October 19, 2009 VOL. LXI, NO. 19
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COVER STORY
Iran Outlook: Grim
Should we allow Iran to become a nuclear power; use diplomacy and sanctions to try to avert that outcome; remove the regime in Tehran and install one that renounces nuclear weapons; or use preemptive military force to break Iran’s nuclear program? Let us consider these options in turn.
By John R. Bolton
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ARTICLES
Pop Economics — by Kevin D. WilliamsonGreed did not cause the financial crisis; bad investments did
Ms. Bair Stays in Washington — by John BerlauThe head of the FDIC, under Bush and Obama, is a poor fit for the job
Obamacare in Practice — by Stephen SpruiellNew England has already tried much of it, and the results are not encouraging
End the Special-Ed Racket — by Marcus A. Winters & Jay P. GreenVouchers can reduce false diagnoses of learning disabilities while helping both the truly disabled and the
A Typology of Tyrants — by Rob LongClowns can be scary too -- especially with the wrong person in the White House
Iran Outlook: Grim — by John R. BoltonThe failed policies of Presidents Bush and Obama have brought us to a difficult pass
Romney Reboots — by Ramesh PonnuruThinking about 2012
Something about Arizona — by Jay NordlingerA state that gets under skin
The Equilibrist — by Wilfred M. McClayIrving Kristol and the politics of ma non troppo
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BOOKS, ARTS & MANNERS
Parallel Lives — Paul Lettow reviews The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War, by Nicholas Thompson.
Status Symbol — David Klinghoffer reviews Why Are Jews Liberals?, by Norman Podhoretz.
Against the Darkness — Ronald Radosh reviews The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War, by John V. Fleming.
Film: The Wrong Man — Ross Douthat reviews The Informant!
The Straggler: The Glorious Eighteenth — John Derbyshire enthuses over the century of Mozart and Cook.
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