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Abbie Hoffman's NightmareBenjamin Hart
The New Generation of Conservative Activists

Abolish the NEAAndre Ryerson
Government Is Incapable of Detecting Artistic Genius

Abortion and InfanticideDavid Cannon
Is There a Difference?

Abortion's Other VictimsMaggie Gallagher
Women Discuss Post-Abortion Trauma

Abraham's Other ChildrenDouglas E. Streusand
Is Islam an Enemy of the West?

Absence of JudgmentJames L. Payne
What Social Workers Really Think about the Poor

Abuses and UsurpationsThe GOP Congress Thwarts Indianapolis Reform

Abuses and UsurpationsClinton Drug Policies Undermine Local Responsibility

Abuses and UsurpationsA Wet Blanket for Volunteer Firefighters; Racial Quotas in the Drug Wars

Abuses and UsurpationsHUD Slaps Drug Rehab Wonder

Abuses and UsurpationsJessica Gavora
How the Clinton Justice Department Is Going to Bat for Violent Prisoners

Abuses and UsurpationsJessica Gavora
EPA Greenmails the States

Abuses and UsurpationsJessica Gavora
Our Uniformed Corps of Medical Personnel That's Costly, Unnecessary - And Reluctant to ...

Abuses and UsurpationsJessica Gavora
Courts Cast a Pall over Parental-Rights Bill

Abuses and UsurpationsBlake Hurst and Michael Lynch
Why Does My Daughter Face a Higher Tax Rate than Bill Gates?; San Francisco's Chinese Wall


Acid RainS. Fred Singer
A Billion-Dollar Solution to a Million-Dollar Problem?

Adam Smith's Welfare StateAdam Meyerson
Generous Government Is Consistent with a Market Economy

Addicted to FailureRob Portman
National Politicians Must Think Locally to Win the War on Drugs

The Admiral Who Jumped ShipMichael Johns
Inside the Center for Defense Information

Advice to the LovelornA Symposium: Leading Conservatives on How Presidential Candidates Can Woo Conservatives

Affirmative InactionGary L. McDowell
The Brock-Meese Standoff on Federal Racial Quotas

African Atrocities and "The Rest of the World"Mark Bowden
Resisting the Temptation to Dehumanize Tragedy

African Success StoriesGerard Alexander
Democracy and Free Enterprise in Five African Nations

After AfghanistanFranz Josef Strauss

















Against the GrainCharles Krauthammer



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The Age of Genocide (Review) Derek Chollet
A Problem from Hell, by Samantha Power
- A Problem from Hell by Samantha Power

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Age of the Jackal (Review) Samuel T. Francis
The Terror Network, by Claire Sterling
- The Terror Network by Claire Sterling

Airline DeregulationAlfred E. Kahn
Getting from Here to There


Alex Cockburn's Popular FrontCharlotte Hays
The Nation's Wittiest Soviet Apologist Has an Eye for Rich Men's Daughters

Alexander Hamilton's Invisible HandDonald F. Swanson and Andrew P. Trout
He Kept Government Away from Industry

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Alien (2 Reviews) Stephen Haseler
Andropov: New Challenge to the West, by Arnold Beichman and Mikhail S. Bernstam
- Andropov: New Challenge to the West by Arnold Beichman and Mikhail S. Bernstam
- The Russian Version of the Second World War by Graham Lyons

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All about Jane (Review) Steven C. Munson
Command Performance, by Jane Alexander
- Command Performance by Jane Alexander

All Supply-Siders Now?Gordon Jackson
In the Long Run We Are All Rich

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Allah's Well in Politics (Review) Bruce D. Hardcastle
In the Path of God, by Daniel Pipes
- In the Path of God by Daniel Pipes

Allen Drury and the Washington NovelRoger Kaplan
Revisiting the Author of Advise and Consent

Alms BuildupJames Keller
Why the Reagan Years Are Good for Charity



American WayMark P. Lagon and Michael Lind
The Enduring Interests of U.S. Foreign Policy

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America's Billion-Dollar-A-Day Habit (Review) Buddy Matthews
America's Health Care Revolution, by Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
- America's Health Care Revolution by Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

America's Favorite Whipping BoysTom Clancy
Both Left and Right Misrepresent Our Military

America's Permanent Dependent ClassDoug Bandow
It's Time to End the Farmer's Dole

America's Queen of TortsMichael Weiss
The Long Arm of Texas Law

America's Struggle for Racial EqualityAlveda Celeste King and Charles T. Canady
The Time Has Come to Embrace My Uncle's Dream of a Colorblind Society; Recapturing Civi...

America's Wild KingdomJide Nzelibe
A Nigerian Student Is Shocked by His U.S. Public School.

AmeriCorps the Beautiful?Harris Wofford and Steven Waldman
Habitat for Conservative Values

AmeriCorps the Beautiful?Doug Bandow
National Service---or Government Service?

Among the MiskitosJoan Frawley
Bluefields, Nicaragua, under the Sandinista Harrow


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Another Way to Burn a Book (Review) Stephanie Segall
The Language Police, by Diane Ravitch
- The Language Police by Diane Ravitch

Ante FreezeJohn Hood
It's Time to Stop State Bidding Wars for Big Business




Books
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The Anxiety of Prosperity (Review) Elizabeth Arens
The Virtue of Prosperity, by Dinesh D'Souza
- The Virtue of Prosperity by Dinesh D'Souza

Apocalypse Now?Ed Dobson and Ed Hindson
What Fundamentalists Believe about the End of the World

Features
Are Vouchers Constitutional?Nathan Lewin
Yes, and Here's How to Design Them

Are We Better Off?Cherie S. Harder
An Index to Our Not-So-Civil Society

Arise, Take up Thy Mat, and WalkStephen Burger
The Moral and Spiritual Cure for Homelessness

Around the StatesJohn H. Fund
Bill Honig's Balancing Act

Around the StatesWilliam Murchison
Texas: Back to the Future

Around the StatesArthur T. Denzau
Industrial Hara Kiri: How Protectionism Destroys Manufacturing Jobs

Around the StatesJohn A. Barnes
Michigan: Preempting Local Rent Control

Arresting IdeasJohn J. DiIulio, Jr.
Tougher Law Enforcement Is Driving Down Urban Crime

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The Arrogant Amateur (Review) Jay Nordlinger
For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals, by Wayne C. Booth
- For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals by Wayne C. Booth

Arsenal of DemocracyJay Kosminsky
Defense Strategies for a Revolutionary Decade

The Art of PoliticsAlexander Hunter, Bill Bramhall, and Anatol Woolf, ...
Classic Drawings from Policy Review


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ArtTalk (Review) Cait Murphy
The Democratic Muse, by Edward C. Banfield
- The Democratic Muse by Edward C. Banfield

The Ash Heap of HistoryAdam Meyerson
Why Communism Failed

Atlanta's Other OlympiansChristopher Garcia
Private Nonprofits Battle Urban Blight

The Atlas of FreedomDemocratic Elections

Atoms for PeaceAdam Meyerson
Truman Was Right to Drop the Bomb

Auxiliary PrecautionLawrence J. Block and David B. Rivkin, Jr.
The Bill of Rights Is Not the Constitution's Most Important Safeguard of Liberty

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Averting Armageddon (6 Reviews) Spencer Warren
The Fate of the Earth, by Jonathan Schell
- The Fate of the Earth by Jonathan Schell
- Nuclear Illusion and Reality by Solly Zuckerman
- The Nuclear Delusion by George F. Kennan
- The Nuclear Revolution by Michael Mandelbaum
- The Soviet Union and the Arms Race by David Holloway
- Soviet Strategic Forces by Robert P. Berman and John C. Baker

Averting Disaster in the PhilippinesRichard G. Stilwell
What Government and Army Must Do to Defeat the Communists

Awakening DragonRoss H. Munro
The Real Danger in Asia Is from China

Baby FeatCarol Adelman
More Newborns Are Surviving Infancy Than Ever Before

Bad HousekeepingCharles R. Kesler
The Case against Congressional Term Limitations

Bail, Humbug!Sarah B. Vandenbraak
Why Criminals Would Rather Be in Philadelphia

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The Banality of Fictions (Review) Benjamin Wallace-Wells
The Fabulist, by Stephen Glass
- The Fabulist by Stephen Glass

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Bang Right (2 Reviews) Philip Lawler
Marco Polo, If You Can, by William F. Buckley, Jr.
- Marco Polo, If You Can by William F. Buckley, Jr.
- Death Beam Can by Robert Moss


Base ManeuversDick Armey
The Games Congress Plays with the Military Pork Barrel

The Battle for the ConstitutionEdwin Meese III
The Attorney General Replies to His Critics

The Battle for the History BooksAdam Meyerson
Who Won the Cold War?

Battler for the RepublicMark Gerson
Irving Kristol's Terrible Swift Pen

Bawling AloneWilliam R. Mattox, Jr.
An Epidemic of Clinical Depression Is Related to the Breakdown of Family and the Declin...

Bay State BoomerAdam Meyerson
Bill Weld Talks Tough on Taxes, Tough on Crime

Be Fruitful and MultiplyMargaret Bonilla
An Inner-City Pastor Turns Kids on to Math


The Law
The Beat GenerationWilliam D. Eggers and John O'Leary
Community Policing at Its Best

Book Reviews
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Beauty and the Beast (Review) Harvey C. Mansfield
Men and Marriage, by George Gilder
- Men and Marriage by George Gilder

BenchmarksPeter J. Rusthoven
Conservative Principles for Rejecting Clinton Judges

Beneath CharityPeter Day
The Brandt Report


The Best Health Care for EveryoneNewt Gingrich
Medicine in the Conservative Opportunity Society

Better Off Than Four Years Ago?Adam Meyerson
Yes, in Three Important Ways


Between Little Rock and a Hard PlaceAdam Meyerson
What Conservatives Should Learn from Defeat

Beware of the Union LabelGregory Fossedal
The Metaphysics and Politics of the UCS

Beware the Ides of AprilCharles Adams
High Taxes - And the Decline and Fall of Civilizations

Beyond "Ancient Hatreds"Stephen Schwartz
What Really Happened to Yugoslavia

Beyond Containment? The Future of U.S.-Soviet RelationsRichard Allen, Robert L. Bartley, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, ...
A Symposium

Beyond MAD-nessKenneth Adelman

Beyond Mr. GradgrindConstance Horner
The Case for Deregulating the Public Sector

Features
Beyond QuotasRoger Clegg
A Color-Blind Vision for Affirmative Action

Beyond RamboJohn V.N. Philip
The Making of White Nights, an Anti-Communist Classic

Beyond the Burger CourtRichard Vigilante
Four Supreme Court Candidates Who Could Lead a Judicial Counterrevolution

Beyond the Stingy Welfare StateMarvin Olasky
What We Can Learn from the Compassion of the 19th Century

Beyond the Water's EdgeLinda Chavez
Foreign Policy as an Election Issue

Beyond the Water's EdgeA Symposium: Military and Foreign Policy Issues for the '96 Campaign

Beyond Willie HortonRichard B. Abell
The Battle of the Prison Bulge

The Bible Belt Is America's Safety BeltJoshua O. Haberman
Why the Holocaust Couldn't Happen Here

Big Bird Goes Cold TurkeyLaurence Jarvik
Public Broadcasting Can Flourish without Government Subsidies

The Big ChillDavid Brock
A Report Card on Campus Censorship

Bilingual EducationRobert E. Rossier
Training for the Ghetto

A Billion Here, a Billion ThereRon Haskins and Rep. Hank Brown
Social Spending under Ronald Reagan

A Billion Points of LightRoger A. Brooks and Andrew B. Brick
Reassessing Policy Toward China

The $25-Billion QuestionHank Brown
How Five Senators Would Cut Domestic Spending

The $52 Billion SurplusLarry Mone
What Washington Can Learn from States and Cities

Biotech and Baby FoodHenry I. Miller and Gregory Conko

The Bishops as PawnsDinesh D'Souza
Behind the Scenes at the U.S. Catholic Conference

Black America under the Reagan AdministrationEdward V. Hill, Glenn Loury, J.A. Parker, and Joseph Perkins, ...
A Symposium

Black FlightPhilip Murphy
Years of Liberal Government Drives Away D.C.'s Middle Class

Blackboard JungleBen Wildavsky
The Collapse of Discipline Is Public School Enemy No.1

Blessings of LibertyNorth Carolina, Wonder of the Banking World

Blessings of LibertyTechnology, Not Regulation, Aids the Disabled

Blessings of LibertyAmerica's Best Job Training

Blessings of LibertyJohn Hood
How Business Delivers the Good

Blessings of LibertyJohn Hood
The Market's Medical Miracles

Blessings of LibertyStephen Glass
A Bank That's Helping Small Businesses without Help from the SBA

Blessings of LibertyJohn Hood
Adversity Is the Mother of Invention

Blessings of LibertyJohn Hood
Productivity's Boost to Living Standards

Blessings of LibertyJohn Hood
Dividends of Deregulation

Blessings of LibertyJohn Hood
The Family Benefits of the Computer Revolution

Blocking the ExitsClint Bolick
Libertarian Opposition to School Vouchers Is an Attack on Freedom

Blood of the CondorWilliam Rosenau and Linda Head Flanagan
The Genocidal Talons of Peru's Shining Path

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Book Review (Review) R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives, by John B. Judis
- William F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives by John B. Judis

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Book Review (Review) Gary L. McDowell
The Tempting of America, by Robert H. Bork
- The Tempting of America by Robert H. Bork

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Book Reviews (2 Reviews) Angela Grimm
What to Read on Nicaragua, by Mark Falcoff
- What to Read on Nicaragua by Mark Falcoff
- The Birth Dearth by Ben J. Wattenberg

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Book Reviews (Review) Strategic Defense, by Keith B. Payne
- Strategic Defense by Keith B. Payne

Boom Time for Black AmericaJoseph Perkins
The Middle Class Is Surging under Reagan

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Boomsday (Review) Jeffrey Hart
The Closing of the American Mind, by Allan Bloom
- The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom

Bosom of AbrahamSteven R. David
America's Enduring Affection for Israel

Brave New HemisphereAdam Meyerson
Latin America's Democratic Renaissance

Brave New WorldKarl Zinsmeister
How Day-Care Harms Children

BreakfastgateTom Bethell
The FTC vs. the Cereal Companies

Breaking New GroundJane Shaw
Public Choice Economists Explain Why Government Doesn't Work

Breaking the Congressional LockgripRep. Pete Hoekstra
The Case for a National Referendum

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The Breed Who Built the Sunbelt (Review) Jeffrey St. John
The Professional, by Otto J. Scott
- The Professional by Otto J. Scott

Features
Bring Back the Laxalt DoctrineJohn R. Bolton
Sometimes There's a Better Way to Get Rid of Dictators


Features
Broken CitiesSteven Hayward
Liberalism's Urban Legacy

Broken LadderHoward Husock
Government Thwarts Affordable Housing

The Budget Cutters' Missing LinkPeter J. Ferrara
Give Taxpayers an Incentive to Control Government Spending

Building the New EstablishmentAdam Meyerson
Edwin J. Feulner Jr. on Heritage and the Conservative Movement

Bull Moose RevoltBurton Yale Pines
George Bush and the Shadow of William Howard Taft

The Bully and the PulpitJoe Loconte
A New Model for Church-State Partnerships

A Bulwark against FactionStephen C. Erickson
James Madison's Case for Term Limits


Bush and His CabinetEdward H. Crane, Amy Moritz, and Burton Yale Pines, ...
A First-Year Report Card

Bush-League UnemploymentCarlos Bonilla
Job Growth Is Finally Back, But Bill Clinton's Labor Policies Threaten to Cut It Short.

Bush's Fatal AttractionTerry Eastland
Anatomy of the Budget Fiasco


Busing's Boston MassacreMatthew Richer
A Federal Judge's Experiment in Social Engineering Has Unraveled Neighborhoods and Frus...

Busy Doing NothingJames Bovard
Government Job Creation


By the PeopleWilliam A. Schambra
The Old Values of the New Citizenship

CaliforniaJohn H. Fund
Emperor Willie

CaliforniaTom Hazlett
A Senator Named after a Curve?

Around the States
CaliforniaJohn Barnes
Rose Bird and the Supremes

CaliforniaThomas B. Silver and Steven Hayward
The Iron Duke


Calm after Desert StormAdam Meyerson
Dick Cheney's Blunt Talk on Tax Cuts, Price Controls, and Our New Commander in Chief.

Calypso BluesGerard Alexander
Why the Caribbean Basin Initiative Isn't Working

The Campus Cost ExplosionBruce M. Carnes
College Tuitions Are Unnecessarily High


Features
Can Congress Revive Civil Society?Dan Coats
Re-funding Our "Little Platoons"

Can Congress Revive Civil Society?Gertrude Himmelfarb
Remoralizing Civil Society

Can Congress Revive Civil Society?Don Eberly
The New Demands of Citizenship

Can Congress Revive Civil Society?David Boaz
Conservative Social Engineering

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Can Controls Work? A Dissenting View (Review) Robert Lekachman
Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls, by Robert L. Schuettinger and Eamonn F. Butler
- Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls by Robert L. Schuettinger and Eamonn F. Butler




Can Europe Be Defended?Thomas A. Callaghan, Jr.

Can Government Save the Family?A Symposium with Sen. John Ashcroft, David Blankenhorn, James Dobson, Gov. John Engler,...

Can-Do GovernmentWilliam Kristol
Three Reagan Appointees Who Made a Difference

Can-Do UnionsStephen Goldsmith
A Republican Mayor Learns That Competition Brings Out the Best in Government Workers

Capitalism from the AshesRobert W. Kasten, Jr.
A New U.S. Contract with Central America

Capitalists and CommissarsPaige Bryan, Scott Sullivan, and Steve Pastore

Capitol GainTod Lindberg
What Republicans Will Do If They Win the Congress

Capitol OffendersChristopher Cox
A Budget Reform to Stop Congress from Breaking the Law

Capitol PunishmentCharlotte Hays
How to Survive a Senate Confirmation Hearing

Captain of EnterpriseAdam Meyerson
Christopher C. DeMuth on the Business of Liberty

Carter's Wage-Price GuidelinesRobert Higgs
A Review of the First Year


The Case for Strategic DefenseLewis E. Lehrman
New Shield of the Republic

The Case for Supermajority RulesJohn O. McGinnis and Michael B. Rappaport
A New Approach to Fiscal Responsibility

A Case of ElephantiasisAdam Meyerson
The Identity Crisis of the Republican Party

Casting a Wider NetRalph Reed, Jr.
Admitting Tactical Mistakes, the Leader of the Christian Coalition Sketches a Broader P...

Castro's Last StandLuis E. Aguilar
Can Cuba Be Freed without a Bloodbath?

Castro's Tarnished SilverLorrin Philipson
Would You Buy a Used Revolution from This Man?

Caveat EmptorDick Armey
The Case against the National Sales Tax


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The Changing Trends in the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Military Balance (Review) John J. Tierney, Jr.
American and Soviet Military Trends Since the Cuban Missile Crisis, by John M. Collins
- American and Soviet Military Trends Since the Cuban Missile Crisis by John M. Collins







Books
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Charmed By Tyranny (Review) Mark Lilla
The Reckless Mind, by Mark Lilla
- The Reckless Mind by Mark Lilla

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Chemical Warfare (Review) Fred Smith
Toxic Terror, by Elizabeth M. Whelan
- Toxic Terror by Elizabeth M. Whelan

Chiang Kai-Shek's Second ChanceLeonard Unger
The Successful Chinese Revolution Was on Taiwan

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The Chicago Pioneer (Review) Edwin S. Mills
The Essence of Stigler, by Kurt R. Leube, Thomas G. Moore, and George Joseph Stigler, ...
- The Essence of Stigler by Kurt R. Leube, Thomas G. Moore, and George Joseph Stigler, ...

Chicago's House of HopeSister Connie Driscoll
Over 90 Percent of This Homeless Shelter's Former Residents Lead Independent, Successfu...

