COVER STORY
Character tends to be enduring. If you were familiar with Bill Clinton’s first two years as Arkansas governor, you had a pretty good idea of how his first couple of years as president would play out. So too with Kerry there are themes that have been apparent right from the beginning. By Richard Lowry
ARTICLES
Onward by John O’Sullivan
Neocons, real-cons, and what we do now.
A Great Iraqi by David Pryce-Jones
Kanan Makiya is his nation’s conscience.
Rites and Wrongs by Ramesh Ponnuru
Understanding the communion flap.
Uncle Dick Goes to Wal-Mart by Jay Nordlinger
The veep on the trail.
Hearts of Darkness by Theodore Dalrymple
Torturers among us, and in us.
Kerry, Kerry, Quite Contrary by Richard Lowry
The lifelong contortions of the Democratic nominee.
Vietnam Veterans Against Kerry by Byron York
A band of brothers, but not the kind the candidate likes.
High Time by John J. Miller
Anti-missile defenses — “SDI,” “Star Wars” — kick into gear.
BOOKS, ARTS & MANNERS
Assimilation Nation — John Fonte . . . Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity, by Samuel P. Huntington
The World, Ordered — Richard Lowry . . . Power, Terror, Peace, and War: America’s Grand Strategy in a World at Risk, by Walter Russell Mead
Two Titans — Richard Brookhiser . . . Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America, by Mark Perry
Back to The Source — Kevin Holtsberry . . . Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology, by W. Wesley McDonald
A Wide Mercy — Michael Potemra on Christians, Lawrence of Arabia, and queens.
Movies: Our Bobby — Jay Nordlinger on what they’ve done with Bobby Jones.
The Straggler: On the Fence — John Derbyshire worries about his contractors.
SECTIONS
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