Articles from National Review (October 22, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A beautiful, nasty country: the long-running woes of Burma.	Daniels, Anthony		1534
A healthy veto.			517
A model justice.			457
Abu Bin Fred?	Harpen, Wally	Letter to the editor	29
Ahmadinejad's comeuppance.		Poem	43
As Americans wonder how to cope with Iran, Iran keeps killing Americans.			152
As Belgium goes ... so goes Europe?	Pryce-Jones, David		1515
Asia fundraising-gate, Part II: just when you thought you'd never hear the word 'Lippo' again ...	York, Byron		1233
Back in June of this year the mayor of Kansas City, Mo., appointed Frances Semler, a 73-year-old grandmother, to the city's five-member parks board.			203
Blackwater, the private security firm, has lost its license to operate in Iraq.		Brief article	142
Books, books, books.	Brookhiser, Richard		991
Cartoon.		Cartoon	54
Cooler heads prevail.	Hayward, Steven F.		1271
Doing their duties: Congress disguises protectionism as China indignation.	Spruiell, Stephen		2604
Don't fence her in.	Blyth, Myrna		1205
Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York, wants to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.			186
Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema was a Dutch war hero whose exploits earned him the proud title of Soldier of Orange, a tribute to his service to the Dutch royal family, historically known as the House of Orange.			235
Few regimes on earth can compete with the Burmese junta for pure evil.			204
For a generation, the National Taxpayers Union has rallied behind a simple slogan: "This is your money and the government should return it to you.".			111
For Britain's Conservatives, the stakes could hardly be higher.		Brief article	173
For years and years, they have trooped down to Castro--a galaxy of Hollywood stars: Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, Steven Spielberg; Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Leonardo DiCaprio.			156
Gen. Peter Pace has stepped down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired from the Marines.			162
If there were gays in Iran.			11
Jesse Adam Macbeth became an antiwar hero when he claimed to have committed atrocities in Iraq as an Army Ranger, including the murders of hundreds of innocent civilians.			220
John McCain said in an interview that he would prefer to have a Christian president, but could support a well-qualified Muslim one.			182
Lunching free.			768
Mommies dearest.	King, Florence		898
Mr. Alfred Uruguay.	O'Connell, Richard	Poem	114
Mystery Train.	Douthat, Ross		886
Newt Gingrich says he will not run for president, and, in our opinion, the presidency is not a job to which he would be well suited.			97
Nuon Chea, the number-two leader of the Khmer Rouge, was arrested in Phnom Penh and charged with crimes against humanity.			137
One fine day, "Don't tase me, bro'" replaced "The senator assumes a wide stance" as the number-one buzz-sentence in America.			180
One writer, unmotivated: an unhappy outing to a Get Motivated! seminar.	Hemingway, Mark		2070
Poet Laureate.	Person, James E., Jr.		1528
President Bush announced that he would attend the summer Olympics in Beijing in August 2008.			144
Right-leaning celebrity alert! Watch the comedian Drew Carey.	Miller, John J.		1589
Rudy Giuliani has proposed expanding NATO to include India, Israel, Japan, Australia, and Singapore.			206
Six high-school students assaulted another one, knocking him unconscious and kicking him.			203
So great a conspiracy?	Hassett, Kevin A.		1376
Some social-conservative leaders are musing about supporting a third-party presidential candidate if Giuliani wins the Republican nomination.			131
Speak up in English.			615
Staying on.	von Dreele, W.H.	Poem	33
The Burmese have endured military dictatorship since Gen. Ne Win's coup against the post-independence parliamentary republic in 1962.			147
The decline of the dollar--it is now worth less than Canadian currency!--is more than an indignity.			99
The freest black man in America: Clarence Thomas, associate justice from Pin Point, Ga.	Steele, Shelby	Cover story	2188
The games we play.	Hassett, Kevin A.		426
The judges are still studying the photo finish, but the Self-Hatred Hundred Yard Dash held in conjunction with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to New York brought out two superb athletes.			158
The State of D.C.	Leinaweaver, Les	Letter to the editor	65
The United Auto Workers and GM have hammered out a new agreement after a short-lived strike.			104
The world has lost Marcel Marceau, its best-known practitioner of the tiny art of mime.			161
There has been little reaction to the Lieberman-Kyl amendment on the Muslim street, but some of our politicians are taking offense for the silent billion.			94
Transcript from Larry King Live: October 4, 2008.	Long, Rob		847
U.S. government officials have now anonymously confirmed to reporters that the target of a Sept. 6 Israeli raid on Syria was a suspected nuclear site--one that allegedly operated in cooperation with North Korea.			142
Wars budgetary and military: a showdown between Bush and Congress.	O'Beirne, Kate		1110
Way of light.	Salwitz, Michael	Letter to the editor	135
Wordplay.	Gabbard, Gary	Letter to the editor	54
Words better unspoken.			397
World War IV?	Buckley, William F., Jr.	Book review	613