Everyone in the Agora! (Review) , p. 81The Secret Lives of Citizens, by Thomas Geoghegan
- The Secret Lives of Citizens by Thomas Geoghegan
- [+]The Duelists (Review) , p. 82A Fatal Friendship, by Arnold A. Rogow
- A Fatal Friendship by Arnold A. Rogow
- [+]Mainspring of the New World (Review) , pp. 82-83Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
- Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
- [+]The Raw Deal (Review) , p. 84The Roosevelt Myth, by John T. Flynn
- The Roosevelt Myth by John T. Flynn
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89 States' Rights...Plane Facts...Make Your City Smaller...You Can Be Too Careful... Add B...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93 Confidence in the Military. Spending on the Military. When to Deploy the Military. Atti...
- The Mail, pp. 94-95
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
- Cover photo
Alternatives to the Academies"It Changed My Life"Military High Schools Make a ComebackIn Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 Scouting for Fathers.
- Sidelights, pp. 6-7 Woodschlock Phonies. Intelligent Toilets. Serial Killers against Spike Lee.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-17 Jeff Gordon, the New Face of NASCAR. Bloodless Horror. Dinosaur Mysteries Solved. Forme...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-23 His Father, Monica Lewinsky, Childraising, and Political Entanglements.
- A Father to the End, pp. 24-27 His Own Five Children Weren't Enough; So He Went to the Ghetto for More.
- An L.A. Dad Discovers Idaho Fatherhood, pp. 28-30 A Big-City Father--and His Son--Learn New Tricks from Their Rural Counterparts.
- Defining Daddy Down, pp. 31-34 Has the Fatherhood Movement Lost Its Way?
- The Case against Androgynous Marriage, pp. 35-39 Innate Sexual Differences Define and Strengthen Marriage--and Are Ignored at Its Peril.
- Daughters Need Fathers Too, p. 40 Strong Father-Daughter Bonds Build up Young Women and Keep Down the Welfare State.
- Fatherhood Is Not for Wimps, pp. 41-45 Becoming a Father Should Not Mean Giving Up Your Masculinity, But Rather Fulfilling It.
- The Army Knows Best, pp. 46-47 The Army Turns a Street Punk into One Tough Cop.
- A Father at Columbine, pp. 48-50 "I Pray for the Best but Accept That There Is a Good Chance Nathan Is Dead."
- Transatlantic Fatherhood, pp. 51-52 Can Moving to Switzerland Actually Give Your Children an American Childhood, Circa 1960?
- The Riches of a Poor Father, p. 53 The Secret of a Poor Man's Heroic Sacrifices for His Family.
- The Shocking Truth about Gun Shows, pp. 54-57 Behind the Scenes at a New York Gun Show.
- A Liberal Democrat's Lament, pp. 58-60 Gun Control Is Racist, Sexist, and Classist, Insists a Humphrey Democrat.
- Marksmanship Kept My Son out of Trouble, p. 61
- Armed Citizens Stop Criminals and Help Cops , p. 62
- How to Count Votes on Gun Control , pp. 63-65
- False Images, pp. 66-67 How Today's Movies Distort and Denigrate the Past.
- Planting Wolves, pp. 68-70 Environmentalists Can Set Wolves Free, But Somebody Has to Pay the Price.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 71 Father Montgomery Brown Ponders His Adopted Child's Route to Her New Home.
- Social Security Watch, pp. 72-73 Private Retirement Accounts Are a Multicultural Success.
- Economist, p. 74 Pop Economist Lester Thurow Gives Up Reagan-bashing for Market-boosting.
- Enterprising, pp. 75-76 The U.S. Tax Code.
- Hollywood Report, p. 77 Steve Lobs Is Changing the World One Pixel at a Time.
- Flashback, pp. 78-79 The John Wilkes Booth of Poetry: Edgar Lee Masters.
- [+]Fear of a Colored Future (Review) , p. 80Intended Consequences, by Donald T. Critchlow
- Intended Consequences by Donald T. Critchlow
- [+]Born to be Wild (Review) , p. 81Outlaw Machine, by Brock Yates
- Outlaw Machine by Brock Yates
- [+]The Liar (Review) , p. 82No One Left to Lie to, by Christopher Hitchens
- No One Left to Lie to by Christopher Hitchens
- [+]When Did Liberalism Go Bad? (Review) , p. 83After Liberalism, by Paul E. Gottfried
- After Liberalism by Paul E. Gottfried
- [+]Of Irish Clerks & Black Chemists (Review) , p. 84The Economics and Politics of Race, by Thomas Sowell
- The Economics and Politics of Race by Thomas Sowell
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89 America the Civic-Minded...More Bang for Your Surplus Buck...Ignoble Savages...Vodka, C...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93 The Family Dinner Hour. A Father's Duty. Guns and Violence.
- The Mail, pp. 94-95 The Air Force Academy Is Doing Great. Annapolis Is Not. How to Fix Health Care.
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
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Moms, Cops, and Voters against Gun ControlBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 1900 Perspectives on 1999.
- Sidelights, p. 7 Mistaken Experts. Net Commerce Explodes. Bra Straps Go Public. Patriotic Immigrants.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-15 Baby Parts for Sale. The U.S. Bureau of Autocratic Terror. Jonah Goldberg Sizes up Holl...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 16-17 Spanks and Hugs Go together. Killing People with Welfare Kindness.
- The Dow Is Headed for 36,000., p. 18
- There Are Good Economic Reasons to Doubt That., pp. 18-20
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 21-25 Reagan Biographer Edmund Morris Defends Not Only His Controversial Tome But Also the To...
- America's Essential Revolutionary, pp. 26-28 Two Centuries after His Death, We've Forgotten Exactly What It Was That Made the Father...
- The Humble Hero, pp. 29-31 Washington, a Virtuous Soldier and Farmer, Was Worthy of Holding Power Because He Was H...
- The Power Broker Who Came Home, pp. 32-33 Why Would Someone Return to a Small Town after Decades in High Office?
- America among Today's Chinese Is Decidedly Mixed., pp. 34-36
- Living in Both Countries Has Taught Her about the Long-Term Prospects for U.S.-China Coexistence., pp. 37-39
- What Would They Think of the '90s?, pp. 40-67
- Keep It Local, Stupid, pp. 68-69 A Conservative Counter-Agenda on the Suburban Sprawl Issue.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 70 Mark Twain's Pygmy Critics.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 71 Too Many Poor Just Won't Show up for Work.
- Social Security Watch, pp. 72-73 How Alan Greenspan Could Have Saved Social Security.
- Flashback, pp. 74-75 The Eternal Flamethrower of the House of Representatives.
- Hollywood Report, pp. 76-77 Oliver Stone Heaves a Hail Mary.
- [+]The Ugly Shadow of '69 (Review) , p. 78Cornell '69, by Donald Alexander Downs
- Cornell '69 by Donald Alexander Downs
- [+]Real Men Don't Sell Software (Review) , p. 79In Praise of Hard Industries, by Eamonn Fingleton
- In Praise of Hard Industries by Eamonn Fingleton
- [+]Social Engineering with the Nazis (Review) , p. 80The Nazi War on Cancer, by Robert N. Proctor
- The Nazi War on Cancer by Robert N. Proctor
- [+]She's No Kissinger (Review) , p. 81Madeleine Albright, by Michael Dobbs
- Madeleine Albright by Michael Dobbs
- [+]The Beauty of an Ordinary City Block (Review) , pp. 82-83The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 84-89 Let Banks Fail...NYPD Is Still the Finest...Equality Helps Minorities...God Joins the F...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93 The Twentieth Century Reviewed, the Twenty-first Century Anticipated. Where Will You Be...
- The Mail, pp. 94-98 Don't Just Celebrate Fatherhood, Defend It from Big Brother. Caveats on the Holocaust. ...
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Two ViewsLoving and Hating the USABook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 A Century Is Sickened by Centralism.
- Sidelights, p. 7 Doggie VCRS. Non-Violent Firebombing. Press Cowards.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-13 The Real Science Scandal. Socialist Magic. A Dangerous Religious-Right Kindergartner. H...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 14-15 The Era of Big Government Is Not Over.
- Forward Observer, pp. 16-17 In the Midst of Our Economic Boom, We're Suffering a Wealth Dearth. But It's Fixable.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-21 Independent Counsel Ken Starr, Just Returned to Private Life, Defends His Effort to Uph...
- The School Consolidation Plague, pp. 22-25 Why Have We Conglomerated Schools Together When Students Do Better in Smaller, Self-Gov...
- Tyranny in Bricks and Mortar, pp. 26-29 Lusting for "Control" of Society, Le Corbusier and Other Modern Planners Dictated Inhum...
- --- by Joel Kotkin, pp. 30-31
- Why Small Companies Often Work Best , p. 32
- Big or Small, Businesses Now Have to Listen to the Little Guy , p. 33
- Machine-Age Politics, pp. 34-37 The Centralizing Politics of the Twentieth Century Turned Citizens into Cogs in a Machi...
- The Death of Soviet Control, pp. 38-41 A Glimpse at the Last Days of Rule-from-the-Center in the Soviet Union. With a Sidebar ...
- Control Freaks, pp. 42-45 Where the Idea of Centralism Comes From, and What It Leads to.
- In Praise of Gridlock, pp. 46-50 Before You Grumble again about "Special Interest" Politics, Consider That Those Special...
- The Decline (and Return?) of Localism, pp. 51-53 As the Economy Goes Global, American Regional Identity Could Deepen.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 54-55 The Alarm against Central Planning.
- The Economist, pp. 56-57 Western European Economies Are Strangling in Red Tape--And Threatening to Take Others D...
- Social Security Watch, p. 58 Why Are Powerful Republicans Standing to Bill Clinton's Left on Social Security Reform?
- Flashback, p. 59 What Do JFK, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Gerald Ford Have in Common?
- Hollywood Report, p. 60 The Untold Waco Story--And the Man Who Broke It.
- Beat the Press, p. 61 The Left-Wing Version of Matt Drudge Enjoyed a Very Different Reception.
- [+]Uncommon Valor (Review) , p. 62Breakout, by Martin Russ
- Breakout by Martin Russ
- [+]Beer, Bikinis, and Barry (Review) , p. 63Cadres for Conservatism, by Gregory L. Schneider
- Cadres for Conservatism by Gregory L. Schneider
- [+]We'll Always Have Paris (Review) , pp. 63-64France on the Brink, by Jonathan Fenby
- France on the Brink by Jonathan Fenby
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 65-67 (Almost) Free Shipping...Counting Heads...the Most Dangerous Country...the Price of Eur...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 68-70 Centralization from FDR to Today. What We Want Uncle Sam to Do.
- The Mail, p. 71 A Pleasant Surprise on Gun Control. Lombardi's Success Was No Accident. The Dow Is Not ...
- Last Gasp, pp. 72-74
The Rise and Fall of the Giant CorporationBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 It Pays to Be Brave.
- Sidelights, p. 7 Communist Mysticism. Vouchers Help Working Poor. No Breaks for Church Kids.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-13 Clintons Fly Imperial Air. Race Blather. Learning English Works. Liberate the Congested...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-17 Old-School Political Advisor and Reagan Lieutenant Lyn Nofziger Talks about the Preside...
- Thank You Political Gridlock, pp. 18-19 How James Carville's Ugly Politics Led to a Pretty Economy.
- Thank You Federal Reserve, pp. 20-23 You Can't Have a Boom with Inflation (as the '60s and '70s Showed Clearly), and You Can...
- Thank You Ronald Reagan, pp. 24-25 Inheriting a Wretched Economy, Reagan Cut Taxes and Regulations, Killed Inflation, Free...
- Thank You American Businessmen, pp. 26-27 The Corporate "Downsizing" Revolution Was Said to Be Destroying the American Dream. Ins...
- Thank You New Technology, pp. 28-29 Our Latest Economic Surge Didn't Just Happen-It Was Born of Heavy New Business Investme...
- The Great Exception, pp. 30-33 America's Farmers Missed the Bus to Today's Boom. Their Twin Threats Are a Possible Ret...
- The Evolution of Shopping, pp. 34-37 Due to Ferocious Competition among Retailers, and Consumers Seeking Something More Than...
- Washington's Plague of Anti-Monuments, pp. 38-43 The Nation's Capital Is Sprouting Memorials That Elevate Neither Beauty Nor Truth.
- A Gay Man Decries "Gay Rights", pp. 44-45 Gay Activists Used to Ask Government to Leave Them Alone. Now They Want It to Be Their ...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 46 Educational "Fairness" That Is Unjust to Those It Aids.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 47 His Transplanting from Washington, D.C., to South Dakota.
- Enterprising: Business as a Creative Act, pp. 48-49 Free Trade Is One Big Reason We're Prospering.
- The Economist, p. 50 A Tax Innovation Worth Fighting for.
- Flashback, p. 51 One IRS Commissioner Turned on His Former Fiefdom with a Vengeance.
- Beat the Press, p. 52 Narcissus Enters the Press Pool.
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 53Lady Liberty Is the Hero of Angela's Ashes.
- Angela's Ashes (1999 Film) by Alan Parker
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 54-56 California Struggles with Race...Tax Injuries in New York...Competition in Defense...Cl...
- [+]Adolf's Teachers (Review) , p. 57The Black Book of Communism, by Stephane Courtois, Nicolas Werth, and Jean-Louis Panne,...
- The Black Book of Communism by Stephane Courtois, Nicolas Werth, and Jean-Louis Panne, ...
