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December 31, 2007 Issue - 21 Articles- Scrapbook, pp. 2-3
Jamie Lynn Spears, SID
- Casual
Matt Labash
, p. 4 - Correspondence, p. 5
Calvin, less spending, and more
- Editorial, pp. 6-7
Gen. David Petraeus, Man of the Year
Articles
- A Nation of Dim Bulbs
Andrew Ferguson
, pp. 8-9 - Vox Huckabee
Terry Eastland
, pp. 10-11 - Thompson's Waterloo (Iowa)
Stephen F. Hayes
, pp. 12-14 - Hill-A-Copter Down
Jonathan V. Last
, pp. 15-16 - Dingell Bells
Henry Payne and Shikha Dalmia
, pp. 17-18 - New Hampshire Blues
Seth Gitell
, p. 19 - Do They Know It's Christmas?
Paul Marshall
, pp. 20-21 Features
- The Learning Disabled Education Expert
Jonathan Leaf
, pp. 22-27 Jonathan Kozol's crusade to prevent school reform
- Let a Hundred Flowers Be Crushed
Ellen Bork
, pp. 28-32 The precarious lives of China's dissidents
Books & Arts
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Dear Diary, I Think I'm in Love (Review) P.J. O'Rourke
, pp. 33-35 Journals, 1952-2000, by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and Stephen Schlesinger, ...
- Journals, 1952-2000 by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and Stephen Schlesinger, ...
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Edinburgh Rhapsodies (2 Reviews) Elizabeth Powers
, pp. 36-37 The Careful Use of Compliments, by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith
- Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith
- Weiner's World
Maureen Mullarkey
, p. 38 The reductio ad absurdum of conceptual art
- His Shining Hour
Jay Weiser
, pp. 39-40 Bill Charlap and his Trio are reinvigorating jazz
- Marlowe's Anti-Heroes
Eve Tushnet
, p. 41 Two novel versions of Elizabethan history plays
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Film: Vital Gore (Review) John Podhoretz
, pp. 42-43 Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 Film), by Tim Burton
- Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 Film) by Tim Burton
- Parody, p. 44
Mohammeds as far as the eye can see
- Cover: Jonathan Kozel
Earl Keleny