August 2012
Editorial
Don’t Blame John Roberts
Front Lines
Which Jobs President?
Employment numbers damn Romney and Obama alike
Faith in the Flesh
What banning circumcision means
America Goes Jousting
Our splendid military is all for show.
Exorcising George McGovern
How the GOP lost its foreign-policy advantage
Cover Story
Race, IQ, and Wealth
What the facts tell us about a taboo subject
Articles
Obama’s Right Wing
Meet the Burkeans who voted for the president (and might do it again)
The Case for Kemp
On war and state capitalism, Reagan’s role model was right
Britain Abolishes Itself
Traditions working-class and aristocratic fade in Cameron’s UK.
Making Modernity Human
Can Christian humanism redeem an age of ideology?
Porky Populism
Class war comes to dinner, and conservatives are on the wrong side.
Commentary
Long Live the Kings
Intelligence Budget Interpreted
Humanitarianism Kills
Casino Capitalism
Arts & Letters
Imperialism by Philanthropy
Philanthropy in America: A History, Olivier Zunz, Princeton University Press, 396 pages
Executive Order
Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians, Robert W. Merry, Simon and Schuster, 320 pages
Reagan’s Athena
Political Woman: The Big Little Life of Jeane Kirkpatrick, Peter Collier, Encounter, 272 pages
Culture Without the War
Beauty Will Save the World: Recovering the Human in an Ideological Age, Gregory Wolfe, ISI Books, 278 pages
McChrystal’s War
The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan, Michael Hastings, Blue Rider Press, 432 pages
How to Read Robert Frost
The Art of Robert Frost, Tim Kendall, Yale University Press, 392 pages
