Heather Mac Donald
Error and distortion at the paper, Heaven help us, of record
The New York Times has been furiously penning policy briefs to the Obama administration. A recent editorial on black crime compresses within a few hundred words decades of failed thinking on public safety. If the president-elect follows its hoary prescriptions, he will be guaranteed to waste taxpayer money without having the slightest effect on crime. . . .
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Walter Olson
Reparations, R.I.P.
Cause of death: 9/11, public opinion, and the courts
Victor Davis Hanson
The Humanities Move Off Campus
As the classical university unravels, students seek knowledge and know-how elsewhere.
Peter W. Huber
Curing Diversity
The new medicine shows that were biochemically separate and unequaland regulators are starting to catch on.
Shepard Barbash
Pre-K Can Work
Needy kids could benefit, but only if we use proven pedagogy and hold programs accountable.
Kay S. Hymowitz
Love in the Time of Darwinism
A report from the chaotic postfeminist dating scene, where only the strong survive
Andrew Klavan
Five Days at the End of the World
My visit to Afghanistan, and the War on Terror movie that Hollywood would never make
Judith Miller
Bioterrorisms Deadly Math
Despite billions spent, were not yet ready for a big attack.
Steven Malanga
We Dont Need Another War on Poverty
As the urbanism of the nineties showed, cities can forge their own futures.
E. J. McMahon
New York States Fiscal Reckoning
Long addicted to massive Wall Street revenues, Albany faces an agonizing withdrawal.
Nicole Gelinas
Storm-Proofing the Economy
We cant prevent Wall Street turmoil, but we can make it less destructive.
Guy Sorman
America at Work
The U.S. economy and its spirit of enterprise still set the pace for the world.
Oh, to be in England
Theodore Dalrymple
The Quivering Upper Lip
The British character: from self-restraint to self-indulgence
Diarist
Paul Beston
If a Woodchuck Could
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Adam Kirsch
Red Plunder
Sean McMeekin details the staggering thievery of Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
24 December 2008
Daniel J. Flynn
The Right Gifts
A new history of conservative philanthropy offers a timely message.
12 December 2008
Laura Vanderkam
All You Need Is Help
Are geniuses born or made? Both, says Malcolm Gladwell.
26 November 2008
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Theodore Dalrymple
Reading the Signs
Gestural politics and disturbing reality at a Paris Metro stop
6 January 2009
Harrison Scott Key
The Phosphorescent List
A modest invective against telling people what you want for Christmas
23 December 2008
Nicole Gelinas, Steven Malanga, and Others
Wall Street Explodes
Background reading from City Journal’s writers
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John H. McWhorter
The Ghost in Your iPod
Will Marion Cooks underappreciated musical legacy
Steven Malanga
Not Kosher
The Jewish Conservative movement embraces labor and social justice.
Heather Mac Donald
A Preference for Truth
Racial quotas are slowly losing their cover.
William Andrews, William J. Bratton
Crime and Politics in Caracas
Thank Hugo Chávez for the Venezuelan capitals soaring murder rate.
André Glucksmann
Confronting the Putin Doctrine
Europe must hold fast against Russian blackmail.
Daniel J. Flynn
Taxachusetts No More?
The Bay State considers the unthinkablerepealing its income tax.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Big Middle-Class Sister
We shouldnt apologize for teaching poor kids how to move up in America.
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