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Judith Miller
A new NYPD report reminds us that Gotham is still al-Qaida’s and other terrorists’ Number One target.
As we celebrate America’s independence this Fourth of July weekend, it’s worth remembering the efforts of those who keep our nation safe. When it comes to American cities, that means the law enforcement and counterterrorism professionals who continue to thwart attacks and disrupt plots, some beneath the radar and out of the headlines. . .
Spring 2009.
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Beauty and Desecration.
Roger Scruton
Beauty and Desecration
We must rescue art from the modern intoxication with ugliness.
Heirs to Fortuyn?
Bruce Bawer
Heirs to Fortuyn?
Muslim immigration and sclerotic welfare states push Europe right (sort of).
LAPD High.
Laura Vanderkam
LAPD High
Magnet schools sponsored by cops are getting results with at-risk kids.
The Godfather of American Liberalism.
Fred Siegel
The Godfather of American Liberalism
H. G. Wells: novelist, historian, authoritarian, anticapitalist, eugenicist, and advisor to presidents
The Consolations of Pessimism.
Alain de Botton
The Consolations of Pessimism
In our age, as in Seneca’s, the worst is always possible.
Inhuman Rights.
Ibn Warraq, Michael Weiss
Inhuman Rights
The UN’s Human Rights Council, friend to Islamists and tyrants everywhere
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Businesswoman.
Kay S. Hymowitz
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Businesswoman
The design economy has turned bohemian outsiders into a new marketplace elite.
The Dark Figure of British Crime.
Claire Berlinski
The Dark Figure of British Crime
Despite government reassurances, Britons feel under siege—with good reason.
Obsessive Housing Disorder.
Steven Malanga
Obsessive Housing Disorder
Nearly a century of Washington’s efforts to promote homeownership has produced one calamity after another. Time to stop.
Spendthrift Sunbelt States.
Nicole Gelinas
Spendthrift Sunbelt States
Arizona, Florida, and Nevada have run through the riches of their boom and are starting to look more like cash-strapped New York.
Pedagogy of the Oppressor.
Sol Stern
Pedagogy of the Oppressor
Another reason why U.S. ed schools are so awful: the ongoing influence of Brazilian Marxist Paulo Freire
Monetarism Defiant.
Guy Sorman
Monetarism Defiant
Legendary economist Anna Schwartz says the feds have misjudged the financial crisis.
Bound to Burn.
Peter W. Huber
Bound to Burn
Humanity will keep spewing carbon into the atmosphere, but good policy can help sink it back into the earth.
Urbanities.
Richard Pryor: Stand-Up Philosopher.
Stefan Kanfer
Richard Pryor: Stand-Up Philosopher
The great American comic satirized white racism, his fellow blacks, and himself.
Departments.
Oh, to be in England
A Modern Witch Trial.
Theodore Dalrymple
A Modern Witch Trial
Racism: the charge against which there is no defense
Diarist
Jonathan Foreman
Too Busy for Self-Pity
CJ Online.
Books and Culture.
Jacob Laksin
A Study in Defeat
Bruce Bawer calls out Western apologists for radical Islam.
26 June 2009
Stefan Kanfer
Autism, Non-Hollywood Version
Karl Greenfeld’s painful, eloquent memoir lays bare the disease’s toll.
26 June 2009
Liam Julian
The Private Schools No One Sees
In the world’s slums, the poor have taken to educating themselves.
19 June 2009
Eye on the News.
Guy Sorman
Revolution Fatigue
Events in Honduras and Argentina point to a continent weary of socialism.
1 July 2009
James R. Copland
Defeat Cloaked in Victory
The Supreme Court’s commendable Ricci verdict won’t change the Catch-22 logic of discrimination law.
30 June 2009
Sol Stern
Win/Win/Lose
A new pension deal serves the interests of the mayor and the teachers’ union, not the kids.
25 June 2009
CJ Podcasts.
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Thomas Sowell
The Housing Boom and Bust
27 May 2009
Podcast available
Claire Berlinski
Why Margaret Thatcher Matters
30 April 2009
CJ Authors.
Steven Malanga
RealClearMarkets
| Government Will Control Medical Costs?
Andrew Klavan
Wall Street Journal
| Iran and the Tragedy of Bad Ideas
Nicole Gelinas
New York Post
| Bailout Fallout
Nicole Gelinas
National Review Online
| White House: ‘Too Big to Fail’ Is Here to Stay
Soundings.
Luigi Zingales
A New Regulatory Framework
Three agencies, based on the three main goals of financial regulation
Steven Malanga
The Least Free State
Unless reform comes to Albany, restrictive New York will continue to suffer.
Daniel J. Flynn
Interstate Confiscation Clause
Massachusetts wants even more tax revenue—from New Hampshire.
Kimberly Hendrickson
Mayors Put Work First
Reentry programs for ex-prisoners show promise.
Judith Miller
No Justice
A UN war-crimes tribunal targets free speech.
Tim Congdon
British Banks Are Worth Something
So why is the government threatening to get them for free?