IN THE March 25, 2019, ISSUE
Mark Janus: The Man Who Ended Compulsory Union Dues
He asked the Supreme Court to acknowledge his First Amendment rights, and it did.
Also In This Issue
Articles
The 2020 Democratic Field Is a Clown-Car Show
Unique and yet similarly absurd, the presidential candidates emerge.
Cohen’s Congressional Testimony Portends Danger for Trump
Look next to the Southern District of New York, where they don’t write, they indict.
The Hypocrisy of Selling Sustainable Design as the American Dream
From its huge office tower, the New York Times finds our houses too big.
Modular Housing Is Affordable Housing
How new construction techniques can bring the mortgages and rents down.
Features
Mark Janus: The Man Who Ended Compulsory Union Dues
He asked the Supreme Court to acknowledge his First Amendment rights, and it did.
The Republican Party Needs Asian Voters
And by courting them, the GOP can demonstrate that their principles are universal.
Special Financial Section
Did the Financial Crisis End?
We might suffer yet from side effects of the Fed’s powerful monetary medicine.
Taxes Pruned, the Economy Grows
And the Congressional Budget Office bears it out.
In Praise of Donald Trump’s Loose Fiscal Policy
It won’t be right always, but it has been right so far.
Books, Arts & Manners
The American Dream Is Crumbling
Michael Brendan Dougherty reviews Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse, by Timothy P. Carney.
Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence: What We Really Know
Robert VerBruggen reviews Tell Your Children: The Truth about Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence, by Alex Berenson.
The Social-Justice Movement’s Unjust Crusade
Graham Hillard reviews Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America, by Noah Rothman.
Robert Alter’s Monumental Translation of the Hebrew Bible
Sarah Ruden reviews The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary, by Robert Alter.
Green Book’s Oscars Victory: Why a Lousy Film Won Best Picture
Ross Douthat reviews Green Book.
Sections
Lake Erie’s ‘Personhood’ & U.S. Citizenship
Somewhere between the founding of the republic and Karl Marx’s books were published, “rights” became conflated with “things that are good.”
From the Twitter Feed of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, @youthcaptain
Hey, @realdonaldtrump, looking forward to meeting , but you may not recognize me, I’ve been on a terrific weight-loss plan @noom. #paidtweet #sponsored #ad
CPAC Is the Party of the Right
The sessions aren’t really the point of CPAC — not for me, and not for many.