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FEATURES:

THE GOP�S EVANGELICAL DILEMMA 12
If the Republican Party is to remain competitive, its unhappy alliance with the Religious Right remains indispensable.
Robert D. Novak

THE ULTIMATE JACKIE MASON 16
America�s most beloved comedian is alive and well on Broadway.
Shawn Macomber

IS IT REALLY OVER? 22
Big-shot trial lawyers fall on hard times as tort reformers learn to win at federal and state levels
William Tucker

THE FATE OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY IN POST-COMMUNIST EUROPE 30
Civil society has returned to Poland. Russia, alas, remains in a league of its own.
Anne Applebaum

DEPARTMENTS:

NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER 6
Civility and Freedom
Alfred S. Regnery

THE CONTINUING CRISIS 8
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

LETTER FROM BEIJING 40
Trying to Catch Its Breath
David Aikman

THE NATION�S PULSE 43
The Party of Race
Jeffrey Lord

CAPITOL IDEAS 46
Strange New Disrespect
Tom Bethell

THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE 48
Freedom in the East
Roger Scruton

LETTER FROM PARIS 51
The Culture Ploy
Joseph A. Harriss

POLITICS 54
Tinsel Strike
John H. Fund

PUBLIC POLICY 56
No, the Stem Cell Debate Is Not Over
Michael Fumento

PRESSWATCH 60
We Stand Behind Our Stereotype
James Taranto

BEN STEIN�S DIARY 62
Outraged Sadness
Benjamin J. Stein

CONSERVATIVE TASTES 66
Remember to Laugh
James Bowman

PUBLIC NUISANCES 78

CURRENT WISDOM 80

LAST CALL 82
The Eccentric Dancer
Philip Klein

BOOKS IN REVIEW:

W. JAMES ANTLE II 68
All Taxpayers Left Alone
Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government�s Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives
By Grover G. Norquist

SHAWN MACOMBER 70
Utopia Road
Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion
By Jeffrey J. Kripal

MARK TOOLEY 73
Quite a Love Letter
For Love and Liberty: The Untold Civil War Story of Major Sullivan Ballou and His Famous Love Letter
By Robin Young

TAKI THEODORACOPULOS 76
The Great Paul Johnson
Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and De Gaulle
By Paul Johnson


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