- [+]Golden Days (2 Reviews) , p. 58A Newer World, by David Roberts
- A Newer World by David Roberts
- Gold Dust and Gunsmoke by John Boessenecker
- [+]Gruel for Thought (Review) , p. 59For Common Things, by Jedediah Purdy
- For Common Things by Jedediah Purdy
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Americans Assess Their Prosperity. Internet Usage.
- The Mail, p. 63 Ralph Nader Defends Speed Limits. The Danger behind "Anti-Sprawl" Campaigning.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 Principles Please.
- Sidelights, pp. 6-7 Government Employment Swells. Defense Shrinks. Latin Returns. Firewomen Flunk.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-12 Giuliani Saves Minority Lives.A Safety Law That Hurts Citizens. Strip-Mall Socialism. T...
- Forward Observer, p. 13 The Digital Delay.
- Two Views, pp. 14-15 The Proper Role of Religious Conservatives in Politics.
- The Crucial People in Election 2000, pp. 16-20 Candidates, Media, Voters, and Ghosts from Elections Past.
- The Crucial Ideas in Election 2000, pp. 21-25 Is Symbolism Swamping Substance?
- Tough Lessons, pp. 26-28 What We Can Learn from Thatcher, Reagan, and '94.
- Full-Contact Politics, pp. 29-33 Conservatives Need to Stop Whining and Start Fighting.
- Republicans and Ethnicity, pp. 34-37 The Man Who Rolled Back Bilingual Education in California Explains How the GOP Can Make...
- My View from the Bus, pp. 38-39 Underdog Policymaking, as Described by McCain's Economic Adviser.
- Dry Quixote, pp. 40-41 Prohibitionist Earl Dodge Makes His Fifth Run for the White House.
- Lawyers against Democracy, pp. 42-46 Here's Some Genuine Political Corruption in Need of Fixing--Before It's Too Late.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, pp. 47-48 Invisible Foes in the Dark.
- The Economist, pp. 49-50 A Dirty Little D.C. Secret Threatens to Expand.
- Flashback, p. 51 Earth Day Kills Trees.
- Hollywood Report, pp. 52-53 Can Dr. Laura Thump Jerry Springer?
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 54-56 Little Government...Budget Bunk...Regulatory Flunk...a Cleanup Waste.
- [+]Dark Secret (Review) , p. 57Taboo, by Jon Entine
- Taboo by Jon Entine
- [+]Model "A" Ford (Review) , p. 58Print the Legend, by Scott Eyman
- Print the Legend by Scott Eyman
- [+]Mind Our Own Business (Review) , p. 59A Foreign Policy for Americans, by Robert A. Taft
- A Foreign Policy for Americans by Robert A. Taft
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Election Round-Up: Candidate Quality, Party Loyalty, Critical Issues, and More.
- The Mail, p. 63 Skinny Business Is Good Business. America's Real Savings. Shrinking Schools.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Let Boys Be Boys.
- Sidelights, p. 7 Soul for Sale. What Education Standards? Judicial Moonshine. Six-Month Gender.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-13 Ward Connerly Gets Bushwhacked. New Jerseyans vs. the Declaration of Independence. Amer...
- Forward Observer, pp. 14-15 The Right Campaign Issue: Education.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 16-19 Today's Most Respected Sports Broadcaster, Sounds Off on Baseball
- The War on Boys, pp. 20-25 Young Males Are Paying the Highest Price for Current Misguided Fashions in Education.
- Bush vs. Gore on Faith-Based Charity, pp. 26-27 For One Candidate, Religion Renews the Culture by Changing Hearts. For the Other, Relig...
- Where Is Compassion Effective?, pp. 28-31 Some Do-Gooders Accomplish Little. Others Roll Up Their Sleeves and Utterly Change Lives.
- Church and State Fighting Poverty Together, p. 32 After Three Years, Charitable Choice Has Produced a Modest Number of Notable Public-Pri...
- The Chicago Compromise, pp. 33-34 Democratic Public School Officials in Chicago Make No Apologies for Teaming Up with Min...
- Navigating Real Perils, p. 35 Experts Debate the Promises and Perils of Government-Religious Partnerships.
- Laying Down the Burden of Race, pp. 36-40 The Nation's Leading Opponent of Race Preferences Recounts His Own Struggles with Racia...
- Moonstruck, pp. 41-43 An Intriguing American Historical Novelist, Thomas Mallon, Chats with TAE about Fiction...
- Verdict from Kansas City, pp. 44-45 This Failed Experiment Should End the Notion That Too Little Money Is What Ails Bad Sch...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 46-47 Americans Should Replace "Safe Sex" with Adventurous Love.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 48 His Daughter Struggle Then Triumph at the Grindstone.
- Enterprising: On Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 49-50 Casinos Use Government Muscle to Throw Out Small Property Owners.
- Flashback, p. 51 Mother Jones--Anti-Feminist.
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 52Hollywood Goes to the Martian Frontier.
- Mission To Mars (2000 Film) by Brian De Palma
- Beat the Press, p. 53 The Media Said Linda Tripp Betrayed a Friend. They Oughta Know.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 54-56 Split Over Clinton...Washington Scorecard...Scouts' Honor.
- [+]Our Friend, the State (Review) , p. 57A Necessary Evil, by Garry Wills
- A Necessary Evil by Garry Wills
- [+]Portrait of a Gray Lady (Review) , p. 58The Trust, by Susan E. Tifft and Alex S. Jones
- The Trust by Susan E. Tifft and Alex S. Jones
- [+]We Are All Victims Now (Review) , p. 59Stiffed, by Susan Faludi
- Stiffed by Susan Faludi
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Success, Materialism, and Leisure.
- The Mail, p. 63 No Gay Rights, But Equal Liberties. Artists Who Hate the Public. Lawyer Scams.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Pure Hillary, Expedient Hillary, or No Hillary?
- Sidelights, p. 7 Powered by Pasta. Sneering at Marriage. Selling Sweat.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-13 Hillary and the Cop-Bashers. Countable Media Bias. Evangelicals Stay Engaged. Dangerous...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-17 Tough on Mrs. (and Mr.) Clinton.
- Is Hillary Clinton Eleanor Roosevelt?, pp. 18-21 ... Not Even Close.
- --- by John Brummett, pp. 22-23
- --- by Joyce Milton, p. 24
- --- by David Brock, p. 25
- --- by Eleanor Clift, p. 26
- Discussion and Questions , p. 26
- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?, pp. 27-31 Three Top Political Journalists Mull Her Prospects of Election in New York.
- --- by Christina Hoff Sommers, p. 32
- --- by Karen Burstein, p. 33
- --- by Phyllis Schlafly, p. 34
- --- by Laura Ingraham, p. 35
- Discussion and Questions , pp. 36-37
- Hillary Rodham Clinton and the "Third Way", pp. 38-39 Is Mrs. Clinton a Woman of the Left?
- America's Startling New Urban Make-Up, pp. 40-43 Some Surprising Developments Show Traditional Cities Going the Way of the Dodo, While D...
- What Are America's Best Business Schools?, pp. 44-45 These Numbers Will Surprise the Ivy Leaguers.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 46 Are Today's Kids Soft?
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 47 Softball again after Decades Off the Field.
- Economist, pp. 48-49 Land Trusts Claim to Conserve Land Wisely. Can They Be Trusted?
- Hollywood Report, p. 50 A True Tinseltown Maverick.
- Flashback, p. 51 A Colorful New York Mayor Who'd Rather Have Been a King.
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 52Hollywood Shows Soldiers Respect for a Change.
- Rules of Engagement (2000 Film) by William Friedkin
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 53-55 Crippled by Disability Rights...Liberal Welfare Reforms Fail...No Worries on Resource D...
- [+]The Big Picture (Review) , p. 56Nonzero, by Robert Wright
- Nonzero by Robert Wright
- [+]Chicago's Other Mike (Review) , p. 57The World of Mike Royko, by Doug Moe and John Kass
- The World of Mike Royko by Doug Moe and John Kass
- [+]How Green Was Their Valley? (Review) , pp. 57-58New Agrarian Mind, by Allan C. Carlson
- New Agrarian Mind by Allan C. Carlson
- [+]Black Like Who? (2 Reviews) , p. 59Up from Slavery, by Booker T. Washington
- Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington
- The Souls of Black Folk by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Changing Views of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
- The Mail, p. 63 The Origin of Group "Rights." Gays vs. Boy Scouts. Special Ed's Sad Boys.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Hillary Rodham Clinton as First LadyHillary Rodham Clinton as Feminist HeroineBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Training for Monsters.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 7-11 Ben Stein on the Universal Hero. Kid Capitalism. Gun Scapegoats. Governor Backstabber. ...
- Forward Observer, p. 12 Who's Winning the High-Tech Vote--And Who Should Be.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 13-15 Best-Selling Historian Stephen Ambrose Talks about Eisenhower, D-Day, the Great Railroa...
- N.Y. Press to Nypd: Drop Dead!, pp. 16-17 When Trashing the Cops, Hypocrisy Helps.
- Ordinary People, Extraordinary Rescues, pp. 18-21 Unsung Heroes Gel Their Due.
- Heroes of the Vietnam Generation, pp. 22-24 Baby Boomers Now Praise WWII Vets--Yet Still Ignore Their Generation's War Heroes.
- Bats, Balls, and Idols, pp. 25-26 For a Boy Searching for Heroes, the World of Sports Was a Good Place to Start.
- Heroism Goes to the Dogs, pp. 27-28 The Most Noble among Us Often Walk on Four Legs.
- Stories That Inspire, pp. 29-30 Don't Settle for Self-Absorbed Mediocrity for Your Children.
- Not-So-Super Heroes, p. 31 These Days, You're More Likely to Find Superman on a Psychiatrist's Couch Than in a Pho...
- Does Religion Hinder Heroism?, pp. 32-34 For Martyrs, Humility and Compassion Breed Sacrifice Not Cowardice.
- No Reverence, No Heroes, pp. 35-37 Don't Look for the Roots of Heroism in a Material World.
- Be a Man--Take Risks, Win Money and Honor, pp. 38-39 Manliness -- And Enterprise-- Aren't about Playing It Safe.
- The Teacher as Hero, pp. 40-41 Great Teachers Do More Than Just Teach.
- My Father, pp. 42-43 He Suffered, but He New Complained.
- Losing Ground, pp. 44-47 Heroes Haven't Forsaken America; We've Forsaken Heroes.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 48 An Innocent Victimized Again--This Time by a Lawyer
- Flashback, p. 49 A Strong-Willed Woman Who Took on the IRS and the Sixteenth Amendment
- Hbllywoob Report, p. 50 In Hollywood, Heroism Is Back in Style.
- Beat The Press, p. 51 The Press Has Had Some Fun with Al Gore. But How Long Will It Last?
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 52-55 Does Affirmative Action Cause Crime?...Losers in the War Against Microsoft...Pro Bono L...
- [+]So This is Love (Review) , p. 56Ravelstein, by Saul Bellow
- Ravelstein by Saul Bellow
- [+]The Owl of Minerva and the NBC Peacock (Review) , pp. 57-58Shows About Nothing, by Thomas S. Hibbs
- Shows About Nothing by Thomas S. Hibbs
- [+]A Superfluous Curmudgeon (Review) , p. 59Memoirs of a Superfluous Man, by Albert Jay Nock
- Memoirs of a Superfluous Man by Albert Jay Nock
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Social Security--Time for a Change? Vanishing Heroes. How's Work?
- The Mail, p. 63 Pros and Cons of Military Academies. The Future of Cities. Don't Bash Hillary.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-9 A Visit to Maverick America (Dallas-Ft. Worth Chapter).
- Sidelights, pp. 10-11 Gourmet Bombers. Free-Market Drugs. Anti-Fascists for Gore.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 12-17 A Tax Phantom Is after You. Pistol-Packin' Sisters. Environmentalist Smog. Surprise: Te...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-20 Football Star Turned Business Titan Roger Staubach Tells How Both Sides of His Life Hav...
- Forward Observer, p. 21 The Federal Surplus Is Hurting Us.
- Prairie Soul, pp. 22-26 Think Mid-American Cities Like Dallas Have No Inner Life? Think Again.
- Capital of Capitalism, pp. 27-31 The Making of a Great Modern Economy.
- A New Dallas Is Born Out of the Barrel of a Gun, pp. 32-36 Lee Harvey Oswald Killed a Regional Culture Along with a President.
- Land of Big Religion, pp. 37-39 Extra-Large Church Life Starts by Asking for Forgiveness.
- Sports City, pp. 40-46 Cowboys, Preachers, Math Nerds, Presidential Wannabes, and Big Bucks Meet on. Texas's F...
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 47 Tells Parents Where They're Falling Short.
- Enterprising: On Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 48-50 Washington's Biggest-Ever Public Works Project May Sink the Everglades.
- Hollywood Report, p. 51 Now Playing in TV's Late-Night Comedy Slot: Politics.
- Flashback, pp. 52-53 A Cow-Punching Historian Exposed LBJ and Got Smacked.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 54-56 Another Trial Lawyer Scam...Why Welfare Rolls Went Down...Uncle Sam Is a Poor Babysitte...
- [+]Return of the Neighborhood (Review) , p. 57Suburban Nation, by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck, ...
- Suburban Nation by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck, ...
- [+]Salvation from Above (Review) , p. 58The Paradox of American Democracy, by John B. Judis
- The Paradox of American Democracy by John B. Judis
- [+]Lost Cause Found (Review) , p. 59Who Owns America?, by Herbert Agar and Allen Tate
- Who Owns America? by Herbert Agar and Allen Tate
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 The Death Penalty. The Supreme Court. Tobacco.
