checked himself into rehab for alcoholism. We hope the scotch was older than the boys.” That’s the first paragraph in “The Week” section of the new October 23, 2006, issue of National Review, and it’s followed by 24 more smart-n-brassy takes on current events, plus 3 editorials, 8 articles (from NR’s Murderers’ Row – John J. Miller, Byron York, Jay Nordlinger, Rich Lowry, Jason Lee Steorts, Mario Loyola, David Pryce-Jones, and Mark Steyn), 3 book reviews (Victor David Hanson, Midge Decter, Catherine Seipp), 5 columns (Buckley, Brookhiser, Long, Potemra, and Steyn – we can’t get enough of Mark!), and even a poem. This issue is a phenomenal overload of unrivalled conservative reporting and analysis. Hot off the printing press, it’s on its way to eagerly awaiting mailboxes across the fruited plains. But while thousands tremble with NR-anticipation for days, you can have this very issue right now. Subscribe to the Digital edition of NR – for you enviro-friendly types, it’s printed on recycled ether – and you’ll get immediate access to this issue (and countless prior issues!) of America’s premier conservative journal. The price is incredibly low, only $21.95 for a full year (24 issues). You can take advantage of this great deal now, right here.