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February 9, 2009   VOL. LXI, NO. 2

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Twelve Ideas for the Middle Class
Conservatives have a battery of free-market-oriented policies to direct at the problems of the middle class. Some have to do with big, traditional issues (the tax burden on families), while others address concerns that have usually been beneath conservative notice (traffic congestion). Our authors present a dozen such ideas.

ARTICLES


A Rhapsode and a Question Markby Richard Brookhiser
The Obama inauguration, placed in history

Federal Roadblocksby Robert VerBruggen
A saner regulatory regime would help us update our transportation infrastructure

Captain Extraordinaryby Jay Nordlinger
Ivan Castro of the U.S. Special Forces

A Spiritual Forceby John O'Sullivan
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus and the reinvigoration of religious conservatism

Twelve Ideas for the Middle Classby An NR Symposium
A policy symposium.

Faith-Based Economicsby Alan Reynolds
Keynes makes a comeback, but his ideas are still wrong

Slow Boat to Chinaby Rob Long
A writer’s retreat becomes a view of global recession

     BOOKS, ARTS & MANNERS


A Tour of UnrealityDavid Pryce-Jones . . . The Persian Night: Iran under the Khomeinist Revolution,by Amir Taheri

Into the AbyssJames E. Person Jr. . . . Poe: A Life Cut Short, by Peter Ackroyd

Mother of Her CountryFlorence King . . . Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster, by Alison Weir

Righteous RebelAlan Pell Crawford . . . Samuel Adams: A Life, by Ira Stoll

UprisingsRoss Douthat reviews Defiance and Valkyrie.

The Straggler: Chance of a Ghost — John Derbyshire considers the occult.

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Letters
The Week
The Long View
Poetry
Happy Warrior


COVER: John Humble/Stone/Getty

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