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Four weeks of The Weekly Standard

volume 013 issue # 33
5/12/2008: Vol. 013, # 33

volume 013 issue # 32
5/5/2008: Vol. 013, # 32

volume 013 issue # 31
4/28/2008: Vol. 013, # 31

volume 013 issue # 30
4/21/2008: Vol. 013, # 30


 Issue Date: 5/12/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 33

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A Hero's Life
Remembering John McCain's teacher.

Editorial

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Right about Obama
The latest Jeremiah Wright episode tells us a lot about his former parishioner.

Scrapbook

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Acknowledgments, imagined influence, etc.

Articles

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Disenfranchised Over There
Let's defend the voting rights of those who defend us.

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Attack of the Pharmascolds
The self-righteous foes of industry-funded medical research.

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South Africa Plays Ball with Dictators
So don't play ball in South Africa.

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The Silent Scream of the Asparagus
Get ready for 'plant rights.'

Features

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An Exceedingly Strange New Respect
Hillary Clinton makes friends in some surprising precincts.

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Just Like Us! Really?
Gallup says only 7 percent of the world's Muslims are political radicals. Yet 36 percent think the 9/11 attacks were in some way justified.

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Advice for the Nuclear Abolitionists
Yes, Ronald Reagan wanted to rid the world of nuclear weapons, but he was a stickler for verification.

Books & Arts

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Radical Revision
Reclaiming the history of the left from leftist historians.

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Out of This World
An interplanetary opera with a nod to the past.

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Balancing Act
Symmetry is more than a mathematician's conceit.

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Reverent Billy
The meaning and message of 'America's pastor.'

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'Matrix' on Wheels
Fast, fun, and loads of heart-warming monologues.

Casual

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Prom Night
Matt Labash, D.C. debutante.

Correspondence

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Tribes, McCainomics, and more

Parody

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Rev. Wright on the ancient Italians
A parody.


 Issue Date: 5/5/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 32

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The Media Builds
a Monument to Itself

The Newseum reeducates the public.

Editorial

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Carter's Heir
He's a senator from Illinois.

Scrapbook

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Boomer self-love, Nobel nomination, etc.

Articles

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Republicans Go Green?
The party follows Arnold's lead.

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Housebroken 'Blue Dogs'
Nancy Pelosi keeps them on a short leash.

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To Tell the Truth
Will the real Barack Obama please stand up?

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The Petraeus Promotion
Good for Iraq, good for the Middle East...and good for McCain.

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How We'll Know When We've Won
A definition of success in Iraq.

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Hurricane Eve Hits New Orleans
Celebrating a decade of those revolting monologues.

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Go for the Bitter Bloc
Hillary shows McCain the path to victory over Obama.

Books & Arts

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Greek Bearing Gift
Constantine Cavafy, the tortured bard of Alexandria.

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Like Lost Sheep
These days, the Episcopal missionaries are from Africa.

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College Daze
The 'great conversation' is now the sounds of chaos.

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The Enforcer
The standards and practices of long lost Hollywood.

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Room With View
Small change at the Met.

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Goo to Go
Sometimes a guy needs to see a chick flick.

Casual

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Naming Names
David Skinner, naming names.

Parody

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Democratic fatigue


 Issue Date: 4/28/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 31

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24 Hours on the 'Big Stick'
What you can learn about America on the deck of the USS 'Theodore Roosevelt.'

Editorial

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Nancy ♥ Hugo
Why House Democrats killed the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

Scrapbook

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Keeper Springs, Antoine Saint-Ex, and more

Articles

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Globaloney, Obama-Style
The candidate as worldwide celebrity.

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Lame, But Still Game
President Bush is not about to just fade away.

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Come Fly With Us
Delta-Northwest will be the biggest, but it probably won't be better.

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Egypt Builds a Wall
And changes its tune on Israel's barrier.

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A Bush Success (not that he gets credit)
The Medicare drug benefit is working better than predicted.

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The Other Big Crime Drop
What happened to America's violent prisons?

Features

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Food Riots Made in the USA
There's a better solution to our energy problems than ethanol. It's called nuclear energy.

Books & Arts

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The Third Jihad
When radical Muslims distort Islam.

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Caution, Children
Freedom for adults can mean misery for children.

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China by Design
On a clear day you can see the People's Architecture.

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Knight to Remember
The importance of Hobey Baker, gentleman-athlete.

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The Classicist
Robert Fagles (1933-2008) gave life to the language of Greece and Rome.

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Campus Shooting
An academic comedy featuring Prof. Dennis Quaid.

Casual

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The Numbers Game
Joseph Epstein, spendthrift.

Correspondence

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Saddam and Terrorism

Parody

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The New York Times Flips for Chris Matthews


 Issue Date: 4/21/2008 -  Volume 013, Number 30

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Carrying a Torch for China
Skip the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, Mr. President.

Editorial

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Progress, Actually
Things are looking up in Iraq, which is why the Democrats have forgotten about benchmarks.

Scrapbook

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Charlton Heston, jihad sailor, etc.

Articles

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Vultures of the Left
Harry Reid and company welcome bad news and ignore good news.

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They Really Do Plan to Surrender
Don't put your hope in Democratic statesmanship.

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A Debt That Can Never Be Repaid
Michael Monsoor is awarded the Medal of Honor.

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The Year of Taking Offense
Foot-stamping demands for apologies aren't presidential.

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Sex, Nazis, and Videotape
The inestimable entertainment of the Max Mosley scandal.

Features

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Embrace Your Inner Teddy Roosevelt
An economic agenda for John McCain.

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Mennonites and Mammonites...
in Paraguay.

Books & Arts

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Grand Ambition
From the Greeks to the Founders.

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Revealed Truth
In Tobias Wolff's world, wisdom comes with experience.

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The Magic Shrum
When he touches a Democratic presidential candidate, they lose.

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The Conductor
Anthony Minghella (1954-2008) made music in film.

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The Right Stuff
Michael Oakeshott and the 'disposition' to conservatism.

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Cute as a Button
A 1930s-style screwball comedy set in the 1930s. Sounds like fun.

Casual

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O Canada
Robert Messenger, militarist.

Parody

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Putin, buttinski




 

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