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July 6, 2009 VOL. LXI, NO. 12

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COVER STORY
Fossil Future
“Drill, baby, drill” falls short of a serious energy policy. But a serious energy policy would certainly involve plenty of drilling: Oil exploration is one of the most environmentally sensitive endeavors in all of heavy industry; the world’s not running out of oil anytime soon; and the notion that windmills, solar panels, and biofuels can easily replace fossil fuels is a joke. By Jonah Goldberg

ARTICLES

Green Flags and Brown Shirts — by David Pryce-Jones
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ‘reelection’ reveals a deep and restive Iranian opposition

Blame Not the Deregulator — by Stephen Spruiell
It was market distortions that created the bubble

Europe’s Disintegrating Left — by John O'Sullivan
Analyzing the recent elections

Japanese Crossroads — by Duncan Currie
Does our most important Asian ally face another decade of decline?

Undies, Comrade? — by Jay Nordlinger
The problem of products bearing Communist symbols

Fossil Future — by Jonah Goldberg
New supplies of oil and coal must be part of any rational energy policy

Misremembering Reagan — by Ramesh Ponnuru
The Gipper still has lessons to teach -- just not the ones we usually hear

The Redhunters — by John J. Miller
A remarkable duo’s pursuit of former spies and historical truth

BOOKS, ARTS & MANNERS

The Dark Lord — David Pryce-Jones recounts the life and excesses of Lord Byron.

Heart of Darkness — Andrew Stuttaford reviews The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia, by James Palmer.

What Grandma Read — Terry Teachout reviews What America Read: Taste, Class, and the Novel, 1920–1960, by Gordon Hutner.

Film: Misanthropy on Tour — Ross Douthat reviews Away We Go.

The Straggler: Magnificent Folly — Forty years later, John Derbyshire appraises the significance of the first Moon landing.

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