Features
The Child-Fat ProblemMary Eberstadt

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China, Taken Personally (Review) Lloyd Macauley Richardson
River Town, by Peter Hessler
- River Town by Peter Hessler



The "Chineseness" of TaiwanArthur Waldron
Chen Shuibian's Impressive Start

A Choice for Etta WallacePatricia Farnan
The Private Voucher Revolution in Urban Schools

A Choice for the ChosenJeremy Rabkin
How School Choice Can Renew Jewish Community


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The Christian Future (Review) Ross Douthat
The Next Christendom, by Philip Jenkins
- The Next Christendom by Philip Jenkins

ChronologyThe Spirit of '77: The Year in Review


The Citizen SenatorNick Schulz
Some Members of Congress Are Helping the Needy the Old Fashioned Way - One on One

Citizen ServiceJames M. Strock
What You Can Do for Your Entitlements

Features
Citizens at BatFrank Fitzpatrick
Baseball's Community All-Stars

City Hall's License to Kill Civil SocietyWilliam H. Mellor
Credentialism Squelches Urban Life

City LightsWilliam D. Eggers
Maverick Mayors in Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Milwaukee Are Revitalizing Their Cit...

Civic Renewal vs. Moral RenewalDon Eberly
In Two Recent Reports, Elite Opinion Is Divided over the Proper Way to Reinvigorate Civ...


Classroom StruggleThomas J. DiLorenzo
The Free-Market Takeover of Economics Textbooks

Clean ProfitsRobert N. Stavins
Using Economic Incentives to Protect the Environment


Clinton's AmeriCorps ValuesJohn Walters
How the President Misunderstands Citizenship

Clinton's Cocaine BabiesCharles Molony Condon
Why Won't the Administration Let Us Save Our Children?

Clinton's FrankensteinRobert E. Moffit
The Gory Details of the President's Health Plan

Cloning Red HerringsDavid Longtin and Duane C. Kraemer

Club Med with BooksChristopher Baldwin
Cutting College Costs without Hurting Education

The Cold War's Magnificent SevenMatthew Spalding
Winston Churchill---Herald

The Cold War's Magnificent SevenFrank Gregorsky
Harry S. Truman---Containment's Architect

The Cold War's Magnificent SevenRichard V. Allen
Konrad Adenauer---Front Line of Freedom

The Cold War's Magnificent SevenArnold Beichman
George Meany---Worker of the World

The Cold War's Magnificent SevenRalph de Toledano
Whittaker Chambers---Witness

The Cold War's Magnificent SevenRobert A. Sirico
Pope John Paul II---Awakener of the East

The Cold War's Magnificent SevenAdam Meyerson
Ronald Reagan---Terminator

Collaborators with the LeftM.E. Bradford
The Monstrosity of Big-Government Conservatism


College Sticker Price: $100,000David Sacks and Peter Thiel
(Education Optional)


Coming after U.Thomas E. Dillon
Why Colleges Should Fear the Accrediting Cartel

Features
The Coming Ascent of CongressJohn J. Pitney, Jr.
And the Diminishing Power of the Presidency

The Coming Crisis in ChileMark Falcoff
Pinochet Is Playing into the Communists' Hands

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Coming Home (Review) Joseph P. Duggan
No End of a Lesson, by Charles Douglas-Home
- No End of a Lesson by Charles Douglas-Home


Completing the Reagan RevolutionGeorge H. Nash
Challenges for Conservatism after Reagan

Completing the Reagan RevolutionWilliam J. Bennett
Where Do We Go from Here?

A "Concert of Asia"?Nicholas Khoo and Michael L.R. Smith

Condom NationJacqueline R. Kasun
Government Sex Education Promotes Teen Pregnancy


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The Confirmation Process We Deserve (Review) Keith E. Whittington
The Federal Appointments Process, by Michael J. Gerhardt
- The Federal Appointments Process by Michael J. Gerhardt



Around the States
ConnecticutCait Murphy
EZ Does It

Conscience of a Cultural ConservativeAdam Meyerson
Paul M. Weyrich on the Politics of Character in Russia and America


Editor's Note
Conservatism at Century's EndA Prospectus for the New Policy Review

The Conservative Case for NATOBruce Pitcairn Jackson
Why Abandon an Institution That Has Served Us So Well?

A Conservative in HollywoodLaura Anne Ingraham
Charlton Heston Speaks Candidly about Movie Politics, Ronald Reagan, Civil Rights, and ...

Conservatives and Black AmericansAdam Meyerson
Overcoming the Barriers

Books
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A Contest of Brutality (Review) Victorino Matus
The Fall of Berlin 1945, by Antony Beevor
- The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor

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Contra Marxist Contradictions (2 Reviews) Tibor Machan
Marxism: For and Against, by Robert L. Heilbroner
- Marxism: For and Against by Robert L. Heilbroner
- The Politics of Procrustes by Antony Flew

The Contras' Valley ForgeEnrique Bermudez
How I View the Nicaragua Crisis

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The Contribution of F.A. Hayek (Review) William F. Campbell
Essays on Hayek, by Fritz Machlup
- Essays on Hayek by Fritz Machlup


















ControversyRay Marshall, Orrin Hatch, and Frank C. Ballance, ...

ControversyWalter E. Williams, Robert A. Friedlander, and Charles Horner, ...

ControversyThomas Molnar
God and Mammon

ControversyEdward J. Waitzer

ControversyMichael Novak
Reply

ControversyPaul Craig Roberts, Alan Reynolds, and Alan Walters, ...

ControversyLewis H. Young, Steven Lagerfeld, and Richard B. Freeman, ...

ControversyBurdin H. Hickok, Robert W. Demers, and John Lenczowski, ...








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Converging Neighbors (Review) Velma Montoya
Distant Neighbors, by Alan Riding
- Distant Neighbors by Alan Riding

Corporate Social ResponsibilityGerald D. Keim and Roger Meiners
Private Means for Public Wants?










Departments
CorrespondenceFunding the Arts

Departments
CorrespondenceQuotas, Arts on the Conservation Leadership


Departments
CorrespondenceDavid Dalin
All Comers, Boos for Bilingual Ed

Departments
CorrespondenceSuburban Sprawl; Thaddeus Lott; Buckley on Tape; Who Will Teach the Teachers?

Departments
CorrespondenceDeath with Real Dignity; Standards: The Latest Fad

Departments
CorrespondenceNeedle-Exchange Programs, School Vouchers, Quotas

Departments
CorrespondenceSchools in El Paso, Bilingual Education, Needle Exchanges

Etcetera
CorrespondenceRace and Achievement, Urban Annexation, a Model Educator

Cory HallelujahPaul A. Gigot
The Democratic Revolution Spreads to Asia


The Cost of LivingThomas G. Marx
Life, Liberty, and Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Costly Encounters of the Third World Kind (3 Reviews) Peter Brimelow
Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion, by P.T. Bauer
- Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion by P.T. Bauer
- The World Challenge by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
- Down the drain? by Paul Fromm and James P. Hull


Book Reviews
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A Counter Strategy for the West in Africa (5 Reviews) Orrin G. Hatch
Sino-Soviet Intervention in Africa, by Roger Pearson
- Sino-Soviet Intervention in Africa by Roger Pearson
- South Africa: The Vital Link by Robert L. Schuettinger
- Trial in Africa by William P. Yarborough
- Rhodesia Alone by James E. Dornan, Jr.
- Rhodesia by Robin Moore

The Counter-Revolution in Legal ThoughtMichael W. McConnell
Four Conservative Ideas Are Setting the Terms of Debate

The Coup That FailedDennis Teti
An Insider's Account of the Iran/Contra Hearings

The Courage of Our ConvictionsMalcolm Wallop
A Call to Arms for Senate Conservatives

The Courage of Our ConvictionsGeorge Allen
The Abolition of Parole Will Save Lives and Money

CPR for Tax ReformWilliam A. Niskanen
The Tax Revolt That Failed

CPR for Tax ReformGrover Norquist
Tax Reform at the Grass Roots

CPR for Tax ReformGrace-Marie Arnett
Guiding Principles of Tax Reform

Created EqualLamar Alexander
The Principles of Racial Reconciliation

Creature ComfortRobert E. Gordon, Jr. and George S. Dunlop
The Revitalization of American Wildlife

Crime and RestitutionCharles Colson
The Alternative to Lock-Them-Up Liberalism

The Crime of the CropRep. Calvin M. Dooley
Why This Farmer Doesn't Cotton to Ag Subsidies


Crimes against NatureJohn Baden
Public Funding of Environmental Destruction

Crimes against the AllianceWilliam C. Triplett II
The Toshiba-Kongsberg Export Violations

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The Crisis Continues (Review) George Melloan
The Liberal Crack-Up, by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
- The Liberal Crack-Up by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

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A Crisis in Morale? (2 Reviews) Terry Eastland
In Defense of Decadent Europe, by Raymond Aron
- In Defense of Decadent Europe by Raymond Aron
- The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch

The Crisis in Southern AfricaJulian Amery
Policy Options for London and Washington

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A Critical Analysis of the Defense Budget (Review) Edmund J. Gannon
Arms, Men and Military Budgets, by Francis P. Hoeber, David B. Kassing, and William Sch...
- Arms, Men and Military Budgets by Francis P. Hoeber, David B. Kassing, and William Schneider, ...

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Crocodile Tears (Review) George B.N. Ayittey
The Tears of the White Man, by Pascal Bruckner
- The Tears of the White Man by Pascal Bruckner

Cross PurposesAmy L. Sherman
Will Conservative Welfare Reform Corrupt Religious Charities?

Cuba Held AccountableRichard S. Williamson
A Victory for Freedom at the United Nations

Cultural AssaultMargaret D. Bonilla
What Feminists Are Doing to Rape Ought to Be a Crime.

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Culture and Ethnicity (Review) Thomas Sowell
The Ethnic Myth, by Stephen Steinberg
- The Ethnic Myth by Stephen Steinberg

Features
The Culture War That Isn'tJeremy Rabkin
The Distorted History behind Despairing Politics

The Cure for Monetary MadnessAllan H. Meltzer
How to Reduce Uncertainty and Risk - And Thereby Encourage Economic Growth

Cut the CrackRichard A. Rawson
The Policymaker's Guide to Cocaine Treatment

Cutting ClassCharlene K. Haar
The PTA Plays Hooky from Educational Reform

D.C. BluesTucker Carlson
The Rap Sheet on the Washington Police

Book Reviews
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The Dangerous Decade (4 Reviews) Paul Johnson
The Real War, by Richard M. Nixon
- The Real War by Richard M. Nixon
- The Present Danger by Norman Podhoretz
- We and They by Robert Conquest
- Inside the Soviet Empire by Nora Beloff

Dead Asian MaleAndre Ryerson
Confucius and Multiculturalism


Death by Dietary SupplementHenry I. Miller and David Longtin
How to Regulate a Booming Industry

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Debunking New Racial Stereotypes (2 Reviews) Andrew Chalk
Race and Economics, by Thomas Sowell
- Race and Economics by Thomas Sowell
- Essays and Data on American Ethnic Groups by Thomas Sowell

Decentralize, Deregulate, EmpowerChester E. Finn, Jr.
Seven Proposals to Bring Education into the 20th Century

The Defense Budget: A Conservative DebateRichard V. Allen, Alvin Bernstein, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, ...
A Symposium

The Defense of the WestWinston S. Churchill II

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Defining Moments (Review) Mark Bowden
The Mystery of Courage, by William Ian Miller
- The Mystery of Courage by William Ian Miller

Around the States
DelawarePatrick B. McGuigan
Does Pete du Pont Have the Chemistry to Be President?

Deliver Us from EvilTucker Carlson
Prison Fellowship's Saving Grace

Delta ForcePeter Warren
Conservatism's Best Young Economists

Democracy at RiskElizabeth P. McCaughey
The Dangerous Flaws in the Electoral College


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Democracy versus Arithmetic (Review) Ralph Harris
Inside the Treasury, by Joel Barnett
- Inside the Treasury by Joel Barnett

Democracy's Hall of FameMichael S. Warner
Anti-Communist Heroes of the Third World



Denmark, the Euro, and Fear of the ForeignHenrik Bering
Puzzled by a Referendum, Danes Change the Subject

Department of DisinformationDeficit Editorializing; West Bank Settlements Legal; Nicaragua; Franklin Delano Hoover

Department of DisinformationThe Emperor's New Jewels Post Haste Contra Diction Civil Rights Affirmation

Department of DisinformationPushtu the Sea Land of the Falling Yen George Washington Ortega?

Department of DisinformationSofia's Choice Railpolitik Star Dreck Loose Connection East of Eden Red Zinger Reporter...

Department of DisinformationYellow Herring Hissteria at the Nation Affluent Soviety Bunker Mentality



Department of DisinformationEdward Hudgins
Three Myths of Protectionism

Department of DisinformationDinesh D'Souza
Assessing the O.T.A.

Department of DisinformationBrent Baker
Third Party in Geneva

Department of DisinformationKaren DeCrow
Phyllis Schlafly, Secretary of Defense

Department of DisinformationWerner Meyer
Snake Oil Salesmen

Department of DisinformationChristopher Gray
Sixty-Nine Years of "Reform"

Department of DisinformationMichael Johns
Tributes to Totalitarianism

Department of DisinformationElizabeth Temple
Bedtime for Bonzo?

Department of DisinformationJohn Seiler
Ten Years of Sound and Fury

Department of DisinformationRichard Lowry
Just Say Yes: The People Who Recommended Marijuana and LSD

Department of DisinformationDavid Roberts, Jr.
Ayatollah So: The Left's Infatuation with Khomeini

Department of DisinformationJohn O'Bryan
Lip Reading: The Drumbeat for Raising Taxes

Devil's AdvocatesLee A. Casey and David B. Rivkin Jr.

The Diceman ComethRonald A. Reno
Will Gambling Be a Bad Bet for Your Town?

Dictatorships and Single StandardsPat Robertson
Restoring Confidence in American Foreign Policy

Did Your Mom Eat Your Homework?Debra J. Saunders
Schools Shift the Blame for Academic Failure to Parents

To Die in SarajevoA Symposium: U.S.Interests in Yugoslavia, with Comments from Mark Blitz, Frank J. Gaffn...

A Difference of OpinionDaniel E. Troy
Reagan/Bush Judges vs. Their Predecessors


The Diplomacy of DefeatConstantine Menges
Are We Losing Nicaragua, Angola, and Afghanistan Again?

Dirty DrivingRick Henderson
Donald Stedman and the EPA's Sins of Emission

The Disinformation VirusStephen Miller
How U.S. Scientists Invented AIDS and Other Russian Folk Tales

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Dismal Yes, Science No (4 Reviews) Philip F. Lawler
Knowledge and Decisions, by Thomas Sowell
- Knowledge and Decisions by Thomas Sowell
- Free to Choose by Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
- The Future of Business Regulation by Murray L. Weidenbaum
- Annals of an Abiding Liberal by John Kenneth Galbraith

Dismember the AlamoBernard L. Weinstein and Harold T. Gross
How to Bring Texas Government to Size

Books
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Disruption & Redemption (Review) David Brooks
The Great Disruption, by Francis Fukuyama
- The Great Disruption by Francis Fukuyama

Book Reviews
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Dissidence in the Intellectual Class (3 Reviews) Joseph Sobran
Memoirs of a Dissident Publisher, by Henry Regnery
- Memoirs of a Dissident Publisher by Henry Regnery
- Breaking Ranks by Norman Podhoretz
- The Neoconservatives by Peter Steinfels

District of ColumbiaJohn A. Barnes and John H. Fund
Why the Other Washington Doesn't Work

Diversity on TrialThree Views from Boalt Hall

Diversity on TrialNick-Anthony Buford
What Ever Happened to J.S. Mill?

Diversity on TrialHeather McCormick
The Unprofitable Monopoly

Diversity on TrialJoshua Rider
Quibbles about the Margins


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Do-Gooders and Double Standards (Review) John Podhoretz
The Paradox of American Democracy, by John B. Judis
- The Paradox of American Democracy by John B. Judis



The Dog That Didn't BarkDavid Mason
Who Put the Muzzle on Congressional Reform?

Features
Doing Justice During WartimeAbraham D. Sofaer and Paul R. Williams

[+]
Dollars and Sense (Review) Bruce Bartlett
From Adam Smith to the Wealth of America, by Alvin Rabushka
- From Adam Smith to the Wealth of America by Alvin Rabushka

Domestic StormAdam Meyerson
Bush's New Tax Promise, and What He Must Do to Keep It.

Don't Cross These LinesSymposium: How Conservatives Will Mobilize against Clinton, with Comments from Dick Arm...

Don't Read, Don't TellRobert W. Sweet, Jr.
Clinton's Phony War on Illiteracy

Don't Stand So Close to MeWesley R. Smith
Judges Are Giving Neighborhoods a Bum Rap

Down on the BiopharmHenry I. Miller and David Longtin

[+]
Dr. Kirk's Kirk (Review) P.P. Witonski
The Portable Conservative Reader, by Russell Kirk
- The Portable Conservative Reader by Russell Kirk

[+]
Dr. Kissinger's Depression (2 Reviews) David Carlton
The White House Years, by Henry A. Kissinger
- The White House Years by Henry A. Kissinger
- Years of Upheaval by Henry Kissinger

[+]
A Dream Denied (Review) Paul Gottfried
Conservatism: Dream and Reality, by Robert Nisbet
- Conservatism: Dream and Reality by Robert Nisbet

[+]
East of Suez (Review) Peter Lubin
Arabia, the Gulf, and the West, by J.B. Kelly
- Arabia, the Gulf, and the West by J.B. Kelly

An Echo, Not a ChoiceCynthia Inda and Douglas D. Dewey
A Chance to Pursue My Dreams; Vouchers Repeat the Error of Public Education

Economic Paralysis in El SalvadorClaudia Rosett
What the Guerrillas Don't Destroy, Central Planning Does











EditorialAdam Meyerson
The Cultural Contradictions of Clintonism

EditorialAdam Meyerson
Conservatism's Leadership Crisis

EditorialAdam Meyerson
The Breakfast for Champions

Editor's NoteAdam Meyerson
Education's Evil Empire

Educating Mary BarrosseAmity Shlaes
Schools and the Unfairness of "Equity"


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The Educational Wasteland (Review) Philip F. Lawler
Decadence and Renewal in the Higher Learning, by Russell Kirk
- Decadence and Renewal in the Higher Learning by Russell Kirk

Education's Long MarchDaniel McGroarty
The Choice Revolution Shifts to the States


El Millonario Next DoorTyce Palmaffy
The Untold Story of Hispanic Entrepreneurship

Elliott Abrams for Human RightsAdam Meyerson
A Conservative Philosophy for Advancing the Cause of Freedom

Emasculating America's DeterrentRobert Jastrow and James Frelk
Only SDI Can Avert Disaster

Embryonic TrendFrederica Mathewes-Green
How Do We Explain the Drop in Abortions?

Encouraging Future OPECsJohn R. Hanson and Morgan O. Reynolds


Book Reviews
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The Energy Crisis: Two Views (2 Reviews) James T. Bennett and Manuel H. Johnson
The Energy Crisis: The Moral Equivalent of Bamboozle, by James Clayburn La Force
- The Energy Crisis: The Moral Equivalent of Bamboozle by James Clayburn La Force
- Energy and the Environment by Walter J. Mead

Book Reviews
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Energy in the Political Calculus (Review) James A. McClure
Energy from Heaven and Earth, by Edward Teller
- Energy from Heaven and Earth by Edward Teller

English Is Broken HereJohn J. Miller
Bilingual Ballots Are Bad for Democracy

[+]
Enviro-Skepticism (Review) Jon Jewett
The Skeptical Environmentalist, by Bjorn Lomborg
- The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg

Book Reviews
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The Environment Under Socialism (3 Reviews) Robert J. Smith
Environmental Misuse in the Soviet Union, by Fred Singleton
- Environmental Misuse in the Soviet Union by Fred Singleton
- Conservation in the Soviet Union by Philip R. Pryde
- The Spoils of Progress by Marshall I. Goldman


EnvironmentalismWilliam Tucker
The Newest Toryism

[+]
Equality Upon Stilts (3 Reviews) Robert Blake
The Girl I Left Behind, by Jane O'Reilly
- The Girl I Left Behind by Jane O'Reilly
- The Sweetheart of the Silent Majority by Carol Felsenthal
- Confessions by Barbara Amiel

[+]
Essays on Capitalism (Review) David A. Williams
Can Capitalism Survive?, by Benjamin A. Rogge
- Can Capitalism Survive? by Benjamin A. Rogge

The Essentials of Self-PreservationPhilip Gold
What Our Military Can't Do without

[+]
The Eternal President (Review) Kenneth Weinstein
On Hallowed Ground, by John Patrick Diggins
- On Hallowed Ground by John Patrick Diggins

Europe after the French ElectionsStephen Haseler
A Counter-Strategy for the West

Europe in the BalanceLee A. Casey and David B. Rivkin Jr.



