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The authoritarian temptation

From City Journal, Rudy Giuliani on The Resilient Society: A blueprint for homeland security. From The American Conservative, Rudy Giuliani has surrounded himself with advisors who think the Bush Doctrine didn’t go nearly far enough; Glenn Greenwald on the authoritarian temptation: Can we trust the the presidency to a mayor like Giuliani? Old habits: Elizabeth Kolbert on how the Giuliani method may defeat him. Giuliani's neocon guru was hot for Jackie O: Norman Podhoretz' secret sex fantasies about liberal icon revealed. From Opinion Journal, Republicans seem especially in need of a long talk on a flat couch — so let's put them there. With candidates leaving voters dissatisfied, a splintered GOP seeks a unifying presence.