IN THE February 6, 2012, ISSUE Let Us Now Praise Private Equity By Reihan Salam To create new jobs, you must destroy old ones.
Economy & Business Grade School By Andrew Stuttaford Rating agencies certify the euro zone’s parlous state.
Economy & Business Let Us Now Praise Private Equity By Reihan Salam To create new jobs, you must destroy old ones.
Health Care Romney vs. Obamacare By Yuval Levin & Ramesh Ponnuru What the presumptive nominee should say.
Economy & Business The President’s Depressing Statistics By Scott Winship Obama is simply wrong about economic mobility.
Elections Dan Quayle’s Second Act By John J. Miller He’s out of politics, but full of political wisdom.
Books The Virtue Deficit By Ron Haskins A review of Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010, by Charles Murray.
Books Acid Test By John J. Miller A review of Ambrose Bierce: The Devil’s Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirs, edited by S. T. Joshi.
Books The Writer’s Life By Mark Falcoff A review of But What Do You Actually Do?: A Literary Vagabondage, by Alistair Horne.
The Week The Week By NR Editors Mismanaged and lacking strategic direction, the Gingrich campaign may be in need of a leveraged buyout.
The Bent Pin Mr. Hitchens and I By Florence King “Pen pals” is much too hearty and well-adjusted for either of the difficult personalities involved.
Athwart The Gilded Choo-choo By James Lileks Aside from the used diaper in the sleeping-car compartment, it wasn’t a bad train trip.
Happy Warrior Paul the Parochial By Mark Steyn Greta Garbo can say “I vont to be alone”; great powers don’t get the option.