December 2011
Editorial
2012 and Its Discontents
Front Lines
Conservatives vs. the Pope
The Church isn’t always on the rights’s side.
Who Won the Iraq War?
As the troops come home, it’s time to count the cost.
Cover Story
Frankenstein’s Farm
Transgenic agriculture twists property rights as well as DNA.
Articles
Unpopular Vote
Enemies of the Electoral College aim to scrap the Founders’ design.
All-American Abduction
The Senate’s Mr. Tea
Mike Lee brings grassroots conservatism to Washington.
Freedom Means War
Why libertarians can’t do foreign policy.
Inflation by Any Other Name
Nominal GDP targeting puts your savings in the crosshairs.
Nuclear Money Pit
America’s atomic arsenal is stuck in the Cold War era.
A Grief Unobserved
Did Evelyn Waugh’s cruelty cost him his wife—and life?
Commentary
Iowa Votes for Peace
Our daughter will be spending the snowy months rehearsing her role as …
Winter for the West
Leaner, Meaner Marines
Why Socialism Wins
Arts & Letters
Scandal’s Tithe
