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May 19, 2008 Issue - 19 Articles- Scrapbook, pp. 2-3
JFK's foibles, the PC police, etc.
- Casual
Joseph Bottum, logophile
, pp. 4-5 - Correspondence, pp. 6-8
The Newseum, China, and more
- Editorial, pp. 9-11
Countering Iran
Articles
- Gloomy Republicans
Fred Barnes
, p. 12 With good reason
- The War Over the War (cont.)
Reihan Salam
, pp. 13-14 What the G.I. Bill debate is really about
- The Job Isn't Senator-in-Chief
Lawrence B. Lindsey
, pp. 15-16 Obama and McCain need to be ready on day one
- We're All Gun Nuts Now
John McCormack
, pp. 17-18 The Democrats sidle up to the Second Amendment
- A Counterinsurgency Grows in Khost
Ann Marlowe
, pp. 19-26 An unheralded U.S. success in Afghanistan
- The Boris Blitz
James Kirchick
, pp. 27-31 On the hustings with Boris Johnson, London's unlikely new mayor
- Jeremiah Wright's 'Trumpet'
Stanley Kurtz
, pp. 32-36 Barack Obama's former pastor's magazine reveals the content of his theology
Books & Arts
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Trouble Down Below (Review) Mark Falcoff
, pp. 37-39 Forgotten Continent, by Michael Reid
- Forgotten Continent by Michael Reid
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The Strategist (Review) Daniel Sullivan
, p. 40 America's Rasputin, by David Milne
- America's Rasputin by David Milne
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Hollywood Hybrid (Review) Joe Queenan
, pp. 41-42 Living Like Ed, by Ed Begley, Jr.
- Living Like Ed by Ed Begley, Jr.
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Weapon of Choice (Review) Joan Frawley Desmond
, p. 43 This Common Secret, by Susan Wicklund
- This Common Secret by Susan Wicklund
- 'Orfeo' at 400
Algis Valiunas
, pp. 44-46 Monteverdi's gift to music and drama
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Films: A $uperhero's Saga (Review) John Podhoretz
, p. 47 Iron Man (2008 Film), by Jon Favreau
- Iron Man (2008 Film) by Jon Favreau
- Parody, p. 48
Mars attacks the global candy market
- Cover
Ensign Christopher Weis