The Economy
Even MoneyJ.D. Foster
A Friendly Critique of the Flat Tax

The Ever-Present DangerAdam Meyerson
Fred C. Ikle on Changing Threats to Our Freedom


Books
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Evil and the Postmodernist (Review) Peter Savodnik
Terror in My Soul, by Igal Halfin
- Terror in My Soul by Igal Halfin

The Evil Empire Strikes BackEugene Methvin
The Politics of Hate, Soviet Style

Faces of American IslamDaniel Pipes and Khalid Duran

Failing Grade for Federal AidBrian Jendryka
We Have Wasted $135 Billion on Compensatory Education. If Chapter 1 Were a Business, It...

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The Failure In Forgetting (Review) Peter Savodnik
The Ethics of Memory, by Avishai Margalit
- The Ethics of Memory by Avishai Margalit

Fair GameMeredith Bishop
Government Programs That Benefit the Well-to-Do

Book Reviews
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The Faith of a Nonbeliever (Review) Richard Grenier
Out of Step, by Sidney Hook
- Out of Step by Sidney Hook


False Start?Enid Borden and Kate Walsh O'Beirne
The Fleeting Gains at Head Start

Family FeudAmy Moritz
Is the Conservative Movement Falling Apart?

Family. Faith. Freedom.Adam Meyerson
A Manifesto for Cultural Renewal

A Farewell to AlmsF. Andy Messing, Jr. and Allen B. Hazelwood
The Contras Can Win If They Break Their Culture of Dependency

A Farmer's Scarlet LetterBlake Hurst
Four Generations of Middle-Class Welfare Is Enough

Farming with Uncle SamBlake Hurst
High Finance Comes to Rural Missouri

Fast Times at the Arts EndowmentJames Bovard
Still Speeding under the Reagan Administration

Economics Review
The Fat of the LandJames Bovard
What Is the Farm Crisis?

[+]
The Father of Modern Economics (2 Reviews) David A. Williams
Adam Smith: The Man and His Works, by E.G. West
- Adam Smith: The Man and His Works by E.G. West
- The Wisdom of Adam Smith by John Haggarty, Benjamin A. Rogge, and Adam Smith, ...

[+]
Father of the Godfather (Review) John Podhoretz
Francis Ford Coppola, by Michael Schumacher
- Francis Ford Coppola by Michael Schumacher

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Fatter Than Ever (2 Reviews) Rhoda Rabkin
Eat Fat, by Richard Klein
- Eat Fat by Richard Klein
- Fat by Robert Pool

The FDA's Bad MedicineDale Gieringer
Overregulation Is Dangerous to Your Health

Federal Spending LimitationsJeffrey T. Bergner
An Idea Whose Time Has Come?



Books
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Feerless Sidney Hook (2 Reviews) Thomas Main
Towards the Understanding of Karl Marx, by Sidney Hook
- Towards the Understanding of Karl Marx by Sidney Hook
- The Essential Essays by Sidney Hook

Book Reviews
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Fellow Travelers' Tales (Review) K.R. Minogue
Political Pilgrims, by Paul Hollander
- Political Pilgrims by Paul Hollander

The Feminist MistakeJean Yarbrough
Sexual Equality and the Decline of the American Military

Reviews
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The Fiction of Intelligence (4 Reviews) Walter Laqueur
The Puzzle Palace, by James Bamford
- The Puzzle Palace by James Bamford
- The Circus by Nigel West
- The Belarus Secret by John J. Loftus and Nathan Miller
- The Last Hero by Anthony Cave Brown

Field of DreamsBlake Hurst
Organic Agriculture Doesn't Pay the Seed Bills

Fifteen Years of Policy ReviewAdam Meyerson
A Letter from the Editor







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Finding a Founder (Review) Sam Munson
Gouverneur Morris: An Independent Life, by William Howard Adams
- Gouverneur Morris: An Independent Life by William Howard Adams

First PrincipalsMartin Morse Wooster
The Leadership Vacuum in American Schools

Fish StoryEdward C. Krug
The Great Acid Rain Flimflam

Fisher of MenHerbert H. Toler, Jr.
A Baltimore Minister Promotes Black Christian Manhood

Flanagan's IslandBrian Jendryka
How Boys Town Rescues Troubled Teens

Flee MarketStephen Moore
More Refugees at Lower Cost

Flower PowerSylvan H. Wittwer
Rising Carbon Dioxide Is Great for Plants

Foggy Bottom Freedom FighterAdam Meyerson
Elliott Abrams Talks Candidly about Reagan Policy in Latin America

Food FightRobert Rector
How Hungry Are America's Children?



For the FamilyMidge Decter
Millions of Americans Have Been Engaging in Child Sacrifice



Forward Defense or Maginot Line?Seth Cropsey
The Maritime Strategy and Its Alternatives

Four Million New JobsGrover Norquist
The American Employment Boom That Stunned the World

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Four New Studies of Social Security (4 Reviews) David Swoap
The Crisis in Social Security, by Michael J. Boskin
- The Crisis in Social Security by Michael J. Boskin
- Saving Social Security by Robert L. Schuettinger
- The Future of Social Security by Alicia Haydock Munnell
- Essays on Social Policy by J. Douglas Brown


Fraternities on the RocksMaureen Sirhal
College Administrators' Political Siege on the Greeks

Features
Free at LastNina Shokraii
Black Americans Sign up for School Choice

Free Trade's Forgotten AmigosDouglas Seay and Wesley Smith
Forty U.S. Governors Support Free Trade with Mexico. Where Are Their Congressmen?

[+]
Freedom Defended (Review) R.L.S.
In Defense of Freedom, by Kenneth W. Watkins
- In Defense of Freedom by Kenneth W. Watkins

Freedom's ChoirDick Armey
Social and Economic Conservatives Sing the Same Song

[+]
Freeze-Dried History (Review) Russell Kirk
America Revised, by Frances Fitzgerald
- America Revised by Frances Fitzgerald

The Freshmen's First PrinciplesGeorge Radanovich
House Republicans Learn Some Lessons from the 104th Congress


From Carter to Reagan to BushPierre Kim
A Statistical Comparison of Presidencies

[+]
From Citizen To Consumer (Review) Elizabeth Arens
A Consumers' Republic, by Lizabeth Cohen
- A Consumers' Republic by Lizabeth Cohen

From Ivy League to NBATucker Carlson
A Great Urban High School Falls Through the Hoop

From Kafka to HayekJuliana Geran Pilon
Eastern Europe's Slow Road from Serfdom

From Pluribus to UnumMatthew Spalding
Immigration and the Founding Fathers

From Sarajevo to September 11John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge

From Sorry to SurryBrian Jendryka
Family and Faith Revive a Poor Rural Community

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From the New Rhetoric on Human Rights (3 Reviews) Juliana Geran Pilon
American Dream, Global Nightmare, by Sandy Vogelgesang
- American Dream, Global Nightmare by Sandy Vogelgesang
- Human Rights and American Foreign Policy by Donald P. Kommers and Gil Loescher
- Punitive Medicine by Alexander Podrabinek


From Yeltsin to PutinAriel Cohen
Milestones on an Unfinished Journey

[+]
Fundamental Corporate Rights (Review) Alan Reynolds
In Defense of the Corporation, by Robert Hessen
- In Defense of the Corporation by Robert Hessen



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The Future of American Defense and Foreign Policy (Review) John B. Breckinridge
United States National Security Policy in the Decade Ahead, by James E. Dornan
- United States National Security Policy in the Decade Ahead by James E. Dornan

[+]
The Future of Nuclear Power (Review) R.L.S.
Closing the Nuclear Option, by Milton R. Copulos
- Closing the Nuclear Option by Milton R. Copulos

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The Future That Never Happened (Review) Leonard P. Liggio
It Didn't Happen Here, by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks
- It Didn't Happen Here by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks

The Gathering StormJim Courter
Are the Soviets Preparing for World War III?

"Gee, Officer Krupke"Chester E. Finn, Jr.
And Other Barriers to Excellence in the Schoolroom

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The Gekko and the Fox (Review) John V.N. Philip
Wall Street (1987 Film), by Oliver Stone
- Wall Street (1987 Film) by Oliver Stone

General Schwarzkopf's New ParadigmJames P. Pinkerton
Domestic Lessons of Desert Storm

The Genius of Ordinary PeopleAdam Meyerson
Senator Phil Gramm on Conservatism's Winning Ideas

Reviews
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Gentlemanly Pursuits (2 Reviews) Robert Nisbet
The Pursuit of Virtue, and Other Tory Notions, by George F. Will
- The Pursuit of Virtue, and Other Tory Notions by George F. Will
- The Gentleman in Trollope by Shirley Robin Letwin

Geo-ConservatismKim R. Holmes
Why Conservatives Are Better than Liberals at Foreign Policy

The Geopolitics of EnergySteven C. Goldman and Wayne A. Schroeder

George Bush's Quota BillTerry Eastland
The Dismaying Impact of Griggs

The Get Real CongressTod Lindberg
Conservative Disappointments Are More than Just a Failure of Never

[+]
Getting Along (Review) Elizabeth Arens
The Two Faces of Liberalism, by John Gray
- The Two Faces of Liberalism by John Gray

Getting Away with MurderAlfred S. Regnery
Why the Juvenile Justice System Needs an Overhaul


Features
Gingrich Lost and FoundTod Lindberg
His "Revolution" and His Legacy

Global Super MarketDavid D. Hale
The Real Peace Dividend Is Three Billion New Customers

Globaloney 2000Herman Kahn and Ernest Schneider


Book Reviews
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God and Mammon (3 Reviews) Doug Bandow
Is Capitalism Christian?, by Franky Schaeffer
- Is Capitalism Christian? by Franky Schaeffer
- The Creation of Wealth by Brian Griffiths
- Good News of the Kingdom Coming by J. Andrew Kirk

Books
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God and Man in Full (Review) P.J. O'Rourke
A Man in Full, by Tom Wolfe
- A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe


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God's Work on Earth (3 Reviews) David Martin
Amsterdam to Nairobi, by Ernest W. Lefever
- Amsterdam to Nairobi by Ernest W. Lefever
- Catholicism and Modernity by James Hitchcock
- Jews and the Left by Arthur Liebman

Going for the SilverJohn J. Pitney, Jr.
Why the GOP Placed Second in the Race for Congress


The Gold Star StateTyce Palmaffy
How Texas Jumped to the Head of the Class in Elementary-School Achievement

The Golden Age of CookingAmanda Watson Schnetzer
The Ripening of New American Cuisine

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A Good Man Fallen Among Journalists (Review) Russell Kirk
A Life With the Printed Word, by John Chamberlain
- A Life With the Printed Word by John Chamberlain

Good News for the FetusIan Gentles
Two Fallacies in the Abortion Debate

The Good, the Bad, and the UglyAdam Wolfson
Who's Who in Nicaragua

GOP Victory in 1988Jack Kemp
The Key Is a Unified Conservative Agenda


The GOP's Enviro-RutDavid Mastio
A New Approach to an Old Political Problem

The GOP's Two BrandsDavid Winston
Congress v. the Governors

Gorbachev's HolocaustMichael Johns
Soviet Complicity in Ethiopia's Famine

The Gospel According to Floyd FlakeFloyd Flake
A Maverick Democrat on Vouchers and Virtues

Government Can't Buy You LoveWade F. Horn
The Best Children's Program Is to Put Parents First


Government Statistics as a Guide to Economic PolicyKenneth W. Clarkson and Roger E. Meiners
Food Stamps and the Spurious Increase in the Unemployment Rates


Book Reviews
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A Grand Strategy for the Western Alliance (Review) Michael B. Donley
Strategy of Survival, by Brian Crozier
- Strategy of Survival by Brian Crozier

The Grapes of Roth-KempWilliam V. Roth
Tax Cuts Ended the Carter Malaise

Grappling with the BearBob Dole
A Strategy for Dealing with Moscow














The Great Ecology SwindleH. Peter Metzger and Richard A. Westfall

Great Leap ForwardAlvin Rabushka
Capitalism Spreads to the Third World

The Great Potomac EarthquakeBurton Yale Pines
America's New Bargain with Washington

The Great RejuvenatorRonald Reagan
The Best of Ronald Reagan's Speeches

The Great RejuvenatorRonald Reagan
Ronald Reagan's Greatest Speeches

The Great Train RobberyTony Snow
Twenty Years of Mass Transit Subsidies Have Bilked Taxpayers

The Green Thumb of CapitalismWilliam K. Reilly
The Environmental Benefits of Sustainable Growth

Book Reviews
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Greenery (Review) William Letwin
The Pursuit of Inequality, by Philip Green
- The Pursuit of Inequality by Philip Green

The Greenhouse BluesDixy Lee Ray
Keep Cool about Global Warming

The Grim Truth about Gramm-RudmanDaniel J. Mitchell
The Deficit Law Is Working


Gullible's TravelsSteven W. Mosher
The Inaccurate Art of China Watching

The Guns of BrusselsJohn C. Hulsman
Burden Sharing and Power Sharing with Europe










Hail to the ChiefsDonald R. Baucom
The Untold History of Reagan's SDI Decision

Half-Speed AheadJohn Lehman
Budget Strategy for a Strong Navy

"Happy 1984"Diana West
The New York Times Editorials on Grenada Betrayed a Deep Suspicion of the American People

Education
Happy MealsStephen Glass
When Lunch Subsidies Are Chopped, Kids Eat Better

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Hard Times (Review) Adam Meyerson
Losing Ground, by Charles Murray
- Losing Ground by Charles Murray

Harry Beck's EarthquakeReed Larson
The Coming Dues-Payers' Revolt against Organized Labor

Harvest of FreedomAdam Meyerson
What's Causing the Entrepreneurial Revolution in World Agriculture

Has Conservatism Lost Its Mind?Bruce Frohnen
The Half-Remembered Legacy of Russell Kirk

Have It Your WayStuart M. Butler
If the Clinton Health Plan Makes You Sick, Here's the Alternative: The Heritage Foundat...

Heart of DarknessAdam Wolfson
What Governments Do to Blacks in the Rest of Africa










Features
Hegemony of the HeartClark S. Judge

Helmut Kohl, GiantJeffrey Gedmin
His Cold War, His Germany, His Europe


Herd MentalityRandy T. Simmons and Urs P. Kreuter
Banning Ivory Sales Is No Way to Save the Elephant

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Hero and Oddball (Review) Christopher Caldwell
A Quiet American, by Andy Marino
- A Quiet American by Andy Marino

"High Crimes" after ClintonKeith E. Whittington
Deciding What's Impeachable

High Noon in AlexandriaJames P. Moran, Jr.
How We Ran the Crack Dealers Out of Public Housing

High Times in AmericaCait Murphy
Why Our Drug Policy Can't Work

[+]
The Higher Naivete (Review) Andrew Alexander
Britain---A Future That Works, by Bernard D. Nossiter
- Britain---A Future That Works by Bernard D. Nossiter

Hire EducationStephen Glass
An Affordable College Sets the Standard for Career Training

[+]
Hissing the Messenger (2 Reviews) Michael Levin
The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen Jay Gould
- The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
- Straight Talk About Mental Tests by Arthur R. Jensen

The Hoax on YouLawrence A. Hunter, Donald R. Leavens, and Orawin T. Velz, ...
How Much Are You Overpaying for Social Security?

Hold Your FireDavid B. Kopel
Gun Control Won't Stop Rising Violence

Holy DolersTucker Carlson
The Secular Lessons of Mormon Charity

Book Reviews
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Homage to Orwell? (Review) Dennis J. O'Keeffe
George Orwell, by Bernard Crick
- George Orwell by Bernard Crick

Home EconomicsWilliam Tucker
The Housing Crisis That Overregulation Built

Home FrontGroups That Promote Responsible Fatherhood

Home FrontMarriage Menders

Home FrontDrumbeats for Divorce Reform

Home FrontCharmaine Yoest
Moms Lead a Home/Work Revolution

Home FrontCharmaine Crouse Yoest
The Rocky Road of Adoption Reform

Home FrontCharmaine Crouse Yoest
State Family Policy Groups

Home FrontCharmaine Crouse Yoest
How Private Adoption Groups Are Finding Parents for the "Unadoptables"

Home FrontWhile TV Moguls Dither, Parents' Guides Deliver

Home FrontKristine Napier
Chastity Programs Shatter Sex-ed Myths

Home FrontKristine Napier
Private Low-Income Health-Care Alternatives for Children

Home FrontThink Welfare Policy Undermined the Family? Try Reading a Few College Textbooks

Home FrontGrand Rapids, Michigan, Erects a Large Civic Tent to Strengthen Marriage and Families

Home RemedyVirginia Seuffert
A Mom's Prescription for Ailing Schools

Features
Home-Alone AmericaMary Eberstadt

Homeless in GazaMitchell Bard
Arab Mistreatment of Palestinian Refugees

Hospice, Not HemlockJoe Loconte
The Medical and Moral Rebuke to Doctor-Assisted Suicide

House RepairsRobert H. Michel
What We'll Do When We Reach Majority


House RepairsWilliam F. Goodling

Houses to the People!Jack Kemp
An Open Letter to Boris Yeltsin

Features
How America Should LeadKori Schake and Klaus Becher

Book Reviews
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How Europe was Lost (2 Reviews) Paul Johnson
Anthony Eden: A Biography, by David Carlton
- Anthony Eden: A Biography by David Carlton
- The Eisenhower Diaries by Robert H. Ferrell and Dwight David Eisenhower, ...
















Environment
How Green Was My Balance SheetJohn Hood
The Environmental Benefits of Capitalism

How I WonSymposium: New GOP Congressmen Tell Their Running Secrets

How Jimmy Carter Fooled the ArabsS. Fred Singer
And Other Oil Shockers

How Liberals Debase Black AchievementShelby Steele
Liberalism Is More Preoccupied with Seeking Redemption for the Shame of Racism than wit...

How Mighty Is MITI?Karl Zinsmeister Takes on 33 Critics.


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How Robber Barons Enriched America (Review) William H. Peterson
Entrepreneurs vs. the State, by Burton W. Folsom, Jr.
- Entrepreneurs vs. the State by Burton W. Folsom, Jr.

How the Government Evades TaxesJames T. Bennett and Thomas J. DiLorenzo



How to Win in El SalvadorAlvin H. Bernstein and John D. Waghelstein
With Training Programs and Basic Equipment the Salvadoran Army Can Keep the Guerrillas ...

How Washington Subverts Your Local SheriffEdwin Meese III and Rhett DeHart
The Bipartisan Assault on Local Law Enforcement

How We Won in VietnamViet D. Dinh
What, Exactly, Was Hanoi Fighting for?

Human Rights and Diplomacy: Two ViewsErnest W. Lefever
The Trivialization of Human Rights

Human Rights and Diplomacy: Two ViewsT.E. Utley
A Reappraisal of the Human Rights Doctrine

Humanitarian Hawks?Adam Wolfson
Why Kosovo but Not Kuwait


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Hypochondria (2 Reviews) Doug Bandow
The Doomsday Myth, by Charles Maurice and Charles W. Smithson
- The Doomsday Myth by Charles Maurice and Charles W. Smithson
- The Good News Is the Bad News Is Wrong by Ben J. Wattenberg

"I Have a Dream"Great Ideas for Repairing Civic Life: A Symposium

I Hear America SingingWilliam Craig Rice
The Arts Will Flower without the NEA

The Ice Age ComethAnna J. Bray
Remembering the Scare of Global Cooling

[+]
If Treason Prosper (3 Reviews) Scott Burke
The Spike, by Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss
- The Spike by Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss
- The Man Who Kept the Secrets by Thomas Powers
- Wilderness of Mirrors by David C. Martin

Affirmative Action: Negative Results
Ignoring the PeopleVictoria Sackett


I'll Stand BayouJoe Loconte
Louisiana Couples Choose a More Muscular Marriage Contract

IllinoisMichael Fumento
Hot Air in the Windy City

Book Reviews
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Imaginery Fascism (Review) Arnold Beichman
Friendly Fascism, by Bertram M. Gross
- Friendly Fascism by Bertram M. Gross

Immigration or the Welfare StateRon K. Unz
Which Is Our Real Enemy?

Impeachable DefensesJohn O. McGinnis
Lawyers Pleading the President's Case Made Themselves Targets

The Imperial Judiciary--and What Congress Can Do about ItEdwin Meese III and Rhett DeHart
Unelected Federal Judges Are Using Their Awesome Power to Usurp Democracy from the Amer...

