Contentions
May 2012
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Articles
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The Jigsaw Puzzle & the Chessboard
Henry R. NauThe making and unmaking of foreign policy in the age of Obama.
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What the Evangelicals Give the Jews
Michael MedvedThe true, and hidden, virtue of a controversial relationship.
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Three Days that Shook ObamaCare
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The War Obama Wanted
Alana GoodmanHow Democrats got the better of Republicans on contraception vs. religious liberty.
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Ryan's Hope
James PethokoukisAre the politics changing when it comes to reining in Medicare?
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Capital Offense
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Eisenhower and the End of Greatness
Michael J. LewisFrank Gehry's design doesn't know how to convey a singular truth.
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Deviated: A Memoir
Jesse KellermanA cautionary tale from the brave new world of health-care coverage.
Politics & Ideas
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Class Dismissed
Jeff JacobyA review of Jonathan D. Sarna's "When General Grant Expelled the Jews"
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The Closing of the American Nietzsche
Charles M. StangA review of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's "American Nietzsche"
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In Tropes They Trust
Jonathan Neumann -
Prudishness Lost
Peter Lopatin
Culture & Civilization
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Beloved by Whom?
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The Incredible Shrinking Conductor
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Roth’s Complaint
William GiraldiA review of "Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters," edited and translated by Michael Hofmann
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The Game Change Game
Andrew Ferguson
John Podhoretz
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Culture Warrior in Chief
John Podhoretz
Threat Assessment
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The Iran Leakfest
Jonathan S. Tobin
Letters
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Taking the Jewish Vote for Granted
Our ReadersLetters in response to Jonathan S. Tobin's “Jews, Money, and 2012"
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Bickel and Judicial Restraint
Our ReadersLetters in response to Adam J. White's "The Lost Greatness of Alexander Bickel"
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Objectivity and the Haredim
Our ReadersLetters in response to Mati Wagner's "The Ultra-Orthodox on the Warpath"
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What About the Urban Poor?
Our ReadersLetters in response to Bruce D. Meyer and James X. Sullivan's "American Mobility"
Enter Laughing
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COMMENTARY Onscreen: Terry Teachout
In the first of a series of monthly video interviews, Terry Teachout talks about “Our Creed and Our Character” (his article in the July/August issue of COMMENTARY), music, movies, John Marin, and much more.
Return to COMMENTARY.