November 2, 2009 VOL. LXI, NO. 20
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COVER STORY
Idealism Minus Ideals . . .
Why haven’t liberals expressed any righteous indignation over the suggestion that we might have to let the Taliban off the hook? Whatever happened to liberal idealism?
By Jonah Goldberg
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ARTICLES
A Vision Shall Guide Them? — by Keith B. PayneThe strategic risks of President Obama’s call for nuclear disarmament
Every-Which-Way Joe — by Jamie M. FlyThe vice president’s plan for Afghanistan is only his latest exercise in folly and self-contradiction
Media Malpractice — by Ramesh PonnuruThe Fourth Estate is certainly doing its part for Obamacare
Naïve Statistics — by Samuel R. StaleyOr was the Obama team’s case for the stimulus cynical instead?
Gun Nuts — by Travis KavullaMontana sends a shot across the bow of federal regulation
An Unpretty Pass — by Jay NordlingerWhat a song without words says about American life
Realism Minus Reality, Idealism Minus Ideals — by Jonah GoldbergThe Left’s foreign policy waxes stupid and mean
Lone Star Showdown — by John J. MillerAn up-close look at the Hutchison–Perry gubernatorial contest
The Insurance Fix — by James C. Capretta & Thomas P. MillerWe need targeted reforms, not a federal takeover
Fission, Baby, Fission! — by Lamar AlexanderWe need a hundred new nuclear plants
Pond-Scum Power — by Kenneth GreenGoing really green
A Century Behind — by William Yeatman and Iain MurrayOur electricity regulations are stuck in the Progressive era
Market Power — by Jerry Taylor & Peter Van DorenThe mistake of subsidizing pet energy causes
Drill — by Sarah PalinPetroleum is, and will remain, a major part of America’s energy picture. Shall we get it here or abroad?
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