December 27, 2004 Issue, NATIONAL REVIEW

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- Letters, pp. 2-3
- For the Record, pp. 4-5
- The Week, pp. 6-15
- Notes & Asides, pp. 16-17
- In the 'Borderland'
  Richard Pipes
  , pp. 18-21
  The struggle for Ukraine
- See No Evil
  John O'Sullivan
  , pp. 22-23
  Illegal aliens and the specter of another 9/11
- GI Janes, By Stealth
  Mackubin Thomas Owens
  , pp. 24-25
  The Army tries to pull a fast one
- Freedom Fighter
  Meghan Clyne
  , pp. 26-28
  Meet the 'very focused, and tough' Nina Shea
- The True Spirit of Christmas
  Aloise Buckley Heath
  , pp. 29-31
  What the children have to say
- Secularism and Its Discontents
  Ramesh Ponnuru
  , pp. 32-35
  The debate over religion and politics is in desperate need of sanity
- Friends of Hugo
  John J. Miller
  , pp. 36-37
  Venezuela's Castroite boss has all the usual U.S. supporters
- 'Pioneers,' 'Rangers,' Indians!
  Jay Nordlinger
  , pp. 38-39
  A flourishing American ethnic group gets a little political
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  Gay Old Times? (Review)
  Victor Davis Hanson
  , pp. 40-41
  Oliver Stone perpetuates a classical myth
  1. Alexander (2004 Film) by Oliver Stone
- Help!!!, pp. 42-43
- The Long View
  Rob Long
  , pp. 44-45
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  Heart of Valor (Review)
  Mackubin Thomas Owens
  , pp. 46-47
  Born Fighting, by James Webb
  1. Born Fighting by James Webb
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  Confronting Tehren (Review)
  Rachel Friedman
  , pp. 48-49
  The Persian Puzzle, by Kenneth M. Pollack
  1. The Persian Puzzle by Kenneth M. Pollack
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  Wolfe Enrolls (Review)
  Thomas S. Hibbs
  , pp. 50-51
  I Am Charlotte Simmons, by Tom Wolfe
  1. I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
- Winter in California
  Chryss Yost
  , p. 52
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  Natan Sharansky and other greats (10 Reviews)
  Michael Potemra
  , pp. 52-53
  1. The Case for Democracy by Natan Sharansky and Ron Dermer
  2. The Five Books of Moses by Robert Alter
  3. Bullish On Bush by Stephen Moore and Lawrence Kudlow
  4. Hard News by Seth Mnookin
  5. Truth and Tolerance by Joseph Ratzinger
  6. All in the Dances by Terry Teachout
  7. America's First Frogman: The Draper Kauffman Story by Elizabeth Kauffman Bush
  8. Lengthened Shadows by Roger Kimball and Hilton Kramer
  9. A Year at the Supreme Court by Neal Devins and Davison M. Douglas
  10. Art Deco New York by David Garrard Lowe
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  Review The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur C... (Review)
  John J. Miller
  , pp. 54-55
  1. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and Leslie S. Klinger
- City Desk: Sick and Tired
  Richard Brookhiser
  , pp. 56-57
  Shrugging off a cold and the cold
- On the Right
  Wm. F. Buckley Jr.
  , pp. 58-59
- Happy Warrior
  Mark Steyn
  , pp. 60-62