Articles from National Review (July 14, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Let's get together and do something our parents will disapprove of!".		Brief article	186
A bill to overhaul foreign-intelligence gathering passed the House with an overwhelming bipartisan majority--and now enjoys the freshly minted backing of the consistently inconsistent Barack Obama, who once threatened to filibuster the legislation.		Brief article	230
Allied menace: Islamists, Marxists, and the radical Left make common cause.	Pipes, Daniel	Viewpoint essay	1557
An eye for detail.	Ingersoll, Elliott	Letter to the editor	295
Barack Obama briefly campaigned with his very own seal--an eagle with spread wings, just like the guy at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. has, surmounted by the words "Obama for America," the whole enclosed in a circle.		Brief article	56
Barack Obama decided to opt out of public financing for the general election because he can raise three or four times more cash on his own.		Brief article	221
Battle for the 'Burbs: how Republicans can compete for the upper middle class.	Douthat, Ross; Salam, Reihan	Viewpoint essay	4384
Before the revolution: Europe's governors refuse to listen to the governed.	Pryce-Jones, David		1532
Bill Cosby continues to do a world of good.		Brief article	101
Bubbling out: we need to plan for a world with less oil.	Tucker, William		1528
Cheers to the Irish.			409
Chesterton's marvelous year.	Aeschliman, M.D.		1283
Citizens of Washington State are petitioning for a vote on an initiative to copy Oregon's assisted-suicide law.		Brief article	105
Commonwealth Catholic Charities, in Richmond, Va., helped a minor procure an abortion.		Brief article	47
Donatella Versace dedicated her most recent line of mens-wear to Barack Obama, saying the clothes were designed for "a relaxed man who doesn't need to flex muscles to show he has power," and the Associated Press described the look this way: "The new Versace suit has a structured jacket softened by a double lapel or no lapel at all and slim trousers with slick techno-fabric sheen.			109
Energy incoherence.			668
Feminism gets physical: but fails to say anything of value about physics.	Schwarz, Fred	Essay	1288
For five generations, St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch has been not only an American success story but a family-run business.		Brief article	182
Gay abandon: must we give up our First Amendment liberties?	Hemingway, Mark	Essay	1127
George Carlin was a successful and ultimately cosseted rebel.		Brief article	130
Greenspan revisionism revised: assessing the former Fed chief.	Ponnuru, Ramesh		1767
He enlisted in the Army in 1917, lying (a little) about his age.		Brief article	105
Help!!!!		Cartoon	65
If only Israel were being as clear-eyed about Hamas.		Brief article	242
In a bitterly divided 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Boumediene v. Bush that alien enemy prisoners, captured by our military in a war authorized by Congress and held abroad, have a constitutional right to petition our courts for their release.		Brief article	167
In a meeting with Hispanic leaders, McCain said he would try as president to get an immigration overhaul through Congress.		Brief article	136
In a sign that he is worried about facing criminal charges for failing to pay taxes, Al Sharpton has hired former U.S. attorney Zachary Carter to represent him.		Brief article	162
In love and hauteur: Obama and the press, sneering together.	Emery, Noemie	Viewpoint essay	2152
In recent days, more than a hundred Israeli fighter jets conducted an exercise over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, covering a distance of some 900 miles.		Brief article	202
In recent years, Russian journalists critical of the government have had the habit of being murdered.		Brief article	88
It appears Dartmouth has managed to dilute its alumni's influence on its board of trustees--with their consent.		Brief article	143
It is eight years since six-year-old Elian Gonzalez was flown back to the custody of his father in Cuba.		Brief article	135
Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, known as "Antunez," is one of the bravest and noblest Cuban dissidents.		Brief article	142
Kapell returns.	Nordlinger, Jay		1008
Lawsuits can be righteous, low, symbolic, pestiferous--many things.		Brief article	88
Led, inevitably, by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court has abolished the use of the death penalty as a punishment for raping children.		Brief article	209
McCain's untouchables: four men who should not be on the ticket.	Miller, John J.	Viewpoint essay	1930
Methodist wisdom.	Katzell, Mildred E.	Letter to the editor	53
NASA scientist James Hansen's literary output reads like the bumf one might find in the bulletin of an enduring Big Sur commune.		Brief article	124
New York's judges earn the second-lowest salaries in the 50 states.		Brief article	186
Nobody home.	Hassett, Kevin A.		357
Obama's Social Security plan is a work in progress, but it clearly involves a large tax increase.		Brief article	205
Planet?		Brief article	148
Props to the pram.	Brookhiser, Richard	Viewpoint essay	992
Readers with long memories may recall little Pavel Morozov, who, according to Soviet lore, denounced his father to the secret police in 1932, for anti-Party activities.		Brief article	154
Send me a postcard.	Buckley, Christopher		809
Shock, shock, over.	King, Florence	Brief article	982
The 9/10 candidate.			352
The Buckley mystique.	Bridges, Linda	Book review	1490
The death of Meet the Press host Tim Russert shocked with its suddenness.		Brief article	120
The Funeral Home.	Mezey, Robert	Poem	139
The long view.	Long, Rob	Audio file	898
The principal author of the Dodd-Shelby housing bill is Sen. Christopher Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat who chairs the Senate Banking Committee.		Brief article	165
Thoughtful stepping.	Bartlett, Hugh	Letter to the editor	131
Two years ago, Rep. John Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat, accused Marines of "murder" following the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha.		Brief article	133
Wave of the future.	McCarthy, Andrew C.	Book review	2061
Why can't we have friends like Angelo?		Brief article	7
Windy.	Douthat, Ross	Movie review	957
You could say Tiger Woods had no business entering the U.S.		Brief article	183
Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe has slaughtered and terrorized his way into an approximation of a victory at the polls: His rival, Morgan Tsvangirai of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, has opted not to ask his supporters to risk death and torture to vote in an election that is sure to be fraudulent.		Brief article	165