City Journal

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Max Schulz California’s Potemkin Environmentalism A celebrated green economy produces pollution elsewhere, ongoing power shortages, and business-crippling costs.

A quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute, edited by Brian C. Anderson. • • • • • • • • • Search Site Advanced Search	Christopher Hitchens, Kay S. Hymowitz, Stefan Kanfer, Guy Sorman, Harry Stein, Sol Stern May 1968: 40 Years Later Six City Journal authors recall a spring that shook the world. PODCASTS: Kay S. Hymowitz, Stefan Kanfer, and Sol Stern read their stories Heather Mac Donald Is the Criminal-Justice System Racist? No: the high percentage of blacks behind bars reflects crime rates, not bigotry. Bruce Bawer An Anatomy of Surrender Motivated by fear and multiculturalism, too many Westerners are acquiescing to creeping sharia. Arthur C. Brooks Free People Are Happy People —especially when strong personal morality guides their choices. Michael J. Totten Hope for Iraq’s Meanest City How the surge brought order to Fallujah Coming Soon Steven Malanga The Death and Life of Bushwick A Brooklyn neighborhood finally recovers from decades of misguided urban policies. Nicole Gelinas The Big Easy Rebuilds, Bottom Up Ordinary New Orleanians restore their city, avoiding lower Manhattan’s master-planned debacle. Judith Miller The Other Terrorism Post-9/11, Spain’s Basque terrorists are on the run—but still a threat. In Prospect Oh, to be in England Theodore Dalrymple A Confusion of Tongues Why Britain struggles to assimilate immigrants Letters Contributors Diarist Andrew Klavan Story Time

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Gerald J. Russello Unfinished Legal Business Conservative public-interest law awaits a third generation of scholars. 9 May 2008 James Kirchick Choosing the Whip Heidi Holland explores the complex psychology of Robert Mugabe. 7 May 2008 Stefan Kanfer Pyrrhic Victory A new comic-book history chronicles a war between good taste and free expression. 2 May 2008 More . . .	Paul Beston Belles and Tolls Horse racing, like art and life, comes with tragedy built-in. 9 May 2008 Steven Malanga Change That Kids Could Believe In Barack Obama should address the crippling trend of out-of-wedlock births. 8 May 2008 Jerry Weinberger The Skies Are Still Friendly . . . but a trial for the pitiable first-class passenger. 6 May 2008 More . . .
Steven Malanga RealClearMarkets \| The Good News You Missed on Food Prices Nicole Gelinas New York Post \| Foreclosure Fix Fred Siegel The Australian \| The illusion that is Barack Obama Sol Stern Eduwonkette \| Guest Blogger Sol Stern Weighs In on Social Justice Teaching Steven Malanga Real Clear Markets \| Self-Inflicted Pain Hobbles States More . . .
Pajamas Media \| The Wright Stuff, And The Bonfire Of The Insanities Ed Driscoll \| New Silicon Graffiti Video: Radical Chic...Frozen In Amber Mother Jones \| Know Your Enemy: Heather Mac Donald Norm Blog \| Sixty-eighters News Balance \| Today’s Highlights More . . .
Myron Magnet Mr. Sammler’s City Saul Bellow’s prophetic 1970 novel captured New York’s unraveling and remains a cautionary tale. Roger Scruton Cities for Living Antimodernist Léon Krier designs urban environments to human scale. Steven Malanga Illegal in More Ways than One Identity theft in America goes hand and hand with illegal immigration. David Gratzer, Paul Howard Mandates Are Not the Answer Barack Obama has it (mostly) right. Nicole Gelinas Boston Battles Foreclosures But Beantown isn’t home free yet. Walter Olson Get Sued, All Ye Faithful Activists seek to shut down churchgoer insurance. Bradley A. Smith Stacking the Deck Gotham’s campaign-finance law creates first- and second-class citizens.