Articles from National Review (August 24, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Cash for Clunkers," the federal government's $4,500 car trade-in subsidy--which already has cost taxpayers a billion dollars--is dumb on both environmental and economic grounds.		Brief article	154
"I have immortal longings in me," said Cleopatra as she clasped the asp.		Brief article	170
[Cartoon].		Cartoon	12
A Gull.	Krisak, Len	Poem	41
A solution in search of a problem: to fulfill the president's reckless promise to close Gitmo, the administration now toys with creating a new one inside the U.S.--probably in Michigan.		Brief article	173
A week after the death of Henry Allingham, another British veteran of World War I, Harry Patch, passed away.		Brief article	165
Adam Smith for sick people: conservatives should address the plight of those with preexisting conditions.	Ponnuru, Ramesh		1491
Afghan postcards.	Genn, Roman		386
American Ajax.	Hanson, Victor Davis	Book review	1505
Anti-Christian rioting in the town of Gojra in eastern Pakistan claimed the lives of several persons, including women and children.		Brief article	92
By now all America knows of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s arrest, for disorderly conduct, by Sgt. James Crowley, and Barack Obama's comment that the Cambridge police had acted "stupidly.".		Brief article	199
Catching up to Mexico: illegal immigration is depleting California's human capital and ravaging its economy.	Alexiev, Alex		1255
Cool enough for you?		Brief article	146
Correction.		Correction notice	16
During Bush's time in office, the U.S. Interests Section in Havana was a very interesting place.		Brief article	120
Ernest Lefever grew up as a Christian pacifist, and his conscience kept him out of uniform during World War II.		Brief article	152
Fight the fallbacks.		Brief article	325
First the president called him stupid, then he had to have a beer with Joe Biden.		Brief article	22
Five decades of crisis: the persistent, alarming link between illegitimacy and poverty.	Currie, Duncan		2596
From the Henry Louis Gates diaries ...	Long, Rob		814
In early July a squad of police burst into a restaurant in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, and arrested several women on charges of indecency.		Brief article	150
It has been a long while since the Philippines was a fixture in the international news.		Brief article	224
It is a staple of Palestinian propaganda that Israeli authorities smuggle drugs into the Palestinian territories in order to corrupt young Arabs.		Brief article	119
It sounds like a far-fetched Ayn Rand story line (is there any other kind?): Andrew J. Hall, the head of Phibro, a small commodities-trading firm based in Connecticut, is being set up as a candidate for public crucifixion.		Brief article	258
It was as stark a case of voter intimidation as you will probably ever see.		Brief article	208
John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has the resume, well-credentialed and slightly boring, of a lifelong academic and science bureaucrat.		Brief article	143
Kay Bailey Hutchison has decided to leave the Senate and challenge her fellow Republican, Rick Perry, in his bid for reelection as governor of Texas.		Brief article	130
Leszek Kolakowski was a crucially important anti-Communist thinker; his three-volume work Main Currents of Marxism (1976-78) has deservedly been considered a classic ever since its publication.		Brief article	126
Much foolishness has become attached to the question of President Obama's place of birth, and a few misguided souls on the right have indulged it (to the delight of the press and the White House).		Brief article	100
Natalya Estimerova is the latest to pay the price in Russia for documenting the abuse of human rights.		Brief article	213
Newsweek ran a cover story arguing that the recession is probably over, leading President Obama to warn against serving champagne.		Brief article	111
Obamaniacs on the couch: if the Self-object fails to socialize the Self's health-care ...	Long, Rob		1215
Out of the blue, the British home secretary, Jacqui Smith, put Michael Savage on a list of people banned from entering Britain.		Brief article	186
Over- and other drives.	King, Florence	Book review	1518
Pass this test.	Nordlinger, Jay	Book review	1643
Policy paternity.	Moffit, Robert E.	Letter to the editor	450
President at the creation.	Herman, Arthur W.	Book review	1196
President Obama may be silver-tongued, but he botched his recent press conference, broadcast on television in prime time.		Brief article	87
Sarah studies: gubernatorial candidate Palin can teach the GOP a lot about how to win elections.	Smith, Bradley A.	Viewpoint essay	2719
Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad, Democrats both, are recipients of sweetheart deals from disgraced mortgage lender Countrywide, having secured discounted loans under the firm's infamous program for "Friends of Angelo"--that's Angelo Mozilo, the former CEO.			180
Sidney Zion, lawyer, journalist, and raspy-voiced raconteur, though born in Passaic, N.J., was a mainstay of New York life and nightlife for almost 50 years.		Brief article	136
Slate's Jacob Weisberg has figured out what's wrong with Barack Obama's Iran policy--George W. Bush.		Brief article	131
Start spreading the TED.	Hassett, Kevin A.		483
Tehran 2009 is a replay of Stalin's Moscow.		Brief article	221
The City of Los Angeles is asking Washington for $30 million to finance a ten-year run of the Cirque du Soleil, prompting economist Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University to lament: "so it's finally come to pass--America has embarked on the same road down which ancient Rome marched to its ruin: Uncle Sam not only subsidizes bread (by subsidizing wheat production) but now also circuses.".		Brief article	66
The congealing pot: today's immigrants are different from waves past.	Richwine, Jason	Report	2430
The Democrats have raised the cigarette tax.		Brief article	157
The elder statesmen of Central and Eastern Europe have got together to write an open letter to President Obama, and an extraordinary document it is.		Brief article	182
The Fire Department of New York lost 343 firefighters in the collapse of the World Trade Center following the 9/11 attacks.		Brief article	201
The gambler: Barney Frank doesn't know when to hold 'em, or even the name of the game being played.	Williamson, Kevin D.	Cover story	3345
The Hillary Song.		Brief article	64
The Italian weekly magazine L'espresso published transcripts of conversations it claims took place between Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and a young lady named Patrizia D'Addario, who is a professional escort.		Brief article	128
The New York Times had to publish what its own public editor called "an especially embarrassing correction," addressing seven errors in one story.		Brief article	69
Three strikes: the Democrats' health-reform problem begins with the questions Democrats ask.	Goodman, John C.	Viewpoint essay	1204
True love.	Douthat, Ross	Movie review	911
Typically, when politicians want to keep an event on the down-low, they time it so that news breaks at close of business on a Friday.		Brief article	141
Unmanning the ship of state.	King, Florence		1026
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was already upset that Washington and Bogota are negotiating a military pact that would enlarge the U.S. presence in Colombia.		Brief article	161
Years of upheaval.	Brookhiser, Richard		1006
You can tell a lot about a president by the Medals of Freedom he awards.		Brief article	145