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January 26, 2009 VOL. LXI, NO. 1

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COVER STORY
Twelve Zeros
In Washington, some strange new Zimbabwean unit seems to have been introduced between the election and the inauguration: No matter how many zeroes you stick on the end, the next guy will always add a couple more. By Mark Steyn

ARTICLES

The Shrine of FDR — by Jonah Goldberg
Why the Left worships there

Courts vs. Law — by Ramesh Ponnuru
Why you shouldn’t want an activist judiciary

And Global Warming Too! — by Jim Manzi
Sorry, a gas tax won’t solve all our problems

Promises to Keep — by John C. Goodman
And deficits before we sleep

Twelve Zeroes — by Mark Steyn
As incomprehensible sums are allocated to no particular purpose . . .

Greg Craig and the Terrorist — by Byron York
The new White House counsel and the ugly case no one wants to talk about

A Tyrant’s ‘Liberation’ — by Otto Reich
Remembering the fall of Batista, and the 50 years of Cuban misery that have followed

The Man Who Saved AEI
Christopher DeMuth -- thinker, strategist, administrator

BOOKS, ARTS & MANNERS

Where the Buck Stops — John R. Bolton . . . Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush, by Peter W. Rodman

FDR Reconsidered — Jonathan H. Adler . . . New Deal or Raw Deal? How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America, by Burton Folsom Jr.

Going Great Guns — Robert VerBruggen . . . Gun Control on Trial: Inside the Supreme Court Battle over the Second Amendment, by Brian Doherty

Sameness and Slumdog — Ross Douthat reviews Revolutionary Road and Slumdog Millionaire.

City Desk: Sugar Islands — Richard Brookhiser goes on location in St. Croix.

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Letters The Week The Bent Pin The Long View	Shelf Life Poetry Happy Warrior
COVER: Thomas Reis

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