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December 2009 Issue - 37 ArticlesNews & Views
- Front Lines, pp. 4-5
The Bible Gets Hannitized; China's Printing Presses; Cheney Legacy Project
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Untenured Radical (Review) Patrick Allitt
, pp. 6-7 George Scialabba's What Are Intellectuals Good For? is a liberal book conservatives can...
- What Are Intellectuals Good For? by George Scialabba
- Party Favors
John Carney
, pp. 8-9 - Syllabus, p. 10
Liberal Books Conservatives Should Read
- The Dangers of Literacy
Albert Jay Nock
, pp. 11-12 The illusion that everyone can be taught to read degrades civilization
- Caught in the Rye
Stuart Reid
, p. 13 - Kristol Reflections
Daniel McCarthy
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Chosen People (Review) Scott McConnell
, pp. 16-17 The Israel Test, by George Gilder
- The Israel Test by George Gilder
The Best Books You Haven't Read
- --- by David Bromwich, p. 18
- --- by Nick Gillespie, p. 18
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Review Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson (Review) Jeffrey Hart
, p. 18 - Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
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Review The Nemesis of Power, by John W. Wheeler-Bennett (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
, p. 19 - The Nemesis of Power by John W. Wheeler-Bennett
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Review Star Money, by Kathleen Winsor (Review) Florence King
, p. 19 - Star Money by Kathleen Winsor
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Review The Next Million Years, by Charles Galton Darwin (Review) Michael Lind
, p. 19 - The Next Million Years by Charles Galton Darwin
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Review All the Time in the World, by Hugo Williams (Review) John R. MacArthur
, p. 20 - All the Time in the World by Hugo Williams
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Review Ex America, by Garet Garrett (Review) Justin Raimondo
, p. 20 - Ex America by Garet Garrett
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Review Adopted Son, by Gregory Kurt Glassner (Review) Alfred S. Regnery
, p. 20 - Adopted Son by Gregory Kurt Glassner
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Review Fantasia of the Unconscious, by D.H. Lawrence (Review) George Scialabba
, p. 21 - Fantasia of the Unconscious by D.H. Lawrence
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Review The Managerial Revolution, by James Burnham (Review) Sam Tanenhaus
, p. 21 - The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham
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3 Reviews The Chaldean Account of Genesis, by George Ada... (3 Reviews) Alexander Waugh
, p. 21 - The Chaldean Account of Genesis by George Adam Smith
- Mozart and the Wolf Gang by Anthony Burgess
- Roget's Profanisaurus
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Review Travels in Arabia Deserta, by Charles M. Doughty (Review) Chilton Williamson Jr.
, p. 22 - Travels in Arabia Deserta by Charles M. Doughty
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Review The American Beaver and His Works, by Lewis He... (Review) Peter W. Wood
, p. 22 - The American Beaver and His Works by Lewis Henry Morgan
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Review The London Dialogues, by David Hirst (Review) Peregrine Worsthorne
, p. 22 - The London Dialogues by David Hirst
- Shelf Life
Eve Tushnet
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Ayn Shrugged (Review) Daniel Hannan
, pp. 24-25 For all her gifts, the goddess of the market was not a great novelist
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Tracking Tocqueville
Chase Madar
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Founding Traitor (Review) Alan Pell Crawford
, pp. 27-29 An Artist in Treason, by Andro Linklater
- An Artist in Treason by Andro Linklater
- Lives Less Ordinary
Sam Leith
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Postmodern Fogey (Review) Andrew McKie
, pp. 33-34 Hiding Man, by Tracy Daugherty
- Hiding Man by Tracy Daugherty
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Perpetual Feast (Review) Taki Theodoracopulos
, pp. 35-36 A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway and Sean Hemingway
- A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway and Sean Hemingway
- Turning the Pixels
Helen Rittelmeyer
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The Ice Pick Comest (Review) Norman Stone
, pp. 38-40 Trotsky: A Biography, by Robert Service
- Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service
- The Lettered Reactionary
John Rodden and John Rossi
, pp. 41-44 John Lukacs
- Scholar Among Rakes
R.J. Stove
, pp. 45-47 Macaulay
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Burning Rubber (Review) Septimus Waugh
, pp. 48-49 Fordlandia, by Greg Grandin
- Fordlandia by Greg Grandin
- Friendly Ghosts
Bill Kauffman
, pp. 50-52 - Cover Illustration
Chris Hiers