- The Mail, p. 63 Feminists Failed My African-American Son. The Old Texas Rangers. Business Warriors.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-9
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 Not All Immigrants Are Alike.
- Sidelights, pp. 6-7 Bay State Misers. It's Chic at Home. Flipper Beats Geraldo.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-13 John Lott on a Media Murder. Save the Males. Sensible Young America. Who Are Al's Awful...
- Our Immigrants Have Always Melted Before., p. 14
- The Country and the Immigrants Are Wholly Different Today., pp. 15-19
- Why Mexico Is a Problem, pp. 20-21
- Mexican Immigration Is Different , p. 22
- Mexican Leaders Encourage Split Loyalties , p. 23
- Are Mexicans Melting into America or Not? , p. 24
- Mexican Immigrants Can Be Good for America , p. 25
- Our New Immigration Predicament, pp. 26-29 The Immigrants We've Accepted Over the Last Couple Decades Have Been Relatively Less Ed...
- The Case for Choosing More Skilled Immigrants, pp. 30-31 If the U.S. More Carefully Selected Immigrants on the Basis of the Skills They Bring, I...
- Second-Generation Question Mark, pp. 32-35 The Real Test Is How the Children of Today's Immigrants Will Fit into America. The Evid...
- Techno-Utopia or Techno-Hell?, pp. 36-39 Technologies Like Cloning Give Humans Unprecedented Power. Will We Use It Wisely, or wi...
- The Gift of Competition, pp. 40-43 An African American's Plea: Let Black Successes Be Recognized and Special Preferences E...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 44-45 The Secret behind the Conflicting Reactions of American Jews to the Lieberman Nomination.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 46 Why He Keeps Swinging a Golf Club.
- Beat the Press, pp. 47-48 Harsh Intolerance Clouds Accuracy and Fairness at the New York Times.
- The Economist, p. 49 Food Supplies and Other Resource Levels Show There Is No Population Crisis.
- Flashback, pp. 50-51 The Strange Historical Flight of the Thanksgiving Turkey.
- [+]Lord Corn Wallace (Review) , p. 52American Dreamer, by John C. Culver and John Hyde
- American Dreamer by John C. Culver and John Hyde
- [+]Rocky Mountain High (Review) , p. 53Citizen Coors, by Dan Baum
- Citizen Coors by Dan Baum
- [+]The Joyous Libertarian (Review) , p. 54An Enemy of the State, by Justin Raimondo
- An Enemy of the State by Justin Raimondo
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 55-59 America's More Equal Than You Think...Exaggerating Disabilities...Grading Home Schools....
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Public Attitudes toward Immigration. Attitudes of Immigrants.
- The Mail, p. 63 Medals Are Earned, Not Won. Teachers Aren't Heroes. Dallas Ain't Half Bad.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Does America Have an Assimilation Problem?The Special Case of Mexican ImmigrationBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 The Deep Secrets of Good Schools.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 6-11 Three Cheers for the Electoral College. The Right Is Not Dead. Double Standards at the ...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 12-16 Lincoln, Civil War Battles, the Confederate Flag, Computers, Television, Race, Rednecks...
- Forward Observer, p. 17 Shareholders of the World Unite!
- 14 Academies That Teach, p. 18
- Townsend Harris High School , p. 19
- Vista Charter School , pp. 20-21
- The Calvert School , pp. 22-23
- Franklin Military School , pp. 24-25
- Benjamin Franklin Charter Schools , pp. 26-27
- Marva Collins Preparatory School , pp. 28-29
- Sale family home school , p. 30
- Piney Woods School , pp. 31-33
- City on a Hill Charter School , p. 34
- The Taft School , pp. 35-36
- Frederick Douglass Academy , p. 37
- Hanna Sacks School , pp. 38-39
- City Springs Elementary School , pp. 40-41
- Messmer High School , pp. 42-45
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 46-47 "Who Needs God?"
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 48 Tis the Season for Hendrick Mills to Go a' Caroling.
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 49Who Stole the Grinch?
- The Grinch (2000 Film) by Ron Howard
- Enterprising: On Business as an Imaginative Act, pp. 50-51 The Looming Battle over Internet Privacy.
- Hollywood Report, p. 52 The Entertainment Industry May Have a New Nemesis: John McCain.
- Flashback, p. 53 Teddy Roosevelt Tries to Rewrite the English Language.
- [+]Virginia Was for Lovers (Review) , p. 54Unwise Passions, by Alan Pell Crawford
- Unwise Passions by Alan Pell Crawford
- [+]Grover Cleveland, Seriously (Review) , p. 55Grover Cleveland: A Study in Character, by Alyn Brodsky
- Grover Cleveland: A Study in Character by Alyn Brodsky
- [+]History versus Oliver Stone (Review) , pp. 56-57Oliver Stone's USA, by Robert Brent Toplin and Oliver Stone
- Oliver Stone's USA by Robert Brent Toplin and Oliver Stone
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 58-59 Helping the Poor by Fighting Crime...Making Money Off the Holocaust...Congress Encourag...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Schools, Teachers, Parents, Educational Standards, and the Government.
- The Mail, p. 63 An Unsung Railroad Pioneer Who Said No to Government Subsidies. To Pay Down or Not Pay ...
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Model SchoolsBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 Surveying the Post-Election Damage.
- Sidelights, p. 6 Pigs Do Fly. The Queen Kills. Tokens Need Not Apply.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 7-11 Bill O'Reilly and the Fox Factor. GOP Prospects for 2002. Is Bush a Keynesian? The Fina...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 12-15 Pop Culture, Politics, and Saving America from Nihilism and P.C. Stereotypes.
- Forward Observer, pp. 16-17 Reform the Electoral College, Don't Toss It.
- The Police Behind America's Biggest Crime Drop, pp. 18-20 One New England City Saw Its Crime Rate Fall over 50 Percent in Six Years, Thanks to Co...
- The Lawyers' War on Law, pp. 21-24 Florida Wasn't the Beginning, Nor Will It Be the End.
- Choosing Better Judges, pp. 25-27 How to Avoid the Mistakes of Past Republican Presidents.
- The Moment May Be Righter Than You Think, p. 28
- We're on the Edge of Realignment , p. 29
- Practical Advice for the Warriors , pp. 30-31
- Erase Our Divides with Marriage , p. 32
- The Divide Isn't That Serious , p. 33
- How to Woo Urban America , p. 33
- Cling to Principle , p. 34
- Divided Democrats, pp. 35-42 What Are the Present State and Future Prospects of the Democratic Party? To Find Out, W...
- The Great Florida Recount of 2000, pp. 43-44 Two Eyewitnesses Tell Stories of Chads, Lawyers, and Very Buttoned-Down Rioters.
- Lift-Wing Trash Talk, pp. 45-47 A Resident of America's Hated Heartland Looks at Some Real Hate Speech.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 48 Teaches Her Daughter Civility in a Hostile World.
- Flashback, p. 49 The Tale of One Elector Who Voted His Conscience.
- Beat the Press, p. 50 The Media's Double Standards for "Civil Rights Leaders."
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 51Hollywood Takes a Balanced, Honest Look at the War on Drugs.
- Traffic (2000 Film) by Steven Soderbergh
- Economist, pp. 52-53 What the Poor Need Most
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 54-56 Keeping Regulators Honest...the Failure of Public Housing...China's Road to Democracy.....
- [+]The Right Man for the Part (Review) , p. 57The Right Moment, by Matthew Dallek
- The Right Moment by Matthew Dallek
- [+]The Ties That Bind (Review) , p. 58Robert Nisbet: Communitarian Traditionalist, by Brad Lowell Stone
- Robert Nisbet: Communitarian Traditionalist by Brad Lowell Stone
- [+]A Lost Art (Review) , p. 59The Art of Teaching, by Gilbert Highet
- The Art of Teaching by Gilbert Highet
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 The Voters Speak. Tax Cuts Matter. The Generation Gap.
- The Mail, p. 63 Right and Left Are Both Wrong on TV. Immigration Pros and Cons. Free Our Schools.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
- Cover illustration
Governing a Divided AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 The Cloud over Manhattan
- Sidelights, p. 7 College Is Child's Play. Latin Returns. Catalogue Avalanche.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-12 Al Gore, Religious Zealot? The Boobs Tube. Credit Card Poison. Abstinence Happens. Thos...
- Forward Observer, p. 13 Stocks Still Look Good.
- Two Views, pp. 14-17 How the Federal Government Can Best Help Families with Children.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-19 Their Youthful Romance, Their Fly-Fishing Accidents, the American West, Business vs. Po...
- New Weapon for a New World Order, pp. 20-23 How Missile Defense Makes the Whole Globe Safer.
- No-Nukes Turn Pro-Nuke, pp. 24-25 Those Who Used to Be Most Panicky about Nuclear War Now Resist the Very Defenses That W...
- We Surrender, pp. 26-27 The Gloom and Doom Crowd Have Never Wanted Missile Defense to Work.
- Politicians Will Build It..., pp. 28-29 Missile Defense Will Happen Because the People Want It.
- Bomb Blocking, pp. 30-33 The State of the Art: What Our Defenses Can Do Now, and What We Need to Develop Next. W...
- Dump the Abm Treaty, pp. 34-37 By Adhering to a Defunct Treaty, We Make Our Future More Dangerous.
- Three Cheers for Gentrification, pp. 38-39 It Helps Revive Cities and Doesn't Hurt the Poor.
- Sick Sisters, pp. 40-43 Medicine Is Being Hobbled by Feminist Political Correctness.
- Be Not Afraid, pp. 44-45 A Call for Intelligent Combativeness.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 46 Compassionate Conservatism Shouldn't Stop at the Water's Edge.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, pp. 47-48 Wedding Bell Blues.
- The Economist, p. 49 America Needs an Entirely New Energy Policy.
- Flashback, p. 50 The History of Local Time.
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 51An Overseas Hint to Beverly Hills: Make Better Movies
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000 Film) by Ang Lee
- [+]Jacob Reb (Review) , p. 52The Jewish Confederates, by Robert N. Rosen
- The Jewish Confederates by Robert N. Rosen
- [+]I Left My Heart in Yerba Buena (Review) , p. 53This Land Is Your Land, by Seymour I. Schwartz
- This Land Is Your Land by Seymour I. Schwartz
- [+]The Rise and Fall of Music Kings (Review) , p. 54The Maestro Myth, by Norman Lebrecht
- The Maestro Myth by Norman Lebrecht
- Hollywood Report, p. 55 Country Conservatives in Nashville.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 56-59 Government Can Kill You...Joe Camel, Innocent...Uncharitable CEOs... Smart Immigrants M...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Defending America. Do We Need Missile Defense? America Believes in Science.
- The Mail, p. 63 Campaign Finance and Corporate Welfare. Republican Race-Baiting? Assimilation Problems.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Crime Is Down, But Far from Out.
- Sidelights, p. 7 College Drop-Outs. Hamster Racing. Welcome to Stalinworld.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-12 Tax Bondage. Rob the Rich Yourself, Please. Spies in Uniform? Day Care Warning. Childre...
- Forward Observer, p. 13 Still Waiting on School Reform
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., pp. 14-15 Data on Crooks and Their Enemies.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 16-19 Crime, Cops, Prisons, Southern California, Reagan, the Future of Marriage, and More.
- Delinquents in Suburbia, pp. 20-25 Thanks to Family Decay, Juvenile Crime isn't Just a Ghetto Problem.
- Judging Juveniles, pp. 26-29 Inside One of the Busy Courtrooms That Represent Ground-Zero for Family Decline.
- Joint at the Hip, pp. 30-33 The Sticky Connections between Drugs and Crime.
- On Patrol, pp. 34-39 On the Beat with Some of Florida's Finest.
- Sad Reality, pp. 40-44 A Gilmpse at Life Behind Bars (and the Family and Drug Problems That Lead There).
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 45 The Dicey Future of the Chinese Communist Party.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 46 Felling Froggy After a Fishing Trip with His Boys.
- Beat the Press, p. 47 Where Are the Muckrakers Who Will Take on Today's Sacred Cows?
- The Economist, pp. 48-49 Even Dictators Must Face the Limits of Government Dictates.
- The Law, pp. 50-51 Law Schools and Law Firms Are Breeding Radical Activism.
- Flashback, p. 52 President Warren G. Harding, a Clinton Ahead of His Time.
- [+]Now Playing (2 Reviews) , p. 53Hollywood Zeroes in on Everyday Ugliness.
- 15 Minutes~~Fifteen Minutes (2001 Film) by John Herzfeld
- Series 7: The Contenders (2001 Film) by Daniel Minahan
- [+]The Entrepreneur's Road (Review) , p. 54The Santa Fe Trail, by David Dary
- The Santa Fe Trail by David Dary
- [+]Was Hayek a Social Democrat? (Review) , p. 55Friedrich Hayek: A Biography, by Alan O. Ebenstein
- Friedrich Hayek: A Biography by Alan O. Ebenstein
- [+]Slights of Life (Review) , pp. 55-56Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks, by Andrew Hurley
- Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks by Andrew Hurley
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 57-59 True Campaign-Finance Reform...Distrusting Antitrust Policy...Is Your Home Yours?...NYC...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Crime Is Better But Not Good. Police Respect. The Parent-Delinquent Connection.
- The Mail, p. 63 Liberal Religious Bigots. How to Quash Kyoto. Memories of Reagan.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
- Cover photo
Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Has Slavery's Debt Been Paid?
- Sidelights, p. 7 EEOC Sued by...the EEOC? Asia Online. Taxes, Death, and Taxes.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-12 The Decline of the New York Times Magazine. Selfish Techies? Pride Goeth Before a Marke...
