September 21, 2009 VOL. LXI, NO. 17
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COVER STORY
A Myth Is as Good as a Mile
A powerful myth is propelling the assisted-suicide movement: the notion that Oregon’s experiment with legalized assisted suicide has been a success, in which problems and abuses are rare or nonexistent.
By Wesley J. Smith
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ARTICLES
There Will Be Rationing — by John C. GoodmanSifting out what’s right in Sarah Palin’s ‘death panels’ hyperbole
Obama’s False Witness — by Ramesh PonnuruIn accusing the Right of lying about health care, the Left shows its disregard for the truth
From the Creators of the Great Society — by Fred SchwarzObamacare is a tough sell because we’ve seen how grandiose plans turn out in Washington
Mr. Suburbia — by Duncan CurrieWhat the GOP can learn from Virginia’s Bob McDonnell
Blame Milton Friedman — by Kevin D. WilliamsonOr, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bailout
A Dose of Reality — by Mark HemingwayDon’t believe Joe Biden about the swine flu -- or anything else
A Myth Is as Good as a Mile — by Wesley J. SmithWhy the assisted-suicide movement is winning
Getting to the Truth — by Richard LowryNewly declassified documents show that the Bush administration’s interrogation policies were both responsible and effective
All Wee-Weed Up — by Jay NordlingerProtests on the right, hypocrisy on the left
In Defense of the Book — by Mark HelprinA reply to the critics of Digital Barbarism
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BOOKS, ARTS & MANNERS
Reagan: Freeway or Detour? — William Voegeli reviews The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980–1989 , by Steven F. Hayward.
The Great Dr. K — Conrad Black reviews Kissinger: 1973, The Crucial Year , by Alistair Horne.
Poetry — Sarah Ruden . . .
Dazed and Confused — Kyle Smith reviews This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America , by Ryan Grim.
Film: Juvnile but Brlliant — Ross Douthat reviews Inglourious Basterds.
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