IN THE July 20, 2009, ISSUE Dependence Day By Mark Steyn State control of health care will change our political culture, for the worse and forever.
Health Care Scapegoats in White Coats By John C. Goodman Doctors are not to blame for the high cost of medical services.
Politics & Policy Our Common Foe By Michael Rubin Obama should support the Iranian people by speaking out against their oppressors.
Politics & Policy Sanford’s Seventies Show By Rob Long The South Carolina governor’s place in the pantheon of political adulterers.
Health Care Dependence Day By Mark Steyn State control of health care will change our political culture, for the worse and forever.
U.S. Going Alamo By Kevin D. Williamson Why jobs and companies are flocking to a big small-government state.
World An Occurrence on Fuyou Street By Ethan Gutmann The Communist myth of Falun Gong’s original sin.
Books Story Morals By Cheryl Miller Examining the works and warnings of best-selling novelist Jodi Picoult.
Books Man, Machine, and Copyright By Adam Thierer A review of Digital Barbarism: A Writer’s Manifesto, by Mark Helprin.
Music Music: Podium Prodigy By Jay Nordlinger A talk with Lorin Maazel, as the maestro leaves the New York Philharmonic.
Letters Letters By The Editors I read William Voegeli’s review of Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift with pleasure and genuine interest.
The Week The Week By The Editors The saga of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, voting rights act, Obama stimulus plan, and more.
The Long View From the Desk of Bernard Madoff By Rob Long I know you’re all reading this and thinking…
The Bent Pin Flowering Industry By Florence King The economic crisis has changed my very personality.
Poetry Poetry By William Baer When you deserted your military post, you fled from India as a refugee, then sailed — where else?
Happy Warrior Jacksonian Democracy By Mark Steyn Democracy in America seems alarmingly like the zombies in the late Mr. Jackson’s “Thriller” video.