- Forward Observer, p. 13 Free-Market Campaign Finance Reform.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-17 Renowned Novelist and Political Commentator Mark Helprin Discusses Honesty, Clinton, Lo...
- Blood Money, pp. 18-21 Why I Don't Want to Be Paid for Slavery.
- A Bean-Counting Nightmare to Avoid, pp. 22-23 Does Tiger Woods Deserve a Reparations Check?
- The Poison of "I'm a Victim" Politics, pp. 24-25 Demanding Sympathy from Others Eventually Leads to Scorn and Self-Contempt.
- Death Spiral on Main Street, pp. 26-29 The Postal Service Belongs in the Postal Museum.
- Red Lights among the Ivy, pp. 30-31 The Sexualization of Everything, and We Do Mean Everything, on College Campuses.
- Campus Crusade, pp. 32-37 A Startling Boom Is Taking Place at Colleges That Try to Educate Both the Mind and the ...
- The Moral Roots of Liberty and Prosperity, pp. 38-39 Liberty Is Only Possible When Family Life Is Strong. But Families Won't Be Strong If Pe...
- Historic Preservation Goes Awry, pp. 40-43 With Increasing Frequency, Preservationists Fail to Make the Distinction between What I...
- A Patriotic Ramble, pp. 44-46 Remembering His Boyhood, a Father Introduces His Children to American History and Heroes.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, p. 47 The Importance of Childhood Reading.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 48 His New Gas (er, Diesel) Guzzler.
- The Economist, p. 49 The Decline and Fall of Japan's Fabled Government/Business Partnership.
- Flashback, p. 50 Salem Really did Have a witch Problem.
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 51Pearl Harbor Is Shallow.
- Pearl Harbor (2001 Film) by Michael Bay
- [+]Regulations That Repress (Review) , p. 52Only One Place of Redress, by David E. Bernstein
- Only One Place of Redress by David E. Bernstein
- [+]King of New York (Review) , pp. 52-53Empire Statesman, by Robert A. Slayton
- Empire Statesman by Robert A. Slayton
- [+]Remember the Alamo! (Review) , p. 54A Line in the Sand, by Randy Roberts and James S. Olson
- A Line in the Sand by Randy Roberts and James S. Olson
- [+]The '80s Viewed Rightly (Review) , pp. 54-55Before the Storm, by Rick Perlstein
- Before the Storm by Rick Perlstein
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 56-59 First Amendment Against Campaign Finance Reform...the Myth of Pharmaceutical Price-Goug...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Racial Progress. Polling on Slavery Reparations. The Dope on Dope-Using.
- The Mail, p. 63 Comfortable with Mutual Nuclear Destruction. Uncomfortable with Rogue Nations and Terro...
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Beware of Green Fairytales.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Political Bribery and Baked Goods. Overpaying the IRS. Whoopi for Communism! Cater Outp...
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-14 Unlikely Family Films. Blacked-Out Gray Davis Sees Red. A Revisionist Narnia? Historic ...
- Forward Observer, p. 15 Wall Street Handicappers Become Scapegoats.
- Energy Crunch Replay, pp. 16-19 It's a Long Way from Carter to Bush on Energy Policy.
- "Alternative" Fuels?, pp. 20-27 The Cold Realities of Alternative Energy. And Why Greens Hate the One Non-Traditional F...
- --- by Ben Prendergast, pp. 28-29
- Media About-Face on ANWR , pp. 30-31
- Eskimos to DC: Open ANWR! , pp. 32-33
- Gas Pains , pp. 34-35
- Oil and Gas Supplies Could Be Unlimited , pp. 36-39
- The Car of the Future?, pp. 40-42 About Those High-Mileage, Low Emission Vehicles the Big Three Are Being Government-Subs...
- The Kyoto Treaty Deserved to Die, pp. 43-45 There's a Lot of looking Left to do Before We Leap on the Global Warming Bandwagon.
- Green Devil, pp. 46-48 Who Is Gail Norton, and Why Are Environmentalists So Afraid of Her?
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 49 Meet an Alpha Male Homeschool Dad.
- Flashback, p. 50 The Tragedy of School Consolidation.
- Beat the Press, p. 51 How an Irresponsible, Incompetent Malcontent Became a Media Celebrity.
- [+]...Of Which Reason Knows Nothing (Review) , p. 52John Adams, by David McCullough
- John Adams by David McCullough
- [+]Our Ally, the State? (Review) , p. 53The Trouble with Government, by Derek Bok
- The Trouble with Government by Derek Bok
- [+]Seizing the Hour (Review) , p. 54Time Lord, by Clark Blaise
- Time Lord by Clark Blaise
- Hollywood Report, p. 55 A Bold New Strategy for Filling the Megaplex
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 56-59 The Decline of Law into Legalism...European Discontent and Class Warfare...SUVs Save Li...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 An Energy Crisis Is Coming. Mixed Feelings on Nuclear Power.
- The Mail, p. 63 Reparations - Let's Pay'em. The Moral Roots of Liberty. The Curious Industry of Histori...
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
DrillphobiaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Chainsaw the Pentagon!
- Sidelights, p. 7 Teens Behind Bars. Pistol-Packing Gun Controller. Limbaugh Rising. Throwing Sheep Stomach.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-12 Ladies' Heroin Journal. Spiking Religion at the News Desk. Bitten Police Back Off. Do W...
- Forward Observer, p. 13 Personal Investment Accounts under Social Security Are Inevitable - Probably by 2003.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-17 States' Rights, the Founding Fathers, the Supreme Court, Political Parties, and Our Gre...
- New Weapons for New Wars?, pp. 18-23 It's Not the Cold War Anymore. Does the U.S. Military Need Dramatically New Doctrines a...
- Military Reform Has an Enemy: Politics, pp. 24-27 The Reshaping of America's Defense Forces May Run Smack into a Brick Wall of Interest G...
- Imagining Clean Pushbutton Wars? Get over It, pp. 28-31 The "Bodybag Syndrome" Threatens the Effectiveness of U.S. Armed Forces.
- Shaking Up the Pentagon, pp. 32-35 Four Authorities Argue over How Much Housecleaning Is Required, and Where, and When.
- Greens Attack the Olive Drab, pp. 36-39 Are Environmentalism and Military Training at Odds?
- Does Genetic Engineering Endanger Human Freedom?, pp. 40-43 Are We Ready for the Full Consequences of Human Cloning and Gene Manipulation?
- A Heart Attack During Long-Distance Training., p. 44
- Thanksgiving Dinner to Two Marines, and Gets Fed in Return., p. 45
- Flashback, pp. 46-47 Political Football. (It's a Republican Sport.)
- The Law, pp. 48-49 President Bush Needs to Curb and Reform the Courts, Not Just Appoint New Judges.
- Enterprising, pp. 50-52 America Is Falling Back into the Farm Subsidy Trap.
- [+]A Confection of Genius (Review) , p. 53Ignatius Rising, by Rene Pol Nevils and Deborah George Hardy
- Ignatius Rising by Rene Pol Nevils and Deborah George Hardy
- [+]Lincoln's Subtle War on Slavery (Review) , p. 54Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865, by William K. Klingaman
- Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865 by William K. Klingaman
- [+]School Choice Pioneers (Review) , p. 55The Other Boston Busing Story, by Susan E. Eaton
- The Other Boston Busing Story by Susan E. Eaton
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 56-59 Let Europeans Take over in the Balkans...Too Much Privacy Is a Bad Thing...Cut Special-...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Public Opinion on Bush vs. Gore One Year Later. Attitudes Toward Smoking, Drinking, and...
- The Mail, p. 63 Thanks for Writing So I Didn't Have to. There's No Reason for Pessimism on Natural Reso...
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
In Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 The Test of a Lifetime.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Flag Fights. TV Contraception. Armed in Fort Collins. Whale-Eaters. Socialist Tax Cuts....
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-14 Fight Terror: Drill for Oil in America. Parchment Defense. Don't Count on Muslim Friend...
- Forward Observer, p. 15 An American Alternative to Enviro-Gloom.
- Two Views, pp. 16-17 We Need Bolstered Security in Airports, along Our Borders, On Coastal Patrols, and Else...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-21 The Current Mood on Campus, the Importance of Character and Leadership Training, and th...
- We'll Win This War, pp. 22-25 The United States Is Very Good at Fighting Revolutions. We Need to Press for One Now.
- It's Fundamental Moral Clash., p. 26
- Muslims Pine for the Glories of Their Past., p. 27
- Islamic Extremists Are on a Roll., pp. 28-29
- Citizen Soldiers: Lessons from Israel on Blocking Terror, pp. 30-35 After September 11, TAE Spent Time with Israeli Security Forces to Study the State of t...
- The Assassination Option, pp. 36-39 America Has Assassinated Dangerous Enemies in the Past. Today That May Be Once Again th...
- Suicide Soldiers Through the Ages, pp. 40-41 Suicide Warfare Is Rare but Hardly Unknown. A Review of This Disturbing Mode of Battle ...
- How - and Why - We Must Tighten America's Borders, pp. 42-45 Terror Groups are Manipulating Our Openness and Actually Basing Many Operations Right i...
- Springtime for Big Spenders?, pp. 46-47 Keep a Lid on Government Bloat During the Terror War, Else We Wake Up Some Day in a Sta...
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 48 A Boy Toward Manhood by Hunting Wild Pigs
- Flashback, p. 49 A Friendship That Crossed an Occupational Divide.
- Beat the Press, p. 50 Where Are the Free Speech Zealots When You Need Them?
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 51Sweet Swedish Surprise
- Together (2000 Film) by Lukas Moodysson
- Enterprising: Business as an Act of Creation, pp. 52-53 Will Air Terror Save Amtrak from Itself?
- [+]Globaloney for Anti-Capitalists (Review) , p. 54The World Is Not for Sale, by Jose Bove and Francois Dufour
- The World Is Not for Sale by Jose Bove and Francois Dufour
- [+]Stock Markets Grow Up (Review) , p. 55Toward Rational Exuberance, by B. Mark Smith
- Toward Rational Exuberance by B. Mark Smith
- [+]Red Star (Review) , p. 56Omon Ra, by Victor Pelevin
- Omon Ra by Victor Pelevin
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 57-59 Must Latinos Always Be Democrats? Psychologically Unbalanced. Teacher Merit Pay Gets a ...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Reactions to the Attack on America from Around the World.
- The Mail, p. 63 It's Urgent Now: Reorganize Our Military. IBM's Not Dead. You Can't Win If You're Not W...
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Why They Hate UsBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8 When Art Becomes Inhuman.
- Sidelights, p. 9 Coming out Goes Away. Journalist or Patriot? Milwaukee Tops San Francisco. The Unemploy...
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-14 Chic Tradition. Women in Lipstick. Winston Clinton. ACLU Votes for Ignorance. Fake Capi...
- Forward Observer, p. 15 The Little Guys in the Stock Market Have Been Standing up Tall. There Are Lessons for S...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 16-19 Magazines of the Right, Pop Culture, Left-Wing Children, Battling Communism and Spies, ...
- Art as an Expression of Love, pp. 20-25 Just South of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, in an Unassuming Old Converted Schoolhouse, So...
- The Rise and Fall of Anti-Social Architecture, pp. 26-29
- Modern Architecture's Nasty Authoritarianism , pp. 30-31
- In Defense of Traditional Architecture , pp. 32-33
- The Death of Modern Art, pp. 34-35 Modern Art, Born in Tantrums, Is Not Loved by Real People. It Will Not Be Missed as It ...
- Teaching Tradition: New Schools Revive Old Ways, pp. 36-41 A New Generation of Artists and Architects Is Being Trained in Classical Techniques in ...
- Regional Vigor: The Ace Card of American Art, pp. 42-43 The Most Impressive Aspect of American Art and Culture Is That It Is Distributed Richly...
- In Art, Popular is OK, p. 44
- It's Just Entertainment (And That's Enough) , p. 44
- High Americana , p. 45
- Art for the Multitude , p. 45
- Art or Not, Don't Forget How to Recognize Trash , p. 46
- Universal Storytelling , p. 46
- A Canvas for Good Painting and Bad , pp. 46-47
- In Real Life: First-Person America, pp. 48-49 Pet Tricks above Politics. September Secrist Reveals the Secrets of Teenage Devotion.
- Terror Watch, p. 50 American to Stay Committed to the War on Terror, Else the Cost Will Be Bitter.
- Enterprising: Business as an Act of Creation, p. 51 A Skyrocketing Upstart Proves That Classical Art and Moneymaking Can Co-Exist.
- Flashback, p. 52 A President, His Paperboy, and the Socialist
- Now Playing, p. 53 Kids Get Hollywood's Best Stuff This Season.
- [+]The Master of Middle-Earth (Review) , p. 54J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, by Tom Shippey
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey
- [+]Taking Care of Business (Review) , p. 55The Business of America, by John Steele Gordon
- The Business of America by John Steele Gordon
- [+]Principle Over Pragmatism (Review) , p. 56The Metaphysical Club, by Louis Menand
- The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 57-59 Judges above Politics. Siccing the IRS Dog. Rule by Jury. Beware of Mountain People wit...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Art Favorites of Everyday People - Or How That Landscape Turned Blue.
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Avant Garde Against HumanityAre Movies Art?Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 The secret formula for progress
- Sidelights, p. 6 Pravda runs Pat Buchanan. Patriotism is back on campus. Pacific arrested for battery. A...
