IN THE February 10, 2014, ISSUE

Bateman’s Losers

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Vegas, Baby — ‘Eggs are expensive, sperm are cheap.” That’s the plain-English approximation of Bateman’s principle, which holds that in a species with two sexes, the members of the sex ...

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Politics & Policy

A Dangerous Deal

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For nearly three decades, Iran’s ayatollahs have outfoxed and outmaneuvered Western counter-proliferation efforts. Tehran has repeatedly bested our diplomats, our spies, and, most especially, our gullible political leaders. In the ...

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The Twain, Meeting

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About ten, fifteen years ago, a phrase occurred to me: “the Sinification of music.” This refers to the ever-growing influence of Chinese musicians on Western classical music. Has this influence ...

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The Long View

Document Extracts

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL WIRETAP TRANSCRIPT NEW JERSEY STATE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION [PLEASE NOTE, AS PER DIRECTOR, THIS INFORMATION IS CLOSE-HOLD.] Begin Extract #1 10:23:02 [static] Unidentified Male Voice: “. . . and we make them hurt, ...
Politics & Policy

Poetry

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WORLD An edgeless bird Made of words Passes above the yard. Dense as a hoof, Skids from the roof A block of numbers, falling, striking hard. In the water tank Stirs, with a clank, A serpent, gorged on images, ...
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Letters

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Racist Roll Call Reading Kevin D. Williamson’s article “Racism! Squirrel!” (December 31 issue) brought back fond memories of roll call when we had a substitute teacher. As the teacher got to ...
Politics & Policy

The Week

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‐ Little-known fact: François Hollande’s security is provided by Arkansas state troopers. ‐ “What difference, at this point, does it make?” asked the presumed front-runner in the 2016 presidential race when ...
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Arise Ye Media

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Over at Salon there’s an excerpt from the book Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA. The title, you suspect, comes from John Lennon’s limp hymn to a happy hippie hand-holding ...
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