IN THE August 30, 2010, ISSUE
The Greatly Ghastly Rand
In Atlas Shrugged Rand brings forth the barely comprehensible hatred of her derangedly insecure ego.
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Articles
Cops, and Robbers
Everywhere, cash-strapped councils and legislatures in the second year of post-crisis America are struggling to bring outlays in line.
The Many Meanings of ‘Europeanize’
Republicans continue to warn that President Obama’s agenda would “Europeanize” the United States. But what does that mean?
‘Barack and I’
Biden might want to rethink ‘Barack,’ if he thought in the first place.
Features
The Leaner Welfare State
The citizen-benefits model would build on American strengths.
Our Real Gulf Disaster
All the misinformation connected to overreaction to the spill may have had a serious influence on President Obama and his advisers.
The Road to Charikar
There are attacks on U.S. forces on the Shomali Plain and in the surrounding valleys, but they pale in contrast to the Soviet experience.
Eleventh-Hour Counterinsurgency
The surge has one more year to produce results, and then Obama has promised to begin withdrawing our troops.
Fatal Conceit
Today, support for Barack Obama’s nation-building project in Afghanistan is widespread, even among conservatives.
Books, Arts & Manners
A Complicated Rebel
Saul Alinsky’s complicated life as the father of community organizing.
The Greatly Ghastly Rand
In Atlas Shrugged Rand brings forth the barely comprehensible hatred of her derangedly insecure ego.
Petronoia
Oil is a gripping book: Its plots are so intertwined that it could have been written as a mystery, albeit one that would be dismissed as unbelievable.
On Thin Ice
The book recounts some important successes, but Baker is almost certainly guilty of not giving himself, or the Bush administration, quite enough credit.
Cancerland
This piece is not about our particular experiences, but about the country itself.
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