5/19/2008: Vol. 013, # 34

5/12/2008: Vol. 013, # 33

5/5/2008: Vol. 013, # 32

4/28/2008: Vol. 013, # 31

 Issue Date: 5/19/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 34

Cover

A Counterinsurgency Grows in Khost
An unheralded U.S. success in Afghanistan.
by Ann Marlowe

Editorial

Countering Iran
How to deal with the clerics in Tehran.
by Reuel Marc Gerecht

Scrapbook

JFK's foibles, the PC police, etc.
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

Gloomy Republicans
For good reason?
by Fred Barnes

The War Over the War (cont.)
What the G.I. Bill debate is really about.
by Reihan Salam

We're All Gun Nuts Now
The Democrats sidle up to the Second Amendment.
by John McCormack

What to Expect When You're Expecting...
to be president.
by Lawrence B. Lindsey

Features

They Backed Boris
On the hustings with Boris Johnson, London's unlikely mayor.
by James Kirchick

Jeremiah Wright's 'Trumpet'
The content of the magazine produced by Barack Obama's pastor reveals the content of his character.
by Stanley Kurtz

Books & Arts

Trouble Down Below
What's wrong with Latin America.
by Mark Falcoff

The Strategist
Walt Rostow in defense of human rights.
by Daniel Sullivan

Hollywood Hybrid
How the stars are reducing their carbon footprint.
by Joe Queenan

Weapon of Choice
Inside the mind of an abortion-rights warrior.
by Joan Frawley Desmond

'Orfeo' at 400
Monteverdi's gift to music and drama.
by Algis Valiunas

A $uperhero's Saga
How the rich are different from you and me.
by John Podhoretz

Casual

Agenbites
Joseph Bottum, wordy.
by Joseph Bottum

Correspondence

Rev. Wright, patriotic newsman, and more

Parody

Mars attacks the global candy market
A parody.

 Issue Date: 5/12/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 33

Cover

A Hero's Life
Remembering John McCain's teacher.
by Ken Ringle

Editorial

Right about Obama
The latest Jeremiah Wright episode tells us a lot about his former parishioner.
by Matthew Continetti

Scrapbook

Acknowledgments, imagined influence, etc.

Articles

Disenfranchised Over There
Let's defend the voting rights of those who defend us.
by Hans A. von Spakovsky & Roman Buhler

Attack of the Pharmascolds
The self-righteous foes of industry-funded medical research.
by David A. Shaywitz & Thomas P. Stossel

South Africa Plays Ball with Dictators
So don't play ball in South Africa.
by Marian L. Tupy & James Kirchick

The Silent Scream of the Asparagus
Get ready for 'plant rights.'
by Wesley J. Smith

Features

An Exceedingly Strange New Respect
Hillary Clinton makes friends in some surprising precincts.
by Noemie Emery

Just Like Us! Really?
Gallup says only 7 percent of the world's Muslims are political radicals. Yet 36 percent think the 9/11 attacks were in some way justified.
by Robert Satloff

Advice for the Nuclear Abolitionists
Yes, Ronald Reagan wanted to rid the world of nuclear weapons, but he was a stickler for verification.
by Henry Sokolski & Gary Schmitt

Books & Arts

Radical Revision
Reclaiming the history of the left from leftist historians.
by Ronald Radosh

Out of This World
An interplanetary opera with a nod to the past.
by Joseph Bottum

Balancing Act
Symmetry is more than a mathematician's conceit.
by David Guaspari

Reverent Billy
The meaning and message of 'America's pastor.'
by Loredana Vuoto

'Matrix' on Wheels
Fast, fun, and loads of heart-warming monologues.
by John Podhoretz

Casual

Prom Night
Matt Labash, D.C. debutante.
by Matt Labash

Correspondence

Tribes, McCainomics, and more

Parody

Rev. Wright on the ancient Italians
A parody.

 Issue Date: 5/5/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 32

Cover

The Media Builds
a Monument to Itself
The Newseum reeducates the public.
by Andrew Ferguson

Editorial

Carter's Heir
He's a senator from Illinois.
by Matthew Continetti

Scrapbook

Boomer self-love, Nobel nomination, etc.

Articles

Republicans Go Green?
The party follows Arnold's lead.
by Michael Goldfarb

Housebroken 'Blue Dogs'
Nancy Pelosi keeps them on a short leash.
by Whitney Blake

To Tell the Truth
Will the real Barack Obama please stand up?
by Fred Barnes

The Petraeus Promotion
Good for Iraq, good for the Middle East...and good for McCain.
by Jeffrey Bell

Features

How We'll Know When We've Won
A definition of success in Iraq.
by Frederick W. Kagan

Hurricane Eve Hits New Orleans
Celebrating a decade of those revolting monologues.
by Matt Labash

Go for the Bitter Bloc
Hillary shows McCain the path to victory over Obama.
by Reihan Salam

Books & Arts

Greek Bearing Gift
Constantine Cavafy, the tortured bard of Alexandria.
by John Simon

Like Lost Sheep
These days, the Episcopal missionaries are from Africa.
by Robert W. Prichard

College Daze
The 'great conversation' is now the sounds of chaos.
by Liam Julian

The Enforcer
The standards and practices of long lost Hollywood.
by Sonny Bunch

Room With View
Small change at the Met.
by Robert Messenger

Goo to Go
Sometimes a guy needs to see a chick flick.
by John Podhoretz

Casual

Naming Names
David Skinner, naming names.
by David Skinner

Parody

Democratic fatigue

 Issue Date: 4/28/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 31

Cover

24 Hours on the 'Big Stick'
What you can learn about America on the deck of the USS 'Theodore Roosevelt.'
by P.J. O'Rourke

Editorial

Nancy ♥ Hugo
Why House Democrats killed the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
by Matthew Continetti

Scrapbook

Keeper Springs, Antoine Saint-Ex, and more

Articles

Globaloney, Obama-Style
The candidate as worldwide celebrity.
by Waller R. Newell

Lame, But Still Game
President Bush is not about to just fade away.
by Fred Barnes

Come Fly With Us
Delta-Northwest will be the biggest, but it probably won't be better.
by Irwin M. Stelzer

Egypt Builds a Wall
And changes its tune on Israel's barrier.
by David Schenker

A Bush Success (not that he gets credit)
The Medicare drug benefit is working better than predicted.
by James C. Capretta & Peter Wehner

The Other Big Crime Drop
What happened to America's violent prisons?
by Bert Useem & Anne Morrison Piehl

Features

Food Riots Made in the USA
There's a better solution to our energy problems than ethanol. It's called nuclear energy.
by William Tucker

Books & Arts

The Third Jihad
When radical Muslims distort Islam.
by Stephen Schwartz

Caution, Children
Freedom for adults can mean misery for children.
by Ryan T. Anderson

China by Design
On a clear day you can see the People's Architecture.
by Arthur Cotton Moore

Knight to Remember
The importance of Hobey Baker, gentleman-athlete.
by Jeffrey Hart

The Classicist
Robert Fagles (1933-2008) gave life to the language of Greece and Rome.
by Tracy Lee Simmons

Campus Shooting
An academic comedy featuring Prof. Dennis Quaid.
by John Podhoretz

Casual

The Numbers Game
Joseph Epstein, spendthrift.
by Joseph Epstein

Correspondence

Saddam and Terrorism

Parody

The New York Times Flips for Chris Matthews