Improving Weapons AcquisitionDavid Packard
What the Defense Department Can Learn from the Private Sector

In and Out at HEWDonald Lambro
Doing Well by Doing Good Through Consulting

In MemoriamRussell Kirk
A Lecture on Natural Law

In Praise of Corporate RaidersAmar Bhide
Junking Three Fallacies about Hostile Takeovers

In Pursuit of HappinessBenjamin Hart
Will the Libertarian Party Survive 1984?

In Search of a StrategyKim R. Holmes
Bush's Professional but Rudderless Foreign Policy

In Search of Educational ExcellenceG. Carl Ball
Business Leaders Discuss School Choice and Accountability







In Sickness and in HealthBryce J. Christensen
The Medical Costs of Family Meltdown

In the Beginning...Rachel Flick
Creationism Has No Evidence. Evolution Has Few Answers.

[+]
In the Belly of the Beast (Review) Edward E. Ericson, Jr.
Notes of a Revolutionary, by Andrei Amalrik
- Notes of a Revolutionary by Andrei Amalrik

Indaba We TrustWilliam Pascoe
South Africa's Last Best Hope for Racial Peace




The Ink of the OctopusJames C. Miller III and Phillip Mink
An Agenda for Deregulation

[+]
The Inner Equality (Review) John Podhoretz
In Therapy We Trust, by Eva S. Moskowitz
- In Therapy We Trust by Eva S. Moskowitz

[+]
Innonence Abroad? (Review) Ross H. Munro
Endless Enemies, by Jonathan Kwitny
- Endless Enemies by Jonathan Kwitny


The Inside DopeTom Zambito
Communities Are Winning the War against Drugs

Insurgents against MoscowAlvin H. Bernstein
The Reagan Doctrine Can Put Soviet Imperialism on the Defensive

[+]
Intellectual Meltdown (2 Reviews) William McGurn
The Nuclear Barons, by Peter Pringle and James Spigelman
- The Nuclear Barons by Peter Pringle and James Spigelman
- The War Against the Atom by Samuel McCracken




Into the Wild Blue YonderJeffrey Record
Should We Abolish the Air Force?

[+]
Inventing Ignorance (Review) R.S. Hill
Inventing America, by Garry Wills
- Inventing America by Garry Wills


Invisible TaxationAntonio Martino
The Growth of Italy's Leviathan

[+]
Iran's Fragile Fault Lines (Review) Sanam Vakil
Answering Only to God, by Geneive Abdo and Jonathan Lyons
- Answering Only to God by Geneive Abdo and Jonathan Lyons

The IRS and the Private SchoolsDonald J. Senese
'The Power to Tax Involves the Power to Destroy'




Is Social Security Pro-Family?Allan C. Carlson
A Response to John Mueller

[+]
Is Stability More Important than Liberty? (Review) Stephen Haseler
Inside Right, by Ian Gilmour
- Inside Right by Ian Gilmour

Is Strategic Defense Criticism Obsolete?Clarence A. Robinson, Jr.
Rapid Technological Advances Have Changed the Entire Debate

Is the AIDS Virus a Science Fiction?Peter H. Duesberg and Bryan J. Ellison
Immunosuppressive Behavior, Not HIV, May Be the Cause of AIDS

Islands of ExcellenceCongressman Joseph Pitts
A Congressional Strategy for Community Renewal

Jack Kemp at Liberty BaptistJack Kemp
"Let Us Learn to Be Tolerant of Sectarian Differences. But Let Us Never Forget the Mora...

Jerry Falwell's RenaissanceDinesh D'Souza
The Chairman of Moral Majority Is Redefining both Politics and Fundamentalism

Jim Baker's "Folly"Donald Grunewald
The Seward Model for Relieving Mexico's Debt Crisis

Around the States
Jimmy Carter's Favorite MayorThomas J. Bray

Jobs for the Welfare PoorLawrence M. Mead
Work Requirements Can Overcome the Barriers

Features
John Paul II, IntellectualDamon Linker
A Secular Look at One of the Century's Deepest Thinkers

[+]
Jolly Ex-Friends for Evermore (Review) Arnold Beichman
Ex-Friends, by Norman Podhoretz
- Ex-Friends by Norman Podhoretz

Judaism's War on PovertyDavid G. Dalin
Why Have Jewish Liberals Abandoned the Jewish Charitable Tradition of Self-Help?

[+]
Judge to Justice (Review) Douglas R. Cox
Pursuit of Justices, by David Alistair Yalof
- Pursuit of Justices by David Alistair Yalof


Book Reviews
[+]
Judicial Activism on the Right (2 Reviews) Jeremy Rabkin
Takings, by Richard A. Epstein
- Takings by Richard A. Epstein
- The Federal Courts: Challenge and Reform by Richard A. Posner

Justice for AllLisa Schiffren
Why Crime Rates Are Falling for the Third Straight Year

Justice to George S. SchuylerMark Gauvreau Judge
A Forgotten Black Journalist

Kamikaze EconomicsPete du Pont
Prosperity and Growth Are Imperilled by Protectionism

Kangaroo EconomicsDes Moore
Will Budget and Trade Deficits Drive America Down under?

Keeping FaithJesse Helms
A Baptist Deacon Reflects on American Policy toward Israel

Keeping the Information EdgeKevin O'Connell and Robert R. Tomes


Features
Killing Them SoftlyJoe Loconte
Do Needle-Exchange Programs Ward Off Disease - or Consign Addicts to Death on the Insta...

Features
Kim Jong Il Must GoHenry S. Rowen

[+]
Kissinger Examined By Suetonius (Review) Kenneth L. Adelman
Uncertain Greatness, by Roger Morris
- Uncertain Greatness by Roger Morris

Book Reviews
[+]
Kissinger, Vietnam, and Cambodia (Review) Raymond Aron
The White House Years, by Henry A. Kissinger
- The White House Years by Henry A. Kissinger

Reviews
Know Thy EnemyArnold Beichman
A Pre-Summit Bibliography

Kristol BallAn Interview: William Kristol Looks at the Future of the GOP

[+]
Ku Klux KGB (Review) Juliana Geran Pilon
Dezinformatsia, by Richard H. Shultz, Jr. and Roy S. Godson
- Dezinformatsia by Richard H. Shultz, Jr. and Roy S. Godson

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Kulturkampf (Review) Philip F. Lawler
Cultural Conservatism, by William S. Lind and William H. Marshner
- Cultural Conservatism by William S. Lind and William H. Marshner

Labor PainsCait Murphy
Don't Blame the N.L.R.B. for the Drop in Union Membership

Laboratories of DemocracyTommy Thompson
Block Grants; a California School District That Excels on a Low Budget


Laboratories of DemocracyState Think Tanks Take Aim

Laboratories of DemocracyDavid Kopel
Concealedcarry Permits; Roundup of State Ballot Initiatives

Laboratories of DemocracySpeed Limit Repeal: Feds Yield to Common Sense

Laboratories of DemocracyBernadette Malone
Bellwethers of Realignment: Key Races in State Legislatures

Laboratories of DemocracyBernadette Malone
How Conservative Candidates and Issues Fared in State Elections

Laboratories of DemocracyDownload Your Local Sheriff

Laboratories of DemocracyTexas-Sized Pensions: Mrs. Colehill Thanks God for Privatized Social Security; A Teache...

Laboratories of DemocracyBernadette Malone
Neglected Conservative Gains

Laboratories of DemocracyConservative Hopes for Upcoming Governor's Races in New Jersey and Virginia

Laboratories of DemocracyElizabeth Norton Dunlop and Steven Hayward
Oregon's No-Confidence Vote on Social Security; Effective Environmentalism to Work in V...

Laboratories of DemocracySteven Hayward and William D. Eggers
The Conservative Way to Equalize School Funding, and Other News from the States; Privat...

Laboratories of DemocracySteven Hayward
South Carolina Governor David Beasley; State of the States: Union Dues and Political Co...

Laboratories of DemocracySteven Hayward
State of the States: Taxpayers Reject Stadium Swindles; Boston-Based Charter School Off...

Laboratories of DemocracyEugene Hickok
State of the States; Hawaii's Woes; Clinton's Stealth Attack on Federalism; Pennsylvani...

Laboratories of DemocracyMerrill Matthews, Jr. and Steve Hayward
The State of the States; Bringing Freedom of Choice to Public Housing; Cities That Are ...

Liberalism at the Crossroads
Labor's Bad BargainMax Green
The AFL-CIO Lurches Left

The Lady in Red TapeSheila A. Moloney
Government Regulations Strangle Women-Owned Businesses

The Lady's Not for TurningSpencer Warren
The Domestic Triumphs of Margaret Thatcher

Land of Milk and MoneyAdam Meyerson
Governor Tommy Thompson's Wisconsin Showcase

Land of PromiseJoel C. Rosenberg
Restoring Israel's Economic Miracle

Land of the FreeJohn Miller
An Environmental Strategy for Republicans

The Land of the Free ThrowWight Martindale, Jr.
A New York City Basketball League Builds Community

[+]
Land of the Rising Yen (3 Reviews) Donald J. Senese
The Japanese, by Edwin O. Reischauer
- The Japanese by Edwin O. Reischauer
- Japan As Number One by Ezra F. Vogel
- Wealth of Nations in Crisis by Ronald C. Nairn

Landmarks of Constitutional InterpretationCharles J. Cooper and Nelson Lund
Seven Lessons in the Rule of Law for Justice Brennan

Lansing with WolvesGreg Kaza
Can Michigan's Engler Pull off His Taxpayer's Revolution?

Etcetera
The Last WordFloyd H. Flake
No Excuses for Failing Our Children

Law at SeaW. Scott Burke and Frank S. Brokaw

Law without LawShirley Robin Letwin

Lawyers on TrialGordon Crovitz
How to Take the Profit Out of Suing

Lead Us Not into TemptationJoe Loconte
A Christian Case against School Prayer

Learn While You EarnJohn Hood
Education Savings Accounts Offer Congress a Chance to Advance Tax Reform, Help Families...

Learning from LBJWilliam J. Gribbin
How the Pros Handle Congress

Learning-Free ZonesChester E. Finn, Jr.
Five Reasons America's School Won't Improve

Left WatchS. Steven Powell
D'Escoto's Amigos at the Riverside Church

Left WatchBenjamin Hart
Ventriloquist Journalism at National Public Radio

[+]
Leftwatch (Review) Robert Rector
Destroying Democracy, by James T. Bennett and Thomas J. DiLorenzo
- Destroying Democracy by James T. Bennett and Thomas J. DiLorenzo

The Legacy of Leo StraussDinesh D'Souza
Is America the Good Society the Ancient Philosophers Sought?

Legal Disservices Corp.Kenneth F. Boehm and Peter T. Flaherty
There Are Better Ways to Provide Legal Aid to the Poor

Legends of the SprawlSteven Hayward
Liberals Have a New Scapegoat for Their Urban Failures: Suburban Growth

The Lehrman-Mueller HypothesisGregory Fossedal
A New Theory of Deficits, Stagflation, and Monetary Disorder.

Books
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Leo Strauss and the Conservatives (Review) Steven Lenzner
Willmoore Kendall: Maverick of American Conservatives, by John A. Murley and John E. Alvis
- Willmoore Kendall: Maverick of American Conservatives by John A. Murley and John E. Alvis

Less Bang-Bang for the BuckReuben M. Greenberg
The Market Approach to Crime Control

Lessons from AbroadJapan's Parole Models

Lessons from AbroadMum's the Word in British Day Care

Lessons from AbroadShalom for At-Risk Youth

The Lessons of AfghanistanMichael Johns
Bipartisan Support for Freedom Fighters Pays off


[+]
Lessons of Nicaragua (Review) Adam Meyerson
Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family, by Shirley Christian
- Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family by Shirley Christian

Lessons Our 401(k)s Taught UsDavid Mastio
How Much Do Americans Know about Investing for Retirement?

Let a Dozen Flowers BloomKarl Zinsmeister
Capitalism in China Is Only for the Favored Few

Let Congress Be CongressDavid M. Mason
An Agenda for Legislative Reform

Let Markets Be MarketsB. Robert Okun
How Deregulation Has Strengthened the American Economy

Let's Go DeutschKim R. Holmes
Confederation Is the Answer to the German Question

A Letter to Our ReadersWelcome to Policy Review: The Journal of American Citizenship





LettersSydney H. Schanberg, David Roberts, and Richard Viguerie, ...

LettersEdward Teller, Lawrence Eagleburger, and Richard Garwin, ...

LettersMorton Kaplan, Robert Selle, Thomas Walsh, and Hal McKenzie, ...

LettersSteven E. Miller, Robert C. Tucker, and Harvey Mansfield, Jr., ...

LettersRichard John Neuhaus, J. Peter Grace, and Bishop Edward J. O'Donnell, ...

LettersHarry Jaffa, Anthony Podesta, and Stephen Carter, ...








LettersJoseph Perkins Responds to Douglas G. Glasgow and Betty Collier-Watson of the National ...


LettersKagan, Nickel, Alexiev, and Klass on Menges; Head Start; the Costs of Releasing Prisone...

LettersSidney Hook and Glenn Loury

LettersThe NRA and Conservatives; The Homeless Mentally Ill; Hispanic Progress; Drug Testing

LettersThe Contras, Adoption Reform, French Revolution, Housing Crisis, and Russian Westerniza...

LettersFather Absence; Drug Treatment; Ivory Ban; Counting the Homeless; Pragmatists for Life.

LettersAcid Rain Flimflam; Abolishing the Air Force; Farm Follies; Budget Cutting; Refugees; I...

LettersLimiting Congressional Excess; Ecotheology Exposed; Reserving the Navy; and Latin Ameri...

LettersOur Miserly Welfare State; Reilly's EPA; Term Limitations for Congress, and the Origins...

LettersThe Ins and Outs of Adult Illiteracy and the Politics of the Christian Right

LettersConservative Feminist Backlash, the Failings of SDI, Viability of a Bull Moose Revolt

LettersImplications of Soviet Disunion, Crisis Pregnancy, the Conservative Crackup

LettersIsraeli Economic Reforms, Hunger in America, Japanese Intentions, the American Interest.

LettersOn Reuben Greenberg, James L. Payne, David Brock, Edwin J. Feulner Jr.

LettersDirty Driving, Lehrman-Mueller

LettersSenator John Glenn, Lawrence M. Mead, Jude T. Wanniski.

LettersAlger Hiss, Daniel Bell, Owen Harries, Lee Edwards, Ray S. Cline, and Others

LettersOn Gun Control, with a Reply from David Kopel;James M. Buchanan and David Fand on the E...

LettersResponses to Sister Connie Driscoll, Allan Carlson

LettersResponses to Armey, Bonilla, Reed, Strock, and others

LettersOn Hayek's Road; Thoughts on Vincent Lane's Weapons Searches

LettersSocial Security, Displaced Fathers, Foster Children

Departments
LettersSchool Choice, Great Depressions, Regionalism

Departments
LettersRitalin Revisited, Gingrich Found, Homeschooling

Departments
LettersRussia, Impeachment, Gingrich

LettersThe Question of "Culture War"

LettersHoward Gardner and Mary Eberstadt
Visions of American Education

LettersEmil Ginter
Humanitarian War: Health in Russia

LettersCongress v. the Governors: An Exchange; The Reagan Reputation; Russia

LettersMedical Marijuana Works, Farmers and Food Prices

LettersThe Origins of the Surplus; Republicans and the Environment; How Democratic Are Initiat...

LettersRemedies for the Russian Press; School Choice

LettersMaking Sense of Missile Defense; Thinking about the Next Pope; The Case for Private Acc...

LettersGramsci v. Toqueville; essential reforms for the military

LettersIs pornography a problem?

LettersRussia and NATO Enlargement


LettersThe precautionary principle; alternative medicine, etc.


LettersMilitary tribunals; moral lawyerings

LettersThe power and weakness of Robert Kagan's argument

LettersFantasy ideology; the academy; religious excess

LettersEducation research; reproductive cloning


Letters to the EditorLetters: Black Conservatism, Volunteer Cops, Ides of April

Letters: Responses to Dr. Lois Copeland Ralph Reed18 Doctors on Medicare Price Controls; Is the Christian Coalition on the Right Track?

[+]
Liberal Compulsions (2 Reviews) Tony Snow
Social Justice in the Liberal State, by Bruce A. Ackerman
- Social Justice in the Liberal State by Bruce A. Ackerman
- Radical Principles by Michael Walzer

The Liberal Rout: Why Conservatives Are Winning in the 1990sJohn Engler
Despite Clinton's Victory, Conservatives Are Winning - State by State by State


[+]
Liberalism v. The Disabled (Review) Adam Wolfson
Future of the Disabled in Liberal Society, by Hans S. Reinders
- Future of the Disabled in Liberal Society by Hans S. Reinders

Liberalism's Mean StreetsSenator Dan Coats and Senator Spencer Abraham, ...
How Conservatives Can Reverse Urban Decline

Liberation EconomicsMurray L. Weidenbaum
The Benefits of Deregulation

Features
The Liberty DoctrineMichael McFaul

Libs to New York: Drop DeadFred Siegel
Once an Economic Giant, New York City is Destroying Its Private Sector with Foolish Soc...

The Life of the PartyNewt Gingrich
Republicans Must Build New Coalitions to Win

Life without FatherNicholas Davidson
America's Greatest Social Catastrophe


The Limits of TyrannyAdam Meyerson
And Other Lessons from the Gulf

The Line in the SandRobert G. Kaufman
What George Bush Learned from Winston Churchill

Line-Item MirageJohn Barnes
No Cute for Spending

Litigation TariffSpencer Abraham
The Federalist Case for National Tort Reform

Little Green LiesJonathan H. Adler
The Environmental Miseducation of America's Children

[+]
Little Platoons (Review) Karl O'Lessker
In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government, by Charles Murray
- In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government by Charles Murray

Little Policy Shop of HorrorsScott Steven Powell
Jesse Jackson's Brain Trust

Little PrincesEric Felten
The Petty Despotism of Congressional Staff

The Living DeadRenee Swanson
What the Dickens Are College Students Reading?

Books
[+]
Living Wisdom and Grace (Review) Stanley Kurtz
An Old Wife's Tale, by Midge Decter
- An Old Wife's Tale by Midge Decter


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Lock Them Up and Other Thuggery Stoppers (Review) John T. Fennell
Crime and Public Policy, by James Q. Wilson
- Crime and Public Policy by James Q. Wilson

Loose CannonsPatrick B. McGuigan
Self-Inflicted Wounds at the National Rifle Association

[+]
Lord of the Commons (2 Reviews) Henrik Bering
Diaries, by Alan Clark
- Diaries by Alan Clark
- Diaries: Into Politics by Alan Clark


Lost GenerationWilliam Bennett
Why America's Children Are Strangers in Their Own Land

Low-Tax LiberalAdam Meyerson
Governor Douglas Wilder Calls for Fiscal Responsibility with Compassion

Lumbering ElephantJohn J. Pitney, Jr.
Missed Opportunities in the GOP Senate

Regulation
M.D. MonopolyDoug Bandow
How Nurses Can Help Relieve Spiraling Health-Care Costs

[+]
Machiavelli Redux (3 Reviews) Peter Brimelow
Go Quietly...or Else, by Spiro T. Agnew
- Go Quietly...or Else by Spiro T. Agnew
- The Terrors of Justice by Maurice H. Stans
- Will by G. Gordon Liddy

[+]
Machiavellis for Hire (2 Reviews) Fred Barnes
The Rise of Political Consultants, by Larry J. Sabato
- The Rise of Political Consultants by Larry J. Sabato
- The New Kingmakers by David Chagall

MAD Dogs and CongressmenBaker Spring
Arguments against SDI Are Impotent and Obsolete

A Madisonian CompromiseJames R. Stoner, Jr.
Term Limits for the House, But Not the Senate

Madness and GuiltKenneth Minogue
Reflections on the Hinckley Case

The Madness of the American FamilyMidge Decter
Family Doesn't Make You Happy. It Makes You Human

Education
Magna Charter?Chester E. Finn and Diane Ravitch
A Report Card on School Reform in 1995

Make War, Not LoveJohn Luddy
The Pentagon's Gay Ban Is Wise and Just

Make Way for DucklingsBrian Jendryka
The Sky Is Not Falling on America's Birds

Making Criminals PayJoe Loconte
Genesee County Leads a National Movement to Make Criminals Accountable to Their Victims

Making Policy in a VacuumDan C. Heldman
The Case of Labor Relations

Making the Most of the SurplusPeter J. Ferrara
Pay off the Debt, Cut Taxes, or Offer Private Social Security Accounts?

Making the World Safe for AmericaThe Heritage Foreign Policy "Blueprint", with Responses from Lee Edwards, Charles H. Fa...

