May 19, 2008 • Vol. 13, No. 34 Download Now! (pdf)

 

COVER
A Counterinsurgency Grows in Khost
by Ann Marlowe

EDITORIAL
Countering Iran
by Reuel Marc Gerecht

SCRAPBOOK
JFK's foibles, the PC police, etc.

ARTICLES
Gloomy Republicans
by Fred Barnes

The War Over the War (cont.)
by Reihan Salam

We're All Gun Nuts Now
by John McCormack

What to Expect When You're Expecting...
by Lawrence B. Lindsey

FEATURES
They Backed Boris
by James Kirchick

Jeremiah Wright's 'Trumpet'
by Stanley Kurtz

BOOKS & ARTS
Trouble Down Below
by Mark Falcoff

The Strategist
by Daniel Sullivan

Hollywood Hybrid
by Joe Queenan

Weapon of Choice
by Joan Frawley Desmond

'Orfeo' at 400
by Algis Valiunas

A $uperhero's Saga
by John Podhoretz

CASUAL
Agenbites
by Joseph Bottum

CORRESPONDENCE
Rev. Wright, patriotic newsman, and more

PARODY
Mars attacks the global candy market


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Headline of the Day

From the Times Online:

"Iraqi forces see victory in Basra"

The paper's Baghdad correspondent notes that "Iraqi soldiers are standing proud in Basra," and that "many of them say the operation has boosted their confidence." So, more evidence that this wasn't quite the humiliating defeat the New York Times first reported.

HT: Instapundit

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