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Conservatives, liberals and the end of the world

From CRB, Harry Jaffa on the American Founding as the best regime; a review of Nations, Markets, and War: Modern History and the American Civil War by Nicholas Onuf and Peter S. Onuf; and what should liberal democracies expect, and what do they have the right to demand, from their immigrants and from their citizens. Frank Furedi reviews Walter Laqueur’s The Last Days of Europe and Al Gore’s The Assault on Reason. What's the greatest challenge facing American conservatives today? Liberalism? That would be relatively easy to defeat. No, it's capitalism. The Myth of Bryan Caplan's Seriousness: Libertarians gather to hear the case against letting the ignorant, irrational masses decide the direction of society.

From Taki's Top Drawer, Confederates and Catholics, Unite! At the Christians United for Israel Summit, Joe Lieberman embraces the Christian nation, Jewish journalists get expelled, and attendees fret about the Iranian president's "12th Imam". The Paranoid Style: The far right has always been given to the paranoia of conspiracy theories. Here's a rundown on the two that xenophobes are currently obsessed with: the North American Union and the Plan de Aztlan. A review of Doomsday Men: The Real Dr Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon by P.D. Smith.

A review of Have a Nice Doomsday: Why Millions of Americans are Looking Forward to the End of the World by Nicholas Guyatt. A review of The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (and more). A review of The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization by Thomas Homer-Dixon (and more). A review of Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual by Clive Doucet. From Dissent, why aren't U.S. cities burning? Michael B. Katz investigates; and it’s time to put an end to the arguments about the meaning of the Second Amendment and come to terms with the social and political realities of the twenty-first century. Guns kill; it’s what they’re meant to do. In the Heart of Freedom, in Chains: Elite hypocrisy, gangsta culture, and failure in black America.

A review of Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism by James Piereson. Was the Culture War ever as important to Republican victories as Democrats think? Mark A. Smith investigates. Fear and Loathing in Middle America: A review of Deer Hunting With Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant. The fruits of freedom: John Lloyd reviews Freedom’s Power: The True Force of Liberalism by Paul Starr and Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: The New Liberal Menace in America by Stephen Marshall. Are we making progress? For every progressive step forward in politics there is a regressive step back in some shape or form.