The Man Who Brought the Deficit downAdam Meyerson
James C. Miller on His Years at OMB

The Man Who Won the Cold WarEdwin Meese III
Ronald Reagan's Strategy for Freedom

[+]
The Man with a Hoe (Review) Russell Kirk
The Peasant Betrayed, by John P. Powelson and Richard Stock
- The Peasant Betrayed by John P. Powelson and Richard Stock

Manna 2 SocietyAdam Meyerson
The Growing Conservatism of Black America

A MapThe Atlas of Freedom: The Right to Emigrate

Books
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Mapping the Archipelago (Review) Alexander Rose
Gulag: A History, by Anne Applebaum
- Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum

Marijuana on the BallotJames R. McDonough
Medical Science Won't Support Smoking

The Market in the DockPeter Bauer and Nathan Glazer


The Marketplace of IdeasJean Savage
Forty Years of Best-Selling Conservative Books

A Martial Plan for Central AmericaHumberto Belli
Militarism Is Bone and Soul of the Sandinista Revolution

Marty Come LatelyDinesh D'Souza
The New Republic Discovers Old Truths

MarxismK.R. Minogue
The Apologetics of Power

MassachusettsT. Harvey Holt
Hiyo Silber!

MassachusettsJohn Gizzi
Swamp Politics

May We Cut in, Mr. Clinton?William A. Niskanen and Stephen Moore
A Plan to Balance the Budget without Raising Taxes

McJobsBen Wildavsky
Inside America's Largest Youth Training Program



The Melodies of MayhemSam Brownback
To Curb Obscene Lyrics, Change Minds, Not Laws

Memphis's Medical GracelandG. Scott Morris
Traditional Health Care Neglects the Working Poor. A Church-Based Clinic Steps in

[+]
Men at War (Review) Tod Lindberg
Black Hawk Down, by Mark Bowden
- Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden

Books
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Meritocracy, If You Can Keep It (2 Reviews) Rhoda Rabkin
Standardized Minds, by Peter Sacks
- Standardized Minds by Peter Sacks
- The Big Test by Nicholas Lemann

Mexico, Land of OpportunityJohn A. Gavin
Will Its Leaders Be Worthy of Its People?

Around the States
MichiganJeffrey Hadden
Detroit Tiger

Michigan's Welfare AbolitionistLawrence W. Reed
Gov. John Engler Ended General Assistance Welfare Two Years Ago. Since Then, Thousands ...

Micro EconomicsRobert Chapman Wood
Japan's Leading Import Barriers Are Its Tiny Houses and Stores

Middle East FantasiesOscar Handlin
Penalizing Our Allies Is No Way to Make Peace

Military Supremacy and How We Keep ItLoren B. Thompson
An Investor's Guide to U.S. Defense

Minimum-Wage MillionairesSam Beard
The Capitalist Way to Save Social Security

MinnesotaElliot Rothenberg
Unequal Justice

Miracle WhipAdam Meyerson
Can Newt Gingrich Save the Bush Presidency?


Mitch Snyder's Phony NumbersCarl F. Horowitz
The Fiction of Three Million Homeless

MITI MouseKarl Zinsmeister
Japan's Industrial Policy Doesn't Work

Mocking the Middle ClassHoward Husock
The Perverse Effects of Housing Subsidies

The Model Cities ProgramCharles Longstreet Weltner
A Sobering Scorecard

A Model of Cultural LeadershipAdam Meyerson
The Achievements of Privately-Funded Vouchers

Modern TomesGeorge H. Nash
The Best Conservative Writing of the Last 20 Years

[+]
A Modest Republic (Review) R.S. Hill
Explaining America: The Federalist, by Garry Wills
- Explaining America: The Federalist by Garry Wills

A Mom and Pop ManifestoHenry Hyde
What the Pro-Family Movement Wants from Congress

Books
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Money and Politics (Review) Tod Lindberg
The Corruption of American Politics, by Elizabeth Drew
- The Corruption of American Politics by Elizabeth Drew

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Monica and Hillary (2 Reviews) Naomi Munson
The First Partner, by Joyce Milton
- The First Partner by Joyce Milton
- Monica's Story by Andrew Morton

The Monochrome SocietyAmitai Etzioni
"Americanness" and the Unsung Agreement across Racial Lines

Monticello's New DemocratJohn G. West, Jr.
What William Jefferson Clinton Can Learn from Thomas Jefferson

Moon's PlanetDinesh D'Souza
The Politics and Theology of the Unification Church

The Moral of the StoryGary Bauer
How to Teach Morals in the Nation's Classrooms

Moral UnequivalenceLee Braddock
Afghanistan Is Not the Soviets' Vietnam


More than the Doctor OrderedJohn C. Goodman
Why Many Americans Can't Afford Health Insurance

Morning after in AmericaLlewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
The Austrian View of the Recession

Morning in AmericaEdwin J. Feulner, Jr.
Reagan Rebuilt the Presidency

Moscow on the MississippiDick Armey
America's Soviet-Style Farm Policy


[+]
The Most Elegant Thives of All (Review) Henrik Bering
Framed, by Tod Volpe
- Framed by Tod Volpe


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Mothers, Fathers, and Other Subversives (Review) Brigitte Berger
The Subversive Family, by Ferdinand Mount
- The Subversive Family by Ferdinand Mount

[+]
Movie Review (Review) John V.N. Philip
Platoon
- Platoon (1986 Film) by Oliver Stone

[+]
Movie Review (Review) Ken Adelman
Henry V
- Henry V (1989 Film) by Kenneth Branagh

[+]
Movie Review (Review) John V.N. Philip
The Inner Circle
- The Inner Circle (1991 Film) by Andrei Konchalovsky

[+]
Movies (Review) Roger Kaplan
A Cheap Way to Feel Good about Feeling Lousy about America
- Daniel (1983 Film) by Sidney Lumet

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Movies (Review) Roger Kaplan
The Leftist with a Conscience
- Danton (1983 Film) by Andrzej Wajda

Mr. Donaldson Goes to WashingtonDinesh D'Souza
Politics and Social Climbing in the TV Newsroom

Mr. Kaplan, Tear Down This WallAdam Meyerson
Policy Review Offers 250 Conservative Quotations Censored from Bartlett's.

Mr. Symms Goes to JambaDavid Brock
A Kind Word for Congress in Foreign Policy

Muchas Gracias, Mr. DoluisioJohn J. Miller
A School Superintendent Immerses Latino Students in English

Muddy WatersRichard Miniter
The Quagmire of Wetlands Regulation

Mugged by RealityEugene H. Methvin
We Know How to Contain the Epidemic of Crime

Book Reviews
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The Mugger and His Genes (Review) Edward I. Koch
Crime and Human Nature, by James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein
- Crime and Human Nature by James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein

Mulroney's SaveMichael I. Krauss
Welfare-State Conservatism Beats Peronism in Overtime

Multiculturalism 101Dinesh D'Souza
Great Books of the Non-Western World

The Munich MenAndre Ryerson
How Chamberlain and Roosevelt Invited World War ?

Musical Great AwakeningJames Ring Adams
Country's New Traditionalists

My Conversations with Ferdinand MarcosPaul Laxalt
A Lesson in Personal Diplomacy

My Favorite and Least Favorite PresidentGeorge Bush, Pete du Pont, Dick Gephardt, and Pat Robertson, ...

Politics
My GuyA Symposium: Why My Presidential Candidate Is Mr. Right

My Plan to Balance the BudgetJack Kemp
Lower Tax Rates, Monetary Reform, and $30 Billion in Spending Cuts

My Race for the SenateAlan Keyes
Can a Black Conservative Receive a Fair Trial from the American Media?


The Mythology of Tax CutsCarl F. Christ and Alan A. Walters


N.H.S.John C. Goodman
An III for All Cures

A Nation Still at RiskFifteen Years after a Nation at Risk Galvanized the Education Reform Movement, Little H...

National CommissionsSimon Rottenberg
Preaching in the Garb of Analysis


The National Rebirth of RussiaDavid A. Moro
A U.S. Strategy for Lifting the Soviet Siege

NATO after KosovoAlan W. Dowd
Toward "Europe Whole and Free"



Natural Born Killers?Paul J. McNulty
Preventing the Coming Explosion of Teenage Crime



The NaturalizersJohn J. Miller
Raising the Standards for American Citizenship

[+]
Nearer My God to Me (Review) Damon Linker
The Genesis of Justice, by Alan M. Dershowitz
- The Genesis of Justice by Alan M. Dershowitz

Features
Necessary Impeachments, Necessary AcquittalsTod Lindberg
Damning Facts, Dubious Laws, and the Separation of Powers

Never Trust Anyone under 40Robert L. DuPont
What Employers Should Know about Drugs in the Workplace








Features
A New Contract with AmericaSam Brownback
GOP Freshman: In 1996, the Constitution is the Message

A New Deal for America's PoorKevin R. Hopkins
Abolish Welfare, Guarantee Jobs





The New Feminist RevoltDinesh D'Souza
This Time It's against Feminism


The New Liberal CensorshipDinesh D'Souza
The Ideological Assault on the Constitution, the Bible, and the Great Works of Western ...

The New "Massive Resistance"Todd Gaziano
The Clinton Administration Defies the Constitution to Save Racial Preferences

The New McCarthyismAdam Wolfson
William Bradford Reynolds and the Politics of Character Assassination

Book Reviews
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The New Meaning of Soviet Military Power (3 Reviews) James A. McClure
A New Strategy for the West, by Daniel O. Graham
- A New Strategy for the West by Daniel O. Graham
- Defending America by James R. Schlesinger and Robert Conquest
- Arms, Men, and Military Budgets by Francis P. Hoeber, William Schneider, Jr., and Norman Polmar, ...

A New Mission for PhilanthropyLamar Alexander
Promote Civic Entrepreneurs, Not New Government Programs

The New Right, It's Time We LedAmy Moritz
Conservatism's Parched Grass Roots

The New Social ArchitectsApril Lassiter
Forget Big Government: Bold Entrepreneurs Are Taking on Our Toughest Social Ills - And ...

The New Temperance MovementSylvia Danovitch
Americans Set Ground Rules for Drinking

Features
The New Translatlantic ProjectRonald D. Asmus and Kenneth M. Pollack
A response to Robert Kagan

[+]
New York, New York (Review) John O'Sullivan
The Rise and Fall of New York City, by Roger Starr
- The Rise and Fall of New York City by Roger Starr


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The News Class (Review) Fred Evans
Ninety Seconds to Tell It All, by A. Kent MacDougall
- Ninety Seconds to Tell It All by A. Kent MacDougall

[+]
Nicaragua Under Scrutiny (Review) R.L.S.
Nicaragua: An Ally Under Siege, by Belden Bell
- Nicaragua: An Ally Under Siege by Belden Bell

NIP in the AirRichard B. McKenzie

Nixon's GhostAdam Meyerson
Racial Quotas--May They Rest in Peace

Features
No ExcusesTyce Palmaffy
Houston Educator Thaddeus Lott Turns Failing Schools into Laboratories of Learning. Wha...

No Mandate for LeadershipVin Weber
The Idea Vacuum in the GOP

No More Home AloneJames Q. Wilson and Kathleen Sylvester
End Money for Teen Moms Who Evade Adult Supervision

No More StaticRichard W. Carlson
People in Glasnost Houses Shouldn't Jam Broadcasts

Religion & Culture
No Right to Do WrongLarry Arnn
The Rediscovery of American Citizenship

No Room at the InnClarence Thomas
The Loneliness of the Black Conservative

No Strings AttachedJohn H. Moore
A Private College Spurns Federal Aid to Save Its Academic Freedom

Normal Relations with ChinaEdward M. Kennedy
Good Law, Good Policy

[+]
Norman's Conquest (Review) George A. Panichas
The Bloody Crossroads, by Norman Podhoretz
- The Bloody Crossroads by Norman Podhoretz

Politics
Norman's ConquestMark Gerson
A Commentary on the Podhoretz Legacy

Northern DiscomfortEdmund F. Haislmaier
The Ills of the Canadian Health System

Etcetera
Not the Usual SuspectsQuotations from Liberals on Behalf of Vouchers and School Choice


Book Reviews
[+]
Notes from the Underground (Review) Jeffrey W. Barrett
The Other Path, by Hernando de Soto
- The Other Path by Hernando de Soto

Notes from the UndergroundJeffrey Tucker
No Slump Here: America's Informal Economy Flourishes.



Book Reviews
[+]
Now NATO Strengthens the West (Review) Adam Meyerson
How NATO Weakens the West, by Melvyn B. Krauss
- How NATO Weakens the West by Melvyn B. Krauss


[+]
Nowhere Men (Review) William McGurn
The Coercive Utopians, by Rael Jean Isaac and Erich Isaac
- The Coercive Utopians by Rael Jean Isaac and Erich Isaac

Nuclear Age EducationKeith B. Payne and Jill Coleman
The Freeze Movement Thrives in America's Schools

Nuclear DelusionsColin S. Gray
Six Arms Control Fallacies



Features
Numero UnoTyce Palmaffy
El Paso Superintendent Anthony Trujillo Sets the Standard for Urban Schools


[+]
The Oblivious Voter (Review) Benjamin Wallace-Wells
The Vanishing Voter, by Thomas E. Patterson
- The Vanishing Voter by Thomas E. Patterson

[+]
Ode to Capitalism (Review) A.F. Ehrbar
The Spirit of Enterprise, by George F. Gilder
- The Spirit of Enterprise by George F. Gilder

Books
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Of Bulls and Bubbles (2 Reviews) Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
Dow 36,000, by James K. Glassman and Kevin A. Hassett
- Dow 36,000 by James K. Glassman and Kevin A. Hassett
- Devil Take the Hindmost by Edward Chancellor

Of Conservatives and KingsMickey Edwards
The New Monarchism Is an Abdication of Our Principles

[+]
Of Vice and Men (Review) Thomas J. Main
Fighting Poverty With Virtue, by Joel Schwartz
- Fighting Poverty With Virtue by Joel Schwartz

Off with Their OverheadKevin Acker
More Prison Bars for the Buck

An Offer Too Good to RefuseAdam Meyerson
Americans Put Out a Contract on Big Government

Offshore Oil DrillingWilliam Perry Pendley
Good for the Economy. Great for the Fish


Old World OrderPhilip Merrill
Not All Yanks in Europe Should Come Home

[+]
On Consumer Choice in Education (2 Reviews) Thomas R. Ascik
Blackboard Tyranny, by Connaught Coyne Marshner
- Blackboard Tyranny by Connaught Coyne Marshner
- Family Choice in Education by Onalee McGraw

[+]
On Our Honor (Review) Ryan Holston
Liberalism with Honor, by Sharon R. Krause
- Liberalism with Honor by Sharon R. Krause

[+]
On Race and Class in America (Review) Thomas Sowell
The Declining Significance of Race, by William Julius Wilson
- The Declining Significance of Race by William Julius Wilson

On Self-GovernmentMichael S. Joyce
Families, Congregations, and Civic Associations Are America's "Schools of Liberty." Pro...


On the Cutting EdgeJohn R. Kasich
House Republicans Show Bill Clinton How to Chop the Deficit without Raising Taxes.


[+]
On the Fringe (Review) Eli Lehrer
The New White Nationalism in America, by Carol M. Swain
- The New White Nationalism in America by Carol M. Swain

Book Reviews
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On the Threat of Growing Government to the Preservation of Human Freedom (Review) Raymond J. Saulnier
A Time for Truth, by William E. Simon
- A Time for Truth by William E. Simon

On the WaterfrontBret Schundler
Police Unions Are Arresting the War against Crime



One for the ScalpelDonald Lambro
Budgetary Malpractice in Health Research



One Nation under GodMississippi Churches Take Responsibility for Welfare Families

One Nation under GodA San Jose Ministry Mobilizes Volunteers to Help Thousands

One Nation under GodCatholics Tutor City Youth

One Nation under GodRestoring Religious Freedom to Public Schools

One Nation under GodIndianapolis's Attack on Teen Pregnancy

One Nation under GodImmigrant Job-Training in New York That's Reducing Welfare Rolls and Empowering People

One Nation under GodSpiritual Capital for the Capital City

One Nation under GodTough Medicine for Welfare Moms

One Nation under GodJoe Loconte
The Christian Invasion of a Texas Prison

Op ArtistsDinesh D'Souza
The Right Stuff from Will, Tyrrell, Safire, Sobran, and Raspberry


Open SashimiDavid Dreier
The Case for Free Trade with Japan

Operation RescueRandall A. Terry
The Civil-Rights Movement of the Nineties

Features
Opportunity without PreferenceD.W. Miller
Colleges That Set the Standard for Fostering Black Achievement

Ordering the World aboutPeter Bauer and John O'Sullivan
The New International Economic Order

The Constitution
Original Thomas, Conventional SouterJohn O. McGinnis
What Kind of Justices Should the Next President Pick?

[+]
Orwell's Example (Review) Cheryl Miller
Why Orwell Matters, by Christopher Hitchens
- Why Orwell Matters by Christopher Hitchens

Regulation
OSHA's Trivial PursuitJohn Hood
In Workplace Safety, Business Outperforms the Regulators

The Other SixtiesLee Edwards
A Flag-Waver's Memoir

[+]
Our Betters (2 Reviews) W. Scott Burke
Walter Lippmann and the American Century, by Ronald Steel
- Walter Lippmann and the American Century by Ronald Steel
- The Court Years: 1939 to 1975 by William O. Douglas

Features
Out of OrderSteven G. Calabresi
Clinton's Court and Its Assault on Justice

Out of the WildernessDinesh D'Souza
The Political Education of the Christian Right

Over ThereAndrew Alexander
Mrs. Thatcher's Relapse

Over ThereLuigi Barzini
Governing Italian Style

Over ThereHenri Lepage
Another French Revolution?

Over ThereFerdinand Mount
The British Budget Crunch

Over ThereJames R. Whelan
Under Here?

Over ThereBarbara Amiel and Peter Graf Kielmansegg

Over ThereNorman Gash and Anthony Lejeune

Over ThereColin S. Gray and Luigi Barzini

Over ThereHenri Lepage and Pedro Schwartz

Over ThereAndrew Alexander
The Riotous British

Over ThereWerner Kaltefleiter
German Divisions

Over ThereRalph de Toledano
The Timerman Affair

Over ThereAlvin T. Rabushka
Adam Smith in Sri Lanka

Over ThereP.J. Vatikiotis and Philip F. Lawler

Over ThereJeffrey St. John

Over ThereJohn O'Sullivan and Joseph P. Mooney

Over ThereMicah Morrison
Scotching the PLO

Over ThereJ.H. Grainger
A Noise on the Right Side

Over ThereRett Ludwikowski
Will the Poles Fight?

Over ThereIan Butterfield


Over ThereRobert Conquest
Andropov and His Soviet Union


Over ThereDinesh D'Souza
Mrs. Facing-Both-Ways

Over ThereSergio Romano
The Roots of Italian Terrorism


Owe, SusannahPaul S. Hewitt
How Much the National Debt Should Make You Cry

The Pacific Century and U.S. Foreign Policy: Two ViewsErnest W. Lefever
The United States, Japan and the Defense of the Pacific

The Pacific Century and U.S. Foreign Policy: Two ViewsEdward Neilan
American Foreign Policy and Northeast Asia

Paddy, We Hardly Knew YeDinesh D'Souza
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Was Once the Great Neoconservative Hope

Pandora's Convention?Eric Meltzer
Opponents of a Balanced-Budget Amendment Promote Groundless Fears about a Constitutiona...

Paper PerestroikaRichard Pipes
Gorbachev and American Strategy

The Parent TrapWilliam R. Mattox, Jr.
So Many Bills, So Little Time

Parents or PrisonsJennifer Roback Morse

Books
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The Pathos of the Kass Report (Review) Peter Berkowitz
Human Cloning and Human Dignity, by Leon R. Kass
- Human Cloning and Human Dignity by Leon R. Kass

Paths to VictoryDinesh D'Souza
How Conservatives Win in Liberal Districts

Paul Volcker's LegacyDavid Fand
A Reputation for Brilliant Crisis Management and a Monetary System in Disarray

Paying the PiperJoe Loconte
Will Vouchers Undermine the Mission of Religious Schools?

Peace in Our TimeMichael Johns
The Spirit of Munich Lives on

Peace with FreedomCaspar Weinberger
Why Democracy Is Worth Defending


Peacekeeping Is HellJohn F. Hillen III
A Veteran of Desert Storm Explains How the Clinton Administration is Ignoring the Lesso...

