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September 22, 2008 ISSUE

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Cover

What Russia Wants 
Ted Galen Carpenter
Not world empire—just respect

Free World Colossus 
Lee Congdon
America’s new revolutionary wars

Articles

Bloom Off the Rose Revolution 
John Laughland
The myth of democratic Georgia

Connerly Cashes In 
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Ward Connerly cashes in on affirmative action.

Maternal Flame 
Steve Sailer
Sarah Palin and the new breed of politics

Ron Paul’s Party 
Daniel McCarthy
No room for Ron Paul in McCain’s big tent

Four More Years   
Tony Smith
Whoever wins the election, the Bush Doctrine marches on.

Court Historian 
R.J. Stove
Bush’s pet historian

News

Fourteen Days   
The Palin Pivot; Brother, Can You Spare a Billion?; Thailand’s Top Chef

Deep Background   
America Bugs Maliki; McCain’s Surprise Party

Arts & Letters

I Prefer the Older Women   
Steve Sailer
Diane English’s “The Women”

Assimilating to the GOP 
Scott McConnell
The New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal by Mark Krikorian

Tricky Rick   
Walter M. Hudson
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein

Counter-Counterculture 
Septimus Waugh
The Sixties Unplugged: A Kaleidoscopic History of a Disorderly Decade by Gerard DeGroot

Columns

Washington’s War Guarantee   
Patrick J. Buchanan
Russian Roulette

The Candidates’ Vices   
Daniel Larison
Veep choices show us the candidates’ worst traits

Safe at Home 
Bill Kauffman
Baseball in Batavia

 

 


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