IN THE September 21, 2009, ISSUE
A Myth Is as Good as a Mile
Why the assisted-suicide movement is winning.
Magazine
Also In This Issue
Articles
There Will Be Rationing
Sifting out what’s right in Sarah Palin’s “death panels” hyperbole.
Obama’s False Witness
In accusing the Right of lying about health care, the Left shows its disregard for the truth.
From the Creators of the Great Society
Obamacare is a tough sell because we’ve seen how grandiose plans turn out in Washington.
Features
Getting to the Truth
Newly declassified documents show that the Bush administration’s interrogation policies were both responsible and effective.
Books, Arts & Manners
Reagan: Freeway or Detour?
A review of The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980–1989, by Steven F. Hayward.
Dazed and Confuzed
A review of This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America, by Ryan Grim.
Sections
Transcript: Interrogation of Detainee 00-287, Codenamed: MasterMind
We will be discussing in this first session the current state and org-chart of al-Qaeda.
Brother, Can You Spare a Pension?
The “abolition of want” starts with the abolition of stigma.