Summer 2011Vol. 6, No. 2
Articles
ObamaCare v. the Constitution
Presents a compelling legal argument against the Individual Mandate.
The Iranian and Saudi Regimes Must Go
Identifies the clear and present danger posed by these regimes and presents a policy for their swift elimination.
Interview with Reza Kahlili, an Ex-CIA Spy Embedded in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (accessible for free)
Interview with Historian John David Lewis about U.S. Foreign Policy and the Middle East (accessible for free)
The Government’s Assault on Private-Sector Colleges and Universities (accessible for free)
Examines the government’s baseless case against career colleges and exposes its malicious efforts to destroy them.
Interview with Andy Kessler about the Virtue of Eating People
Film Reviews
Iranium, directed by Alex Traiman
Temple Grandin, directed by Mick Jackson
Book Reviews
Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad by John Bolton
The Infidel: Chapter One by Bosch Fawstin
Why ObamaCare is Wrong For America: How the New Health Care Law Drives Up Costs, Puts Government in Charge of Your Decisions, and Threatens Your Constitutional Rights by Grace-Marie Turner, James C. Capretta, Thomas P. Miller, and Robert E. Moffit
Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada’s Oil Sands by Ezra Levant
Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter and The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre
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