Around the States
PennsylvaniaBob Goldberg
Back to Work with Dick Thornburgh

A Pension Deficit DisorderStephen Glass
Teacher Unions Betray Their Members

The People's CourtDo Americans Understand the Constitution the Way the Supreme Court Does?

The Perils of PrecautionHenry I. Miller and Gregory Conko

Book Reviews
[+]
Peripheral Vision (Review) Stephen J. Morris
The Grand Failure, by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski
- The Grand Failure by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski

Perovian CivilizationFrank I. Luntz
Who Supported Ross, and Why

Phonics PhoenixBarbara Ann Rowe
A Lesson in Literacy in Small-Town Mississippi

Pilgrims' ProgressGeorge H. Nash
America's Tradition of Conservative Reform

Pilgrims' ProgressDavid Aikman
The Real Legacy of the Religious Right May Have Nothing to Do with Politics

Pinochet's RevolutionJames R. Whelan
Will Popular Capitalism Lead to Democratization?

Book Reviews
[+]
Pipes' Peace (Review) Arch Puddington
Survival Is Not Enough, by Richard Pipes
- Survival Is Not Enough by Richard Pipes



The Planetary UtilityGeorge Gilder
America's Most Creative Enterprises Depend on Imports

[+]
Planning for Scarcity (Review) Igor S. Glagolev
Stalinist Planning for Economic Growth, 1933-1952, by Eugene Zaleski and John Hampton M...
- Stalinist Planning for Economic Growth, 1933-1952 by Eugene Zaleski and John Hampton Moore

Playing to WinAdam Meyerson
William J. Bennett on Conservative Government

Please Abolish My Job, Mr. KempPaul H. Messenger
Confessions of a Public Housing Administrator

Please Do No HarmLois J. Copeland, M.D.
A Doctor's Successful Battle with Medicare Price Controllers Holds a Warning for Hillar...

"Poisoning of the Soul"Kevin Acker
New Leaders of Russia and Central Europe Talk about the Evil Empire


A Policy Review/Sindlinger PollA Star Is Born: Strategic Defense Has Unconditional Support



Book Reviews
[+]
Political Wish-Thinking and the Eurocommunist Myth (Review) Sidney Hook
Eurocommunism, by Roy Godson and Stephen Haseler
- Eurocommunism by Roy Godson and Stephen Haseler

Politics and LanguageShirley Robin Letwin
Why There Are No 'Authoritarians'

Politics from the ShadowlandsJohn G. West, Jr.
C. S. Lewis on Earthly Government



[+]
Politics of Crime (Review) David L. Wilkinson
Crime and Punishment in Modern America, by Patrick B. McGuigan and Jon S. Pascale
- Crime and Punishment in Modern America by Patrick B. McGuigan and Jon S. Pascale

The Politics of LessFred Barnes and Grover Norquist
A Debate on Big-Government Conservatism

The Politics of Policy AnalysisB. Bruce-Briggs
The Day Care Experience

Books
[+]
The Politics of the Supreme Court (Review) Keith E. Whittington
The Warren Court and American Politics, by Lucas A. Powe, Jr.
- The Warren Court and American Politics by Lucas A. Powe, Jr.

The Politics of VirtueHeather S. Richardson
A Strategy for Transforming the Culture

[+]
Poor Little Rich Boy (Review) W. Scott Burke
The Imperial Rockefeller, by Joseph E. Persico
- The Imperial Rockefeller by Joseph E. Persico

Poor Suffering BastardsDavid W. Murray
An Anthropologist Looks at Illegitimacy

Poplar FrontJonathan H. Adler
The Rebirth of America's Forests

Pork ChopScott A. Hodge
Budget Questions for Your Congressman


Features
Pornography, Main Street to Wall StreetHolman W. Jenkins, Jr.
A Revolution in Access and a Society Unperturbed

Post Coitum TristrumJudith Chettle
Modern Fiction's Sex Offenders

PostscriptJoshua Muravchik
Misreporting the Pulitzer Prize

[+]
Poverty and Progress (2 Reviews) Barbara Shenfield
Visible Man, by George F. Gilder
- Visible Man by George F. Gilder
- Poverty in the United Kingdom by Peter Townsend


Features
Power and WeaknessRobert Kagan

Power FailureMichael McKenna
Let's Pull the Plug on Federal Energy Programs

The Power of the PressMax M. Kampelman
A Problem for Our Democracy

Power to the PeopleStuart M. Butler
A Conservative Vision for Welfare

Pragmatists for LifeJohn-Peter A. Pham
Banning Abortions Is Not Always the Best Way to Reduce Them


Pre-Law PrerequisitesMichael Debow and Roger Clegg
A Guide to the Post Socialist World

Prelude to a LandslideGrover G. Norquist
How Grass-Roots Populism Could Help Republicans in 1996.

[+]
Present Arms (Review) Bruce Perkowitz
The Mission, by Dana Priest
- The Mission by Dana Priest

Preserve, Protect, and DefendBob Dole
The Establishment Clause



Preserve, Protect, and DefendLamar Alexander
Presidential Powers

Preserve, Protect, and DefendRobert K. Dornan
"Government by Judiciary"

[+]
Presidents, Measured and Mismeasured (2 Reviews) Paul Kengor
Power and the Presidency, by Robert A. Wilson
- Power and the Presidency by Robert A. Wilson
- The Presidential Difference by Fred I. Greenstein

[+]
The Press of Events (2 Reviews) Jere Real
On Press, by Tom Wicker
- On Press by Tom Wicker
- Air Time by Gary Paul Gates


The Price of CitizenshipJulian L. Simon
Auctioning Immigration Visas Helps Foreigners and Americans Alike

Pride and PrejudiceA Symposium: Black Business Leaders Ask: Is It Time to Set Quotas Aside?

Books
[+]
Pride and Resentment (Review) Robert Howse
L'Obsession Anti-Americaine, by Jean-Francois Revel
- L'Obsession Anti-Americaine by Jean-Francois Revel

The Privatization RevolutionPhilip E. Fixler and Robert W. Poole, Jr.
What Washington Can Learn from State and Local Government



Pro-Life DilemmaFrederica Mathewes-Green
Pregnancy Centers and the Welfare Trap

Prodigal DadCharles Ballard
How We Bring Fathers Home to Their Children

Profiles in CitizenshipRemembering Clara Barton

Profiles in CitizenshipMoral Renewal - Thanks to Church-State Separation

Profiles in CitizenshipThe Priest Who Launched the Knights of Columbus

Profiles in CitizenshipDavid Hoffman
The Lawyer's Conscience

Profiles in CitizenshipA.P. Giannini
Bank of America, Was the People's Capitalist

Profiles in CitizenshipJulius Rosenwald
An Educator in the Jim Crow South

Profiles in CitizenshipSamuel Gompers
A Union Boss Who Opposed Partisan Politics and Government Regulations

Profiles in CitizenshipPeter Cooper
A Job-Training Pioneer

Profiles in CitizenshipHow Frances Kellor Turned Immigrants into Patriots

Profiles in CitizenshipLenore T. Ealy
Education Crusader in the Rural South

Departments
Profiles in CitizenshipSylvanus Thayer
Men into Citizen-Soldiers at West Point

Profits with HonorAdam Wolfson
What's Good for the Health Business Is Good for Health

Profits with HonorMichael Novak
The Moral Obligations of Corporate America

Books
[+]
Progress v. Progressive Education (2 Reviews) Jon Jewett
Left Back, by Diane Ravitch
- Left Back by Diane Ravitch
- When Schools Compete by Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd

Project 2000S. Fred Singer
A Manned Mission to the Moons of Mars

Features
Promise MakersBill McCartney
The Founder of Promise Keepers Explains Why He's Calling for a Spiritual Assembly of Me...

[+]
The Prophet Abroad (Review) Terry Eastland
Solzhenitsyn at Harvard, by Ronald Berman and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Solzhenitsyn at Harvard by Ronald Berman and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Proposition 13Daniel Orr
Tax Reform's Lexington Bridge

Protecting Our CitizensJim Courter
When to Use Force against Terrorism

Public Housing Sweep StakesVincent Lane
My Battle with the ACLU

Public School Benefits of Private School VouchersNina Shokraii Rees
Across the Country, School Choice Programs Are Compelling Public Schools to Improve

Putting Our Habitat in OrderJames M. Strock
Environmental Priorities for the Next Administration

Putting the Patient FirstRonald F. Docksai
A Kinder, Gentler Health System

Pyrrhic DefeatKarl O'Lessker
Barry Goldwater Lost by a Landslide in 1964. But His Legacy Changed the Terms of Nation...

The Quadrennial Fear of IdeasDaniel Casse
Policy and Presidential Campaigns

Qualms about AlmsJoe Loconte
The Seven Deadly Sins of Government Funding for Private Charities

Quark Barrel PoliticsDon Ritter
Should We Be Spending $5 Billion for the Higgs Boson?

Features
A Question of CapacitySamuel Casey Carter
How Many Children Can Vouchers Really Help?

A Question of Patriot-ismAngelo Codevilla
Why Isn't America Building Missile Defenses Today?

[+]
Questioning Regulation (Review) Tom Hazlett
The Politics of Regulation, by James Q. Wilson
- The Politics of Regulation by James Q. Wilson

Features
The Quota CzarsJessica Gavora
The ACLU Forsakes Individual Rights for Racial Preferences

Race against the CureRobert M. Goldberg
The Health Hazards of Pharmaceutical Price Controls

Racial ClassificationL.H. Gann and Alvin T. Rabushka

Rafshooning the ArmageddonKenneth L. Adelman
The Selling of SALT


[+]
Rails of Progress (Review) Mark Bowden
Empire Express, by David Haward Bain
- Empire Express by David Haward Bain

Raising the BarNina Shokraii
Minority Students Deliver When Challenged Academically

Around the States
Rank InjusticeRichard E. Burr
The Arbitrary Record of Comparable Worth

[+]
The Rapid Growth of the Welfare Industry (3 Reviews) Carl T. Curtis
The Welfare Industry, by Charles D. Hobbs
- The Welfare Industry by Charles D. Hobbs
- Welfare by Martin Anderson
- Welfare Reform and the Carter Public Service Employment Program by David I. Meiselman

Razing ArizonaJohn Semmens and Dianne Kresich
How Phoenix Taxpayers Derailed an $8-Billion Transit System

The Readiness TrapLoren Thompson and Cliff Sobel
The U.S. Military Is Failing to Prepare for the Next Big War

Reading America the Riot ActThomas J. Bray
The Kerner Report and Its Culture of Violence

Reading His LipsEdwin J. Feulner, Jr.
How to Tell If Clinton Really Is a New Democrat

Ready for Round Two?Tod Lindberg
The Achievements of the 104th Congress

Ready, Fire, AimAdam Meyerson
Clinton's Left-Footed Foreign Policy

Reagan Among the ProfessorsPaul Kengor
His Surprising Reputation















Reagan JusticeTerry Eastland
Combating Excess, Strengthening the Rule of Law

Book Reviews
[+]
The Reagan Revolution and Its Limits (2 Reviews) Tim W. Ferguson
Reaganomics, by William A. Niskanen
- Reaganomics by William A. Niskanen
- Revolution by Martin Anderson

The Reagan Revolution That Wasn'tPaul M. Weyrich
Why Conservatives Have Achieved So Little


Reaganomics and the CrashPaul Craig Roberts
The Fallacious Attack on the Twin Towers of Debt

Reagan's Real Reason for SDIMark W. Davis
Rediscovering His Sweeping Anti-Nuclear Vision

[+]
Reagonomics Before and After (4 Reviews) David Hale
Tomorrow Capitalism, by Henri Lepage
- Tomorrow Capitalism by Henri Lepage
- The Tax Revolt by Alvin Rabushka and Pauline Ryan
- Greed Is Not Enough: Reaganomics by Robert Lekachman
- How to End the Monetarist Controversy by Samuel Brittan

Real Taxpayer ProtectionThomas E. Petri and Bert Ely
Sound Deposit Insurance Through Cross-Guarantees

The Red and the BlackDeroy Murdock
In the Soviet Union, Some Races Are More Equal Than Others

Redd ScareJoe Loconte
A Drill Sergeant's Brilliant Assault on Juvenile Crime

Book Reviews
[+]
Reducing Our Options (Review) Seth Cropsey
The Pentagon and the Art of War, by Edward N. Luttwak
- The Pentagon and the Art of War by Edward N. Luttwak

Reel PolitikMichael Smith
Great Conservative Cinema

[+]
A Reformer in Egypt (Review) Aaron Mannes
Egyptian Political Essays, by Tarek Heggy
- Egyptian Political Essays by Tarek Heggy

Book Reviews
[+]
Reforming the Reformers (Review) Leslie Lenkowsky
How to Win Votes, by Edward N. Costikyan
- How to Win Votes by Edward N. Costikyan

[+]
Reich's Mark (Review) John M. Starrels
The Next American Frontier, by Robert B. Reich
- The Next American Frontier by Robert B. Reich

[+]
Religion and the Fall of Capitalism (Review) Brian Griffiths
The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, by Michael Novak
- The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism by Michael Novak


The Reluctant CowboyKiki Bhatia
Sometimes the United States Must Act Alone

Reviews
[+]
Reluctant Heroes (2 Reviews) Michael Levin
Registration and the Draft, by Martin Anderson
- Registration and the Draft by Martin Anderson
- The Military Draft by Martin Anderson


Features
A Republic, If We Can Keep ItTod Lindberg
Coming to Terms with the Country (and World) We Live in


The Republican Pork BarrelDonald Lambro
Why It's So Hard to Cut the Budget

Requiem for the War on PovertyRobert Rector
Rethinking Welfare after the L.A. Riots


Letters
Response to David MoroRichard Pipes, John B. Dunlop, and James George Jatras, ...

Response to Karl ZinsmeisterNicholas Davidson, William R. Mattox, Jr., and Bryce J. Christensen, ...










Responsibility, Love, and PrivatizationJack Eckerd
A Businessman's Guide to Criminal Rehabilitation



Retreat from RadicalismDinesh D'Souza
The Times It Is A-Changin'

Retrospect: "We Shall Never Surrender"Churchill and "Reagan"
Statesmen Weigh in on The Meaning of WWII

Return of the "R" WordMurray Weidenbaum
The Regulatory Assault on the Economy

Brief Reviews
[+]
A Crisis in Morale? (2 Reviews) Robert Blake
Referendums, by David Butler and Austin Ranney
- Referendums by David Butler and Austin Ranney
- The American Telephone System by Stuart Butler

[+]
A Crisis in Morale? (Review) Andrew Chalk
Two Philosophies of Money, by S. Herbert Frankel
- Two Philosophies of Money by S. Herbert Frankel

[+]
A Crisis in Morale? (Review) Robert Blake
Safire's New Political Dictionary, by William Safire
- Safire's New Political Dictionary by William Safire

[+]
A Crisis in Morale? (Review) Jeffrey St. John
The Secret Six, by Otto J. Scott
- The Secret Six by Otto J. Scott

[+]
Land of the Rising Yen (Review) Stuart Butler
New Directions in Public Health Care, by Cotton M. Lindsay
- New Directions in Public Health Care by Cotton M. Lindsay

[+]
Land of the Rising Yen (Review) Tibor Machan
Science in a Free Society, by Paul Feyerabend
- Science in a Free Society by Paul Feyerabend

[+]
East of Suez (Review) S.J. Masty
Fat City, by Donald Lambro
- Fat City by Donald Lambro

[+]
East of Suez (Review) Russell Kirk
Two Roads to Ignorance, by Eliseo Vivas
- Two Roads to Ignorance by Eliseo Vivas

[+]
East of Suez (Review) R.B.
Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich, by Solomon Volkov and Dmitri Shostakovich
- Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich by Solomon Volkov and Dmitri Shostakovich

[+]
East of Suez (Review) R.B.
Hammer and Tickle, by Petr Beckmann
- Hammer and Tickle by Petr Beckmann

[+]
East of Suez (Review) J.J. Jewett, III
Unelected Representatives, by Michael J. Malbin
- Unelected Representatives by Michael J. Malbin

[+]
East of Suez (Review) Michael W. Rubinoff
With No Apologies, by Barry M. Goldwater
- With No Apologies by Barry M. Goldwater

[+]
East of Suez (Review) Stuart M. Butler
An American Renaissance, by Jack Kemp
- An American Renaissance by Jack Kemp

[+]
Our Betters (Review) Antonio Martino
Demain Le Liberalisme, by Henri Lepage
- Demain Le Liberalisme by Henri Lepage

[+]
Our Betters (Review) Russell Kirk
Solzhenitsyn and the Modern World, by Edward E. Ericson, Jr.
- Solzhenitsyn and the Modern World by Edward E. Ericson, Jr.

[+]
Our Betters (Review) Holmes Alexander
The Keynesian Episode, by William H. Hutt
- The Keynesian Episode by William H. Hutt

[+]
Our Betters (Review) Robert Blake
The Stretchford Chronicles, by Michael Wharton
- The Stretchford Chronicles by Michael Wharton

[+]
The Spending Cure (Review) Dan C. Heldman
Public Sector Bargaining, by Myron B. Lieberman
- Public Sector Bargaining by Myron B. Lieberman

[+]
The Spending Cure (Review) Russell Kirk
Survival and Peace in the Nuclear Age, by Laurence W. Beilenson
- Survival and Peace in the Nuclear Age by Laurence W. Beilenson

[+]
The Spending Cure (Review) S.J. Masty
How to Win Arguments, by William A. Rusher
- How to Win Arguments by William A. Rusher

[+]
The Spending Cure (Review) John O'Sullivan
Chronicles of Culture, by Leopold Tyrmand
- Chronicles of Culture by Leopold Tyrmand

[+]
Religion and the Fall of Capitalism (Review) Thomas Sowell
Today's Immigrants, Their Stories, by Thomas Kessner and Betty Boyd Caroli
- Today's Immigrants, Their Stories by Thomas Kessner and Betty Boyd Caroli

[+]
Religion and the Fall of Capitalism (Review) R.B.
Access to Energy, by Petr Beckmann
- Access to Energy by Petr Beckmann

[+]
Dr. Kissinger's Depression (Review) William H. Peterson
Antitrust and Monopoly, by Dominick T. Armentano
- Antitrust and Monopoly by Dominick T. Armentano

[+]
Dr. Kissinger's Depression (Review) Candace L. Strother
The First Guidebook to Prisons and Concentration Camps of the Soviet Union, by Avraham ...
- The First Guidebook to Prisons and Concentration Camps of the Soviet Union by Avraham Shifrin

[+]
Dr. Kissinger's Depression (Review) L.M.
Political Issues Debated, by Herbert M. Levine
- Political Issues Debated by Herbert M. Levine

Short Shrift
[+]
The Static Theory of Progress (Review) S. Fred Singer
Saudi Arabia in the 1980's, by William B. Quandt
- Saudi Arabia in the 1980's by William B. Quandt

[+]
The Static Theory of Progress (Review) Thomas Humbert
Supply-Side Economics, by Richard H. Fink
- Supply-Side Economics by Richard H. Fink

[+]
The Static Theory of Progress (Review) Eileen M. Gardner
Coughing in Ink, by Philip F. Lawler
- Coughing in Ink by Philip F. Lawler

[+]
The Static Theory of Progress (Review) William H. Hutt
Deregulating Labor Regulations, by Daniel C. Heldman, James T. Bennett, and Manuel John...
- Deregulating Labor Regulations by Daniel C. Heldman, James T. Bennett, and Manuel Johnson, ...

