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October 24, 2005 ISSUE

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Cover

Money for Nothing 
Philip Giraldi
Between crooked contractors and corrupt politicians, billions of dollars earmarked for Iraqi reconstruction have disappeared.

Articles

Fourteen Days   
Left and Right March Together; Amnesty Accompli?; Some Offsets Off Limits

When Deficit Hawks Cry 
W. James Antle III
Congress compounds a natural disaster with a flood of wasteful spending.

Deconstructing Nation Building 
James L. Payne
The historical record shows that attempts to remake countries by military force most often fail.

The Fathers' War 
Stephen Baskerville
America’s fathers fight our wars and return to broken homes.

Trading Up   
Ian Fletcher
A new school of economics argues that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to international trade.

Deep Background   
Philip Giraldi
Britain Joins the Badr Brigades?; Townsend’s Marching Orders; Orange Counterrevolution

News

Retrospective   
Eight decades before our Mesopotamian morass, Britain found itself in a similar situation, as T.E. Lawrence observed.

Arts & Letters

Film: Of Mathematics and Madness   
Steve Sailer
Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins in “Proof”

The Struggle for Europe 
Patrick J. Buchanan
The West’s Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? by Tony Blankley

Phyllis Schlafly: Conservatism's Founding Mother   
Gregory L. Schneider
Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman’s Crusade by Donald T. Critchlow

Music: Jazz Was Bechet's Crown   
Ralph de Toledano
Bechet gave the music to all God’s children

Degrees of Victimhood   
Taki
Victimological one-upmanship

Columns

Our Paralyzed Elite   
Patrick J. Buchanan
Bush is sinking

1.8 Billion Rounds Later   
Paul Craig Roberts
90,000 rounds per insurgent?

 

 


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