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October 1, 2012

Cover Story
Obama's Palace Guard
How media fact checkers made themselves of service in the welfare reform debate
By Mark Hemingway
Also in This Issue
  • A Failed Foreign Policy — Max Boot, Stephen F. Hayes, William Kristol
  • A Rocky Start in the Rockies — Fred Barnes
  • Supremely Overdue — Carl Cohen

The October 1, 2012 issue featured Mark Hemingway's examination of media fact checkers' role in the welfare reform debate, arguing they had become partisan actors serving the Obama administration. The magazine also addressed the 2012 campaign landscape, with Fred Barnes analyzing Mitt Romney's struggle to secure Colorado despite its importance to his electoral hopes. Max Boot, Stephen F. Hayes, and William Kristol contributed analysis of Obama's failed foreign policy record. Additional coverage included debate over racial preferences in university admissions, discussions of the farm bill, and international affairs analysis on Burma and Europe.

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A Rocky Start in the Rockies PDF
What the Schneck? PDF
Power Grab PDF
The Right Way to Engage Burma PDF
Europe's Gift to Obama PDF
It's Not Really a Farm Bill PDF
Freedom Fighter PDF
Obama's Palace Guard PDF
Supremely Overdue PDF
Wisdom of the Age PDF
Power in Play PDF
Wars of Words PDF
Reason for Faith PDF
Installed for Good PDF
Einstein Bageled PDF
The Scrapbook PDF
Casual PDF
All the World Wonders PDF
The Obamacare Bowl PDF
Retreater in Chief PDF
Permanent Spin PDF