[+]
The Static Theory of Progress (Review) Robert Valero
Consequences of Party Reform, by Nelson W. Polsby
- Consequences of Party Reform by Nelson W. Polsby

[+]
Short-Circuiting the First Amendment (Review) Samuel T. Francis
KGB Today, by John Barron
- KGB Today by John Barron

[+]
Short-Circuiting the First Amendment (Review) Robert J. Smith
Natural Resources, by Richard L. Stroup and John A. Baden
- Natural Resources by Richard L. Stroup and John A. Baden

[+]
Short-Circuiting the First Amendment (Review) Orde Kittrie
What If?, by Nelson W. Polsby
- What If? by Nelson W. Polsby

[+]
Short-Circuiting the First Amendment (Review) Peter Samuel
Quadrant: Twenty-Five Years, by Peter Coleman, Lee Shrubb, and Vivian Smith
- Quadrant: Twenty-Five Years by Peter Coleman, Lee Shrubb, and Vivian Smith

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Short-Circuiting the First Amendment (Review) Candace Strother
The Media Monopoly, by Ben H. Bagdikian
- The Media Monopoly by Ben H. Bagdikian

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Short-Circuiting the First Amendment (Review) Mark S. Pulliam
Sweet Land of Liberty?, by Henry Mark Holzer
- Sweet Land of Liberty? by Henry Mark Holzer

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Reviews (Review) A Guide to Media Newsletters, by Tim W. Ferguson
- A Guide to Media Newsletters by Tim W. Ferguson

The Revolt against AlienationKarl Zinsmeister
A New Popular and Traditional Current Sweeps American Culture

Revolt against GodWilliam J. Bennett
America's Spiritual Despair

Rhode IslandAllan Feldman
Sunset for Industrial Policy

RhodesiaS.I. Hayakawa
A Hope for Southern Africa

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Richard Rorty, Liberal Absolutist (Review) Damon Linker
Philosophy and Social Hope, by Richard Rorty
- Philosophy and Social Hope by Richard Rorty

Riddles, Mysteries, and EnigmasIlya Somin
Unanswered Questions of Communism's Collapse

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Right Man, Wrong Time (Review) James T. Hackett
Caveat, by Alexander M. Haig
- Caveat by Alexander M. Haig

The Right Way to Replace WelfareMarvin Olasky
A Tax-Exemption Strategy for Moving beyond Block Grants

Book Reviews
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The Rights Stuff (Review) Richard Morgan
The Politics of the American Civil Liberties Union, by William A. Donohue
- The Politics of the American Civil Liberties Union by William A. Donohue

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The Rise and Fall of Progress (Review) Hugh Thomas
A History of the Idea of Progress, by Robert Nisbet
- A History of the Idea of Progress by Robert Nisbet

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A River Runs Dry (Review) Michael S. Greve
The Shape of the River, by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
- The Shape of the River by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok

Rivers of BabylonHerbert H. Toler, Jr.
A Harvard Man Brings the Gospel to the Crack House

The Road to ManaguaTimothy Ashby
How the Contras Can Win

Robert Bork's AmericaGordon Jackson
Where the People Are Sovereign

Robespierre and the Rights of ManRalph C. Hancock
The Terror of 1793 Sprang from the Theories of 1789

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Ronald Reagan, Author (Review) Paul Kengor
Reagan, In His Own Hand, by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson, ...
- Reagan, In His Own Hand by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson, ...

Ronald Reagan's Peace OffensiveAdam Meyerson
Containing the Soviets without Going to War

Books
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Roots Causes (Review) Stanley Kurtz
What Went Wrong?, by Bernard Lewis
- What Went Wrong? by Bernard Lewis

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The Ruling Passion (Review) Gordon Tullock
The Crossman Diaries, by Richard H.S. Crossman and Anthony Howard
- The Crossman Diaries by Richard H.S. Crossman and Anthony Howard

The Runner StumblesKenneth L. Adelman
Carter's Foreign Policy in the Year One

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Rusher to Judgment (Review) Adam Meyerson
The Rise of the Right, by William A. Rusher
- The Rise of the Right by William A. Rusher

Features
Russia: Too Sick to Matter?Nicholas Eberstadt
Vodka and Heart Disease Weaken the Russian Bear

Russian RouletteCharles H. Fairbanks, Jr.
The Dangers of a Collapsing Empire

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The Russians Are Coming (Review) Eliot A. Cohen
The Grand Strategy of the Soviet Union, by Edward N. Luttwak, Herbert Block, and W. Set...
- The Grand Strategy of the Soviet Union by Edward N. Luttwak, Herbert Block, and W. Seth Carus, ...

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The Russians Are Coming (2 Reviews) Susan T. Vigilante
I, Martha Adams, by Pauline Glen Winslow
- I, Martha Adams by Pauline Glen Winslow
- Red Dawn (1984 Film) by John Milius

The Russians Are ComingLeon Aron
Millions of Soviet Refugees Will Be Fleeing to the West

Russia's Dysfunctional Media CultureHerman J. Obermayer
Why U.S. Assistance Isn't Working

Russia's Spiritual WildernessBarbara von der Heydt
Freedom Cannot Take Root without Moral Reform

The Saddamization of IranJames A. Phillips
Is Tehran Our Next Big Enemy?

The Law
Safety Inc.Tucker Carlson
Private Cops Are There When You Need Them

Salamander the GreatRobert Gordon and James Streeter
The Imperial Reach of the Endangered Species Act

Sale of the CenturyMadsen Pirie
Britain's Privatization Bonanza

SALT IIColin S. Gray
The Real Debate

SALT II--A Soft Bargain, a Hard SellEugene V. Rostow
An Assessment of SALT in Historical Perspective

Sam Nunn's Good IdeaGregory Fossedal
Protecting against Ballistic Mishaps


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Saving the South (2 Reviews) Russell Kirk
Why the South Will Survive, by Andrew Lytle
- Why the South Will Survive by Andrew Lytle
- The Second Battle of New Orleans by Richard O. Baumbach, Jr. and William E. Borah, ...

The Scarlet LetterThe Private Lives of Public Figures




The Scarlet LetterJoshua O. Haberman





The Scarlet LetterEllen Frankel Paul

The Scarlet LetterErnest van den Haag


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Scholarly Jeremiad (Review) George H. Nash
The Conservative Movement, by Paul Gottfried and Thomas Fleming
- The Conservative Movement by Paul Gottfried and Thomas Fleming

Features
The Schools They DeserveMary Eberstadt
Howard Gardner and the Remaking of Elite Education


Scientists and National DefenseEdward Teller
An Open Letter to Hans Bethe

Scoop Jackson DemocratAdam Meyerson
Senator Joseph Lieberman's Case for Economic and Military Strength

Scouts'n the HoodMark Parenti
A Compass for Inner-City Boyz

SDI and Its EnemiesDan Quayle
The Greatest Obstacles Are Ideological, Not Technical

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The Search for Class Politics (Review) Elizabeth Arens
America's Forgotten Majority, by Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers
- America's Forgotten Majority by Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers

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A Second Emancipation Proclamation (Review) Clarence Thomas
Changing Course, by Clint Bolick
- Changing Course by Clint Bolick

Second OpinionsWilliam A. Niskanen and Stuart M. Butler
Principles for Health Care Reform in a Free Society

Reviews
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Second Thoughts on the Vietnam War (3 Reviews) Stephen J. Morris
Why We Were in Vietnam, by Norman Podhoretz
- Why We Were in Vietnam by Norman Podhoretz
- Many Reasons Why by Michael Charlton and Anthony Moncrieff
- Certain Victory by Denis A. Warner

Secular InhumanismMichael Bourdeaux
The Soviet Union's War against Christians, Muslims, and Jews

Sending Public School Students to Private SchoolsJonathan Fox
The Untold Story of Special Education










Set Race AsideRobert A. Destro
Government Quotas for the Truly Needy

The Settlements and PeaceDouglas J. Feith
Playing the Links with Begin, Carter, and Sadat

Seventy Years of EvilMichael Johns
Soviet Crimes from Lenin to Gorbachev


Sex and God in American PoliticsMidge Decter, M. Stanton Evans, and Jerry Falwell, ...
A Symposium

Shall I Compare Thee to a Plumber's Pay?Phyllis Schlafly
Comparable Worth Collapses

Shangri-La RevisitedElizabeth Edwards
Conservatives in the Peace Corps

Shanties, Shakespeare, and Sex KitsHarmeet Dhillon Singh
Confessions of a Dartmouth Review Editor

Shanty Raids at DartmouthDinesh D'Souza
How a College Prank Became an Ideological War

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Short Shrift (6 Reviews) A Better Guide Than Reason, by M.E. Bradford
- A Better Guide Than Reason by M.E. Bradford
- Capitalism: Sources of Hostility by Ernest van den Haag
- More Than Subsistence by Sar A. Levitan and Richard S. Belous
- The Past and Future of Presidential Debates by Austin Ranney
- Countdown 1984 by James H. Wentzel
- Karl Marx, Racist by Nathaniel Weyl

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Short-Circuiting the First Amendment (Review) Williamson M. Evers
Technologies of Freedom, by Ithiel de Sola Pool
- Technologies of Freedom by Ithiel de Sola Pool

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Should Taxes Be Indexed? (Review) D.A.W.
Indexing the Inflationary Impact of Taxes, by Donald J. Senese
- Indexing the Inflationary Impact of Taxes by Donald J. Senese


Shrinking MortgageThomas E. Daxon
Ronald Reagan Was a Friend to Future Taxpayers


The Smart SamaritanJames L. Payne
Five Habits of Highly Effective Charities

Smart Women, Foolish QuotasSally C. Pipes and Michael Lynch
The Sex Appeal of the CCRI

Smoke, Fire, and What to Do in AsiaAshley J. Tellis
The Continuing Case for U.S. Preeminence

Smoking Them OutTucker Carlson
How to Close Down a Crack House in Your Neighborhood

So You Want to Run an AgencyDonald J. Devine and Jim Burnley
The Character of Political Management

So You Want to Start a Think TankJohn K. Andrews, Jr.
A Battlefield Report from the States

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The Soccer Divide (Review) Andrea di Robilant
The Miracle of Castel di Sangro, by Joe McGinniss
- The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss

Social Contract or Social CovenantJonathan Sacks
The Biblical Alternative to Hobbes's Leviathan

The Social Security Hot PotatoRobert W. Merry
Could Ronald Reagan Have Handled It Better?

Sony Side UpGary R. Saxonhouse
Japan's Contributions to the U.S. Economy

Sooner Than You ThinkBruce D. Schobel
The Coming Bankruptcy of Social Security




Sophomore SlumpMartin Anderson, Gary L. Bauer, Mark Blitz, and Edward H. Crane, ...
Mid-Term Grades for the Bush Administration

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Southern Reproaches (2 Reviews) Russell Kirk
A Band of Prophets, by William C. Havard and Walter Sullivan
- A Band of Prophets by William C. Havard and Walter Sullivan
- I'll Take My Stand by Louis Decimus Rubin, Jr.


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The Soviet Connection (Review) Juliana Geran Pilon
Hydra of Carnage, by Uri Ra'anan, Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., and Richard H. Shultz, ...
- Hydra of Carnage by Uri Ra'anan, Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., and Richard H. Shultz, ...

Soviet Intervention in the Horn of AfricaPeter Vanneman and Martin James
Intentions and Implications

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Soviet Military Power (2 Reviews) William Schneider, Jr.
Military Balance, 1977-1978,
- Military Balance, 1977-1978
- The Soviet Military Buildup and U.S. Defense Spending by Barry M. Blechman and Robert P. Berman

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Soviet Strategy Toward The Trade Union Movement (Review) Arnold Beichman
The Kremlin and Labor, by Roy Godson
- The Kremlin and Labor by Roy Godson


Space Weapons: Refuting the CriticsSteven Lambakis
Sound Defense Policy Shouldn't Stop with the Atmosphere

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Space-Age Conservatism (Review) M. Stanton Evans
Window of Opportunity, by Newt Gingrich, David Drake, and Marianne Gingrich, ...
- Window of Opportunity by Newt Gingrich, David Drake, and Marianne Gingrich, ...

Special DeliveryCharlotte Low Allen
Overcoming the Barriers to Adoption

Special Letters SectionPeter H. Duesberg and Bryan J. Ellison
Is HIV the Cause of AIDS?



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The Spending Cure (Review) Antony Flew
Prevention in Mental Health, by Richard H. Price, Richard F. Ketterer, and Barbara C. B...
- Prevention in Mental Health by Richard H. Price, Richard F. Ketterer, and Barbara C. Bader, ...

Spirit of '96Robert Rector and Grover Norquist
With a Dissent on Welfare Reform; The States Carry the Republican Revolution Forward

Split PersonalityWilliam R. Mattox, Jr.
Why Aren't Conservatives Talking about Divorce?

Split VerdictWhat Americans Think about Abortion

Stalin's Day of InfamyHerbert Romerstein
The Soviet-Nazi Pact Was Responsible for World War ?

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Standing Pat (Review) Cait Murphy
Family and Nation, by Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- Family and Nation by Daniel Patrick Moynihan

State of ChoiceWilliam Myers and Michael Schwartz
Minnesota Leads the Way in Public School Options


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The Static Theory of Progress (3 Reviews) William Letwin
Progress and Privilege, by William Tucker
- Progress and Privilege by William Tucker
- Building a Sustainable Society by Lester R. Brown
- The Ultimate Resource by Julian L. Simon

A Statistical ReviewFrom Carter to Bush: Are You Better Off than You Were 15 Years Ago?

The Status CuomoThomas W. Carroll
New York's Decade of Liberal Greed

Steward LittleR. Randolph Richardson
Which Land Trusts Can You Trust?

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Stock Market Democrats (Review) Ramesh Ponnuru
Bull Run, by Daniel Gross
- Bull Run by Daniel Gross

Stocks PopuliRobert W. Poole, Jr.
Privatization Can Win Bipartisan Support

Stork RealityHarmeet K.D. Singh
Why America's Infants Are Dying

Features
The Story of the SurplusJune E. O'Neill
Where All the Money Came from

Storytelling and VirtueWilliam Kirk Kilpatrick

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A Strategy for the West (Review) E.J.F.
Strategy of Survival, by Brian Crozier
- Strategy of Survival by Brian Crozier

A Subsidy for MotherhoodJohn Mueller
Why I Now Support Social Security

Book Reviews
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Such Men Are Dangerous (2 Reviews) Philip F. Lawler
Governing America, by Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
- Governing America by Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
- A Life in Our Times by John Kenneth Galbraith

Sue CityWalter Olson
The Case against the Contingency Fee

Suffer the Little ChildrenDouglas Besharov
How Child Abuse Programs Hurt Poor Families

Summitting with the EnemyAdam Meyerson
Senator Phil Gramm Defends the Budget Deal

Reviews
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Supply-Side Demands (Review) Murray L. Weidenbaum
The Supply-Side Revolution, by Paul Craig Roberts
- The Supply-Side Revolution by Paul Craig Roberts

Supply-Side SparkplugBruce Bartlett
The Case for Tax Cuts in the Third World

Support Your Local Charter SchoolChester E. Finn, Jr. and Bruno V. Manno
Civic Entrepreneurs Will Be Critical to the Success of These Fledgling Independent Publ...


Supreme Court ChallengeRichard Sherlock#2
Inside the Making of the Utah Abortion Law

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The Surprising Roots of Fascism (Review) Arnold Beichman
The Faces of Janus, by A. James Gregor
- The Faces of Janus by A. James Gregor

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Swiss Family Buthelezi (Review) Michael Johns
After Apartheid, by Frances Kendall and Leon Louw
- After Apartheid by Frances Kendall and Leon Louw

A Symposium on DefenseRobert Foelber
The "British Tar" of the Future

A Symposium on DefenseAngelo Codevilla
Defense from Space

A Symposium on DefenseJeffrey Record
Effective Intervention in Southwest Asia

A Symposium on DefensePeter T. Tarpgaard
Naval Forces for the Future---Quo Vadimus?

A Symposium on DefenseTidal W. McCoy
Military Technology: The Complexity Issue

System OverloadBrink Lindsey
The Size of Our Government Is Unsafe for Democracy

Books
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The Systemization of Everything (2 Reviews) Woody West
The First World War, by John Keegan
- The First World War by John Keegan
- Over There by Byron Farwell

Tackling PovertyJack Kemp
Market-Based Policies to Empower the Poor

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Tail Gunner Pat (Review) John Chamberlain
Right from the Beginning, by Patrick J. Buchanan
- Right from the Beginning by Patrick J. Buchanan

Take This Job and Love ItDaniel Levine
Exposing the Lies about Low-Paying Work

Taking Back the StreetsEdwin Meese III and Bob Carrico
Police Methods That Work

Book Reviews
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Taking Capitalism Seriously (2 Reviews) Tibor R. Machan
Two Cheers for Capitalism, by Irving Kristol
- Two Cheers for Capitalism by Irving Kristol
- Does Freedom Work? by Donald J. Devine

Taking LibertiesRichard Vigilante and Susan Vigilante
The ACLU Strays from Its Mission


Tales from the Public SectorCatherine Utley and Ralph de Toledano

Tales from the Public SectorMadsen Pirie and Richard Beeston

Tales from the Public SectorRichard K. Rein and Ole-Jacob Hoff

Tales from the Public SectorIain Elliot and Russell Lewis

Tales from the Public SectorAntonio Martino and John O'Sullivan


Tales from the Public SectorM. Stanton Evans and Robert Klein







Tall Tales from the Family FarmVictor Davis Hanson
Five Persistent Myths and the Life They Obscure

Tax AmericanaBruce Bartlett
What Goes up Doesn't Always Come down

The Tax Capitalization HypothesisWarren Brookes
Is This the Way Supply-Side Economics Works?

The Tax Reform FraudPaul Craig Roberts and Richard E. Wagner

Tax-Slashing 1981Grover Norquist
The Kindest Cuts of All


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Teaching Evil (Review) Steven Menashi
Warrior Politics, by Robert D. Kaplan
- Warrior Politics by Robert D. Kaplan

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Tears of Allah (Review) Russell Kirk
The Elementary Structures of Political Life, by Grace E. Goodell
- The Elementary Structures of Political Life by Grace E. Goodell

The Ten Legacies of Ronald ReaganBurton Yale Pines
Prosperity at Home, Peace Abroad


Ten Years That Shook the WorldAdam Meyerson
A Decade of Conservative Victories

Around the States
TennesseeEdward J. Walsh
Industrial Renaissance

Tequila SunriseLinda Chavez
The Slow but Steady Progress of Hispanic Immigrants

The Terrible TenDoug Bandow
America's Worst Regulations

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Terrorism and Prevention (4 Reviews) Samuel T. Francis
Terrorism: Threat, Reality, Response, by Robert H. Kupperman and Darrell M. Trent
- Terrorism: Threat, Reality, Response by Robert H. Kupperman and Darrell M. Trent
- The Terrorists by Christopher Dobson
- Ten Years of Terrorism by The Royal United Services Editors
- Calling a Truce to Terror by Ernest Evans

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Terrorism As War (Review) Parag Khanna
No End to War, by Walter Laqueur
- No End to War by Walter Laqueur

Around the States
TexasWilliam Murchison
The Republican Roundup


That Old-Time ReligionTucker Carlson
Why Black Men Are Returning to Church

ThatcherissimaRonald Butt
The Politics of Thatcherism

ThatcherissimaRalph Harris
The Economics of Thatcherism

ThatcherissimaVictoria Sackett
The Shape of Things to Come










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Theorists and Mullahs (Review) Cheryl Miller
Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi
- Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Therapy for the BudgetWilliam L. Armstrong
The Congressional Budget Process Is Only a First Step Back to Fiscal Sanity

"There You Go Again"Alvin S. Felzenberg and William F. Buckley, Jr., ...
Liberal Historians and the New York Times Deny Reagan His Due

Therefore Choose LifeRabbi Aryeh Spero
How the Great Faiths View Abortion

There's No Place Like HomeWilliam D. Eggers
Adoptions Jump as Kansas Privatizes Foster Care

The Things Money Can't BuyPatricia Summerside
South Dakota Gets More Education than It Pays for

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Thinking Out Loud and Louder (Review) Richard A. Posner
Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline, by Richard A. Posner
- Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline by Richard A. Posner


Thirty Years of ShameE. Fuller Torrey
The Scandalous Neglect of the Mentally ? Homeless

This Land Is Our LandAnn Corcoran
And We'll Protect It Better than Government Will



Three Cheers for Three StrikesDan Lungren
California Enjoys a Record Drop in Crime

The Three Faces of UnionismLeo Troy, C. Timothy Koeller, and Neil Sheflin

Through a Glass DarklyThomas C. Atwood
Is the Christian Right Overconfident It Knows God's Will?

Thy Brother's KeeperDavid T. Beito
The Mutual Aid Tradition of American Fraternal Orders

Thy Neighbor's Rap SheetTucker Carlson
How Do You Know Whether a Killer Lives Next Door?


