June 1996 Issue, COMMENTARY

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  Issues of 1996 = 10 Issues, 174 Articles
  1. [+]
    January 1996 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-22
    2. Israel & the Assassination by Hillel Halkin, pp. 23-29
    3. For a New Concert of Europe by Mark Helprin, pp. 30-37
    4. The Soul of Man Under Physics by David Berlinski, pp. 38-46
    5. How to Save American Jews by Jack Wertheimer, Charles S. Liebman, and Steven M. Cohen, ..., pp. 47-51
    6. Colin Powell & the Conservatives by David Frum, pp. 52-54
    7. Record Blues by Terry Teachout, pp. 55-58
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      Up With Feelings by Joseph Adelson, p. 59 - 1 Review
      1. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
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      Necropsy by Arch Puddington, pp. 60-61 - 1 Review
      1. The Strange Death of the Soviet Empire by David Pryce-Jones
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      Wandering Jews by Jay M. Harris, pp. 62-65 - 1 Review
      1. Assimilation and Its Discontents by Barry Rubin
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      The Way of the Brahmin by George Russell, pp. 66-67 - 1 Review
      1. A Good Life by Ben Bradlee
    12. [+]
      Memory Man by Robert Alter, pp. 68-69 - 1 Review
      1. The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov by Dmitri Nabokov and Vladimir Nabokov
    13. [+]
      The Great Emancipator by Walter Berns, pp. 70-74 - 1 Review
      1. Abraham Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
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    February 1996 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-18
    2. Doom, Gloom, and the Middle Class by Amity Shlaes, pp. 19-24
    3. Why Mothers Should Stay Home by David Gelernter, pp. 25-28
    4. Leaving the Ghetto by Jacob Katz, pp. 29-33
    5. Down With Self-Esteem by Joseph Adelson, pp. 34-38
    6. As Quebec Goes... by William Watson, pp. 39-42
    7. Are American Jews Still Liberal? by Earl Raab, pp. 43-44
    8. Reading Jurors' Minds by James Q. Wilson, pp. 45-47
    9. Whatever Happened to Arthur Rubinstein by Terry Teachout, pp. 48-51
    10. [+]
      America at Its Best by John Earl Haynes, pp. 52-55 - 1 Review
      1. Not Without Honor by Richard Gid Powers
    11. [+]
      Elder Economics by Marc M. Arkin, pp. 56-57 - 1 Review
      1. Aging and Old Age by Richard A. Posner
    12. [+]
      A Fine Romance by Robert S. Wistrich, pp. 58-59 - 1 Review
      1. Hannah Arendt/Martin Heidegger by Elzbieta Ettinger
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      What the Devil by Christopher Caldwell, pp. 60-61 - 1 Review
      1. The Death of Satan by Andrew Delbanco
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      Godfather by Wilfred M. McClay, pp. 62-66 - 1 Review
      1. Neo-Conservatism by Irving Kristol
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    March 1996 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 5-18
    2. Neoconservatism by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 19-27
    3. Is the Republican Revolution Alive? by Irwin M. Stelzer, pp. 28-33
    4. Against Homosexual Marriage by James Q. Wilson, pp. 34-39
    5. The Lovemaking of I.B. Singer by Norma Rosen, pp. 40-45
    6. Comes the Millennium by George Weigel, pp. 46-50
    7. Grantsmanship & the Killing Fields by Peter W. Rodman, pp. 51-53
    8. The Americans by Dorothea Straus, pp. 54-55
    9. Ms. Wonder-Child, For Example by Terry Teachout, pp. 56-59
    10. [+]
      Of Things Past by Andre A. Aciman, pp. 60-63 - 1 Review
      1. The First Man by Albert Camus and Catherine Camus
    11. [+]
