September 2004 Issue, COMMENTARY

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  Issues of 2003 = 11 Issues, 159 Articles
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  Issues of 2004 = 11 Issues, 142 Articles
  1. [+]
    January 2004 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-14
    2. Iraq's Future---and Ours by Victor Davis Hanson, pp. 15-20
    3. Beyond the Geneva Accord by Hillel Halkin, pp. 21-28
    4. The Demons of Europe by Josef Joffe, pp. 29-34
    5. Next of Kin by Jennifer Moses, pp. 35-42
    6. Lies the Germans Tell Themselves by Bartosz Jalowiecki, pp. 43-46
    7. Patrick O'Brian's Excellent Adventure by Michael J. Lewis, pp. 47-50
    8. Opera, Grand and Grandiose by Terry Teachout, pp. 51-54
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      A Grand Tour by David Gelernter, pp. 55-57 - 1 Review
      1. Art: A New History by Paul Johnson
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      The Eliminationist by David Pryce-Jones, pp. 58-61 - 2 Reviews
      1. Yasir Arafat by Barry M. Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin
      2. Arafat's War by Efraim Karsh
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      In Flight by Thomas L. Jeffers, pp. 62-66 - 1 Review
      1. The Early Stories, 1953-1975 by John Updike
    12. [+]
      Sneak and Peek by Jonathan Kay, pp. 67-68 - 1 Review
      1. The Naked Crowd by Jeffrey Rosen
    13. [+]
      Altered State by Gabriel Schoenfeld, pp. 69-74 - 1 Review
      1. Madam Secretary by Madeleine Albright and Bill Woodward
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    February 2004 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-18
    2. Is Bush a Conservative? by Daniel Casse, pp. 19-26
    3. Our Game with North Korea by Arthur Waldron, pp. 27-32
    4. Iran's Nuclear Card by Gary Milhollin and Valerie Lincy, pp. 33-36
    5. Still Losing the Race? by John H. McWhorter, pp. 37-41
    6. The UN and the Jews by Anne Bayefsky, pp. 42-46
    7. Krystyna's Gift by Lydia Aran, pp. 47-52
    8. Living with Art by Terry Teachout, pp. 53-58
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      To the Manner Born by Kay S. Hymowitz, pp. 59-61 - 1 Review
      1. Family Circle by Susan Braudy
    10. [+]
      Odd Man Out by Josh Chafetz, pp. 62-63 - 1 Review
      1. A National Party No More by Zell Miller
    11. [+]
      Chapter & Verse by Stephen Barbara, pp. 64-66 - 1 Review
      1. W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol II by R.F. Foster
    12. [+]
      Making Citizens by Jonathan Kay, pp. 67-70 - 1 Review
      1. Reinventing the Melting Pot by Tamar Jacoby
    13. [+]
      Charity Drive by Leslie Lenkowsky, pp. 71-74 - 1 Review
      1. Rambam's Ladder by Julie Salamon
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    March 2004 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-20
    2. Betrayed by Europe by Nidra Poller, pp. 21-25
    3. The Sino-Saudi Connection by Gal Luft and Anne Korin, pp. 26-29
    4. Bloomberg So Far by Fred Siegel and Harry Siegel, pp. 30-33
    5. On Joining the Jews by Nancy Yos, pp. 34-40
    6. When Skeptics Die by Yael Goldstein, pp. 41-47
    7. The Mind of George Soros by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 48-51
    8. Kandinsky's Mistake by Terry Teachout, pp. 52-56
    9. [+]
      The Measure of Greatness by Arthur Waldron, pp. 57-60 - 1 Review
      1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black
    10. [+]
      Sounding the Alarm by Claudia Rosett, pp. 61-64 - 1 Review
      1. An End to Evil by David Frum and Richard Perle
    11. [+]
      New and Improved? by Kevin Shapiro, pp. 65-67 - 1 Review
      1. Beyond Therapy by Leon Kass
    12. [+]
      Abroad at Home by Sam Munson, pp. 68-69 - 1 Review
      1. There Are Jews in My House by Lara Vapnyar
    13. [+]
      Protocols by Daniel Johnson, pp. 70-74 - 1 Review
      1. The Return of Anti-Semitism by Gabriel Schoenfeld
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    April 2004 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-10
    2. The Intelligence Mess by Andrew C. McCarthy, pp. 11-20
    3. Through the Eyes of Our Enemies by David Warren, pp. 21-28
    4. Politics and the Israeli Novel by Hillel Halkin, pp. 29-36
    5. Writing on the Brain by Joseph Epstein, pp. 37-41
    6. The Company You Keep by John J. Clayton, pp. 42-50
    7. The "Magic" of Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Algis Valiunas, pp. 51-55
