IN THE August 10, 2009, ISSUE
Film: Here’s the Outrage
It used to be so easy to shock the bourgeoisie. You could do it with paint, like Picasso; with words, like D. H. Lawrence; with (dubious) scientific data, like Dr. ...
Also In This Issue
Articles
Wrong Big Picture, Dangerous Fine Print
There are only two problems with the emerging Democratic plan to reform health care in the United States: the big picture, and the fine print.
From a macro perspective, the bills ...
Romney’s Folly
Amid negotiations with leading Democrats over health-care reform, Iowa senator Chuck Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, commented, “The federal government is in the process of nationalizing banks, ...
Not Your Father’s Latin America
Hugo Chávez likes to boast that history is on his side. During a recent broadcast of his talk show, Aló Presidente, the Venezuelan leader informed Barack Obama that “the process ...
Obamanopoly
A few years ago, while vacationing in New Hampshire, I stopped in one of its state-owned liquor stores to buy kosher wine for the upcoming Jewish holidays. I could not ...
Features
What’s Wrong with Cap-And-Trade?
In June, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, otherwise known as Waxman-Markey after the bill’s sponsors, Democrats Henry Waxman (of California) and Ed Markey ...
Brainy Bronx Kid Against Terror
Michael Mukasey is a modest man, not a horn-tooter, and you may have missed his tenure as attorney general. He served from November 2007 to January 2009. In other words, ...
The Carrie Effect
The headline on the story about a new CBS News/New York Times survey was interesting: “Poll: Support for Gay Marriage Dips.” How fast and how far had support for gay ...
Books, Arts & Manners
Struggle for A Continent
Not long ago, when I was staying at a Turkish resort on the Aegean coast, my sleep was disturbed by two sounds: the call of the muezzin and the deep ...
Your Friend Priscilla
EDITOR’S NOTE: National Review Books now publishes History Writ Small: Exploring Its Nooks & Crannies by Barge, Boat, and Balloon, by Priscilla L. Buckley. Below is a version of Mr. ...
Film: Here’s the Outrage
It used to be so easy to shock the bourgeoisie. You could do it with paint, like Picasso; with words, like D. H. Lawrence; with (dubious) scientific data, like Dr. ...
Summertime Blues
The thing one always hears about the long school summer vacation is that it is a relic of the time when farmers needed the youngsters to help bring in the ...
The Deepest Roots
In numerous books over the years, conservatives have offered historical perspectives on conservatism, liberals on liberalism, and each on the other, crowding bestseller lists and remainder piles alike. The common ...
Sections
City of New Haven, Ct., Firefighters Exam
Please answer the questions in each section before going on to the next section. Use black or blue-black ink. Questions that are not answered or are answered illegibly will be ...
Target
Yesterday I was shuffling through a store
And choosing several things I didn’t need –
Lipstick, conditioner, a candy bar,
A gel pen, Tupperware, ceramic beads –
But at the orange cheese popcorn I ...
Spaghetti Spending
What’s the end game here? I suppose it’s conceivable that there are a few remaining suckers out there who still believe Barack Obama is the great post-partisan, fiscally responsible, pragmatic ...
Letters
Loose Facts, and Women
David Pryce-Jones’s elegant essay “The Dark Lord” (July 6) provided a wealth of fascinating and disturbing insights into the character of Lord Byron. But Pryce-Jones is in ...