December 31, 2006 Issue, NATIONAL REVIEW

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- Letters, pp. 2-3
- The Week, pp. 4-16
- Deal or No Deal?
  Ramesh Ponnuru
  , p. 17
  The new, yet eternal, politics of Social Security
- A Lib-Lib Romance
  Jonah Goldberg
  , pp. 18-21
  Don't count liberals and libertarians as hitched just yet
- X Marks the Spot
  Byron York
  , pp. 22-23
  Why old-fashioned voting may be better than modern
- She Was Right
  John O'Sullivan
  , pp. 24-26
  Jeane Kirkpatrick, statesman and intellectual
- Dominican Republican
  Jason Lee Steorts
  , pp. 27-29
  Our man up north in Manhattan
- GOP Duel
  Jonathan Martin
  , pp. 30-31
  The primaries get underway, dominated by two men
- Sixteen Months
  Jay Nordlinger
  , pp. 32-33
  John Bolton serves as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
- Hyde in Winter
  John J. Miller
  , pp. 34-36
  A grand old career in a Grand Old Party
- Before You Say No...
  Aloise Buckley Heath
  , pp. 37-38
  A correspondence, nonfictional, between a young boy, a housewife, a headmaster, and the...
- Help!, p. 39
- The Long View, p. 40
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  The Greats (Review)
  Michael Knox Beran
  , pp. 41-43
  The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister, by John O'Sullivan
  1. The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister by John O'Sullivan
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  Scoundrel Time (Review)
  David Frum
  , p. 44
  Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews, by David Pryce-Jones
  1. Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews by David Pryce-Jones
- Advertisement
  Richard O'Connell
  , pp. 44-45
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  Writer and Prophet (Review)
  Paul Hollander
  , pp. 46-47
  The Solzhenitsyn Reader, by Edward E. Ericson, Jr., Daniel J. Mahoney, and Aleksandr So...
  1. The Solzhenitsyn Reader by Edward E. Ericson, Jr., Daniel J. Mahoney, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, ...
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  Struggle for the GOP (Review)
  Duncan Currie
  , pp. 48-49
  The Elephant in the Room, by Ryan Sager
  1. The Elephant in the Room by Ryan Sager
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  Shelf Life: Season's Best (4 Reviews)
  Michael Potemra
  , p. 50
  The Triumph of Modernism, by Hilton Kramer
  1. The Triumph of Modernism by Hilton Kramer
  2. Mary for Evangelicals by Tim Perry
  3. Evil and the Justice of God by N.T. Wright
  4. All-American Colleges by John Zmirak
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  Films: Old World (Review)
  Ross Douthat
  , p. 51
  Apocalypto (2006 Film), by Mel Gibson
  1. Apocalypto (2006 Film) by Mel Gibson
- The Straggler
  John Derbyshire
  , pp. 52-53
  On the House
- On the Right
  Wm. F. Buckley Jr.
  , pp. 54-55
- Happy Warrior, pp. 56-58
- Cover
  Roman Genn