      Dead End by David Gelernter, pp. 64-65 - 1 Review
      1. The Road Ahead by Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, and Peter M. Rinearson, ...
    12. [+]
      Hillarytown by Chester E. Finn, Jr., pp. 66-67 - 1 Review
      1. It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton
    13. [+]
      Faith & the Holocaust by Elliott Abrams, pp. 68-69 - 1 Review
      1. Why Should Jews Survive? by Michael Goldberg
    14. [+]
      Ideological Tourist by Sol Stern, pp. 70-76 - 1 Review
      1. Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol
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    April 1996 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-20
    2. American Power by Robert Kagan, pp. 21-31
    3. Shakespeare, Shylock, and the Jews by William Meyers, pp. 32-37
    4. Welfare Fixers by Adam Wolfson, pp. 38-41
    5. The Four Questions by Allegra Goodman, pp. 42-50
    6. What Use Is the UN? by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 51-54
    7. Samuel Barber's Revenge by Terry Teachout, pp. 55-58
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      The Sexual Devolution by Elizabeth Kristol, p. 59 - 1 Review
      1. Feminism Is Not the Story of My Life by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
    9. [+]
      A Guilty Conscience? by Robert S. Wistrich, pp. 60-61 - 1 Review
      1. Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth by Gitta Sereny
    10. [+]
      Holding the Center by Richard Brookhiser, pp. 62-63 - 1 Review
      1. Values Matter Most by Ben J. Wattenberg
    11. [+]
      Social Gospel by J. Bottum, pp. 64-65 - 1 Review
      1. In the Beauty of the Lilies by John Updike
    12. [+]
      A Life in Battle by Midge Decter, pp. 66-69 - 1 Review
      1. Letters of Sidney Hook by Edward S. Shapiro and Sidney Hook
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      Unsentimental Journey by Francis Fukuyama, pp. 70-74 - 1 Review
      1. The Ends of the Earth by Robert D. Kaplan
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    May 1996 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-22
    2. The Wages of Oslo by David Bar-Illan, pp. 23-29
    3. The Zionist Idea and Its Enemies by Yoram Hazony, pp. 30-38
    4. Life With Mark by Arch Puddington, pp. 39-44
    5. What "Operation Restore Democracy" Restored by Mark Falcoff, pp. 45-48
    6. A Michelin Noir by Barbara Lerner, pp. 49-53
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      Countercultural Auden by Christopher Caldwell, pp. 54-56 - 1 Review
      1. Auden by Richard Davenport-Hines
    8. Mourning Nancy LaMott by Terry Teachout, pp. 57-61
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      First Things and Last by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 62-63 - 1 Review
      1. The Quest for God by Paul Johnson
    10. [+]
      The Fringe by Matthew Rees, pp. 64-66 - 1 Review
      1. A Force Upon the Plain by Kenneth S. Stern
    11. [+]
      Ultimate Answers by Jay P. Lefkowitz, pp. 67-68 - 1 Review
      1. Think a Second Time by Dennis Prager
    12. [+]
      Moral Biography by Gary Rosen, pp. 69-70 - 1 Review
      1. Founding Father by Richard Brookhiser
    13. [+]
      Judge Not... by Walter Olson, pp. 71-74 - 1 Review
      1. Guilty: The Collapse of Criminal Justice by Harold J. Rothwax
  6. [+]
    June 1996 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-18
    2. The Deniable Darwin by David Berlinski, pp. 19-29
    3. Russia's Past, Russia's Future by Richard Pipes, pp. 30-38
    4. Race, Lies, and "Hopwood" by Carl Cohen, pp. 39-45
    5. Expectations by George Konrad, pp. 46-47
    6. Among the Ashkenazim by Ralph de Toledano, pp. 48-51
    7. Who Deserves Asylum? by Mark Krikorian, pp. 52-54
    8. A Tale of Two Mezzos by Terry Teachout, pp. 55-58
    9. [+]
      The X-Files by Gabriel Schoenfeld, pp. 59-61 - 1 Review
      1. At a Century's Ending by George F. Kennan
    10. [+]
      Middleman by Ronald Radosh, pp. 62-63 - 1 Review
      1. They Only Look Dead by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
    11. [+]
      Out of the Past: 1 by Elliott Abrams, pp. 64-65 - 1 Review
