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December 1, 2008 Issue - 18 ArticlesNews & Views
- Fourteen Days, pp. 4-5
Lieberman Survives; Incentivizing Default; Pirates of the Gulf of Arrr-den
- Planet Obama
Theodore Dalrymple
, pp. 6-8 The world is enraptured with the new president, but his election is not the end of history
- Clinton Cabinet
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
, pp. 9-10 Hillary's people could hardly have done better if they had won the election
- Africa's Last, Worst Hope
Peter Hitchens
, pp. 11-14 Desperate for development, a continent turns its hungry eyes to China
- Collateral Damage
Tom Streithorst
, pp. 15-16 How high finance brought the real economy low
- Deep Background, p. 17
Iran Upgrades Its Arsenal; Britain's Terrorist Count is an Imaginary Number
- You Can Make This Stuff Up
Michael Brendan Dougherty
, pp. 18-19 - Enemy of Our Enemy
Neil Clark
, pp. 20-21 - God Save the King
Stuart Reid
, p. 22 - Left Turn Ahead
Dylan Hales
, pp. 23-24 - Chinese Lessons
Patrick J. Buchanan
, p. 25 - America's Judge
A.G. Gancarski
, pp. 26-27 Arts & Letters
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Film: Unbearable Lightness (Review) Steve Sailer
, p. 28 Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 Film), by Mike Leigh
- Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 Film) by Mike Leigh
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Hedge Fund Historian (Review) Philip Delves Broughton
, pp. 29-30 The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson
- The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
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Drunk Without Power (Review) Jesse Walker
, p. 31 Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet, by Bill Kauffman
- Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet by Bill Kauffman
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American Dissenter (Review) David Brown
, pp. 32-34 The Politics of Truth, by John H. Summers and C. Wright Mills
- The Politics of Truth by John H. Summers and C. Wright Mills
- Deep Thoughts
Fred Reed
, pp. 35-36 - Cover Illustration
Chris Hiers