- Scan, pp. 7-11 Short news and commentary
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 12-15
- Forward Observer, pp. 16-17
- Immigration, pp. 18-25 Cause or Solution for Today's Culture Clash
- C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate Good and Evil, pp. 26-31
- Socialism vs. Religion, pp. 32-35
- Red America vs. Blue America, pp. 36-39
- An Environmental Optimist vs. His Critics, pp. 40-43
- Democracy vs. Capitalism, pp. 44-45
- In Real Life, p. 46 First-person America
- Terror Watch, p. 47
- The Economist, pp. 48-49
- [+]Hollywood Report (Review) , p. 50We Were Soldiers (2002 Film), by Randall Wallace
- We Were Soldiers (2002 Film) by Randall Wallace
- Flashback, p. 51
- Beat the Press, p. 52
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 53Black Hawk Down (2001 Film), by Ridley Scott
- Black Hawk Down (2001 Film) by Ridley Scott
- [+]Agreeing to Disagree (Review) , p. 54Letters to a Young Contrarian, by Christopher Hitchens
- Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens
- [+]The Morality Behind the Second Amendment (Review) , p. 55A Nation of Cowards, by Jeff Snyder
- A Nation of Cowards by Jeff Snyder
- [+]A Little Rebellion Here and There (Review) , p. 56Rebels on the Air, by Jesse Walker
- Rebels on the Air by Jesse Walker
- The Digest, pp. 57-59 Summaries of important research
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 60-62 The latest survey data
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Booktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Checking America's Vital Signs.
- Sidelights, p. 7 Bombs Away. Down and Out in the U.K. and Ireland. Chickens at Ground Zero. Federally Fu...
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 8-13 New Farm Bill Is a Disaster. Iraq's (Improved) Version of the Northern Alliance. The Si...
- Forward Observer, pp. 14-15 There's a Silver Lining to the Wall Street Tech Wreck.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 16-21 Whose Maverick Calls of Political Races Have Put Competing Prognosticators to Shame in ...
- What's So Great about America?, pp. 22-25 The Extraordinary Successes of America Impress Immigrants Like the Author. Credit Our F...
- A Backlash in the Church of Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush Is Shifting Its Center of Gravity Away from Her Wing and Toward His, pp. 26-27 .
- Judaism Is Likewise Being Transformed by a Movement against Theological Laxity., p. 28
- An Update on the Southern Baptists, One of the First Denominations to Turn Back toward Religious Traditionalism., p. 29
- Americans Settle Down, pp. 30-32
- Jobs Becoming More Rewarding , pp. 33-34
- The U.S. Population Boom , p. 35
- Family Decay Hurts Equality , pp. 36-37
- Computers, Computers Everywhere , p. 38
- The Economy Soars, Schools Drag , pp. 39-40
- The Poor Go to Work , p. 41
- Our Racial Mix-up , p. 42
- The New Suburbanization , p. 43
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 44-45 American Artists and Intellectuals to Be as Active in Acknowledging America's Mighty St...
- In Real Life: First-Person America, pp. 46-47 For Lots of Folks in Mid-Life, "Howdja Sleep Last Night?" Is a Sensitive Subject.
- Terror Watch, pp. 48-49 Setting Bombs. Lighting Fires. Sabotaging Work Sites. It's Called Eco-Terrorism, and th...
- Flashback, p. 50 Shooting down Mother's Day.
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 51The Sweet French Film Amelie Isn't Politically Correct Enough for Elites.
- Amelie (2001 Film) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- [+]Taking Solzhenitsyn Seriously (Review) , p. 52Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Ascent from Ideology, by Daniel J. Mahoney
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Ascent from Ideology by Daniel J. Mahoney
- [+]Blaming the Victim (Review) , p. 53The New Intifada, by Roane Carey, Noam Chomsky, Gila Svirsky, and Alison Weir, ...
- The New Intifada by Roane Carey, Noam Chomsky, Gila Svirsky, and Alison Weir, ...
- [+]The Big Sleazy (Review) , p. 54Bad Bet on the Bayou, by Tyler Bridges
- Bad Bet on the Bayou by Tyler Bridges
- Hollywood Report, p. 55 Robert Duvall Is Busy Polishing Several Sparkling New Films.
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 56-58 Dairy Regulation Is Clear as Milk. Free Trade Is Its Own Reward. You're All Racists. Tr...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 59-61 Racial Progress on Many fronts: Income. Housing. Education. Satisfaction and the Americ...
- The Mail, pp. 62-63 An Immigration Time-Out? Knowing What's Moral. Red America Is a State of Mind - and a G...
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
A Conservative Resurgence in U.S. ReligionThe State of the NationBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8 New York City - Prominent in the Mind's Eye of Americans over the Past Eight Months - R...
- Sidelights, p. 9 Fighting for Pacifism. Nuke-Nutty Iranians. Afghan Hounds Need Name Change? Molester in...
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-14 Janet Reno's Misplaced Priorities. Celebrating Fatherless Day. Cloning Is Cloning. Appr...
- Forward Observer, p. 15 Capitalism Pummeled Enron and Andersen for their Sins. Government Should Be Cautious ab...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 16-19 Former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Lifelong New Yorker, Servant of Presidents from...
- Big City in Little Pieces, pp. 20-27 Exploring the Links That Unite Manhattan, New York's Four Other Boroughs, and the Rest ...
- Special interest politics and the porkbarrel were invented in New York City, pp. 28-29
- Worst Mayor Ever , pp. 30-31
- Rabble-Rousing King , pp. 32-33
- New York's Miserable Schools , pp. 34-35
- Time to Think Small?, pp. 36-39 What Does the Big Apple Need Most in Order to Remain a Business Capital? A Good Does of...
- Even Southerners Have Some Warm Proprietary Feelings about Things " New York"., pp. 40-42
- Will Immigration Kill the GOP? , p. 43
- The Last Decade from A to Z, pp. 44-46
- Cities Rebound---Somewhat , p. 47
- Rural Politics Tip the Balance , pp. 48-49
- Terror Watch, p. 50 South America's Drug-Terror Link.
- Flashback, p. 51 Murder at the Opera House.
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 52The Rookie Is Good, and Clean, and Fun.
- The Rookie (2002 Film) by John Lee Hancock
- Beat the Press, p. 53 TV Network News has Become a Mockery Because It Isn't Serious.
- The Economist, pp. 54-55 The Quest for Oil from ANWR Won't End - Because the Coastal Plain Can Supply Us with Ba...
- [+]Stopping History in New York (Review) , p. 56Fighting the Good Fight, by George J. Marlin
- Fighting the Good Fight by George J. Marlin
- [+]Making Sense of the Chinese (Review) , p. 57Bad Elements, by Ian Buruma
- Bad Elements by Ian Buruma
- [+]Shades of Truth (Review) , p. 58Coloring the News, by William McGowan
- Coloring the News by William McGowan
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 59 There's Nothing Like a Win.
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 NYC's Fine to Visit, But Who Wants to Live There? What to Do With the WTC Site. Views o...
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Ground Zero for Big GovernmentA View from the SouthThe State of the Nation: Part IIBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Who's Afraid of Investing?
- Sidelights, p. 8 Dancing with Prison Wolves. Harvard Queen. Neon Communism. The Flatus Research. Pacifis...
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 9-13 Indian Bullying. Rigged Justice in Federal Court. Our Brave Cowboy in Berlin. Dershowit...
- Politico, p. 14 Reaganism - a Political Platform of Less Intrusive Government and Freer Markets - Never...
- Forward Observer, p. 15 A Russia We Can Love.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 16-19 She's a National Sounding Board, a Fierce Defender of Traditional Virtues, a Dear Abby ...
- Memorial at Ground Zero: How about an American Parthenon or Pantheon?, pp. 20-25 As the Nation Considers What Type of Commemorative Structure Will Best do Justice to Se...
- Wimps, Whiners, and Weenies: Men in Movies Today, pp. 26-29 Men are Insecure, Hesitant, Angst-Ridden, Self-Centered, and Ineffectual in Today's Mov...
- The New Investor Politics, p. 30
- Investors, Investors Everywhere , p. 31
- Investing's Rich Fringe Benefits , pp. 32-33
- --- by Jeffrey Brown and Brian Jenn, p. 34
- Social Security Doublespeak , pp. 35-36
- The X Bomb , p. 37
- --- by James Glassman, pp. 38-41
- Caution: CNBC May Be Hazardous to Your Financial Health , p. 42
- Lessons from a Market Guru , p. 43
- From Wall Street to Broadway , pp. 44-45
- Nerds on Wall Street, pp. 46-49 The Rise of "Quants" - Math, Statistical, and Computer Whizzes - in the World of High F...
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 50 Brooks Tucker Climbs a Mountain.
- Flashback, p. 51 A Libertarian Firebrand Flames out.
- Enterprising: Business as an Act of Creation, p. 52 Could Privatization Turn the Sleepy World of Public Libraries on Its Head?
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 53The Latest Tom Clancy Film Adaptation Is a Pale Imitation of the Real Drama of Current ...
- The Sum of All Fears (2002 Film) by Phil Alden Robinson
- [+]Stealing from Shareholders (Review) , p. 54The Divine Right of Capital, by Marjorie Kelly and William Greider
- The Divine Right of Capital by Marjorie Kelly and William Greider
- [+]Farewell, Small Merchant (Review) , p. 55Going Shopping, by Ann Satterthwaite
- Going Shopping by Ann Satterthwaite
- [+]The Feminist Lie (Review) , pp. 55-56The Feminist Dilemma, by Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolba
- The Feminist Dilemma by Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolba
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 57-59 School Choice Boosts Public Schools. Good Men Are Hard to Find. Fake Degrees of Separat...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Mixed Views of Wall Street. Interest in Reforming Social Security Endures. What Do You ...
- The Mail, p. 63 Readers React to New York City.
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Capitalism SavesModernizing Social SecurityReal World InvestingBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 A Greater Effort to Make College Education Accessible to Low-Income Students Could Impr...
- Sidelights, p. 6 World Cup Witch Doctors. Pink Triangles in Cleveland. A Nitty-Gritty Ban. Movie Title P...
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 7-11 The Big Deal about Smallpox. Yes, Guns Matter. The Right on the Rise. Two Views on the ...
- Politico, p. 12 George W. Bush's Wonderful Approval Ratings Are the Political Equivalent of a White Ele...
- Forward Observer, p. 13 Want to Help Investors and Avoid Scandals? Liberate the Dividend!
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-17 He's One of the Nation's Leading Innovators in Higher Education: Boston University Chan...
- The One-Party Campus, pp. 18-25 TAE's National Survey of University Faculties' Political Party Affiliations Shows Just ...
- Time to Fight Back, pp. 26-29 Are America's Politically Homogenous Campuses a Lawsuit Waiting to Happen?
- History to the Left of Us, pp. 30-31 How Popular Textbooks Distort History.
- How College Trustees Are Failing Their Universities, pp. 32-33
- Animal House , pp. 34-35
- Left-wing anti-Semitism on campus , pp. 36-37
- The Twisted Academy, pp. 38-41 Blinded by Ideology, Scholars Failed Utterly to Understand Chinese and Islamic Civiliza...
- Vulnerable under God, pp. 42-45 Could Civil Rights Laws Become the Left's Next Weapon Against the Nation's Religious Co...
- If You Think We Have Problems..., pp. 46-47 The Sage of Japan's Inferior University System.
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 48 Karina Rollins Searches for Her Best Friend
- Flashback, p. 49 The Failed Crusade Against Summer Vacation.
- Working Lunch, p. 50 AEI's Gentleman Scholar Walter Berns Talks about the Pledge of Allegiance, Patriotism, ...
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 51Virtual Celebrities: As Good as the Real Thing?
- Simone (2002 Film) by Andrew Niccol
- The Economist, pp. 52-53 How College Faculties Use Hefty Endowments to Line Their Own Pockets.
- [+]The New Faith (Review) , p. 54Economics as Religion, by Robert H. Nelson
- Economics as Religion by Robert H. Nelson
- [+]Red Harvest (Review) , p. 55Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett: 1921-1960, by Richard Layman, Julie W. Rivett, an...
- Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett: 1921-1960 by Richard Layman, Julie W. Rivett, and Dashiell Hammett, ...
- [+]Global Pop (Review) , p. 56Gilligan Unbound, by Paul A. Cantor
- Gilligan Unbound by Paul A. Cantor
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 57-59 Should Universities Seek Profits? Let the Market Fight Terror. A New Weapon Against Mal...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 College Education Matters. Students on Campus Support the War. Women Earn More Degrees ...
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
The Big SnoozeBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 They're One of a Kind, and They are Everywhere.
- Sidelights, p. 6 Farrakhan's Latest Con. Bunnies, Crocodiles, and Prison Breaks. Jesse Jackson Cracks on...
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 7-11 An Afghan Democrat: Exclusive Interview. Individuals, not Governments, Change the World...
- Politico, pp. 12-13 Has George Bush Been Good to Conservatives?
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-19 The Most Influential Urban Visionary in the Nation Is - Surprise - an Admirer of Pre-Wo...
- Rocky Mountain Sheriff, pp. 20-23 A One-Man Alternative to the Welfare State, Bob Cote Is a Charismatic Ex-Drunk Christia...
- The Real Bobby Knight, pp. 24-27 The Public Relations Campaign Against Star Basketball Coach Bobby Knight Grows out of a...
- Calamity in Klamath, pp. 28-33 They Helped Save Their Country in Wartime. They Tamed a Wasteland and Built a Productiv...
- No Thanks to Affirmative Action, pp. 34-35 A Glimpse into the Harsh Realities That Drove an Intelligent, Left-Wing Mexican America...
