Articles from National Review (December 31, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Baghdad Bob," Saddam Hussein's disinformation minister, may have been forced to surrender his stranglehold on international media months ago, but the journalists might not have gotten the memo.		Brief Article	179
"This day we fight!" yells Aragorn as his outnumbered soldiers confront an army of vile orcs.		Brief Article	175
A reader was telling us about learning of Saddam Hussein's capture on NBC News, with Tom Brokaw: "The poor man looked disoriented, defeated, and dejected.			32
A student of film at New York University wished to do a project that involved filming two actors engaged in sexual intercourse in front of her class.		Brief Article	120
A student of their personal histories would not have predicted that Hillary Rodham Clinton would become a leader of the right wing of the Democratic party and Al Gore of its left.		Brief Article	200
A winter idyl.	Derbyshire, John	Column	1102
Al Gore endorses Howard Dean for president: "He was the only major candidate who made the correct judgment about the Iraq war.".		Brief Article	173
Before September 11, the Bush administration tried to push through an amnesty for illegal immigrants from Mexico--although it avoided the word "amnesty.".		Brief Article	220
Captured.			593
Chen Shui-bian, the president of Taiwan, is up for re-election next spring.		Brief Article	311
Dana GIOIA, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, has initiated a nationwide program, Shakespeare in American Communities, to revive teaching and appreciation of the Bard.	Bramwell, Sarah M.	Sound Recording Review	308
David Letterman: "Al Gore has endorsed Howard Dean for president.			25
Death of a fantasy: everything Saddam Hussein built up, in utter collapse.	Pryce-Jones, David		1373
December's C-word: who would have thought that 'Christmas' would become verboten? (Don't answer that).	Nordlinger, Jay		1389
Elaine Donnelly's Center for Military Readiness has beaten back a feminist lawsuit against it.		Brief Article	218
Ephesus.	O'Connell, Richard	Poem	145
Europe's founding moment.	von Dreele, W.H.	Poem	47
Fair and balanced.	Vardaman, Emma	Letter to the Editor	50
George W. Bush in the democratic mind: they've dreamed up some whoppers.	York, Byron	Cover Story	3034
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R., Calif.) on whether he'll campaign for Bush, on Fox News: "Yes. Absolutely. I mean, I will be there for him. I told him that. And I will do anything possible.".		Brief Article	153
Governor Schwarzenegger has capitulated to the Democrats on spending.		Brief Article	22
Help!!!!			28
How economics works.	Epstein, Richard A.	Book Review	1198
If looks could kill.	Teachout, Terry	Movie Review	1048
In CBS/New York Times poll, President Bush earns 58 percent approval rating.		Brief Article	155
In education matters, President Leon Botstein of Bard College is our kind of liberal.		Brief Article	141
Is democracy pork?	Buckley, William F., Jr.		689
It says here ... Christmas with ten children and two parents.	Heath, Aloise Buckley	Column	2461
Killjoy was here.	Stuttaford, Andrew	Book Review	1002
Never forgetting.	Irvin, Nancy J.	Letter to the Editor	122
Nice goin', Uncle Sam.	Moore, Stephen		664
Notes & asides.	Reith, John E.	Letter to the Editor	553
NRA's Wayne LaPierre on Supreme Court's campaign-finance decision, in Washington Post: "The most significant change in the First Amendment since the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, which tried to make it a crime to criticize a member of Congress".		Brief Article	165
Orthodox Catholics shall never surrender.		Column	542
Over in London's Tate Gallery it is time once again for the annual Turner Prize for the year's most outstanding and important artwork.		Brief Article	131
Paul Martin succeeds Jean Chretien as Canadian prime minister.		Brief Article	94
Pew polls Democrats in early primary states.		Brief Article	76
President Bush signed the campaign-finance bill, which he clearly thought contained unconstitutional provisions, on the theory that the Supreme Court would nullify those provisions.		Brief Article	285
Protocols of the elders of Rome.	Schenk, Don	Letter to the Editor	123
Punishing the dissenters.	Buckley, William F., Jr.		617
Ready for '08? It's never too early for conservatives to fret.	Ponnuru, Ramesh		1368
Red-state restraint.	Rogers, David	Letter to the Editor	272
Robert L. Bartley: 1937-2003.			1855
Ronald Reagan led the supply-side revolution, but let us not forget those who fought with him.		Obituary	114
Rx for parents.	Gurdon, Meghan Cox	Book Review	946
Saddam, Bagged.	von Dreele, W.H.	Poem	47
Smaller target, better job.	Hill, Paul T.		537
Spirit world.	Newman, R. Andrew	Book Review	610
The Buffett trade deficit proposal.			460
The bust: John Kerry was to have a stellar candidacy--oops.	Lowry, Richard		1607
The comeback kid.	Nordlinger, Jay	Biography	1362
The European Union consists of 15 members, due to rise next May to 25.		Brief Article	226
The London Sunday Telegraph ran a potentially monumental story on December 14: "Terrorist behind September 11 strike was trained by Saddam," by Con Coughlin.		Brief Article	165
The long view.	Long, Rob	Poem	862
The Pentagon announced that bids on $18.6 billion in Iraqi reconstruction contracts would be restricted to firms from nations that helped liberate the country, whereupon four excluded nations--France, Germany, Russia, and Canada--bitched.		Brief Article	95
The treatment he deserves: this prisoner should not be left to Jacques, Kofi, et al.	O'Sullivan, John		1673
There is some very good news for members, and aspiring members, of the investor class: President Bush is apparently preparing to come out for "lifetime savings accounts" and "retirement savings accounts.".		Brief Article	242
This past year 78 bears have attempted to break into homes in New Jersey, with 58 of the attempts being successful.		Brief Article	222
Twenty years from now, according to demographers, around a quarter of the French population will be Muslim.		Brief Article	209
We like to think that there's a strong difference between the mainstream of the Democratic party and the Loony Left--you know, the kind of Left found on the least serious campuses.		Brief Article	170
When George W. Bush ran for president in 2000, conservatives knew he was no budget-cutter.		Brief Article	172
WTO at bat.	Buckley, William F., Jr.		655