      1. All Rivers Run to the Sea by Elie Wiesel
    12. [+]
      Out of the Past: 2 by Hillel Halkin, pp. 66-68 - 1 Review
      1. Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew by John Felstiner
    13. [+]
      Is Humor Necessary? by Daniel J. Silver, pp. 69-70 - 1 Review
      1. James Thurber by Harrison Kinney
    14. [+]
      Cleopatra's Nose by Chester E. Finn, Jr., pp. 71-74 - 1 Review
      1. Not Out of Africa by Mary Lefkowitz
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    August 1996 Issue = 55 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-17
    2. What Do American Jews Believe?, p. 18
    3. --- by David Berger, pp. 19-20
    4. --- by Saul J. Berman, pp. 21-22
    5. --- by David R. Blumenthal, p. 23
    6. --- by Marshall J. Breger, pp. 24-25
    7. --- by Nina Beth Cardin, p. 26
    8. --- by David G. Dalin, pp. 27-28
    9. --- by Elliot N. Dorff, p. 29
    10. --- by David Ellenson, pp. 30-31
    11. --- by Michael Fishbane, pp. 32-33
    12. --- by Barry Freundel, p. 34
    13. --- by David Gelernter, pp. 35-36
    14. --- by Marc Gellman, pp. 37-38
    15. --- by Neil Gillman, p. 39
    16. --- by David M. Gordis, pp. 40-41
    17. --- by Arthur Green, pp. 42-43
    18. --- by Blu Greenberg, p. 44
    19. --- by Joshua O. Haberman, pp. 45-46
    20. --- by David Weiss Halivni, pp. 47-48
    21. --- by Susannah Heschel, p. 49
    22. --- by Milton Himmelfarb, pp. 50-51
    23. --- by Lawrence A. Hoffman, p. 52
    24. --- by Francine Klagsbrun, pp. 53-54
    25. --- by David Klinghoffer, pp. 55-56
    26. --- by Peter Knobel, pp. 57-58
    27. --- by Norman Lamm, p. 59
    28. --- by Ruth Langer, pp. 60-61
    29. --- by Daniel Lapin, p. 62
    30. --- by Julius Lester, pp. 63-64
    31. --- by Jon D. Levenson, pp. 65-66
    32. --- by Nathan Lewin, p. 67
    33. --- by David L. Lieber, pp. 68-69
    34. --- by Michael Medved, pp. 70-71
    35. --- by Michael A. Meyer, pp. 72-73
    36. --- by Jacob Neusner, p. 74
    37. --- by David Novak, p. 75
    38. --- by Joseph A. Polak, pp. 76-77
    39. --- by Dennis Prager, pp. 78-79
    40. --- by Richard L. Rubenstein, p. 80
    41. --- by Ismar Schorsch, pp. 81-82
    42. --- by David Singer, p. 83
    43. --- by Devora Steinmetz, pp. 84-85
    44. --- by Suzanne Last Stone, pp. 86-87
    45. --- by David A. Teutsch, p. 88
    46. --- by Harlan J. Wechsler, pp. 89-90
    47. --- by Jack Wertheimer, pp. 91-92
    48. --- by Eric H. Joffie, pp. 93-94
    49. --- by Sheldon Zimmerman, pp. 95-96
    50. [+]
      The Higher Liberalism by Wilfred M. McClay, pp. 97-99 - 1 Review
      1. Democracy's Discontent by Michael J. Sandel
    51. [+]
      Performance Artist by Terry Teachout, pp. 100-101 - 1 Review
      1. Franz Liszt: The Final Years, 1861-1886 by Alan Walker
    52. [+]
      Haters and Hated by David Pryce-Jones, pp. 102-103 - 1 Review
      1. God Has Ninety-Nine Names by Judith Miller
    53. [+]
      Horn of Plenty? by Charles T. Rubin, pp. 104-105 - 1 Review
      1. How Many People Can the Earth Support? by Joel E. Cohen
    54. [+]
      Beyond Good and Evil by Adam Schulman, pp. 106-109 - 1 Review
      1. Nietzsche: The Ethics of an Immoralist by Peter Berkowitz
    55. [+]
      Value Added by Christopher Caldwell, pp. 110-114 - 1 Review
      1. Pop Internationalism by Paul Krugman
  8. [+]
    September 1996 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Denying Darwin by David Berlinski & Critics, pp. 4-40
    2. Can the Schools Be Saved? by Chester E. Finn, Jr., pp. 41-45
    3. Of "Rats" and Women by Wilfred M. McClay, pp. 46-50
    4. Defenseless America by Angelo M. Codevilla, pp. 51-56
    5. Beyond King James by Robert Alter, pp. 57-62
    6. Splitting Up by Joseph Adelson, pp. 63-66
    7. The Art Biz by Allegra Goodman, pp. 67-73
    8. (Over)Praising Duke Ellington by Terry Teachout, pp. 74-77
    9. [+]
      On the Move by Christopher Caldwell, pp. 78-79 - 1 Review
      1. Migrations and Cultures by Thomas Sowell
    10. [+]
      In the Wolfhound Century by Gary Saul Morson, pp. 80-82 - 2 Reviews
      1. Tangled Loyalties by Joshua Rubenstein
      2. The Bones of Berdichev by John Garrard and Carol Garrard
    11. [+]
