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Something to Love Among the Ruins.
David Watkin
Something to Love Among the Ruins
Three young architects offer a beautiful alternative to modernism’s ravages.
Progressives Against Progress.
Fred Siegel
Progressives Against Progress
The rise of environmentalism poisoned liberals’ historical optimism.
Modernity's Uninvited Guest.
Theodore Dalrymple
Modernity’s Uninvited Guest
Civilization makes progress, but evil persists.
The Bucks Stop Here.
E. J. McMahon
The Bucks Stop Here
New York governors have the power they need to control spending.
The Free-Marketeers Strike Back.
Guy Sorman
The Free-Marketeers Strike Back
A counter-narrative of the financial crisis
Europe's Guilty Conscience.
Pascal Bruckner
Europe’s Guilty Conscience
Self-hatred is paralyzing the Continent.
The Golden State's War on Itself.
Joel Kotkin
The Golden State’s War on Itself
How politicians turned the California Dream into a nightmare
Enlightened and Enriched.
Joel Mokyr
Enlightened and Enriched
We owe our modern prosperity to Enlightenment ideas.
What Social Science Does--and Doesn't--Know.
Jim Manzi
What Social Science Does—and Doesn’t—Know
Our scientific ignorance of the human condition remains profound.
The Nakba Obsession.
Sol Stern
The Nakba Obsession
The Palestinian national narrative is the biggest obstacle to peace in the Middle East.
The Muni-Bond Debt Bomb.
Steven Malanga
The Muni-Bond Debt Bomb
. . . and how to dismantle it
Classical Music's New Golden Age.
Heather Mac Donald
Classical Music’s New Golden Age
Thanks to period-music evangelists, breathtaking virtuosity, and millions of listeners, the art form remains vibrant.
Surveying the Wreckage.
Nicole Gelinas
Surveying the Wreckage
What can we learn from the top books on the financial crisis?
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A Twenty-First-Century GOP.
Tevi D. Troy
A Twenty-First-Century GOP
Republicans need to win back tech-savvy, educated voters. Here’s how.
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Dominican Republic or Bust
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Ryan L. Cole
The Storyteller
A Norman Rockwell exhibit captures the artist’s deep understanding of America.
27 August 2010
Heather Mac Donald
The Unsustainable Declinism of Greg Sandow
More on classical music’s new golden age
11 August 2010
Andrew Klavan
American Movies, Foreign Minds
Hollywood no longer honors our nation’s uniqueness.
6 August 2010
Eye on the News.
Andrew Klavan
Name-Calling
“Islamophobia”: the latest charge to try to stifle legitimate debate
27 August 2010
Marcus A. Winters
Grading Teachers in Los Angeles
Value-added measurement shows that many of the city’s teachers don’t belong in the classroom.
26 August 2010
Josh Barro
Manhattan’s Other Building Controversy
Plans to construct a high-rise near the Empire State Building have sparked opposition.
24 August 2010
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America at Work
The U.S. economy and its spirit of enterprise still set the pace for the world.
Autumn 2008
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Nicole Gelinas
Interviews with Philip Augar, Roger Lowenstein, Nouriel Roubini
19 July 2010
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Arthur Brooks
The New Culture War
8 March 2010
CJ Authors.
Nicole Gelinas
Research Magazine | Europe’s Debt Crisis — And Ours
John McWhorter
New York Times | The Dreaded P-Word?
Guy Sorman
Project Syndicate | Europe’s Vision Deficit
Andrew Klavan
AndrewKlavan.com | KOC: It’s An Obama Recovery Summer!
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The Jerusalem Post | Stern warning
Wall Street Journal | Bell’s Debt Tolls
Soundings.
Steven Malanga
Egg on Their Faces
Government dietary advice often proves disastrous.
Stefan Kanfer
The Gold Bubble
The latest craze lacks mettle.
Heather Mac Donald
Misfire
A flawed new study finds racial bias in police-on-police shootings.
Philippe Nemo
Le Squeeze
High taxes on the affluent threaten France’s prosperity.
James Panero
New York’s Pioneer Zones
Residents of formerly blighted neighborhoods deserve the city’s support.
Nicole Gelinas
Eurocrash
Despite its promises, a common currency might be holding the Continent back.
Bert Useem
New York’s Prison Turnaround
The population behind bars is falling, even as crime stays low.
William Voegeli
A Deeper Bench
A very brief case for Supreme Court term limits
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