    8. Fiddlers Three by Terry Teachout, pp. 56-60
    9. [+]
      For the Record by Josh Chafetz, pp. 61-63 - 1 Review
      1. Bush Country by John Podhoretz
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      Lost Innocence by Mark Falcoff, pp. 64-67 - 1 Review
      1. Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars by G. Edward White
    11. [+]
      Best Tellers by Joseph Bottum, pp. 68-69 - 1 Review
      1. One Hundred Best Books for Children by Anita Silvey
    12. [+]
      Beyond Moscow by Sean McMeekin, pp. 70-72 - 1 Review
      1. Black Earth by Andrew Meier
    13. [+]
      Groupthink by Carl Cohen, pp. 73-78 - 1 Review
      1. Affirmative Action Around the World by Thomas Sowell
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    May 2004 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-14
    2. The Oil-for-Food Scam by Claudia Rosett, pp. 15-22
    3. Jews, Christians, and "The Passion" by David Berger, pp. 23-31
    4. The Richard Clarke Show by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 32-41
    5. What Kind of Religion Is Islam? by Alain Besancon, pp. 42-48
    6. Jihad in Jakarta by Joshua Kurlantzick, pp. 49-52
    7. Milton Avery's Art, and Ours by Steven C. Munson, pp. 53-56
    8. Composers for Communism by Terry Teachout, pp. 57-62
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      Protestant Ethic by James Nuechterlein, pp. 63-64 - 1 Review
      1. Who Are We? by Samuel P. Huntington
    10. [+]
      Patriot Games by Richard Pipes, p. 65 - 1 Review
      1. A Secret Life by Benjamin Weiser
    11. [+]
      Fanatics by Roger Kaplan, pp. 66-70 - 1 Review
      1. The Way to Paradise by Mario Vargas Llosa
    12. [+]
      Down & Out? by Leslie Lenkowsky, pp. 71-72 - 1 Review
      1. The Working Poor by David K. Shipler
    13. [+]
      In Search of Monsters? by Max Boot, pp. 73-78 - 1 Review
      1. Surprise, Security, and the American Experience by John Lewis Gaddis
  6. [+]
    June 2004 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-16
    2. Does Sharon Have a Plan? by Hillel Halkin, pp. 17-22
    3. Explaining the Bush Tax Cuts by Bruce Bartlett, pp. 23-27
    4. Do We Have Enough Troops in Iraq? by Victor Davis Hanson, pp. 28-32
    5. The Cathedral and the Cube by George Weigel, pp. 33-38
    6. Justice for Terrorists by J. Andrew Kent, pp. 39-42
    7. The Church of Civil Rights by Wilfred M. McClay, pp. 43-46
    8. Is the Musical Comedy Dead? by Terry Teachout, pp. 47-52
    9. [+]
      Comedy of Manners by Dan Seligman, pp. 53-54 - 1 Review
      1. On Paradise Drive by David Brooks
    10. [+]
      Plodders' Plot by Jacob Heilbrunn, pp. 55-56 - 1 Review
      1. Saboteurs by Michael Dobbs
    11. [+]
      Sand Trap by Joshua Kurlantzick, pp. 57-58 - 1 Review
      1. Inside the Mirage by Thomas W. Lippman
    12. [+]
      I Do? by Kay S. Hymowitz, pp. 59-61 - 1 Review
      1. Gay Marriage by Jonathan Rauch
    13. [+]
      Nation Builder by Algis Valiunas, pp. 62-66 - 1 Review
      1. The Man Who Would Be King by Ben Macintyre
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    July-August 2004 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-16
    2. Torture by Andrew C. McCarthy, pp. 17-24
    3. How the Feminists Saved Marriage by Sam Schulman, pp. 25-29
    4. In Search of "Righeous Arabs" by Robert Satloff, pp. 30-35
    5. Latin American Crack-Up? by Mark Falcoff, pp. 36-41
    6. Unloved Elgar by Terry Teachout, pp. 42-46
    7. [+]
      Out of Order by Max Boot, pp. 47-48 - 1 Review
      1. State-Building by Francis Fukuyama
    8. [+]
      Good Breeding by Kevin Shapiro, pp. 49-51 - 1 Review
      1. Preaching Eugenics by Christine Rosen
    9. [+]
      Bushido Ball by Stephen Barbara, pp. 52-53 - 1 Review
      1. The Meaning of Ichiro by Robert Whiting
    10. [+]
      Keeping Faith? by Saul Singer, pp. 54-56 - 1 Review
      1. Double or Nothing? by Sylvia Barack Fishman
    11. [+]
      Hitler's Helpers by Sean McMeekin, pp. 57-60 - 1 Review
      1. The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans
    12. Swan House by David Gelernter, pp. 61-94
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    September 2004 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-16
    2. World War IV by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 17-54
    3. Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide? by Guenter Lewy, pp. 55-63
