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August 16, 2004 Issue - 19 Articles- Scrapbook, pp. 2-3
French diplomacy, Al Franken, and more
- Casual
Victorino Matus
, pp. 4-5 - Correspondence, p. 6
Playboy bunnies, Bostonians, etc.
- Editorials
William Kristol
, p. 7 The Antiwar Candidate
Articles
- No Silver Lining in the Kerry Cloud
Fred Barnes
, p. 8 - The Issue That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Jeffrey Bell
, pp. 9-10 - Bad Headlines for Bush...
Irwin M. Stelzer
, p. 11 - Barbarism Then and Now
Joseph Loconte
, pp. 12-13 - Inside the Zarqawi Network
Jonathan Schanzer
, pp. 14-15 - Give Them Shelter
Duncan Currie
, pp. 16-18 Features
- Is Reading Really at Risk?
Joseph Epstein
, pp. 19-23 It depends on what the meaning of reading is
- Not Worth a Blue Ribbon
Reuel Marc Gerecht
, pp. 24-26 The conventional (and unhelpful) wisdom of the 9/11 Commission
- Purple America
Michael Robinson #2 and Susan Ellis
, pp. 27-30 The country is really an even mix of blue and red
Books & Arts
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Land of Hope and Fear (2 Reviews) Wilfred M. McClay
, pp. 31-35 Hawthorne in Concord, by Philip McFarland
- Hawthorne in Concord by Philip McFarland
- Hawthorne: A Life by Brenda Wineapple
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Morning in America (Review) Matthew Rees and Robert Schlesinger
, pp. 36-38 Red Dawn (1984 Film), by John Milius
- Red Dawn (1984 Film) by John Milius
The Standard Reader
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Books in Brief (Review) Dan Dickinson
, p. 39 - Dawn Over Baghdad by Karl Zinsmeister
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Review A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts, by Chris... (Review) Andrew Apostolou
, p. 39 - A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts by Christiane Bird
- Parody, pp. 40-42
Volvo: Swedish fire on wheels
- Cover
Lev Nisnevitch