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Bush Switches Tactics; Iran Gets a Message

by Richard Brookhiser
Jan. 21st, 2007, 8:00 pm
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Whatever happens in the wake of President Bush’s new Iraq strategy, one thing won’t: Sad  read more »

A Generic Politician Who Answered the Call

by Richard Brookhiser
Jan. 7th, 2007, 8:00 pm
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The most interesting thing about Gerald Ford is that he was the only President that no one ever vote  read more »

An Alternative to Baker: Kill Our Enemies, Quickly

by Richard Brookhiser
Dec. 17th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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I don’t know how the poet Horace managed to get an advance copy of the report of the Iraq Study Gr  read more »

An Alternative to Baker: Kill Our Enemies, Quickly

by Richard Brookhiser
Dec. 17th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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I don’t know how the poet Horace managed to get an advance copy of the report of the Iraq Stud  read more »

You'll Know It When You See It

by Richard Brookhiser
Dec. 3rd, 2006, 8:00 pm
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John Ruskin, the English art critic, never consummated his marriage because on his wedding night, he  read more »

You’ll Know It When You See It

by Richard Brookhiser
Dec. 3rd, 2006, 8:00 pm
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John Ruskin, the English art critic, never consummated his marriage because on his wedding night, he  read more »

Finding New Ways To Confront Old Woes

by Richard Brookhiser
Nov. 19th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The other side holds no elections.  read more »

Give Bush the Tools to Finish the Job

by Richard Brookhiser
Nov. 5th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The midterm election was decisive—the election of 1874, that is.  read more »

Give Bush the Tools to Finish the Job

by Richard Brookhiser
Nov. 5th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The midterm election was decisive—the election of 1874, that is.  read more »

One Critic's View Of the Pataki Era

by Richard Brookhiser
Oct. 22nd, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The worst thing that happened to Eliot Spitzer’s gubernatorial campaign was getting caught in the  read more »

One Critic’s View Of the Pataki Era

by Richard Brookhiser
Oct. 22nd, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The worst thing that happened to Eliot Spitzer’s gubernatorial campaign was getting caught in  read more »

Scandal Threatens House But May Save the Senate

by Richard Brookhiser
Oct. 8th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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When the Terror War was over the horizon, Washington was possessed by the story of the President hav  read more »

Scandal Threatens House But May Save the Senate

by Richard Brookhiser
Oct. 8th, 2006, 8:00 pm
When the Terror War was over the horizon, Washington was possessed by the story of the President hav  read more »

A Ruckus Broke Out; We See Now the Damage

by Richard Brookhiser
Sep. 24th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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There are four people at the bottom of Dante’s hell, and two of them are assassins.  read more »

A Ruckus Broke Out; We See Now the Damage

by Richard Brookhiser
Sep. 24th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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There are four people at the bottom of Dante’s hell, and two of them are assassins.    read more »

If It’s Showtime!, Is It Giuliani Time?

by Richard Brookhiser
Aug. 6th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Who is the bottle blonde on the cover of the current issue of National Review?  read more »

If It's Showtime!, Is It Giuliani Time?

by Richard Brookhiser
Aug. 6th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Who is the bottle blonde on the cover of the current issue of National Review?  read more »

Hezbollah Stages Iran's Sideshow

by Richard Brookhiser
Jul. 23rd, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The war in Lebanon and Israel doesn’t have much to do with Lebanon, and scarcely more to do with I  read more »

Hezbollah Stages Iran’s Sideshow

by Richard Brookhiser
Jul. 23rd, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The war in Lebanon and Israel doesn’t have much to do with Lebanon, and scarcely more to do wi  read more »

The Right Choice, Despite Many Setbacks

by Richard Brookhiser
Jul. 2nd, 2006, 8:00 pm
In 2001, scientists exploring murky river bottoms in Indonesia found a new creature, the mimic octop  read more »

The Right Choice, Despite Many Setbacks

by Richard Brookhiser
Jul. 2nd, 2006, 8:00 pm
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In 2001, scientists exploring murky river bottoms in Indonesia found a new creature, the mimic octop  read more »

