From The American Interest, Francis Fukuyama on The Kings and I. Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. on how it's the 1930s all over again. Samantha Power reviews the US Army/Marine Counterinsurgency Field Manual; Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy Against Global Terror by Ian Shapiro; On Suicide Bombing by Talal Asad; and The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation by Stephen Flynn. Why the anti-war movement doesn't embrace the Iraqi resistance: A response to Cockburn. From The Weekly Standard, for nearly 200 years, cadets at the United States Military Academy have been guided by the "Thayer System," a rigid structure of unyielding regulation, austere discipline, fierce loyalty, and strong emphasis on math, science, and engineering. After two centuries of success, it might be time to make some changes.
From Commentary, Terry Teachout on Our Creed and Our Character. Creation Myth: A review of The Fourth of July and the Founding of America by Peter de Bolla. A review of Americanism: The Fourth Great Western Religion by David Gelernter. What does it mean for something to be "un-American"? The real questions are what do we want to be as Americans, and what do we want our country to represent? An interview with Kevin R. C. Gutzman, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution. "I didn't like Nixon until Watergate": Rick Perlstein on why conservative ideology, as it is lived in the real world, is in its way as abominable as Leninism. An interview with former senator John Danforth on how “moral values” have polarized America.
The introduction to Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them by Philippe Legrain (and an interview). A judge in Pennsylvania strikes down Hazleton's anti-immigration law. How will the ruling affect the community, and immigration policies throughout the US? Time for a more radical Immigrant-Rights Movement: Congress's failure to pass immigration reform legislation is being used to crack down on undocumented immigrants in several states. Now supported by a multimillion-dollar industry: An excerpt from Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA by Julia Alvarez. From TNR, Strangled by Roots: Steven Pinker on the genealogy craze in America. From PopMatters, a review of Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop; Is Bill Cosby Right? or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?; and Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur by Michael Eric Dyson (and more on Is Bill Cosby Right?).
From National Journal, Beyond Trade Adjustment Assistance: Clive Crook on why the country needs a better safety net for displaced workers – not just for those who lost their jobs because of trade. A new study addressing the plight the American worker in a global economy tries to solve economic inequity through tax policy rather than systemic change. A much broader vision is required. Bogus Europe Envy: What's behind corporate America's disingenuous new campaign to cut its taxes. Family-Leave Values: Do workers have a fundamental right to care for their families? The latest front in the job-discrimination battle. GOP moms between a rock and the hard Right: A Republican Congresswoman describes her life as a working mother to a room full of young conservative women. Mixed messages abound.
