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June 2, 2008 VOL. LX, NO. 10

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Undetermined
The delineation of the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 enabled a research program that now seeks to explain a vast array of physical phenomena, from the functioning of individual organisms to the development of species over geological time. This success has led some science popularizers to believe that we have found a new Rosetta Stone enabling us to understand many of the mysteries of human existence. Conservatives should resist such hubris, while at the same time being careful not to deny valid biological science. By Jim Manzi

ARTICLES

A Heap of Troubles — by Ramesh Ponnuru
And how John McCain should try to surmount them.

Obama’s White Problem — by Byron York
It could cling to him all the way to November.

Transgenic Travesty — by Fred Schwarz
Genetically modified crops could help poor farmers — if rich Western greens allowed it.

Filth Matters — by Jonah Goldberg
The moral squalor of Hollywood.

Undetermined — by Jim Manzi
There is danger in assuming that genes explain all.

Beneath the Hope — by Victor Davis Hanson
Obama and the politics of grievance.

The Road to Beijing — by Jay Nordlinger
The perils and possibilities of holding the Olympic Games in a police state.

‘Writing Is a Spiritual Process’ — by John J. Miller
The novels — and ideas — of Dean Koontz.

BOOKS, ARTS & MANNERS

Parallel Lives — Paul Johnson . . . Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age, by Arthur Herman

Touring the Horizon — Thomas P. M. Barnett . . . The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, by Parag Khanna

More Than Hustlers — Jay Winik . . . Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829–1877, by Walter A. McDougall

Turning the Tide — Richard V. Allen . . . Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism, by Alfred S. Regnery

Film: Stark Mad — Ross Douthat reviews Iron Man.

The Straggler: New Every Morning — John Derbyshire serves up the breakfasts of champions.

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