IN THE September 12, 2016, ISSUE
Toomey’s Travails
Will the Trump-resisting Pennsylvania senator retain his seat?
Magazine
Also In This Issue
Articles
Mourning in America
Reagan led a healthy society; ours is fragmented and decaying.
The Christian-Fascist Fantasy
Whatever happened to our supposed homegrown ‘Taliban?’
Four Myths about Trade
True free trade is still optimal, but its advocates are stuck in the 20th century.
The Greatest Movie Ever Made
One hundred years after its release, Intolerance offers an inspiring vision of love and history.
Features
Books, Arts & Manners
Target Practice
Is there a war on guns, and if so, who’s winning? The answer is complex.
Mission Creep
This interesting work is not exactly a memoir, but rather a reflection on war, the military, and national-security law in our time.
Cash Value
Former Treasury official Morgan Ricks’s new book provides a fresh take on the Great Recession that sharpens our understanding of it.
A Salzburg Sampler
On Zubin Mehta, the famed, veteran conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sections
Cry Not for Gawker
Gawker is dead. And we’re all supposed to have gone to pieces over it.
Letters
The Patriot Guard Riders
I very much enjoyed Kevin D. Williamson’s article “Thoughts and Prayers in Baton Rouge” (August 15), as I have enjoyed most of his work in National Review. ...
The Week
‐ So far the candidates have stuck with what they do best: Hillary lying and Trump firing people.
‐ It is clear why Hillary Clinton did not want to give up ...
Official Transcript: The McLaughlin Group (Celestial Edition)
The McLaughlin Group, Celestial Edition, Sunday, August 28, 2016
Professions of Privilege
People on Twitter were listing their first seven jobs. It would be harmless, except nothing is harmless. Everything is awful.
Poetry
ELEGY TO AN ORANGE IN PHOENIX, OR A MODERN WOMAN
Fooled, briefly, by its own blossom
Into believing it belongs in the barren
World it was brought to and has sought to
Make its ...