IN THE November 21, 2016, ISSUE
A Second Chance in Iraq
After ISIS falls, we must remain the ‘strongest tribe.’
Also In This Issue
Articles
Hillary’s Second Amendment Nonsense
Her Heller position belies her supposed belief in the individual’s right to bear arms.
Features
Books, Arts & Manners
Grande Dame
We learn, in Blanche Wiesen Cook’s study of the last 20-odd years of her life, that Eleanor Roosevelt possessed a “heart dedicated to profound democratic change.”
High Treason
Holmes has made the case once and for all that Joyce is one of the most odious personalities in the history of fascism and anti-Semitism.
Mastering Disaster
Troy brings to his task the detachment of a presidential scholar and the hands-on experience of a practitioner.
The King’s Man
When it comes to describing the damage wrought by sin, especially on the part of political leaders, Brooks has a master’s touch.
A Man for All Seasons at 50
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is not a likely place to find saints. Yet in 1967, the makers of perhaps the greatest of all religious films trekked to its stage.
A Strange Superman
The Accountant, the new Ben Affleck action vehicle, is founded on a genuinely original idea. Indeed, I feel safe in venturing that nobody, in cinema or literature, has invented an ...
Sections
Letters
Humble Experts
The widespread connotation of “elitist” is one of arrogance and a haughtiness born not of achievement in the trenches but of patrician privilege. However, I feel certain this was ...
The Week
‐ We predict the morally dubious figure with an awful record in public life and much-remarked-upon blond hair will lose the election — and, unhappily, win it.
‐ To former Bill ...
Poetry
FIRST WORDS
And then I resolved that thenceforward I would choose for the theme of my writing only the praise of this most gracious being. But when I had thought exceedingly, ...