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August 2, 2010Vol. 15, No. 43
Art of Madrid The lesser-known wonders of the Spanish capital.

BY Mark Falcoff

Fox’s Nightowl Greg Gutfeld, subversive.

BY Andrew Ferguson

Free to Choose The 70-30 solution to the new culture war.

BY Ryan T. Anderson

Head Shots A nightmare about real and imaginary dreams.

BY John Podhoretz

Primate Primer Uneasy lies the head of the Anglican Communion.

BY Mark Tooley

Tragedy at Sea Military tribunals, 18th-century style.

BY Joseph F. Callo

July 26, 2010Vol. 15, No. 42
Disloyal Opposition Anarchists are finally organized—between two covers.

BY Harvey Klehr

Farce Gone Wrong A problem in translation from French to Hollywoodese.

BY John Podhoretz

Farewell, Olympia? Tight budgets may yet sink Admiral Dewey’s flagship.

BY Shawn Macomber

Herself Remembered Beryl Bainbridge, 1932-2010.

BY John Wilson

Piggy’s Back The case for William Golding

BY Michael Dirda

Rough Diamonds How baseball was played in the late 20th century.

BY David Guaspari

July 19, 2010Vol. 15, No. 41
Cases in Point Understanding the rules of law and the laws of rhetoric.

BY James Seaton

Odysseus at Home The travels are over but the adventure goes on.

BY Bryant Kirkland

Out and About Self-consciously hip, disappointingly conventional.

BY John Podhoretz

The Dreyfus Wars They were fought on several fronts.

BY Christopher Hitchens

Truer Than Fiction Brideshead re-revisited.

BY Henrik Bering

July 5 - July 12, 2010Vol. 15, No. 40
Classical America How early America was indebted to Rome.

BY David Wharton

Guilt-Edged Tale A contemporary crime awakens historical memory.

BY Abby Wisse Schachter

Saint Joan There’s more laughter than martyrdom in a storied career.

BY John Podhoretz

The Jewish Encyclopedia In the postwar era, no magazine has matched the breadth of ‘Commentary.’

BY Joseph Epstein

Think Pink A Brat Packer confronts the spectre of middle age.

BY Kari Barbic

Victorian Triangle The drama wasn’t always onstage.

BY Edward Short

June 28, 2010Vol. 15, No. 39
A Summing Up Derek Walcott is more than a ‘poet of exile .  .  . of place.’

BY Peter Lopatin

Buzz Kills ‘The best sequel-to-a-sequel ever made’ is a must-see.

BY John Podhoretz

Freedom’s Symphony The world of Beethoven’s Ninth.

BY Lawrence Klepp

From the Waterfront The working wisdom of Eric Hoffer.

BY Alec Mouhibian

Poland Springs Eternal Water, water everywhere, and a cooler, too.

BY Joe Queenan

Secret Warrior A journalist unlocks her father’s heroic history.

BY Andrew Nagorski

The Locust Years The unbearable lightness of interwar Britain.

BY Mark Falcoff

June 21, 2010Vol. 15, No. 38
Beautiful and Damned Power, glamour, and the vagaries of transatlantic alliances.

BY Noemie Emery

London Calling The American contribution to the British war effort.

BY Jordan Michael Smith

Road to Ruin Client Number Nine had other problems, too

BY Fred Siegel

Shark Attack ‘Jaws’ was boffo box office—and bad news for cinema.

BY John Podhoretz

Talk of God Barring religious convictions from the public square enervates the debate.

BY David Wolpe

June 14, 2010Vol. 15, No. 37
Cinema Rivierité When it comes to the movies, those who Cannes do.

BY Sara Lodge

Dr J.’s Sampler Gleanings from the sage of Fleet Street

BY Barton Swaim

Scoundrel Time Michael Douglas is the very model of a modern aging Boomer.

BY John Podhoretz

Tower of Power An (unbuilt) tribute to the Russian revolution.

BY Andrew Stuttaford

June 7, 2010Vol. 15, No. 36
Abu Dhabi Do A movie where ‘I Am Woman’ is sung without irony.

BY John Podhoretz

Existential Female A new translation of the age-old question about Woman.

BY Emily Schultheis

Historian of England Lord Macaulay survives another academic assault.

BY Edwin M. Yoder Jr.

Modern Screwtape The Devil is in the details of everyday life.

BY Joan Frawley Desmond

Prepped for Success Are the old schools still what they were?

BY Christopher Benson

Wheeldon’s Turn The ambassador of dance reinvents himself—again.

BY Natalie Axton

May 31, 2010Vol. 15, No. 35
Founders at Home The human side of demigods.

BY Edward Achorn

Pop-Up Cuisine The adventurous gourmet samples some underground restaurants.

BY Sara Lodge

Right of Privacy National security meets the culture of modern journalism.

BY Gary Schmitt

Road from Damascus Lebanon hangs suspended between past and present.

BY David Schenker

Unhappy in Exile The ‘self-hating immigrant’ would do well to rebuild his home.

BY Stephen Schwartz

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