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October 06, 2008 ISSUE

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An Open Letter to Sarah Palin 
TAC Editors
Don’t antagonize Russia, bomb Iran, or believe everything AIPAC tells you.

Whose Palin? 
Sean Scallon
Sarah Palin may have been a Buchanan Brigader, but the peasants with pitchforks are no longer with Pat.

Stars in their Eyes   
Leon Hadar
Even superstar candidates can’t win without substance.

Articles

Crash Test 
Nicholas von Hoffman
This financial crisis may not be worse than 1929, but we’re less prepared to cope.

Rose-Tinted Lens 
Tom Streithorst
The illusion that Iraqis would greet us with flowers was created by media men like me.

America’s Mayor   
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Lou Barletta sent illegal immigrants home. Now he plans to do the same to Rep. Paul Kanjorski.

Gang of Democracies 
Justin Raimondo
The Concert of Democracies is a prelude to war.

Country First? 
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Which country do John McCain’s advisers put first?

Power Play 
Claes G. Ryn
The coup the intellectuals wrought

News

Fourteen Days 
Paulson’s Raw Deal; GOP Blames Blacks Not Banks; Army on Occupation Duty—at Home

Deep Background   
CIA’s Silent Partner; Karachi Here We Come

Forum 
Ward Connerly vs. Michael B. Dougherty

Arts & Letters

How the Western Was Won   
Steve Sailer
Ed Harris in “Appaloosa”

What’s Left of the Old Right 
Anthony Gregory
Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement by Justin Raimondo

What’s the Matter With Thomas Frank?   
Tom Piatak
The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule by Thomas Frank

Blue-Collar Blues   
Patrick J. Deneen
The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker by Steven Greenhouse

Columns

God and Blair at Yale   
Stuart Reid
What’s the Matter with Tony Blair?

Goodbye Gordon Gekko   
Patrick J. Buchanan
Bailing Out a Sinking Ship

Dangerous Addiction   
Fred Reed
The Other Losing War

 

 


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