Vol. 3, No. 32
April 27, 1998
Cover Story
In Praise of Highways
By Fred Barnes
Also in This Issue
- As the World Turns: David Landes and Thomas Sowell on the triumph of the West — David Frum
- Cedric, Call Home: Ron Suskind's story of a ghetto-to-Ivy League journey — John J. DiIulio Jr.
- Treason of a Clerk: Edward Lazarus spies a vast, right-wing conspiracy at the Supreme Court — Jay Lefkowitz
This spring books issue of The Weekly Standard featured Fred Barnes's cover story praising highways alongside a collection of book reviews and essays. The issue included David Frum's examination of works on the triumph of the West by David Landes and Thomas Sowell, John J. DiIulio Jr.'s review of Ron Suskind's ghetto-to-Ivy League narrative, and Jay Lefkowitz's critique of Edward Lazarus's claims about conservative conspiracy at the Supreme Court. Additional pieces covered NATO's Bosnia mission, prison reform, and California's post-Proposition 209 university landscape.