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October 2008 Issue - 28 Articles- From the Editor's Desk
Charles R. Kesler
, p. 3 The New Patriotism
- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
- The Roots of Liberal Condenscension
William Voegeli
, pp. 6-9 -
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Getting Beyond Race (3 Reviews) Abigail Thernstrom
, pp. 10-12 The Race Card, by Richard Thompson Ford
- The Race Card by Richard Thompson Ford
- Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal by Randall Kennedy
- A Bound Man by Shelby Steele
Government and the Economic Crisis: A Symposium
- --- by George Gilder, p. 13
- --- by Robert Higgs, p. 14
- --- by Stephen Moore, p. 14
- --- by Alan Reynolds, p. 15
- Is Health Care a Right?
Andrew E. Busch
, pp. 16-18 -
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The Right Prescription (2 Reviews) John R. Graham
, pp. 19-20 Code Red, by David Dranove
- Code Red by David Dranove
- Putting Our House in Order by George P. Shultz and John Shoven
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...And We're Here to Help You (2 Reviews) Carnes Lord
, pp. 21-23 The Warping of Government Work, by John D. Donahue
- The Warping of Government Work by John D. Donahue
- A Government Ill Executed by Paul C. Light
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All the Leaves are Brown (9 Reviews) Steven F. Hayward
, pp. 24-29 The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman
- The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
- American Earth by Bill McKibben
- How We Can Save the Planet by Mayer Hillman, Tina Fawcett, and Sudhir Chella Rajan, ...
- The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy by David Shearman and Joseph Wayne Smith
- The Green State by Robyn Eckersley
- Fatal Misconception by Matthew Connelly
- Break Through by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger
- Where We Stand by Seymour Garte
- Useless Arithmetic by Orrin H. Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis
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Kicking Nixon Around (Review) Michael Barone
, pp. 30-31 Nixonland, by Rick Perlstein
- Nixonland by Rick Perlstein
- The Great Black Hope
Barry Latzer
, pp. 32-36 The Disputed Question
- Civil Rights and the Conservative Soul
Hadley Arkes
, pp. 37-38 - Conservative Dilemma
William Voegeli
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Voting Rights and Wrongs (Review) Robert F. Nagel
, p. 40 Deconstructing the Republic, by Anthony A. Peacock
- Deconstructing the Republic by Anthony A. Peacock
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Growing Up Fast (Review) Dorothea Israel Wolfson
, pp. 41-42 Freedom's Orphans, by David L. Tubbs
- Freedom's Orphans by David L. Tubbs
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Republic of Devils (Review) James Hankins
, pp. 43-44 Against Throne and Altar, by Paul A. Rahe
- Against Throne and Altar by Paul A. Rahe
- Locus Classicus
Bruce S. Thornton
, pp. 45-47 Clever, Enduring Odysseus
Lincoln Bicentennial, 1809-2009
- Introduction, pp. 48-49
- O Captain! My Captain!
Christopher Flannery
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The Great Debate Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined ... (4 Reviews) Diana Schaub
, pp. 52-56 - Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America by Allen C. Guelzo
- The Long Pursuit by Roy Morris Jr.
- Crisis of the House Divided by Harry V. Jaffa
- Abraham Lincoln: A Biography by Lord Charnwood
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Commander-in-Chief Tried by War, by James M. McPherson (4 Reviews) Mackubin T. Owens
, pp. 57-60 - Tried by War by James M. McPherson
- Lincoln's War by Geoffrey Perret
- Supreme Command by Eliot A. Cohen
- Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation by Allen C. Guelzo
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Douglass and Lincoln Giants, by John Stauffer (2 Reviews) Peter W. Schramm
, pp. 61-62 - Giants by John Stauffer
- Frederick Douglass by Peter C. Myers
- Steeped in Shakespeare
John Channing Briggs
, pp. 63-66 -
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Unfinished Work Abraham Lincoln (1930 Film), by D.W. Griffith (5 Reviews) Martha Bayles
, pp. 67-69 - Abraham Lincoln (1930 Film) by D.W. Griffith
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940 Film) by John Cromwell
- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939 Film) by John Ford
- Gore Vidal's Lincoln (1988 Film) by Lamont Johnson
- A House Divided: Abraham and Mary Lincoln (2000 Film) by David Grubin
- Parthian Shot
Mark Helprin
, pp. 70-72 Decision in the West