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Articles in Nov 21, 2005 issue of National Review

• We knew it was a starch
  by Edward G. Tripp
• The president's commission on tax reform outlined two proposals
• French police are talking about "guerrilla" violence, and interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to wage "war without mercy."
• Americans honor Jefferson's statement that all men are created equal, though they also puzzle over it: like some great writing, it is so taut as to be Delphic
• Rights and conflicts
  by David B. Jr. Rivkin
• Notes & asides
  by Clayton Alcorn
• The doctor is in—or out? The case of Sen. Tom Coburn, citizen-legislator
  by Kate O'Beirne
• Generation gap
  by Andrew Turnbull
• Sen. Sam Brownback deserves special commendation for his role in the Miers withdrawal
• Going to hell, or whatever
  by Jonah Goldberg
• The day after Fitzmas
• The right man
  by George W. Rutler
• Home, dear home
• On top Down Under: the dazzling and purposeful career of Australia's John Howard
  by John O'Sullivan
• Ukrainian national standards
  by John T. Zubal
• In our last issue, we praised President Bush for suspending the Davis-Bacon regulations in order to increase the speed and decrease the cost of post-Katrina reconstruction
• One of Prince Charles's purposes in making his first post-Di visit to these shores, according to the Sunday Telegraph, was to communicate his concerns that the United States has been "too confrontational" in its attitudes toward Islam
• When the New York Giants drubbed the Washington Redskins on October 30, by a score of 36-0, the many fans of Wellington Mara could be forgiven for thinking that the outcome seemed divinely inspired
• Seeing it his way
  by James Panero
• Eighty-one squares, oh joy: the greatness of the new 'timewaster,' Sudoku
  by Alexander Rose
• We suspect that it won't really be Fitzmas
• When New Hampshire senator Judd Gregg won a small slice of the $340 million Powerball lottery a few weeks ago, the Beltway was abuzz with financial advice: Pay down the national debt; set up a fund for Republicans mired in legal scandals; give senatorial
• The one thing to be said in favor of the P.C.-"diversity" cult is that it occasionally adds to the world's stock of fun by throwing up some hilarious linguistic absurdity
• The next justice
• Selected Sonnets: A Bilingual Edition
  by Jeffrey Hart
• A Casey they'll let talk; the Democratic party is happy with Bob Casey Jr., challenging Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania
  by John J. Miller
• They are called servicemen because they serve us with their time, their efforts, and, too often, their lives
• Remember the Iraqi constitution—you know, the one that was destined to blow up?
• There are, of course, worse things than being excluded
• Winning by withdrawing
• Semper Fi: The Definitive Illustrated History of the U.S. Marines
  by Jack Fowler
• The problem with the court: well, the justices, being lawyers, think like them
  by Robert F. Nagel
• The president is fighting a twilight struggle against two cunning, ruthless foes—not just Islamofascism, but also the American foreign-policy bureaucracy
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the new president of Iran, said "Israel must be wiped off the map."
• Larry Flynt, proprietor of Hustler magazine, generously donated $1,000 to Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign
• Playing nice: President Bush gave the special counsel all he wanted—which the press, among others, may regret
  by Byron York
• The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?
  by Jason Lee Steorts
• A little hit
  by Jay Nordlinger
• Scowcroft mentioned that he never saw the point of Ronald Reagan's calling the Soviet Union an "evil empire."
• Iran goes psycho
  by W.H. von Dreele
• We extend our hearty congratulations to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tontitown, Ark., on the birth of their 16th child
• Introducing Sam Alito … and a generation of conservative legal talent
  by John H. Hinderaker
• Shipwreck
  by Luis De Camoes
• Shadow war
  by Ross G. Douthat
• The McCain amendment on torture passed the Senate 90-9
• Bashar Assad, Syria's Baathist dictator, is looking mighty lonely these days
• The advance of genetics continues apace, but will it be accompanied by advances in ethics?
• Fitzgerald's day: the indictment looks strong
  by Andrew C. McCarthy
• Timber!
  by Richard Brookhiser
• Unbridled critics
  by William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Markets, financial analysts, economists, pundits, and really, just about everybody, reacted favorably to President Bush's appointment of Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan at the Fed
• Three teenage girls on their way to school in eastern Indonesia were decapitated by a gang of masked men dressed in black
• Good news and bad news from Wal-Mart
• From the inbox
  by Rob Long
• Joe Wilson, imbedded: his fibs have infiltrated the media, and the media should know better
  by Stephen Spruiell
• To die legally
  by William F. Buckley, Jr.
• The Kensington Rottweiler
  by Alistair Horne
• Oil companies are making record profits
• There's nothing like a good comeuppance
• There is no necessity for a movie actor, in his private life, to exhibit any behavioral resemblances to the characters he plays
• Scowcroft Remembers
  by W.H. von Dreele
• George W. Bush, comeback kid? Some suggestions for how to do it
  by David Frum