Vol. 23, No. 8

October 30, 2017

Cover Story
Showdown in Arizona
Jeff Flake's uphill battle against the Trumpification of the GOP
By John McCormack
Also in This Issue
  • Gillespie's Narrow Path — Andrew Egger
  • Vermeer & The Rise of the Middle Class — Paul A. Cantor
  • Richard Wilbur Remembered — James Matthew Wilson

This issue examined Republican struggles in the Trump era, with John McCormack covering Senator Jeff Flake's difficult fight against the Trumpification of the GOP in Arizona, while Andrew Egger analyzed Ed Gillespie's narrow path to winning Virginia's governorship in Trumpian times. The Books & Arts section featured Paul A. Cantor's essay on Vermeer and his contemporaries capturing everyday life and the rise of the middle class, alongside pieces on poet Richard Wilbur, Hollywood's antihumanism, and baseball's evolving culture.

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Showdown in Arizona PDF
Gillespie's Narrow Path PDF
Extraordinary Ordinary PDF
Let Us Think Together PDF
Richard Wilbur Remembered PDF
Diamonds Are Forever PDF
We're All Bad Guys PDF
Parody PDF
The Scrapbook PDF
Casual PDF
Editorials PDF
Regulation: Bluster or Buster? PDF
Trigger Warnings PDF
Politicians General PDF
Predator's Ball PDF
Iran-Iraq War on the Kurds PDF
A Blue State's Red Leader PDF
Let's Hear It for the Red Cross PDF