- The Quirky Preacher Who Conquered a Mighty Peak, pp. 36-39 It Took an Eccentric Missionary to Find a Way up America's Highest Mountain.
- Orwell Misses America, pp. 40-41 George Orwell, the Author of 1984 and Animal Farm, Was one of the Twentieth Century's K...
- Trouble Brewing in South America, pp. 42-43 Nearly All of Our Major Neighbors to the South Are Now Teetering on the Brink of a Dang...
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating, pp. 44-46 Leon Kass, Head of President Bush's Advisory Council on Bioethics, Ponders the Biologic...
- A Police Encounter Gives Christine Parsons a Flashback., p. 47
- Some Second-Generation Homeschoolers., pp. 48-49
- Flashback, p. 50 Luckily the Bellamy Brothers Didn't Always Get Their Way.
- Working Scenes-the-Scenes Expertise, p. 51 Polish Heritage and the Possibilities of Democracy in Afghanistan.
- Beat the Press, p. 52 Internet "Bloggers" Think They're Going to Revolutionize the World Naaaah.
- [+]Racing Spirits (Review) , p. 53Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand
- Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
- [+]What's Right? (Review) , p. 54Principles and Heresies, by Kevin J. Smant
- Principles and Heresies by Kevin J. Smant
- [+]Corporate Blame Game (Review) , p. 55The Funny Money Game, by Andrew P. Tobias
- The Funny Money Game by Andrew P. Tobias
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 56-58 Computer Programs That Bug. Heal Thyself with Health Care Choices. Reward Teachers. Pra...
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 59Feeling Jaded about Voting? Here's an Antidote.
- Secret Ballot (2001 Film) by Babak Payami
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Threatened by Big Business? Mad at CEOs? United on Divided Control of Government.
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
In Real Life: First-Person AmericaBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-9 Old and in the Way.
- Sidelights, p. 10 Hit Another Tower. Homujaheedin. Hollywood in Knots. Desperate Swedes. French Dwarves.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 11-15 Our Allies Are Military Midgets. Democrat Enemies. Clinton Bombed on Korea. Re's Nuts. ...
- Forward Observer, pp. 16-17 European Greens Are Starving Africans. Is This Romantic?
- Politico, pp. 18-19 A Tax-Reduction Plan Built of "Five Easy Pieces" Is Gaining Momentum for Next Year.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 20-23 Prominent British Editorialist Peter Hitchens, Political Reverse and Brother of Christo...
- The European Disease, pp. 24-27 An Irrational Anti-Americanism Has Taken Root Across the Atlantic.
- A German-American Requiem, pp. 28-29 A Daughter of One of the Many German-American Marriages of the Last Generation Finds Th...
- A One-Sided Alliance, p. 30
- America Won't Listen to Europe's Appeasers , p. 31
- The Real Problem Is European Elites , p. 32
- Goodbye Europe , p. 33
- An Antidote to Europe , p. 34
- Irritating and Irrelevant , p. 34
- United We Should Stand , p. 35
- Mixed Bag at the E.U., pp. 36-39 The Economic and Political Course Mapped out by the European Union Looks Sensible from ...
- Europe Loses Its Mind, pp. 40-41 After Centuries of Cerebral Pioneering, Europe Has Lost Its Intellectual Energy and Spa...
- Scandinavia's Surprising Turn from Socialism, pp. 42-45 In Northern Europe, the Socialist Status Quo Is under Challenge from a Small But Lively...
- Royal Mess, pp. 46-49 A Crosswise Look at Britain's Monarchy, and the Regally Dysfunctional Family Sitting up...
- In Real Life: First-Person America, p. 50 A Family Jinx by Mortgaging a House in Town.
- Working Lunch: Behind-the-Scenes Expertise, p. 51 His Work and Travels in Parts of the Middle East Where Few Americans Have Trod.
- [+]The Center Didn't Hold (Review) , p. 52Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950, by Robert M. Fogelson
- Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950 by Robert M. Fogelson
- [+]Democrats Rising (Review) , p. 53The Emerging Democratic Majority, by John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira
- The Emerging Democratic Majority by John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira
- [+]The Frontier Fed Ex (Review) , p. 54Stagecoach, by Philip L. Fradkin
- Stagecoach by Philip L. Fradkin
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 55Treasure Planet, Disney's New Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Classic Adventure,...
- Treasure Planet (2002 Film) by Ron Clements and John Musker
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 56-59 Stocks Versus Bonds in Today's Investment Muddle. Sell the Poor. Drug Debit Cards for S...
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 60-62 Some Areas Where Europeans and Americans Differ, and Where They Agree. Views of the Eur...
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
- Cover
Friends? Foes? Disconnnected Strangers?Book Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-9
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 Terrorist pose a clear and present danger to American lives and the nation's values. We...
- Sidelights, p. 6 Safe in New York. Canine criminals. Vibrators for Big Red. A new "church"
- Scan, pp. 7-11 Libertarian losers? Bush and his pooch. Killer Party. Guns and equality
- Forward Observer, p. 12 What two dead economists can teach us about America's current financial woes
- Politico, p. 13 The GOP victories in November's elections offer lessons about a conservative future
- "Live with TAE: He's the nation's chief law enforcement officer and a champion of conservative principle, pp. 14-17 Attorney General John Ashcroft talks about the war on terror, music, Ned Flanders, and ...
- No Compromises on Terror, pp. 18-21 If we don't shape up, we'lose the war against our enemies
- Arlington Fights Terror, pp. 22-25 Arlington, Virginia has faced as many terror attacks as any city in America. Are the co...
- Ready for Bio-War, pp. 26-27 Genetically engineered plagues are possibly the biggest threat Americans face. It's tim...
- Better Safe and (Occasionally) Sorry, pp. 28-31 The case for racial profiling
- A Fatal Flaw?, pp. 32-33 A hole in the Constitutional system could prevent Congress from acting in a crisis
- The Golden Door---Left Open, pp. 34-35
- --- by Michelle Malkin, p. 36
- The Islamization of Europe , pp. 36-37
- Keep Legal Battles Off the Battlefield, pp. 38-39 We need warriors, not lawyers
- Homeland Defense Begins at Home, pp. 40-42 How weapons training can help prepare Americans to protect themselves
- Our Values, Iraq's Freedom, p. 43 Why Democrats should support regime change in Iraq
- The Case for a Home Guard, pp. 44-45 How ROTC can help us win the war on terror
- How the West Will be Lost, pp. 46-47 Radical Islam seeks to destroy the complacent, passionless West
- In Real Life, p. 48 Celebrating the life of a Romanian orphan
- Working Lunch, p. 49 Former White House speechwriter David Frum talks about President Bush, the war on terro...
- The Economist, p. 50 Karl Zinsmeister explains why Social Security reform could be the tonic to revive an ai...
- Flashback, p. 51 Americans know all about Martin Luther and Martin Luther King. But they've forgotten Lu...
- Beat the Press, p. 52 The Left cares deeply about free speech---particularly when it doesn't matter
- [+]Independent Thinker (Review) , p. 53The Nat Hentoff Reader, by Nat Hentoff
- The Nat Hentoff Reader by Nat Hentoff
- [+]God and Man at College (Review) , p. 54Religion, Scholarship, and Higher Education, by Andrea Sterk
- Religion, Scholarship, and Higher Education by Andrea Sterk
- [+]What Might Have Been... (Review) , p. 55An Unlikely Conservative, by Linda Chavez
- An Unlikely Conservative by Linda Chavez
- Now Playing, p. 56 See it on Imax. You'll like it
- The Digest: Summaries of important research, pp. 57-59 Bhutan needs McDonalds. Let Colleges pick accreditors. States' rights on steroids.
- Opinion Pulse: The latest survey data, pp. 60-62 Polling from the World War II homefront. The wages of war. When Americans were willing ...
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Welcoming the EnemyBook Talk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8 What do you mean, "A Good War"?
- Sidelights, p. 9 Minks on the sidewalk. We'll kill bin Laden. Port for education, no kidding. Starving i...
- Scan: Short news and commentary, pp. 10-14 Playing Qatar. Reining in unions. True-blue Libertarian. Very tough love. Nil at Ground...
- Politico, p. 15 The GOP lock is on. For how long?
- [+]"Live" with TAE (Review) , pp. 16-19Who better to write an angry new book called The Case Against Lawyers than a former pro...
- The Case Against Lawyers by Catherine Crier
- [+]The Civil War Returns (Review) , pp. 20-25A major new film brings to life the struggle that forged America
- Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
- Revising Mr. Lincoln, pp. 26-31 An acrimonious new debate has burst out over the real Lincoln. Two prominent observers ...
- How the Civil War squashed aristocracy in America, pp. 32-33
- Let Us Die To Make Men Free , pp. 34-37
- Living History, pp. 38-42 For millions of Americans the era of Lee and Lincoln is still open for visiting. Meet s...
- Flashback, pp. 43-45 Legally exiled from America? It happened once
- Transcript: Words worth repeating, pp. 46-47 Former New Republic editor Andrew Sullivan sketches political philosopher Michael Oakes...
- In Real Life: First-person America, p. 48 Four years in a fancy child care center convince one man that more children need to be ...
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 49About Schmidt is Hollywood's latest smug rendition of the Midwest and the dimwitted dul...
- About Schmidt (2002 Film) by Alexander Payne
- Forward Observer, p. 50 Praise, don't bury, the '90s boom
- Terror Watch, p. 51 America needs new overseas partners. India's looking good
- Working Lunch: Behind-the-scenes expertise, p. 52 A free-market alternative to help retirees afford prescription drugs is garnering atten...
- The Economist, p. 53 Congressman Chris Cox wants to end the double taxation of dividends so the stock market...
- [+]Women 9, Men 0 (Review) , p. 54Tilting the Playing Field, by Jessica Gavora
- Tilting the Playing Field by Jessica Gavora
- [+]Junk Culture Jive (Review) , p. 55Killing Monsters, by Gerard Jones
- Killing Monsters by Gerard Jones
- [+]Economics as Religion (Review) , p. 56A Perilous Progress, by Michael A. Bernstein
- A Perilous Progress by Michael A. Bernstein
- The Digest: Summaries of important research, pp. 57-59 How guns make people safe. Bush's all-American foreign policy. The uninsured are shrink...
- Opinion Pulse: The latest survey data: Southerners versus non-Southerners, pp. 60-62 religion, alcohol, race, etc. Tax reform a top priority
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
A Class WarBooktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7 Unchain our schools!
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9 Nashville Marineland. Trial by combat. Listerine over ice. Frying spam. Rt. 666. Anothe...
- Scan: Short news and commentary, pp. 10-14 Roman America. Peaceniks in living color. Northern segregation. Propaganda U. Truth abo...
- Indicators, p. 15 Can government be cut? Out-taxing the Europeans. Biotech food saves lives.
- Forward Observer, p. 16 when judging a business, earnings are an opinion---cash flow is a fact
- Politco, p. 17 The growing investor class is discovering who its friends are
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 18-21 Ward Connerly is America's most ardent proponent of colorblindness, a successful grassr...
- A black case against race preferences, pp. 22-23
- Racial Groupthink is Un-American , p. 24
- The Polite Bigotry of Pity , p. 25
- The Supreme Court's Previous Dodge , p. 26
- Give the Decision Back to Congress , p. 27
- Black America's Real Albatross: The Schooling Gap, pp. 28-29 For African Americans to succeed on campus, their earlier education will have to improv...
- The Key to Closing the School Gap: School Choice, pp. 30-33 School choice is not only a crusade to improve American education, it's a centerpiece o...
- School Vouchers and Suburbanites, pp. 34-35 Leave suburbanites out of the equation, and vouchers will remain just a localized curio...
- The Last Holdout Against Educational Freedom, pp. 36-39 Every modern nation except the United States allows school choice. Learn how our allies...
- One More Result of Racial Politics on Campus: Unfree Speech, pp. 40-42 Talking about differences between races can put you in the slammer on many of today's "...
- The Benevolent Universe of Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, pp. 43-45
- America-Hating as Sport and Passion, pp. 46-47 A new, purer anti-Americanism---which simply hates U.S. power without positive faith in...
- Flashback, p. 48 Long ago, "school choice" meant deciding whether to send the young 'uns to the educatio...
- Inside Expert, p. 49 Michael Greve talks about the Supreme Court's big case, trial lawyers, and federalism
- In Real Life: First-person America, pp. 50-51 Idiot administrators sabotage urban teaching. Scrabble gets scrappy
- [+]Green Dreams and Nightmares (Review) , p. 52Global Warming and Other Eco-Myths, by Ronald Bailey
- Global Warming and Other Eco-Myths by Ronald Bailey
- [+]Obviously Great (Review) , p. 53Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World, by Margaret Thatcher
- Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World by Margaret Thatcher
- [+]Law School Craze (Review) , p. 54Brush With the Law, by Robert Ebert Byrnes and Jaime Marquart
- Brush With the Law by Robert Ebert Byrnes and Jaime Marquart
- [+]Now Playing (5 Reviews) , p. 55The real reasons they're up for Best Picture this season
- Chicago (2002 Film) by Rob Marshall
- The Hours (2002 Film) by Stephen Daldry
- The Pianist (2002 Film) by Roman Polanski
- Gangs of New York (2002 Film) by Martin Scorsese
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002 Film) by Peter Jackson
- The Digest: Summaries of important reseach, pp. 56-58 Latinos don't help Republicans. Big little kids. States ranked by economic freedom
- Beat the Press, p. 59 Just because the U.N. claims to be savior of the world doesn't mean it is
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 60-62 Polling on affirmative action. Earth Day opinions
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Don't do me any FavorsBooktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 The U.S. will soon be involved in rebuilding Iraq. here's what we can learn from earlie...
