Vol. 10, No. 21
February 14, 2005
Cover Story
Birth of a Democracy
By Reuel Marc Gerecht, Stephen F. Hayes, Robert Kagan & William Kristol
Also in This Issue
- On Lionel Trilling — Gertrude Himmelfarb
This issue of The Weekly Standard featured extensive coverage of the emerging democracy in Iraq, with commentary from leading neoconservative foreign policy thinkers Reuel Marc Gerecht, Stephen F. Hayes, Robert Kagan, and William Kristol on the historic elections taking place. The magazine also included a literary essay by Gertrude Himmelfarb on the intellectual legacy of Lionel Trilling, reflecting the publication's engagement with both contemporary politics and cultural criticism during the Bush presidency's pivotal second term.
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If Not Now, When? Bush grasps the nettle on Social Security PDF
Sticking to His Guns The consistency of Bush's foreign policy PDF
Beijing Winter The Chinese government goes after cyber-dissidents and journalists PDF
Medicaid Needs Surgery And Jeb Bush's Florida shows how to do it PDF
The Boren Identity Young Dan Boren makes his way in Washington PDF
How Housing Helped Bush The president's overlooked campaign advantage PDF
Scrapbook On Newsweek, Yale law school, and more PDF
Casual Duncan Currie, pigskin pagan PDF
Correspondence On the inaugural address and '08 PDF
Editorial A Realigning Election PDF
Birth of a Democracy Soon the whole Middle East will see Iraq's national assembly at work PDF
The Democrats' Week from Hell They're in a hole, and they keep digging PDF
American Cities of Aspiration and the decline of Euro-America PDF
The Trilling Imagination On the centenary of Lionel Trilling PDF
Modern Monuments Louis I. Kahn's memorial for Franklin Delano Roosevelt PDF
The Standard Reader The Poetry Home Repair Manual by Ted Kooser, Scalia Dissents, and more PDF
Parody Better House Arrest and Gardens PDF