Time to Privatize Money?Richard Rahn
How Good Currency Can Drive Out Bad

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The Times of Our Times (Review) Woody West
The Trust, by Susan E. Tifft and Alex S. Jones
- The Trust by Susan E. Tifft and Alex S. Jones

Tip's IcebergBenjamin Hart
The Emerging Democratic Leadership in the House



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Tom Clancy, Patriot (2 Reviews) T. Harvey Holt and Peter Samuel
The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy
- The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
- Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy

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Too Much Vox Populi? (Review) John O. McGinnis
Democracy Derailed, by David S. Broder
- Democracy Derailed by David S. Broder

Top ChoppersMark Huber
Leonardo Would Have Been Proud

Top GunsDov S. Zakheim
Rating Weapons Systems in the Gulf War

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Topic of Cancer (Review) Aaron Wildavsky
The Apocalyptics, by Edith Efron
- The Apocalyptics by Edith Efron

Tory HallelujahGeorge Szamuely
Margaret Thatcher's Decade



Toward A New Fusionism?Paul Gottfried
The Old Right Makes New Alliances


Departments
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Town SquareNews from the Citizenship Movement

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Town SquareNews from the Citizenship Movement

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Town SquareNews from the Citizenship Movement

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Town SquareNews from the Citizenship Movement

"Tractor-Seat Common Sense"Adam Meyerson
Representative Charles W. Stenholm on the Rise of the Centrist Democrats

Trade SecretBrink Lindsey
The Global Import Boom No One Talks about

Trade SecretsChristopher Garcia
Global Markets Spur Toledo's Turnaround

The Transition: A Guide for the President-ElectAlvin S. Felzenberg
Seventy Days That Permanently Shape a Presidency

Book Reviews
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Treason of the Clerks (Review) Elliott Abrams
The Brethren, by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong
- The Brethren by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong


Trends toward Conservatism in EuropeKenneth Watkins
The British Election of 1979

Trends toward Conservatism in EuropeJurgen Schwarz
The Elected European Parliament

Trends toward Conservatism in EuropeOtto von Habsburg
Europe's Continental Congress

The Trenton Tea PartyDavid Kehler
The Story of New Jersey's Tax Revolt

Trick or Treaty?Henry Hyde
Excuses for Soviet Treaty Violations

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A Triumph of Style (Review) Sam Munson
The Skeptic, by Terry Teachout
- The Skeptic by Terry Teachout

Triumph of the American MindGeorge Gilder
The U.S. Semiconductor Industry Rivals the Growth of the Japanese Economy as the Greate...


























Features
The Trouble with Tax CutsBruce Bartlett
Some Reasons They Aren't Selling

Books
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The Truth about Robber Barons (2 Reviews) Woody West
Morgan: American Financier, by Jean Strouse
- Morgan: American Financier by Jean Strouse
- Titan by Ron Chernow

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Truth without Justice? (Review) Elliott Abrams
Truth v. Justice, by Robert I. Rotberg and Dennis Thompson
- Truth v. Justice by Robert I. Rotberg and Dennis Thompson

Tuition Tax Credit ProposalsE.G. West
An Economic Analysis of the 1978 Packwood/Moynihan Bill

Tuition Tax Credit ProposalsThomas Sowell and Walter E. Williams
Some Additional Views

TV NewsFred Barnes
The Shock Horror Welfare Cut Show

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Twentieth-Century Blues (Review) Dennis J. O'Keeffe
Modern Times, by Paul M. Johnson
- Modern Times by Paul M. Johnson

Twisting the LawNicholas Capaldi

The Two Faces of George KennanPaul Hollander
From Containment to " Understanding "

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Two Faces of Judicial Review (2 Reviews) Mark S. Pulliam
A Blueprint for Judicial Reform, by Patrick B. McGuigan and Randall R. Rader
- A Blueprint for Judicial Reform by Patrick B. McGuigan and Randall R. Rader
- Economic Liberties and the Constitution by Bernard H. Siegan

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Two Gurus (2 Reviews) Gordon Tullock
Wealth and Poverty, by George Gilder
- Wealth and Poverty by George Gilder
- The Zero-Sum Society by Lester C. Thurow

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Two New Books on the China Decision (2 Reviews) B.A.C.
U.S. China Policy Today, by David Nelson Rowe
- U.S. China Policy Today by David Nelson Rowe
- About Face by John J. Tierney, Jr.


U.S. Strategy in the Decade AheadRobert Conquest
The Future of Soviet-American Relations

U.S. Strategy in the Decade AheadStephen P. Gibert
U.S. and Soviet Policies in the Middle East

U.S. Strategy in the Decade AheadColin S. Gray
The United States and Western Europe

U.S. Strategy in the Decade AheadAnthony Harrigan
Africa and U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S. Strategy in the Decade AheadFranz Michael
What China? What Policy?

U.S. Strategy in the Decade AheadJohn J. Tierney, Jr.
The Western Hemisphere: Home Base

Uncle SamuraiSeth Cropsey
America's Military Alliance with Japan


The Unconstitutional CongressStephen Moore
The GOP Misses the Best Argument for Limiting Government

The Underestimated ChancellorHenrik Bering
Helmut Kohl's Long List of Enemies

Unfinished BusinessCait Murphy
Who's Holding up Grace Commission Reform?

Unhappy ReturnsJames L. Payne
The $600-Billion Tax Ripoff


Features
Universal Democracy?Larry Diamond

Books
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The Unlikely Imperialists (Review) Josh London
The Savage Wars of Peace, by Max Boot
- The Savage Wars of Peace by Max Boot

Unlocking the Jury BoxAkhil Reed Amar and Vikram David Amar
Our Liberty Requires a More Democratic Court

The Unmaking of the PresidentGrover G. Norquist
Why Bush Lost

The Unnewsworthy HolocaustWilliam Adams and Michael Joblove

Unoriginal SinRobert H. Nelson
The Judeo-Christian Roots of Ecotheology

Unplanned ParenthoodFrederica Mathewes-Green
Easing the Pain of Crisis Pregnancy

The Unreported War against the SandinistasBernard Nietschmann
6,000 Indian Guerrillas Are Fighting for Their Land



Up from MediocrityChester E. Finn, Jr.
What Next in School Reform

Urban RenewalStuart Butler
A Modest Proposal

The Urban StranglerJames K. Stewart
How Crime Causes Poverty in the Inner City

A User's Guide to PoliticsHerbert E. Meyer
Putting Science into Political Science

Reviews
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The Uses of McCarthyism (2 Reviews) Herman Belz
The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy, by Thomas C. Reeves
- The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy by Thomas C. Reeves
- Naming Names by Victor S. Navasky

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The Utility of Evil (Review) Spencer Warren
The Harvest of Sorrow, by Robert Conquest
- The Harvest of Sorrow by Robert Conquest

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The Utopian Mind (Review) Ernest van den Haag
A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell
- A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell

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Variable Forecasts (2 Reviews) John Starrels
Global Insecurity, by Daniel Yergin and Martin Hillenbrand
- Global Insecurity by Daniel Yergin and Martin Hillenbrand
- The Coming Boom by Herman Kahn

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Varieties of Conservatism (4 Reviews) Robert L. Schuettinger
The Conservatives, by R.A.B. Lord Butler
- The Conservatives by R.A.B. Lord Butler
- Conservative Essays by Maurice Cowling
- The Binding of Leviathan by William Waldegrave
- Centre forward by Rhodes Boyson

Vedrinism: France's Global AmbitionChristopher Caldwell
New Self-Confidence in the Age of Globalization

Veil of TearsMichael J. McManus
Churches Are Part of Our Divorce Problem - and Solution

The Vice Presidency Grows UpAlvin S. Felzenberg
The Growing Stature of the Office "a Heartbeat Away"

Victorian SecretMarvin Olasky
Pro-Life Victories in 19th-Century America

Victory on the High SeasDavid Martin
The U.S. Navy Is Winning Its War on Drugs

Reviews
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Vietnam Revisited (Review) Jeffrey T. Bergner
Real Peace, by Richard M. Nixon
- Real Peace by Richard M. Nixon

Reviews
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Viguerie's Raiders (Review) George R. Melloan
The Establishment vs. the People, by Richard Viguerie
- The Establishment vs. the People by Richard Viguerie

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A Village Upon a Hill (Review) Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Republic of Dreams, by Ross Wetzsteon
- Republic of Dreams by Ross Wetzsteon

Virtuous ReallyJeb Bush and Brian Yablonski
Character-Building in the Information Age


The Vision Thing, ContinuedAdam Meyerson
A Conservative Research Agenda for the '90s








































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A Vital Moral Force in America (Review) Paul M. Weyrich
Reflections of a Neoconservative, by Irving Kristol
- Reflections of a Neoconservative by Irving Kristol

Voice of AmericaSteven Hayward
Ronald Reagan and the American Rhetorical Tradition

Voice of AmericaRush Limbaugh
Why Liberals Fear Me

Voices in the WildernessArch Puddington
The Western Heroes of Eastern Europe

Vouchers and Test ScoresPaul E. Peterson
What the Numbers Show

Waiting for Mr. XBurton Yale Pines
And a Strategy of Liberation for Post-Cold War Europe

Books
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Waiting for Sunrise (Review) Ying Ma
China Dawn, by David Sheff
- China Dawn by David Sheff

Walking Out on NATOStephen Haseler
British Labour's Threat to Western Defense

The Wall That Protestantism BuiltBenjamin Hart
The Religious Reasons for the Separation of Church and State

WantedMilan B. Skacel
A U.S. Policy for Latin America

The War against Soviet ColonialismJonas Savimbi
The Strategy and Tactics of Anti-Communist Resistance

Features
War and AftermathFrederick W. Kagan

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War and Peace in the Middle East (Review) Douglas J. Fieth
The Politics of Defeat, by Joseph Churba
- The Politics of Defeat by Joseph Churba

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War By Other Means (2 Reviews) Holmes Alexander
National Defense, by James Fallows
- National Defense by James Fallows
- The Politics of War by Walter Karp

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War Games (Review) Mackubin Thomas Owens
Revising U.S. Military Strategy, by Jeffrey Record
- Revising U.S. Military Strategy by Jeffrey Record

Books
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Washington In Human Terms (Review) Jon Jewett III
Washington, by Meg Greenfield
- Washington by Meg Greenfield

Washington's Moral DeficitAdam Meyerson
Robbing Baby Peter to Pay Pols

Wasting Away in Atchison CountyBlake Hurst
My Neighbors Prefer Economic Depression to an Incinerator

Watch over the RappahannockJoel Himelfarb
America Eyes the Virginia Elections

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The Way the Money Goes (2 Reviews) Elliott Abrams
The Fleecing of America, by William Proxmire
- The Fleecing of America by William Proxmire
- The Political Economy of Federal Government Growth, 1959-1978 by James T. Bennett and Manuel H. Johnson

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The Way the World Works (Review) Holman W. Jenkins Jr.
The Lexus and the Olive Tree, by Thomas L. Friedman
- The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman

We Aren't the WorldCharles M. Lichenstein
An Exit Strategy from U.N. Peacekeeping

We Can Do BettahThomas J. Bray
Bill Clinton's Bronze-Medal Economy

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We Could Have Lost the War (Review) Woody West
A War to Be Won, by Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett
- A War to Be Won by Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett

We Hold These TruthsJ.D. Hayworth
Powers Congress Cannot Delegate

We Hold These TruthsMayor Stephen
The Tenth Amendment

We Hold These TruthsDennis Shea
The Case for Impeaching Rogue Judges

We Hold These TruthsDoug Kmiec
The Supreme Court's Return to Federalism

We the PeopleA Chronicle of American Generosity

We the PeopleCharities on the Dole

We the PeopleCreating Wealth in the Inner Cities

We the PeopleCorporate Upsizing

We the PeopleAdam Meyerson
A Rating System for Social-Service Agencies

We the PeopleTo Boost Charitable Giving, Raise Income Growth and Church Attendance

We the PeopleAdam Meyerson
Lawmakers Who Prove That Leading Means More than Legislating

We the SlaveownersDinesh D'Souza
In Jefferson's America, Were Some Men Not Created Equal?

We Wuz Robbed!Raymond J. Keating
The Subsidized Stadium Scam

Wealth of NacionesDavid Asman
People Power Comes to Latin America

Wedges and MagnetsAdam Meyerson
Vin Weber on Conservative Opportunities

Welfare Reform: Can the States Fly Solo?Eloise Anderson, Vance McMahan, Don Taylor, and Jason Turner, ...
Four Welfare Directors Explain How Their States Will Fight Poverty

Welfare State ConservatismAdam Meyerson
Jeane Kirkpatrick Speaks about Her Domestic Policy Views


West of EdenSteven Hayward
California's Economic Meltdown Threatens the National Recovery. Who's to Blame?


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Western Approaches (2 Reviews) Gregory A. Fossedal
The Atlantic Crisis, by The Committee for the Free World
- The Atlantic Crisis by The Committee for the Free World
- Global Security in the 1980s by The World Balance of Power Conference

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Western Guilt and Foreign Policy (3 Reviews) Herbert M. Levine
Present Danger, by Robert Conquest
- Present Danger by Robert Conquest
- A Dangerous Place by Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Suzanne Weaver
- Sideshow by William Shawcross

Western ReunionWilliam S. Lind
Our Coming Alliance with Russia?

Books
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The Western Way of War (Review) Woody West
Carnage and Culture, by Victor Davis Hanson
- Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson













What Do Women Want?Rachel Flick
The Three Reasons for Ronald Reagan's Gender Gap

What Do Women Want?Katherine Kersten
A Conservative Feminist Manifesto

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What High School Students Learn About History and Government (2 Reviews) Onalee McGraw
Values in an American Government Textbook, by Michael Novak, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and Ann...
- Values in an American Government Textbook by Michael Novak, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and Anne Crutcher, ...
- How the Cold War Is Taught by Martin Herz

What I Learned in Cedar RapidsAdam Meyerson
Pete du Pont Discusses His Presidential Campaign

The Family
"What I Need Is a Mom"Conna Craig
The Welfare State Denies Homes to Thousands of Foster Children

Book Reviews
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What is Competition? (Review) William H. Peterson
The Antitrust Paradox, by Robert H. Bork
- The Antitrust Paradox by Robert H. Bork




What the Elections Mean for the Conservative MovementMitchell E. Daniels, Jr. and Donald J. Devine, ...
A Symposium

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What to Read on Civil Rights (16 Reviews) Murray Friedman
Up from Slavery, by Booker T. Washington
- Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington
- The Souls of Black Folk by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois
- The Black Jews of Harlem by Howard Brotz
- Black Moses by Edmund David Cronon
- Simple Justice by Richard Kluger
- An American Dilemma by Gunnar Myrdal, Richard Sterner, and Arnold Rose
- Martin Luther King: A Critical Biography by David Levering Lewis
- Bearing the Cross by David J. Garrow
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
- Black Power by Stokely Carmichael and Charles V. Hamilton
- The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
- Bittersweet Encounter by Robert G. Weisbord and Arthur Stein
- The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual by Harold Cruse
- Jesse Jackson: The Man, the Movement, the Myth by Barbara A. Reynolds
- The Negro Family: The Case for National Action by Daniel Patrick Moynihan

What Voters WantDavid Winston
The Politics of Personal Connection

What Will Happen to the Children?A Symposium: Who Will Step in When Welfare Is Abolished






Wheel of FortuneRichard Willard
Stopping Outrageous and Arbitrary Liability Verdicts


Where We Succeeded, Where We FailedAdam Meyerson
Lessons from Reagan Officials for the Next Conservative Presidency




































Who's the Fairest of Them All?Bill Archer
The Truth about the '80s

Who's the Laissez-Fairest of Them All?Hadley Arkes
The Tradition of Natural Rights in American Law

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Whose Liberalism? (3 Reviews) Robert L. Schuettinger
Controlling Inflation, by Barry Bosworth, Daniel J.B. Mitchell, and Laurence S. Seidman...
- Controlling Inflation by Barry Bosworth, Daniel J.B. Mitchell, and Laurence S. Seidman, ...
- Decade of Decision by Michael Harrington
- The Road From Here by Paul Tsongas

Why Americans Are AngryRush Limbaugh
An Interview by William J. Bennett

Why Arms Control FailedRobert W. Kagan
It Didn't Stop the Alarming Buildup of Soviet Missiles



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Why David Stockman Failed (Review) Murray Weidenbaum
The Triumph of Politics, by David A. Stockman
- The Triumph of Politics by David A. Stockman

Why Defense Costs So MuchL. Edgar Prina
The Rationale for a $300 Billion Budget


Why "Globalization" Didn't Rescue RussiaPaul J. Saunders
An Optimistic Theory Runs into Problems in Practice

Why Johnny Can't WorkRichard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway
The Causes of Unemployment

Why Johnny's Dad Can't ReadMeredith Bishop
The Elusive Goal of Universal Adult Literacy

Features
Why Parents Hate TVSen. Joseph Lieberman
A Democratic Senator Tunes into Viewer Disgust


Why Ritalin RulesMary Eberstadt
Parents and Teachers Have Lost Patience with Childhood


Why There Is a Culture WarJohn Fonte
Gramsci and Tocqueville in America

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Why Tories and Socialists Are Equally Guilty (Review) Edward Pearce
The Future That Doesn't Work, by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
- The Future That Doesn't Work by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

Why We Need Nuclear WeaponsPatrick J. Garrity
And Which Ones We Need


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A Wider Range of Options for a National Energy Policy (Review) Milton Copulos
Options for U.S. Energy Policy, by Albert Carnesale
- Options for U.S. Energy Policy by Albert Carnesale

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Will South Africa Survive? (Review) Peter Duignan and L.H. Gann
South Africa: Time Running Out, by The Foreign Policy Study Foundation
- South Africa: Time Running Out by The Foreign Policy Study Foundation

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Will the Real Ronald Reagan...? (4 Reviews) Richard Holwill
The Reagan Revolution, by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak
- The Reagan Revolution by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak
- Ronald Reagan: A Political Biography by Lee Edwards
- Ronald Reagan by Bill Boyarsky
- Winning Back America by Mark J. Green

Will These Women Clean House?Karen Czarnecki Miller
GOP Freshman Lawmakers Seek Congressional Reform


Winners' CirclesScott Bailey
Chicago's Experiment in Low-Income Enterprise

Winning Hearts and MindsJim Courter
Foreign Policy and Foreign Scholarships

Features
Wisconsin's Welfare MiracleRobert Rector
How It Cut Its Caseload in Half

Books
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Wishing Away the Culture War (Review) Stanley Kurtz
Moral Freedom, by Alan Wolfe
- Moral Freedom by Alan Wolfe

Wizards of OozeJames M. Strock
Are Lawyers the Only Ones Cleaning Up under Superfund?

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Women at Arms (2 Reviews) Lee Bockhorn
Breaking Out, by Laura Fairchild Brodie
- Breaking Out by Laura Fairchild Brodie
- The Kinder, Gentler Military by Stephanie Gutmann

Women of ValorMartin van Creveld
Why Israel Doesn't Send Women into Combat


The World According to KirkpatrickAdam Wolfson
Is Ronald Reagan Listening?

World's Largest DebtorDavid D. Hale
The Risks of America's New Role as Capital Importer

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Worth the Cost (Review) Arnold Beichman
The Fifty-Year Wound, by Derek Leebaert
- The Fifty-Year Wound by Derek Leebaert

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A Worthy Adversary (Review) Tevi Troy
A Life in the Twentieth Century, by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
- A Life in the Twentieth Century by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Wronging RightsTibor R. Machan

"X" CommunicationsJeane J. Kirkpatrick



"X" CommunicationsWilliam F. Buckley, Jr.




"X" CommunicationsBurton Yale Pines
Response

Yakkity-Yak, It's Coming BackMark Gerson
Doo-Wop Fans Dance to Family Values.

Yeltsin's Global ShieldKeith B. Payne, Linda Vlahos, and Willis Stanley, ...
Russia Recasts the SDI Debate

Yes We KenoshaStephen Glass
With Can-Do Capitalism, a Wisconsin Town Busts Out of the Rustbelt

Yesterday's CigarGeorgie Anne Geyer
Fidel Castro, the Last Caudillo

Yesterday's WarDov S. Zakheim
Defense Acquisition Is Based on Obsolete Assumptions

"You Ain't the Right Color, Pal"Frederick R. Lynch and William R. Beer
White Resentment of Affirmative Action

You Better Shop AroundAnna Bray
Shouldn't You Have the Same Health Care Choices as Your Congressman?

You Just Can't Take It AnymoreRichard Miniter
America's Property Rights Revolt

You Must Remember ThisMichael Medved
What's Right with American Culture

Your Honey or Your LifeAllan Carlson
Dependent-Related Costs Are Skyrocketing in the U.S. Military: Is It Time for a Bachelo...

You've Come a Long Way, DaddyWade Horn
Why the Fatherhood Ideal Is Making a Comeback

Zebra TerritoryVictor Trevino
The Courage of Houston's Volunteer Cops





100 Days That Shook the World?A Symposium: The Historical Significance of the Contract with America

1983Andrew E. Busch and Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, ...
The 10-Year Anniversary Marks the Beginning of the End of the Cold War.
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