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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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That Didn't Take Long

Noted lefty homophobe Spencer Ackerman lasted a full three days in his new job as a blogger for the Center for American Progress before writing something entirely beyond the pale:

May Bush and bin Laden die in exactly the same way: alone, afraid, and in captivity.

Frankly, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner--Ackerman was fired from his last respectable job for threatening to crush his editor's skull with a baseball bat. Though in fairness, as vile as this comment about the president is, it may represent a form of progress for Ackerman. At least he's no longer engaging in personal threats. But who knows what tomorrow will bring...

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