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July 28, 2008 ISSUE

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Losing Afghanistan 
Leon Hadar
Having failed to capture bin Laden or destroy the Taliban, the U.S. turns to nation-building in the graveyard of empires.

Articles

The Right Democrat 
Jack Hunter
In Senate candidate Bob Conley, South Carolina has a conservative alternative to Lindsey Graham.

These Colors Run 
Roger D. McGrath
Chariots of Eire

Going Off the Rawls 
David Gordon
What’s Wrong With John Rawls?

Power Failure 
Andrew A. Michta
Control of the world’s petroleum reserves is not just an economic issue but a matter of national security.

Catholics Without Borders   
Michael Brendan Dougherty
For many American bishops, amnesty is an article of faith.

Arts & Letters

Conservatism’s First Family 
Daniel McCarthy
An American Family: The Buckleys by Reid Buckley

The Gropes of Roth   
Steve Sailer
Ben Kingsley in

Capital Offenses   
Peregrine Worsthorne
Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century by Tony Judt

Jetset Jihadis 
Ed West
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century by Steve Coll

News

Fourteen Days   
It’s the Economy, Stupid; Who Watches the Watch List?; A Raza by Any Other Name

Deep Background   
Pakistan’s Double Agents; Murdoch’s Monkey Business

Columns

Potemkin Missiles   
Patrick J. Buchanan

The Man From Hyde Park   
Daniel Larison

Modem Operandi   
Fred Reed

 

 


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