- Sidelights, p. 6 Porn war. Lefties smash 9/11 memorial. Free socks. GPS bombs destroy GPS jammers
- Scan: Short news and commentary, pp. 7-11 Pat Moynihan, RIP. The case for national I.D. cards. Hope for Chechnya? Criminals play ...
- Indicators, p. 12 A capitalist majority. Are the poor fed to death? Highways get safer and safer
- Politico, p. 13 Supporters of West European socialism, not fundamentalist Islam or communist China, wil...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-17 Judith Martin, America's leading authority on manners and etiquette, has advised Americ...
- Dust and Stars, pp. 18-55 An Iraq War journal
- [+]Schoolyard Brawl (Review) , p. 56Voucher Wars, by Clint Bolick
- Voucher Wars by Clint Bolick
- [+]This Woman's Work (Review) , p. 57Feminist Fantasies, by Phyllis Schlafly
- Feminist Fantasies by Phyllis Schlafly
- [+]Victory Through Guilt (Review) , p. 58Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt, by Paul Edward Gottfried
- Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt by Paul Edward Gottfried
- Now Playing, p. 59 Summer movie hype
- Opinion Pulse: The latest survey data, pp. 60-62 Terror-war polling. Americans are ready for the long haul
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
- Cover photo
Booktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-9 Jayson Blair's world, and Iraq
- Sidelights, pp. 10-11 Junk food criminals. Brainstorming ban. The smell of discrimination. Minimum wage for p...
- Scan: Short news and commentary, pp. 12-16 Soldier envy. Debut with a gun. The limits of taxing the rich. Degrading ducks. Clergy ...
- Indicators, p. 17 America's air is dramatically cleaner, and we have more forest today than we did in 1920
- "Life" with TAE, pp. 18-21 Talk radio phenom Laura Ingraham separates elites from middle Americans, TV from radio,...
- Doubt and Derison Over Bagdad, pp. 22-27 Karina Rollins with assistance from the Media Research Center. How TV, newspapers, and ...
- Half Cocked, pp. 28-31 Why you shouldn't trust the media when it comes to guns
- Paths to Prosperity, pp. 32-35 Many journalists believe yuppies, bohemians, and rock bands are the keys to local econo...
- Mixed Atmosphere, pp. 36-39 Good and bad environmental reporting swirl together
- Big Dumb Lie, pp. 40-41 Reporters who insist there is no media bias are just cutting themselves off from the Am...
- The Most Important Private University You've Never Heard of, pp. 42-45 For-profit technical colleges are carving out a growing niche in the educational market
- Transcript, p. 46 Relax! Most U.S. environmental trends look good
- In Real Life, p. 47 San Francisco is no longer a golden city
- Flashback, p. 48 Meet Warren Buffett's daddy
- Inside Expert, p. 49 Allan Meltzer on global economics
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 50Finding Nemo brings Pizar one step closer to Disney status
- Finding Nemo (2003 Film) by Lee Unkrich and Andrew Stanton
- The Economist, p. 51 Medicare should use the power of the pocketbook to improve medical care
- Enterprising: Business as an act of creation, pp. 52-53 The slow-motion train wreck that is the U.S. Postal Service
- [+]China vs. Foggy Bottom (Review) , p. 54The New Chinese Empire, by Ross Terrill
- The New Chinese Empire by Ross Terrill
- [+]Immigration Muckraker (Review) , p. 55Invasion, by Michelle Malkin
- Invasion by Michelle Malkin
- [+]Hail Captain Kirk (Review) , p. 56The Conservative Mind, by Russell Kirk
- The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk
- The Digest, pp. 57-59 Bring the money home. Mass luxury. Trusting the military. Brain sex. Keep your eyes on ...
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 60-62 The public gives the media a mediocre report card
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
- Cover photos
Booktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-9
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 The nature of men
- Sidelights: Hillary's Living History fiction or non-fiction?, p. 6 Cry for help against Burmese bullies. Terror attacks fall down. Saudi incest? Islamist ...
- Scan: Short news and commentary, pp. 7-11 Belgium waffles. America's Iron Lady. Deoderant news you can use. Electric dreams. Nobe...
- Indicators, pp. 12-13 Mansculinity in Congress
- Forward Observer, p. 14 What really matters is spending, not deficits
- Politico, p. 15 More shifts in the political bedrock
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 16-19 Navy SEAL Lew Hicks knows how to fight. And now he has built a company devoted to teach...
- Political Virility, pp. 20-23 Jay Nordlinger describes the comback of the manly politian. Steve Sailer explains why w...
- What Men Think About Modern Manhood, pp. 24-27 TAE and FrontPagemag.com joined forces to conduct and on-line symposium about men today...
- What Women Think About Modern Manhood, pp. 28-31 TAE invited six spunky women to give their take on the condition of the male of the spe...
- Is Manliness Optional?, pp. 32-35 Harvey Mansfield analyzes manliness. Iain Murray looks at the new science of sex
- The Car and the Man, pp. 36-37 How the automobile has changed men's lives forever
- Can Art Be Manly Again?, pp. 38-41 Scottish sculptor Alexander Stoddart shows what masculinity in art really means
- The Hunting and Fishing Male, pp. 42-43 Grant hunting stores and an ever-growing outdoor sports industry show that men will alw...
- Boys Under Attack, pp. 44-45 Three years ago Christina Hoff Sommers wrote The War Against Boys, and few believed her...
- [+]Hollywood Report (Review) , pp. 46-47The new saga of the Alamo
- The Alamo (2004 Film) by John Lee Hancock
- In Real Life, p. 48 Tales of an Iron Man
- Flashback, p. 49 Unfortunate son
- The Economist, pp. 50-51 When lawyers and doctors battle, consumers lose
- [+]Capturing the Apocalypse (Review) , p. 52Gulag: A History, by Anne Applebaum
- Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum
- [+]I'll Take My Stand (Review) , p. 53Dispatches From the Muckdog Gazette, by Bill Kauffman
- Dispatches From the Muckdog Gazette by Bill Kauffman
- [+]Church and State (Review) , p. 54The Naked Public Square, by Richard John Neuhaus
- The Naked Public Square by Richard John Neuhaus
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 55Don't be buffaloed by Miramax's loathsome new military flick
- Buffalo Soldiers (2001 Film) by Gregor Jordan
- The Digest: Summaries of important research, pp. 56-59 Keep Congress alive. Let the market fix Medicare. Castro the crook. Preventing another ...
- Opinion Pulse: The latest survey data, pp. 60-62 The numbers on men
- The Main, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Booktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8 Good faith
- Sidelights, p. 9 Wacky Germans. Wise Libyan. A Khomeini for freedom. Supply-side Schroeder. French woo A...
- Scan: Short news and commentary, pp. 10-14 This year's most exciting Senate race. Supreme Court mess. White men and Hispanics leav...
- Indicators, p. 15 How taxing hurts. Are teachers overpaid?
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 16-21 A Hollywood celebrity who's funny, smart, conservative, and patriotic. Really? Get to k...
- Accomplishment on High, pp. 22-26 An agnostic scholar went looking for the reasons why human accomplishment has flourishe...
- False Conflict, pp. 27-33 Historians have quietly discovered that Christianity is not only compatible with scienc...
- --- by Joel Kotkin and Karen Speicher, pp. 34-37
- Case History: The De-Moralization of Baltimore , pp. 38-39
- Guess Who's to Blame?, pp. 40-41 From California to New York, state budgets are out of whack, creating political turmoil...
- A Magic Bullet: A fix for the state and local budget crisis you've not considered before. Hint, pp. 42-43 There are very smart secondary benefits
- He Fed, Rather than Fought, Government Bloat, pp. 44-45 Gray Davis isn't the only one who got into serious hot water through overspending. New ...
- In Real Life, p. 46 Now the Left is the stodgy establishment
- Flashback, p. 47 Where the rockets' red glare came from
- The Economist, pp. 48-49 Agricultural subsidies hurt the environment, consumers, and farmers alike
- [+]Now Playing (2 Reviews) , pp. 50-51Why Hollywood doesn't make 'em like it used to (most of the time)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 Film) by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley
- Open Range (2003 Film) by Kevin Costner
- [+]No Sense of Right on the Left (Review) , p. 52The Death of Right and Wrong, by Tammy Bruce
- The Death of Right and Wrong by Tammy Bruce
- [+]Economics Laid Bare (Review) , p. 53Naked Economics, by Charles Wheelan
- Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan
- [+]Russian Soul Food (Review) , p. 54Pushkin's Children, by Tatyana Tolstaya
- Pushkin's Children by Tatyana Tolstaya
- Politico, p. 55 Bipartisanship, It's not what you think
- The Digest: Summaries of important research, pp. 56-59 Spam war. State Department foolishness. What global warming? Death without competition
- Opinion Pulse: The latest survey data, pp. 60-62 Views of the President's faith. Bible-reading update. Attitudes toward personal respons...
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Things Go Better with GodGod and the CityBooktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 Some qualities shared by great leaders---and great citizens
- Sidelights, pp. 6-7 Baby George in Baghdad. Dangerous democracy. IRS employees get it wrong. Gambling on th...
- Scan: Short news and commentary, pp. 8-12 Ayatollah Khomeini comes to Washington. U.S. stiffed by Europe, again. College students...
- Indicators, p. 13 Deficit and Democrats. Entitlement binge. Teen pregancy surprise.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-19 Victor Davis Hanson is equally at home with contemporary politics and ancient history. ...
- America's Warrior Class, pp. 20-25 Thanksgiving has just passed, and the first American troops to deploy for the Iraq War ...
- Governors (and Generals) Rule, pp. 26-29 Governors and generals dominate American Presidential politics. That's every bit as tru...
- [+]Crucifying Mel Gibson (Review) , pp. 30-35The Passion of the Christ is an audacious work of art that represents by far the most c...
- The Passion of the Christ (2003 Film) by Mel Gibson
- Schwarzenegger Girds for Indian War: California's new governor says he's going to take on a mushrooming national problem, pp. 36-41 unaccountable, non-taxpaying, socially damaging, and politically corrupting Indian casinos
- The Problem Behind Chinese Adoptions, pp. 42-43 Americans are adopting China's abandoned girls. In doing so, how much are we supporting...
- Gun Control Victims, pp. 44-45 Human beings have inalienable rights to life and personal security. When laws forbid in...
- In Real Life, p. 46 Some debts simply cannot be repaid, writes Robert Cheeks, thinking of the boy who saved...
- Forward Observer, p. 47 George Soros, one of the richest men in the world, is emerging as a threat to a truly o...
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 48A loud new film version of The Cat in the Hat
- Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat ( (2003 Film) by Bo Welch
- Beat the Press, p. 49 A free wheeling national debate broke out over "The Reagans," and the media elite lost
- Politico, p. 50 President Bush should use his failures in his re-election campaign
- The Economist, p. 51 Money mystery at Medicare
- Enterprising: Business as an act of creation, pp. 52-53 The eight great myths of recycling
- [+]History Through Red-Tinted Glasses (Review) , p. 54In Denial, by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr
- In Denial by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr
- [+]Catholic Dilemmas (Review) , p. 55A People Adrift, by Peter Steinfels
- A People Adrift by Peter Steinfels
- [+]Survival Literature (Review) , p. 56Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi
- Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
- The Digest: Summaries of important research, pp. 57-59 Democratic critic. Fixing the stock exchange. Europe's weak constitution. Cyber defense
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 60-62 Looking at American health, wealth, and security
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Booktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 It's high time genetically modified products got their fair shot in the marketplace
- Sidelights, p. 6 Senator Boxer's underwear. Sushi a la nude. Italian conceptions for cash. Cigarette boo...
- Scan: Short news and commentary, pp. 7-11 Missile defense goes mainstream. Western leftists and Third World fascists. Bush's educ...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 12-15 Poets who write in traditional forms and survive outside academia are hard to find. Add...
- Technology that will Save Billions from Starvation, pp. 16-21 Leading world scientists have attested to the safety of agricultural biotechnology and ...
- Reaping the Biotech Harvard, pp. 22-23 With a century-long record of regulating food safety, the FDA is poised to ensure that ...
- Battle for Biotech Progress, pp. 24-27 A Green activist warns that the anti-science, anti-human obstructions of environmentali...
- The Culture War Behind the Biotechnology Debate, pp. 28-31 Tony Gilland discusses the European trend of emotional, rather than rationl, responses ...
- Developing the Biomedical Century, pp. 32-33 Amazing discoveries abound but patients are kept waiting. How to get new treatments fro...
- --- by Leon Kass, pp. 34-35
- --- by Gregg Easterbrook, p. 36
- --- by Diana Schaub, p. 37
- --- by Peter Augustine Lawler, pp. 38-39
- Europe's Constitution Confusion, pp. 40-43 The E.U. is in the midst of drafting a constitution to establish a more perfect union. ...
- Flashback, p. 44 Purchase Louisiana? No Thanks
- Forward Observer, p. 45 The developing world needs democracy, free markets, and an end to corrupt governments
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 46A moving glimpse of Afghanistan's Taliban days
- Osama (2003 Film) by Siddiq Barmak
- Beat the Press, p. 47 The media, race, and the cops
- Politico, p. 48 Why the Democrats might win the Presidency in November
- The Economist, p. 49 With a greatly troubled foster care system, reformers look to boarding schools to save ...
