November 2004 
Trick or Trick!—November 2004(Comments Off)
Thomas Fleming on a few administration follies, Tom Piatak on third parties, and Edward A. Olsen on transforming conservatism in America. Plus, Timothy P. Carney on the Bush-Cheney campaign and the Republican platform, Tom Pauken on the Texas Republican Party, and David Hartman on American manufacturing.
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America for Sale
The recent U.S. recession, if judged by its effect on total employment, was the shortest and mildest of the post-World War II period. In the six months from the peak of July 1998 to the low of January 1999, employment declined by only 1.43 million workers, and, by May 2004, 7.5 million additional workers were [...]
A Third Way?
I went into the 2000 presidential campaign an enthusiastic supporter of Pat Buchanan’s bid for the White House as a third-party candidate. I emerged more convinced than ever that Buchanan would have made an outstanding president but skeptical that a serious right-wing party will be able to emerge, at least in the short run.
Where’s Joe McCarthy When You Need Him?
Most governments, from time to time, practice espionage against foes and keep tabs on their friends. There is this difference, however: Israel depends upon the United States for her very existence, and the Mossad is not an occasional eavesdropper on diplomatic conversations. Israel has been spying on her principal benefactor for decades, counting on the fact that American governments will not retaliate by cutting off the aid and loans that subsidize Israel’s lavish welfare state—and her expensive war machine.