An Unmourned Death, An Unspeakable Cause

by Richard Brookhiser
Jun. 18th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Death in war is rarely even dramatic in its circumstances.  read more »

An Unmourned Death, An Unspeakable Cause

by Richard Brookhiser
Jun. 18th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Death in war is rarely even dramatic in its circumstances.  read more »

Republican Ship Betrays Newt's Contract

by Richard Brookhiser
Jun. 4th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Representative William Jefferson (D., Mo.) has no hot money stashed in his office.  read more »

Republican Ship Betrays Newt’s Contract

by Richard Brookhiser
Jun. 4th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Representative William Jefferson (D., Mo.) has no hot money stashed in his office.  read more »

Bush's Immigrant Policy Sounds Like John Kerry's

by Richard Brookhiser
May. 21st, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Earlier in the week, you may have heard a small, distant voice, speaking as from the bottom of a wel  read more »

Bush’s Immigrant Policy Sounds Like John Kerry’s

by Richard Brookhiser
May. 21st, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Earlier in the week, you may have heard a small, distant voice, speaking as from the bottom of a wel  read more »

Here's an Original Thought: How Can Anyone Steal Words?

by Richard Brookhiser
May. 7th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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I wanted to buy How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life by Harvard sophomore Kaavya Viswa  read more »

Here’s an Original Thought: How Can Anyone Steal Words?

by Richard Brookhiser
May. 7th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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I wanted to buy How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life by Harvard sophomore Kaavya Viswa  read more »

Critics Assail Rumsfeld, But What Is Their Plan?

by Richard Brookhiser
Apr. 23rd, 2006, 8:00 pm
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So The New York Times has found six generals who want Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign  read more »

Critics Assail Rumsfeld, But What Is Their Plan?

by Richard Brookhiser
Apr. 23rd, 2006, 8:00 pm
So The New York Times has found six generals who want Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign  read more »

Three Worlds, One Book: Rieff Tries to Explain It All

by Richard Brookhiser
Mar. 26th, 2006, 8:00 pm
The form in which we most often encounter sociology is David Brooks or Malcolm Gladwell, taking us o  read more »

Three Worlds, One Book: Rieff Tries to Explain It All

by Richard Brookhiser
Mar. 26th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The form in which we most often encounter sociology is David Brooks or Malcolm Gladwell, taking us o  read more »

Bush Welcomes India Into the Anglosphere

by Richard Brookhiser
Mar. 12th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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In the midst of the Iraqi civil war that missed happening and the Dubai port takeover that shouldn&r  read more »

Bush Welcomes India Into the Anglosphere

by Richard Brookhiser
Mar. 12th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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In the midst of the Iraqi civil war that missed happening and the Dubai port takeover that shouldn  read more »

Downloading Dickens: Inevitable, or a Fantasy?

by Richard Brookhiser
Feb. 26th, 2006, 8:00 pm
I just got the page proofs of my latest book, my eighth. Will it also be my last?  read more »

Downloading Dickens: Inevitable, or a Fantasy?

by Richard Brookhiser
Feb. 26th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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I just got the page proofs of my latest book, my eighth. Will it also be my last?  read more »

Liberty and Hope Struggle For a Place in the Mideast

by Richard Brookhiser
Feb. 12th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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In his State of the Union address, President George W.  read more »

Status Quo Republicans Gambling With History

by Richard Brookhiser
Jan. 29th, 2006, 8:00 pm
Washington smarties will tell you that only 15 House seats are ever truly in play every two years, t  read more »

Status Quo Republicans Gambling With History

by Richard Brookhiser
Jan. 29th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Washington smarties will tell you that only 15 House seats are ever truly in play every two years, t  read more »

The World After Sharon: What to Do About Iran?

by Richard Brookhiser
Jan. 15th, 2006, 8:00 pm
Ariel Sharon pauses at the gate of life and death.  read more »
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