- Enterprising, pp. 50-51 Federal subsidies escalate in line with rising college costs. Both are growing faster t...
- Transcript: Words worth repeating, pp. 52-53 Why FOX News beat the mainstream media
- [+]Education Tragedies (Review) , p. 54No Excuses, by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom
- No Excuses by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom
- [+]Music to So Many Ears (Review) , p. 55Beethoven's Ninth, by Esteban Buch
- Beethoven's Ninth by Esteban Buch
- [+]Diary of Discovery (Review) , p. 56The Lewis and Clark Journals, by Gary E. Moulton, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark, ...
- The Lewis and Clark Journals by Gary E. Moulton, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark, ...
- The Digest: Summaries of important research, pp. 57-59 Security at what price? Labor moves to the right. No more Mr. Nice Regulator. ID's done...
- Opinion Pulse: The latest survey data, pp. 60-62 Biotechnology barometer. Views on gay marriage.
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
- Cover photo
Biotech BountyBiotechnology and Our HappinessBooktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 The cold realities of our fight in the Middle East
- Sidelights, pp. 6-7 Conceiving an upgrade. Throwing the book at criminals. Honest Japanese. Buff hiker. Dea...
- Scan: Short news and commentary: The People v. The Judges, pp. 8-12 Who decides? John Kerry's record, 1971-2003. Another bad memorial. Mad cow sanity. Miss...
- Indicators, p. 13 The Clinton recession. American work ethic. Sources of outsourcing
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-17 Meet baseball sabermetrician Bill James, the guru who invented a whole new way for Amer...
- How America is Winning a Guerilla War, pp. 18-45 To get the first-person story the rest of the media have missed, our editor re-embedded...
- Transcript: Words worth repeating, p. 46 Global warming is all guesses, says science fiction novelist Michael Crichton
- In Real Life, p. 47 Confessions of a lowly journalist-cum-writer-in-residence
- Flashback, p. 48 A fresh look at a "below average" President
- Forward Observer, p. 49 Here's a better mutual fund reform
- Politico, p. 50 How alternatives to the welfare state evolve
- Beat the Press, p. 51 Whether journalists call you a dangerous renegade or a civil disobedience hero depends ...
- The Economist, p. 52 The sooner America stops rolling the immigration dice the better, says Mark Krikorian
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 53Hidalgo has the rambling appeal of a campfire yarn
- Hidalgo (2004 Film) by Joe Johnston
- [+]Russia's Dirty War (Review) , p. 54A Small Corner of Hell, by Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Burry, and Tatiana Tulchinsky,...
- A Small Corner of Hell by Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Burry, and Tatiana Tulchinsky, ...
- [+]Black Blame Game (Review) , p. 55Scam, by Jesse Lee Peterson
- Scam by Jesse Lee Peterson
- [+]Very Personal Jesus (Review) , pp. 55-56American Jesus, by Stephen Prothero
- American Jesus by Stephen Prothero
- The Digest, pp. 57-59 Kerry's draft. Deficit problems? Wealth doesn't hurt healt. Robotic scientists. Is Arab...
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 60-62 Public opinion on Iraq has held pretty steady
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
The Battle for Iraq at One YearBooktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8 Don't be afraid of competition
- Sidelights, p. 9 Tortured by Springsteen. John Kerry, rich man. A $1 million bill in her purse. Australi...
- Scan: Short news and commentary, pp. 10-14 Hypocrisy on 9/11. A heavy case of discrimination. Secrety seeking Iraq defeat? School ...
- Indicators, p. 15 Charting the 9/11 recovery. Spam bam. Dead wrong on executions
- "Live" on TAE: He dreamed up one of America's iconic companies, pp. 16-19 FedEx. He's also a Forrest Gump character who was wounded in Vietnam after spending his...
- Three Cheers for Global Capitalism, pp. 20-27 First and last, global trade is a boon for individuals. It opens up new choices, shares...
- Do Multinational Corporations Hurt Poor Countries?, pp. 28-30 The fierce debate between those who consider globalization a malign influence and those...
- Does International Trade Kill Good American Jobs?, pp. 31-33 Outsourcing. Low-wage competition. Even if free trade is good for consumers and the ove...
- Why the Economy Must Remain Job One, pp. 34-35 Botching economic policy is no way to win the war on terror
- Anti-Globalism is Anti-Americanism, pp. 36-38 The simplistic Marxist article of faith that capitalism is evil, and centered in the Un...
- Minority Report, pp. 39-41 A capitalist heroine in France demonstrates that there are plenty of bright young peopl...
- The Free-Trade Movement's Achilles Heel, pp. 42-43 Humanity's oldest industry, farming, may be the last to be liberated
- Transcript, pp. 44-45 Message from a grateful Iraqi
- In Real Life, p. 46 Travails of a Pinewood Derby dad
- Flashback, p. 47 The melodious veep
- Forward Observer, p. 48 Complaints about outsourcing competition are part of a larger whining problem
- Politico, p. 49 Is John Kerry really electable?
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 50An anti-American film diatribe so arrogant even left-wing critics hate it
- Dogville (2004 Film) by Lars von Trier
- Beat the Press, p. 51 A look at the "Corrections" page of the New York Times reveals a consistent anti-Republ...
- [+]Compete or Whither (Review) , p. 52Hard America/Soft America, by Michael Barone
- Hard America/Soft America by Michael Barone
- [+]Man of Letters (Review) , p. 53The Norman Podhoretz Reader, by Thomas L. Jeffers and Norman Podhoretz
- The Norman Podhoretz Reader by Thomas L. Jeffers and Norman Podhoretz
- [+]Southern Manifesto (Review) , pp. 54-55A National Party No More, by Zell Miller
- A National Party No More by Zell Miller
- The Digest, pp. 56-59 A tax cut by any other name. Law of the jungle. A case for a bigger army. The prescript...
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 60-62 A cautious public nod for globalization
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
"Globalization"---Boon or Bane?Booktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-8
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6 Our wild west
- Sidelights, p. 7 Kerryites vs. Bushies on loving America. Michael Moore, traitor. U.S. tops competitiven...
- Scan, pp. 8-12 Overspending orgy. We lost our way on race. Hysterical preservation. Recycling without ...
- Indicators, p. 13 Entitlement explosion. Harder high school. Technology uptake
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-17 A Texan by birth, he is now governor of Colorado, where he epitomizes the libertarian a...
- Are We A Nation "Under God"?, pp. 18-21 Behavior and history show Americans to be among the most religious people in the world,...
- Go Ahead---Call Us Cowboys, pp. 22-27 Americans are indeed very different from people of other nations, and our Midwestern "c...
- A Rich Boyhood in the Plain Void, pp. 28-31 Places like Fargo, North Dakota launch millions of young Americans into wholesome lives...
- Culture in Inner America, pp. 32-35 Iowa, the Dakotas, and the rest of inner America have been important in the creation of...
- Rediscovering Lewis and Clark Territory, pp. 36-39 When agriculture and manufacturing declined during the last century, a diaspora of Midw...
- Called Home, pp. 40-41
- Family Revival in the Plains? , pp. 42-43
- My Kind of Town , pp. 44-45
- Enterprising, pp. 46-47 Confessions of a "rich" businessman
- Flashback, p. 48 The queen of Arizona
- Beat the Press, p. 49 Ideological greed at Air America
- Forward Observer, p. 50 The media's partisan slant gets worse
- Politico, p. 51 Trench warfare 2004
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , pp. 52-53Harry Potter for (all) the ages
- [+]Americanize or Bust (Review) , p. 54Reinventing the Melting Pot, by Tamar Jacoby
- Reinventing the Melting Pot by Tamar Jacoby
- [+]A Conservative Home on Campus (Review) , p. 55Educating for Liberty, by Lee Edwards
- Educating for Liberty by Lee Edwards
- [+]Praising Roosevelt (Review) , p. 56Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom, by Conrad Black
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black
- The Digest, pp. 57-59 Beward high-tech welfare. Outsoure away. Food aid fuels war. Air pollution here and the...
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 60-62 America a half century ago. Brown v. Board of Education---then and now.
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
- Cover photo
The Great American Middle WestIn Praise of Small Lives Lived in Small PlacesBooktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-6
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 How to make an American
- Sidelights, pp. 6-7 Memories of Ronald Reagan...and Bill Clinton. John Kerry's fawning press. Veg Eye for t...
- Scan, pp. 8-12 Al-Qaeda job application. A genuine hero. Cities need religion. Honoring Reagan. The re...
- Indicators, p. 13 America has a higher GDP, better standard of living, and fairer taxes than Europe
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 14-19 Not many academics become influential both as a scholarly theorizer and as a popular wr...
- One Nation, Out of Many, pp. 20-25 Why "Americanization" of newcomers still matters
- The Festering Problem of Indian "Sovereignty", pp. 26-31 The Supreme Court ducks. Congress sleeps. Indians rule
- Saudi Arabia: A Successful Anomaly (So Far), pp. 32-34
- Iran: A House Divided , pp. 35-36
- Pakistan: Roller Coaster Riding with General Musharraf , p. 37
- Libay: Has Qaddafi Been Born Again? , pp. 38-39
- Fact, Fable, and Darwin, pp. 40-45 Rodney Stark digs up the truth on the fossil record, biology, and Charles Darwin's theo...
- In Real Life, p. 46 Her father's daughter
- Flashback, p. 47 The prophet who ran for President
- Beat the Press, p. 48 The media's fear of God
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 49Politics and paranoia in The Manchurian Candidate
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004 Film) by Jonathan Demme
- Forward Observer, p. 50 Sex, Religion, and AIDS
- Politico, p. 51 Enter the trial lawyers
- The Economist, p. 52 Betsy McCaughey exposes the doctoring of health care data
- Enterprising, p. 53 Lending money to poor people in the Third World is important, but tricky, notes Mark He...
- [+]Here Come the Grooms? (Review) , p. 54Gay Marriage, by Jonathan Rauch
- Gay Marriage by Jonathan Rauch
- [+]Terror at Sea (Review) , p. 55The Outlaw Sea, by William Langewiesche
- The Outlaw Sea by William Langewiesche
- [+]Knowing McCarthy, Hating Him (Review) , p. 56Eugene McCarthy, by Dominic Sandbrook
- Eugene McCarthy by Dominic Sandbrook
- The Digest, pp. 57-59 Atari Democrat. Tax troubles ahead. Why college costs so much. A new look at national s...
- Opinion Pulse: The latest survey data, pp. 60-62 A closely divided electorate. Schoolhouse discipline. Religion and politics
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
One AmericaSo What's Happening in the Rest of the Middle East?Booktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5 Goodbye "Regular Joe" Democrat
- Scan, pp. 6-9 Dwarf actor with giant views. McGreevey plays the gay card. Hume Horan, 1934-2004. Iraq...
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 10-13 Native Brit John O'Sullivan advised Margaret Thatcher before becoming a leading light f...
- John Kerry's America: Pride, Prejudice, and Presumption, pp. 14-19 New England elitism colors not only John Kerry's personality but also his policies. Wil...
- --- by Ken Von Kohorn, p. 20
- Keeping Cool in New England , p. 21
- Kerry and Dean: Democratic Leftism Continued , pp. 22-23
- Land of the Free , p. 24
- The Rise and Fall of Howard Dean and John Kerry , p. 25
- The Other Kennedy Connection, pp. 26-27 Everyone knows that John F. Kerry modeled his early political ambitions on John F. Kenn...
- The Moldy Massachusetts Miracle, pp. 28-31 The economic prescriptions of the Dukakis/Kerry administration that received credit for...
- Pick a President, Not a Gladiator, p. 32
- A Decades-Long Refusal to Atone , p. 33
- Real Heroes Don't Campaign , pp. 34-35
- Don't Mind the Divide, pp. 36-37 Yes, the nation is polarized. But in a sturdy democracy, hard-fought campaigns over imp...
- From Malaise to Mastery in 25 Years, pp. 38-40 American politics---and America---changed radically in just one generation. Here's how ...
- A Short, Unhappy History of Campaign Finance Reform, pp. 41-43 Regulatory attempts to "take the money out of politics" have made our elections even mo...
- how to Save U.S. Education While Winning Votes, pp. 44-45 The GOP should think big and bold when it comes to overhauling our middling to miserabl...
- Transcript, pp. 46-47 Urban legends of the Iraq war
- In Real Life, p. 48 Mr. Cremeans goes to Washington
- Flashback, p. 49 The many faces of Gerrit Smith
- Politico, p. 50 The Reagan Revolution lives on
- Forward Observer, p. 51 Our unfriendly "ally" Egypt
- Enterprising, p. 52 The latest in government homewrecking
- [+]Now Playing (Review) , p. 53New computer technology and an old sci-fi movie collide
- THX 1138 (1971 Film) by George Lucas
- [+]Absolute Threat (Review) , p. 54In Defense of Internment, by Michelle Malkin
- In Defense of Internment by Michelle Malkin
- [+]Catholic America (Review) , p. 55The American Catholic Voter, by George J. Marlin
- The American Catholic Voter by George J. Marlin
- [+]Maternal Misconceptions (Review) , p. 56Seven Myths of Working Mothers, by Suzanne Venker
- Seven Myths of Working Mothers by Suzanne Venker
- The Digest, pp. 57-59 Party platforms. Fixing the Postal Service. The new golden age of cartoons. Post 9/11 q...
- Opinion Pulse, pp. 60-62 Election 2004. Voting shifts. Looking back at Election 200
- The Mail, p. 63
- Last Gasp, pp. 64-66
Election 2004The New England FactorThe (Vietnam) War for the White HouseBooktalk- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-5
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