Lost in Translation 
by Thomas Fleming
The art of reality.

VIEWS

Mind Your Language!
by James O. Tate
A sea of ruined words.

Manners, Morals, Language
by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
Forsaking the Beau-Ideal.

A Trip to Smart-Mouth College
by Aaron D. Wolf
The loss of sacred words.

NEWS

Riots in the Suburbs
by Claude Polin
The programmed suicide of France.

REVIEWS

Seasoned Travels
by Catharine Savage Brosman

Chilton Williamson, Jr.: The Hundredth Meridian: Seasons and Travels in the New Old West

James Vogel on Neo-CONNED! Just War Principles: A Condemnation of the Iraq War and Neo-CONNED! Again: Hypocrisy, Lawlessness, and the Rape of Iraq, D. Liam O'Huallachain and J. Forrest Sharpe, eds.

Thomas Fleming on Paul Belien's A Throne in Brussels: Britain, the Saxe-Coburgs and the Belgianisation of Europe

Wayne Allensworth on Paul Sperry's Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives Have Penetrated Washington

H.A. Scott Trask on Ethan S. Rafuse's McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union

CORRESPONDENCE

Letter From Barcelona: The Mulberry Graveyard
by Brian Kirkpatrick

Letter From Russia: Return to Manor Farm
by Andrei Navrozov

Letter From Geneva: How Cosmopolitan Can One Become?
by Curtis Cate

VITAL SIGNS

Language: Totally Awesome
by Nicole Kooistra

Education: The Real Crisis of Higher Education
by Clay Reynolds

COLUMNS

The Bare Bodkin
by Joseph Sobran

Breaking Glass
by Philip Jenkins

The Rockford Files
by Scott P. Richert

The American Interest
by Srdja Trifkovic

In the Dark
Syriana
by George McCartney

DEPARTMENTS

POLEMICS & EXCHANGES
AMERICAN PROSCENIUM
CULTURAL REVOLUTIONS
POETRY
The American Calendar by Robert Beum

ON THE COVER

Cover and inside illustrations by Melanie Anderson.
Additional inside illustrations by Elizabeth Wolf.