December 17, 2018
- George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018 — Andrew Ferguson, Philip Terzian
- The Real China Threat — Tony Mecia
- Hondurans at the Gate — Grant Wishard
This issue featured a cover story on Senator Cory Booker's presidential ambitions, examining his efforts to appeal to diverse constituencies. The magazine also paid tribute to former President George H. W. Bush, who died on December 30, 2018, with pieces by Andrew Ferguson and Philip Terzian. Additional coverage included Tony Mecia's analysis of the real threats posed by China beyond tariff disputes, Grant Wishard's investigation of the Central American caravan composition, and Wesley J. Smith's critique of gene-editing oversight.
Articles in the Archive — 24
Lubitsch in Our Day
James Bowman on judging a classic Hollywood director by the standards of the wrong era.
Hondurans at the Gate
The caravan is overwhelmingly made up of young men looking for work—not women and children.
See Cory Run
The 2020 campaign has begun and Cory Booker is in it to win it.
Absentee Without Leave
Elections aren’t immune from the human tendency to bend the rules and cheat.
Remembering George H.W. Bush
A quiet leader, and a good one.
How to Fix Televised Congressional Hearings
Transcripts.
The Speech That Saved Originalism
How Edwin Meese saved originalism.
The Radio Talker Who Surprised Washington
This is the saga of Jason Lewis. For a quarter-century, the Minnesota congressman was a talk-radio host. He started in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolis and did a spell in Charlotte before returning to the Twin Cities. I was a guest on his show a few times. As best I recall, they were frisky…
The Media Thought George H.W. Bush Was Terrible. Then They Met Trump.
To his credit, President Trump rose to the occasion on the death of George H. W. Bush. Among other things, his immediate response—on Twitter, of course—was a generous and eloquent tribute, mindful not only of the late president’s distinction but of his own obligation to the office he now inhabits.…
How Should the Courts Handle Transgender Rights Cases When the Law Isn’t Clear?
Whose bathroom is it anyway?
How the CRISPR Baby Experiment Went So Terribly Wrong
The gene editors can’t be trusted to self-regulate.
The Real Trade War With China Is Over High-Tech Dominance
High-tech dominance won’t be solved with tariffs.
How California Is Failing Its Traumatized Homeowners
California’s politicians dream of ecotopia, but fire victims just want to rebuild.
George H.W. Bush, 1924 - 2018
What it was like to work for the man.
Cowboy in the Shade
Given their comparable movie careers, why is John Wayne still an icon while Gary Cooper is all but forgotten?
Life Begins at Baron
Joseph Epstein on Marcel Proust among the grand women of the belle époque.
What Manners Maketh
Paul Dean on misbehavior in Shakespeare’s day, from insults to mobs to cross-dressing.
Soldier-Philosopher
David Bahr on the project to see Xenophon alongside his peers.
For Love of Broadway
Amy Henderson on the technologies that brought show tunes to the masses—a review of ‘From Broadway to Main Street.’
He Didn’t Build That
Donald Trump is frequently faulted, and rightly so, for attempting to take credit for things he had nothing to do with. With Trump, though, you get the feeling it’s the habit of the real-estate mogul and showbiz kingpin talking. He doesn’t actually think (does he?) that the stock market goes up…
Medicare for All
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Medicare for Everybody Else
The American left, as we’ve had occasion to remark in these pages before, suffers from a paucity of new ideas. Or maybe it’s truer to say it suffers from a surfeit of old ones. In any case, one old idea making the rounds among Democrats these days goes by the moniker “Medicare for All.” The…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortrump?
A recent piece in New York magazine caught our eye: “Michael Avenatti’s Campaign Failed Because Democrats Don’t Want Their Own Trump.” Avenatti, as readers may wish to forget, is the trash-talking attorney and left-wing bad boy who made himself famous by representing the adult film actress Stormy…
Close Shave
The story goes that the head writer on The Simpsons television show walked into a meeting one morning, two small band-aids on the same cheek, another on his neck under his chin. “What kind of a country is this?” he exclaimed. “They can kill all the Kennedys, but they can’t make a decent razor…