Summer 2011Vol. 6, No. 2
Articles
ObamaCare v. the Constitution
Presents a compelling legal argument against the Individual Mandate. Read the opening paragraphs (full article accessible to subscribers).
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. Read the opening paragraphs (full article accessible to subscribers).
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. Read the article.
Interview with Andy Kessler about the Virtue of Eating People
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Film Reviews
Iranium, directed by Alex Traiman
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Temple Grandin, directed by Mick Jackson
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Book Reviews
Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad by John Bolton
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The Infidel: Chapter One by Bosch Fawstin
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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
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Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada’s Oil Sands by Ezra Levant
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Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter and The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
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His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
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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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