Articles from National Review (July 26, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"I oppose abortion, personally," says John Kerry.		Brief Article	274
2001: A Space Odyssey was Stanley Kubrick's hyperformalist rendition of an Arthur Clarke science-fiction novel that became a light show for potheads.		Brief Article	98
2004 Caribbean Post-Election Cruise.			1202
A fighting chance.			449
A sad falling off: the New York Times's cultural coverage is ... well, not what it used to be.	Kimball, Roger	Critical Essay	1567
A special odium.	Buckley, William F., Jr.	Column	653
A week in the life ... of the big bad nets.	Graham, Tim		1387
After Istanbul.	von Dreele, W.H.	Poem	53
All along, conservatives have said that the McCain-Feingold law restricted political speech.		Brief Article	155
Back in April the government of China told the people of Hong Kong that, contrary to their hopes, there would be no general elections in the territory for at least eight years.		Brief Article	200
BBC, notorious for its biased Mideast coverage, starts a 24-hour Arabic network.		Brief Article	124
Bill Clinton's book causes trouble for Erskine Bowles, his former chief of staff, now running for Senate in North Carolina.		Brief Article	112
Britain's House of Lords has foiled an attempt to make the smacking of children illegal.		Brief Article	160
Computer dating service.			14
Congress has tried to restrict minors' access to online pornography by requiring porn sites to verify the age of their viewers (by, for example, getting a credit card number).		Brief Article	147
Doktor Faustus.	O'Connell, Richard	Poem	57
Following recent visits to refugee camps by Colin Powell and Kofi Annan, Sudan is pledging to mend its ways.		Brief Article	211
For a short time there, it looked as though Stephen Harper's Conservative party was going to storm Canada and roust the once-impregnable Liberals from office.		Brief Article	144
From David Letterman's Top Ten Things Overheard in Line at the Clinton Book Signing.		Brief Article	27
Green grow the pressies: how the media get the environment wrong.	Murray, Iain		1088
Help!!!!		Cartoon	79
I've always found Dennis Miller an odd and rather queer fish.	Rose, Alexander	Column	399
In 1868, journalist Charles Dana wanted Reconstruction-era New York guided by a newspaper in favor of limited government, free enterprise, supply-side tax cuts, and equality before the law.	Clyne, Meghan		447
In The Hotline's survey of state polls, President Bush leads in 26 states worth 227 electoral votes and John Kerry leads in 18 states worth 218 electoral votes (270 needed to win).		Brief Article	209
It's a wonderful lie.	Goldberg, Jonah		519
Kerry announced that he opposes granting driver's licenses to illegal aliens.		Brief Article	119
Kerry: "I oppose abortion, personally. I don't like abortion. I believe life does begin at conception.".		Brief Article	203
Long live the public.	Buckley, William F., Jr.	Column	685
Loony toons: almost all political cartoons are on the left. Why should this be?	Payne, Henry		1264
Marlon Brando had begun to go before he died, sinking into sloth, scandal, and foolishness; like many entertainers, before and after him, he did penance for his flaws with PC politics.		Brief Article	80
Michael Reagan comes out against embryonic-stem-cell research.		Brief Article	189
Miles still to go.	Coyne, John R., Jr.	Book Review	1911
Monica Lewinsky has been reading Bill Clinton's book My Life, and has taken mighty umbrage at his characterization of their affair as a trivial flirtation.		Brief Article	90
Moore and his friends.			497
Newsweeklies, not so newsy: Time and Newsweek serve up a lot of opinion--from guess which quarter?	Ponnuru, Ramesh	Critical Essay	1527
Notes & asides.	Lowry, Rich	Column	881
People has named Jason West, the 27-year-old gay-marrying mayor of New Paltz, N.Y., as one of The 50 Hottest Bachelors.		Brief Article	39
Price controls on gasoline? Bad idea.	Henderson, David R.		530
Republican Jack Ryan was forced to end his campaign for the Senate from Illinois after the Chicago Tribune got a judge to release his divorce records.		Brief Article	277
Researchers at universities in Canada and Austria have completed a study of almost half a century's worth of Playboy centerfolds, from 1953 to 2001.		Brief Article	125
Screwball: Chris Matthews gets a bad case of neoconitis.	Geraghty, Jim		1218
Seer or sucker?	Derbyshire, John	Column	1021
Self-mutilation.	Buckley, William F., Jr.		610
Since our last issue, Iraq has been handed over to the Iraqis.			20
So Vice President Cheney said the F-word to Sen. Patrick Leahy.		Brief Article	174
Spheres of influence.	Lehrer, Eli	Book Review	990
Taboo: Abu Ghraib images are one thing. But 9/11? Off limits.	York, Byron		1144
The 40th president.	Skorka, David	Letter to the Editor	500
The case of Reuters: a news agency that will not call a terrorist a terrorist.	Gross, Tom		1210
The Edwards pick.			480
The glorious shame of the Catholic Church.		Advertisement	527
The International Court of Justice in The Hague is shortly to rule on the legality of the fence due to separate Israelis and Palestinians on the West Bank, and a debate in the U.N. is likely to follow--more an outcry than a debate, really.		Brief Article	152
The lineup of speakers for the Republican National Convention is a tribute to Nelson Rockefeller.		Brief Article	171
The long boom.	Hassett, Kevin A.	Book Review	1014
The long view.	Long, Rob	Column	776
The opinion journalism of Dana Milbank: otherwise, the Washington Post's White House correspondent.	Miller, John J.		1620
The organizing principle of American public life in the 21st century will apparently be that everything tends to a TV "reality show.".		Brief Article	193
The Road to Oz.	von Dreele, W.H.		50
The Senate is preparing to vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment.		Brief Article	128
The truth squad.	Potemra, Michael	Book Review	1532
Trial and combat.			443
We miss Harvey Pitt.		Brief Article	192
When Bill Cosby criticized blacks for not making use of the opportunities afforded by the Brown decision, some accused him of airing dirty laundry in public.		Brief Article	163
When President Bush announced his illegal-immigrant amnesty plan in January, the media were abuzz--and rightly so.	Clyne, Meghan	Brief Article	293
With their pyrotechnics, Fox News stalwarts Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity may garner more attention, but Brit Hume's nightly show, Special Report, is a must-watch for political junkies, professional and amateur.	Keane, Meghan	Brief Article	306
Worse than Tom and Dan? Peter, we mean.	Friedman, Rachel Zabarkes		1573
Worse than Watergate.	Spruiell, Stephen	Brief Article	212
Wrong turn.	Spalding, Matthew	Book Review	1209
You deserve a factual look at ... Abandoning Gaza: would Israel's withdrawal from Gaza lead to peace?			864