January 2012
Editorial
People of the Book
Front Lines
Speak No Evil
Throughout her 19-month fight against lung cancer, my younger sister Ruthie was …
Ron Paul’s Secret Weapon
The Free State Project flexes its muscles in New Hampshire.
Cover Story
Hard Times Again
Amid the wreck of capitalism and socialism, Dickens is timelier than ever.
Articles
Fight the Future
Patent Nonsense
Intellectual property enforces a monopoly over the mind.
Unpatriotic Act
Indefinite military detention comes to the homefront.
Kennan’s Opposite
John Lewis Gaddis wrote the book on containment’s architect— but he didn’t follow it.
Revenge of the Nerd
It’s Ray Bradbury’s future—we’re just living in it.
How the Mideast Was Lost
Neither dictatorship nor democracy guarantees America’s interests.
Immigration Impasse
Does a defeat in Arizona spell doom for restrictionists?
Commentary
High Times at Delphi
Just My Type
Cable’s Catechism
Most American Catholics, even those who never watch the Eternal Word Television …
Provoking Pearl Harbor
NATO vs. Syria
Americans should be concerned about what is happening in Syria, if only …
Arts & Letters
Who Needs a Ph.D.?
Labor Pains
Everyman’s Strauss
