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ILLUSTRATION BY BERNIE FUCHS COURTESY THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST, REPRESENTED BY TELLURIDE GALLERY Laura Vanderkam Journey Through the Checkout Racks Comparing women’s magazines, then and now, shows how much America has changed. KEEP READING

A quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute, edited by Brian C. Anderson. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Get online updates: Search the website:	James Panero A New Moral Treatment Humane institutionalization can help the mentally ill and protect society. Ethan Epstein One Tough Nutter Philadelphia’s Democratic mayor has cracked down on crime, reformed the city’s finances, and spoken frankly about black family breakdown. Guy Sorman Big Philanthropy Superrich donors are making Dallas a twenty-first-century city. Heather Mac Donald Multiculti U. The budget-strapped University of California squanders millions on mindless diversity programs. Steven Malanga Rise of the Republican Governors A new liberal era? Not according to these reformers. PODCAST: Steven Malanga discusses this story Nicole Gelinas The British Evasion David Cameron pledged to shrink the government; instead, he raised taxes and strangled economic recovery. PODCAST: Nicole Gelinas discusses this story Photographs by Harvey Wang After Sandy New York is still recovering from the devastating storm. Adam White The Signal and the Silence When is prediction useful—and when is it dangerous? Allan Greenberg With Meaning for All The Lincoln Memorial in American consciousness Myron Magnet Can We Still Build Real Architecture? Two recent Manhattan buildings say, “Yes!” Stefan Kanfer Where There’s a Will William Erwin Eisner, the father of the graphic novel Charles Upton Sahm Cutting to the Core New York makes encouraging moves toward content-rich education. Steven Malanga Deep in the Debt of Texas Local liabilities threaten the state’s fiscal reputation. Gabriel Schoenfeld Raising Bayonne A strangling bridge is being modernized just in time. Brandon Fuller and Sean Rust Make Immigration Reform Local The case for regional visas Theodore Dalrymple Moody’s Doesn’t Rate The obvious fragility of British credit Benjamin A. Plotinsky Readiness Is All The perils of inaction, at sea and on the subway Bert Stratton Renting the American Dream Immigrants on the road to success in Cleveland


Steven Malanga The Coming Budget Crunch Gotham’s mayoral candidates have big spending plans that ignore fiscal reality. More from this issue >>
Chris Reed Will the Golden State Go Brown? The fracking revolution might be coming to California.

Barry Strauss The Antiwar Museum That Wasn’t Alésia and the contradictions of the European heart 17 June 2013 Benjamin A. Plotinsky Shakespeare Misplaced Joss Whedon’s well-directed, badly set Much Ado About Nothing 6 June 2013 More . . .	Michael J. Totten The Friend of My Enemy Is My Enemy Ordinary Syrians are confused by American hesitation to remove Bashar al-Assad. 4 June 2013 Claire Berlinski Erdoğan Over the Edge The Turkish prime minister may have miscalculated with his brutal crackdown. 3 June 2013 More . . .
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City Journal’s Ben Boychuk and Philadelphia Magazine’s Joel Mathis discuss the economic and political landscape of the Lone Star State with Erica Grieder, author of Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas. 19 June 2013 Steven Malanga discusses The Coming Budget Crunch 16 June 2013 More . . .
Edward L. Glaeser in New York Daily News \| Make New York a small biz mecca Ben Boychuk in The Sacramento Bee \| Viewpoints: Why GOP isn't in the zone on enterprise zones Steven Malanga cited in RealClearPolitics \| Facing New York City's Fiscal Nightmare Brian C. Anderson cited in New York Post \| The missing agenda Steven Malanga cited in Real Clear Policy \| Texas Could Soon Face Its Own Debt Crisis More . . .
Brian C. Anderson In Prospect Oh, to be in England Theodore Dalrymple The Discriminating Philistine Banksy’s wit and talent don’t excuse his vandalism and juvenility. Letters Contributors Diarist Ben Boychuk Smile and Be a Villain PODCAST: Ben Boychuk reads this story