    4. The Einsteins of Wall Street by Jeremy Bernstein, pp. 64-70
    5. I.B. Singer and Me by Terry Teachout, pp. 71-75
    6. The Axman Cometh by Joseph Epstein, pp. 76-79
    7. Modigliani a la Mode by Steven C. Munson, pp. 80-84
    8. [+]
      Easy Rider by David Frum, pp. 85-87 - 1 Review
      1. My Life by Bill Clinton
    9. [+]
      Middleman by Hillel Halkin, pp. 88-91 - 1 Review
      1. The Missing Peace by Dennis Ross
    10. [+]
      The Church of Reason by Gary Rosen, pp. 92-94 - 1 Review
      1. Freethinkers by Susan Jacoby
    11. [+]
      In Denial by Sean McMeekin, pp. 95-97 - 1 Review
      1. Colossus: The Price of America's Empire by Niall Ferguson
    12. [+]
      America Without Tears by James Nuechterlein, pp. 98-102 - 1 Review
      1. Freedom Just Around the Corner by Walter A. McDougall
  9. [+]
    October 2004 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-16
    2. Perfection by Mark Helprin, pp. 17-47
    3. Is Russia Going Backward? by Leon Aron, pp. 48-53
    4. Jewish Security & Jewish Interests by Jack Wertheimer, pp. 54-59
    5. Our Stake in Taiwan by Arthur Waldron, pp. 60-65
    6. Chomsky's Universe by Arch Puddington, pp. 66-70
    7. Architecture (Bling!) by Michael J. Lewis, pp. 71-75
    8. Jerome Robbins in Person by Terry Teachout, pp. 76-80
    9. [+]
      Artificial Intelligence by James Q. Wilson, pp. 81-83 - 1 Review
      1. Broken by Richard Gid Powers
    10. [+]
      The Right Man by Dan Seligman, pp. 84-85 - 1 Review
      1. Miles Gone By by William F. Buckley, Jr.
    11. [+]
      African Mystery by Roger Kaplan, pp. 86-88 - 1 Review
      1. The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
    12. [+]
      Art Hysterics by Steven C. Munson, pp. 89-92 - 1 Review
      1. The Rape of the Masters by Roger Kimball
    13. [+]
      Evil Emperors by Daniel Johnson, pp. 93-98 - 1 Review
      1. The Dictators by Richard Overy
  10. [+]
    November 2004 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 3-16
    2. The End of the Right of Self-Defense? by Andrew C. McCarthy, pp. 17-25
    3. On the Origins of the Mind by David Berlinski, pp. 26-35
    4. The Case Against the UN by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 36-42
    5. Telling the Story of America's Jews by David Gelernter, pp. 43-48
    6. Have We Overcome? by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom, pp. 49-53
    7. The Philosopher and the Checkout Girl by Joseph Epstein, pp. 54-60
    8. Too Marvelous for Words by Terry Teachout, pp. 61-66
    9. [+]
      Checks and Balances by James Nuechterlein, pp. 67-71 - 1 Review
      1. The Roads to Modernity by Gertrude Himmelfarb
    10. [+]
      Liberty for All by Arch Puddington, pp. 72-74 - 1 Review
      1. The Case for Democracy by Natan Sharansky and Ron Dermer
    11. [+]
      Wasp Nest by Algis Valiunas, pp. 75-78 - 1 Review
      1. The Guardians by Geoffrey Kabaservice
    12. [+]
      Seeing Red by Jonathan Kay, pp. 79-80 - 1 Review
      1. What's the Matter With Kansas? by Thomas Frank
    13. [+]
      Money Man by Charles R. Kesler, pp. 81-86 - 1 Review
      1. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
  11. [+]
    December 2004 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 7-22
    2. Islam and Freedom by James Q. Wilson, pp. 23-28
    3. The Islamization of Europe? by David Pryce-Jones, pp. 29-33
    4. The Left and the Islamists by Joshua Kurlantzick, pp. 34-37
    5. Can Sudan be Saved? by Roger Sandall, pp. 38-44
    6. Around the Block with A.J. Liebling by Joseph Epstein, pp. 45-49
    7. Vertigo by John J. Clayton, pp. 50-56
    8. Iraq by Gabriel Schoenfeld, pp. 57-60
    9. After Pavarotti by Terry Teachout, pp. 61-64
    10. [+]
      In Nazi Newark by Ruth R. Wisse, pp. 65-69 - 1 Review
      1. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
    11. [+]
      Atlantic Avenue by Francis Fukuyama, pp. 70-72 - 1 Review
      1. Free World by Timothy Garton Ash
    12. [+]
      Op-Art by Michael J. Lewis, pp. 73-74 - 1 Review
      1. In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman
    13. [+]
      Tales Tall & Small by Sam Munson, pp. 75-77 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories by Ben Marcus
      2. When the Nines Roll Over by David Benioff
    14. [+]
      Scandal in Black & White by Dan Seligman, pp. 78-82 - 1 Review
      1. Hard News by Seth Mnookin
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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