Articles from National Review (December 13, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A bin of CDs.	Nordlinger, Jay		1392
A conservative departs: about Colin Powell.	O'Sullivan, John		1570
A dent that counts: how do Republicans win black and Hispanic votes? Well, first you have to ask ...	Nadler, Richard		1404
A horrible life.			552
A newer deal.	Moore, Stephen		683
Absolutely: both Iraqis and Palestinians have a chance to escape the curse of absolutism.	Pryce-Jones, David		1274
Absolutism redux.	Palmer, Tom G.	Book Review	1326
After more than 30 years, William Safire is relinquishing his spot on the New York Times op-ed page.		Brief Article	125
Arguing gay marriage.	Murdock, Deroy	Letter to the Editor	429
As the world knows by now, a Marine in Fallujah was captured on tape apparently shooting a wounded insurgent.		Brief Article	133
Bill Clinton opened his presidential library, which features scandalously self-regarding exhibits, including one whitewashing the Monica affair.		Brief Article	133
Breakdown.	Gardner, Walt	Letter to the Editor	104
Condoleezza Rice is a solid foreign-policy thinker who ought to make a fine secretary of state.		Brief Article	265
David Letterman: "you know who may run for the Democrats in 2008? Hillary Clinton.		Brief Article	27
Den of thieves.			644
Fall festival.	Derbyshire, John		1007
Four thousand French troops are caught up in a civil war in the Ivory Coast, once part of France's colonial empire.		Brief Article	126
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R., Calif.), on CNN: "I am very conservative when it comes to fiscal policies.		Brief Article	151
Help!!!!		Cartoon	32
Hillary: it begins.	von Dreele, W.H.	Poem	51
Ichthyophages beware!			108
If Karl Rove was the architect of the president's victory, Ken Mehlman was the general contractor who put all the nuts and bolts in place to deliver a historic number of Republicans to the polls.		Brief Article	95
In a stirring example of the American genius for hustling up business where no business formerly existed, a South Florida psychologist named Douglas Schooler has been treating John Kerry voters distraught over their candidate's loss on November 2.		Brief Article	140
Iran has agreed to stop uranium enrichment temporarily while negotiating with Britain, France, and Germany over what it will get for a long-term deal.		Brief Article	203
Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein stole more than $21 billion from U.N.'s Oil for Food program, according to Senate report.			43
It may come as a surprise to readers of National Review to learn that we once shared a floor of our office building with Vibe, a magazine dedicated to the doings of such avant-garde popular musicians as Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Twista, OutKast, Jay-Z, and Ja Rule.		Brief Article	201
Kofi's hour is up: incompetence upon insult upon outrage.	Gardiner, Nile	Cover Story	1391
Not all the troubling news out of Iran concerns Tehran's nuclear ambitions.		Brief Article	107
Notes & asides.	Gallagher, Jim	Column	670
NR's recent post-election cruise was a smash success, and a happy omen that our 2005 British Isles voyage--July 10-21, starring WFB, Bob Bork, Larry Kudlow, Peggy Noonan, Paul Johnson, Rich Lowry, Kate O'Beirne, David Pryce-Jones, Jay Nordlinger, et al., joyfully celebrating NR's 50th anniversary--will be the same.			62
Our crisis of foundations: what Tom Wolfe's novel, among other things, brings to mind.	Derbyshire, John	Critical Essay	2001
President Bush has conferred the National Humanities Medal on some excitingly deserving recipients, including Hilton Kramer.		Brief Article	155
Rasmussen poll: President Bush earns job-approval rating of 54 percent.		Brief Article	160
Remember Algeria: a lesson from midcentury.	Horne, Alistair		1224
Republicans changed the rules in the House, permitting indicted lawmakers to serve as their leaders.		Brief Article	208
Road Kill.	Creagan, Michael	Poem	205
Scott Peterson was convicted for murdering his wife Laci--and for second-degree murder in the case of their unborn son, Conner.		Brief Article	89
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.) on running for president, on Fox News: "I'm not thinking about that.		Brief Article	161
Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.) on running again: "It is so premature to be thinking about something so far down the road.		Brief Article	183
Shoppers at Target will no longer hear bells ringing for donations; the Salvation Army Santas have been silenced.		Brief Article	127
So, you want to win the culture wars? It would help to engage in a little culture.	Douthat, Ross		2370
Some left-wingers vowed to go to Canada following Bush's reelection.			12
The custom of seniority put Arlen Specter in line to be chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.		Brief Article	155
The dynamic IMP.	Buckley, William F., Jr.	Book Review	1666
The French Connection.	von Dreele, W.H.	Poem	54
The good news about pain treatment: the Drug Enforcement Administration recently posted new guidelines on the DEA website to stop the unjustified harassment and prosecution of pain doctors.		Brief Article	276
The gruntler.	Teachout, Terry	Book Review	1215
The hearth defended.	Blyth, Myrna	Book Review	1423
The House ethics committee, meanwhile, has given us an opportunity to revisit a previous round of attacks on DeLay.		Brief Article	175
The House is losing one of its principal champions of limited government and free markets in Pat Toomey.		Brief Article	80
The long view.	Long, Rob	Column	773
The man Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee called a "miserable, carping, retromingent vigilante" died on November 16, aged 82.		Brief Article	157
The perils of tax reform: frankly, tiny and timid is better than big and bold.	Ponnuru, Ramesh		2212
The plight of immigrants from Mexico.	Lazear, Edward P.		611
The relentless, vindictive war being waged by the ACLU against the Boy Scouts of America took a turn recently when the Defense Department agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit they have been defending for five years.		Brief Article	173
The same goes for his other selections, among them Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harvey C. Mansfield, and Shelby Steele.			88
Three years and counting: the U.S. has not suffered a major attack since September 2001. Why?	McCarthy, Andrew C.		2253
To their credit, House Republicans balked at approving the consolidation of intelligence agencies even after the 9/11 commission recommended it and the White House and Senate backed it.		Brief Article	127
Two important American poets died recently, a major loss to our poetry.		Obituary	197
Wargaming Iran.	Buckley, William F., Jr.	Column	704
What happens if a homeless person abandons or misplaces his accumulated j--... sorry, we mean his personal property, those articles typically pushed around in a stolen supermarket cart?		Brief Article	176
Whee Time!	Buckley, William F., Jr.	Column	647
Who, besides Kofi Annan, can doubt that Fallujah was a terrorist safe haven?		Brief Article	190
You deserve a factual look at ... "one land for two peoples": is it a solution to the Arab/Israeli conflict or a recipe for disaster?			931
Your rights, their rights.	Buckley, William F., Jr.	Column	607
Zogby poll: 65 percent rank Ronald Reagan "great" or "near great" president, compared with 41 percent for George W. Bush, 44 percent for Bill Clinton, 33 percent for George H. W. Bush, and 32 percent for Jimmy Carter.			151