      Song of Myself by Elizabeth Kristol, pp. 83-84 - 1 Review
      1. What Women Want by Patricia Ireland
    12. [+]
      Victory by Bret Stephens, p. 85 - 1 Review
      1. Why the Allies Won by Richard J. Overy
    13. [+]
      Conspiracy by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 86-90 - 1 Review
      1. Up from Conservatism by Michael Lind
  9. [+]
    November 1996 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-20
    2. The Last Freedom by Joseph P. Viteritti, pp. 21-25
    3. [+]
      Was T.S. Eliot a Scoundrel? by John Gross, pp. 26-31 - 1 Review
      1. T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form by Anthony Julius
    4. How the Gay-Rights Movement Won by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 32-41
    5. The Anti-Defense League by Joshua Muravchik and Lawrence F. Kaplan, pp. 42-45
    6. Why Solzhenitsyn Will Not Go Away by Joseph Epstein, pp. 46-50
    7. Jewish Liberalism Revisited by Charles S. Liebman and Steven M. Cohen, pp. 51-52
    8. I Heart It at the Movies by Terry Teachout, pp. 53-57
    9. [+]
      Race, Class & Culture by Leslie Lenkowsky, pp. 58-60 - 1 Review
      1. When Work Disappears by William Julius Wilson
    10. [+]
      Golden Oldies by Raymond P. Scheindlin, pp. 61-63 - 1 Review
      1. Selected Poems by Shmuel HaNagid
    11. [+]
      Reprobate by Daniel J. Silver, pp. 64-66 - 1 Review
      1. Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer by Edward Jay Epstein
    12. [+]
      Roots by David Brooks, pp. 67-68 - 1 Review
      1. A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment by Alfred Kazin
    13. [+]
      Antiprogressivism by Wilfred M. McClay, pp. 69-74 - 1 Review
      1. Max Weber: Politics and the Spirit of Tragedy by John Patrick Diggins
  10. [+]
    December 1996 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-16
    2. Courting Death by Leon R. Kass and Nelson Lund, pp. 17-29
    3. The Tragic Predicament of Benjamin Netanyahu by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 30-40
    4. Bury My Heart at PBS by Walter A. McDougall, pp. 41-46
    5. Federalism (Cont'd.) by David B. Rivkin, Jr. and Lee A. Casey, pp. 47-50
    6. What Saddam Hussein Learned from Bill Clinton by Harvey Sicherman, pp. 51-54
    7. Who Was Langston Hughes? by Eric J. Sundquist, pp. 55-58
    8. Not the Metropolitan Opera by Terry Teachout, pp. 59-61
    9. [+]
      911 by Gary Rosen, pp. 62-64 - 2 Reviews
      1. Body Count by William J. Bennett, John J. DiIulio, and John P. Walters, ...
      2. Fixing Broken Windows by Catherine M. Coles and George L. Kelling
    10. [+]
      Beyond the Pale by David G. Roskies, pp. 65-67 - 1 Review
      1. Small Worlds by Allen Hoffman
    11. [+]
      Pandora & Co. by J. Bottum, pp. 68-69 - 1 Review
      1. Forbidden Knowledge by Roger Shattuck
    12. [+]
      Out of Africa by Peter L. Berger, pp. 70-74 - 1 Review
      1. The Open Sore of a Continent by Wole Soyinka
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  Issues of 1997 = 11 Issues, 158 Articles
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  Issues of 1998 = 10 Issues, 136 Articles
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  Issues of 1999 = 11 Issues, 157 Articles
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Issues of the 2000s = 9 Years, 84 Issues, 1,205 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 10 Issues, 150 Articles
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  Issues of 2001 = 11 Issues, 147 Articles
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  Issues of 2002 = 11 Issues, 148 Articles
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  Issues of 2003 = 11 Issues, 159 Articles
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  Issues of 2004 = 11 Issues, 142 Articles
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  Issues of 2005 = 11 Issues, 186 Articles
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  Issues of 2006 = 7 Issues, 98 Articles
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  Issues of 2007 = 3 Issues, 54 Articles
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  Issues of 2008 = 9 Issues, 121 Articles