June 2012
Editorial
Turn Off, Tune Out, Drop In
Front Lines
Freud and the Drone
Robot war means more killing, less guilt
Impaired Visions
Thomas Sowell’s thinking is blinded by partisanship.
Stealth Turkey
The trillion-dollar F-35 is an easy target.
Markets First, Elections Later
Why democratization fails from Russia to Iraq
Cover Story
When News Is Propaganda
Cable networks perfect their partisan slant—and that means war.
Articles
Romney Capitalism
Mitt’s father knew that industry, not finance, built America.
Kuwait’s Crossroads
Islamists and American power imperil the Gulf’s freest state.
Revolt in the Ranks
Dissent in the armed forces is a patriotic tradition
Eastern Right
Conservative minds convert to Orthodox Christianity
Neo-Keynesian Trap
Cheap, abundant credit stimulates the wrong kind of growth.
Hungary Reconstituted
The “Easter constitution” reasserts a national identity
As Goode as It Gets
The Constitution Party has a nominee, but does it have a future?
Commentary
War and the Intellectuals
Surveilling Bill Clinton
Welcome to Takiwood
Warming up to Tinseltown
Ballot of a Thin Man
The Paul campaign calls to mind the rebellious ethos of 1980s punks.
Arts & Letters
Beyond Originalism
Hamilton Shrugged
Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States, Michael Lind, Harper, 592 pages
A Stasi for America
Enemies: A History of the FBI, Tim Weiner, Random House, 560 pages
Ron Paul’s Paradoxes
Ron Paul’s Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired, Brian Doherty, Broadside Books, 304 pages
The Science of Policy
Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of Trial-and-Error for Business, Politics, and Society, Jim Manzi, Basic Books, 300 pages
