Volume VI, Number 1, Winter 2006

From the Editor's Desk

Charles R. Kesler: Practical Atheists

Correspondence

Essays

Andrew E. Busch: The Goldwater Myth

Why Barry Goldwater was not a "Goldwater conservative."

Angelo M. Codevilla: The Logic of the "Peace Process"

Why it will end, as usual, in renewed war.

Jerry Weinberger: American Idol

Benjamin Franklin's greatest invention was himself.

Algis Valiunas: Philosophy in Democratic Times

The mental keenness and literary grace of George Santayana.

The Disputed Question

Harry V. Jaffa and Ralph A. Rossum on original intent jurisprudence.

Reviews of Books

James Q. Wilson: America's Mayor

A review of The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American Life, by Fred Siegel

Ross Douthat: The Conservative Cocoon

A review of South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias, by Brian C. Anderson

Joseph Tartakovsky: Pictures Worth a Thousand Lives

A review of The Other War: Israelis, Palestinians and the Struggle for Media Supremacy, by Stephanie Gutmann

Gerard Alexander: Where Have All the Voters Gone?

A review of Get Out the Vote!: How to Increase Voter Turnout, by Donald Green and Alan Gerber

R. Shep Melnick: Fat of the Land

A review of The New New Left: How American Politics Works Today, by Steven Malanga

Jean M. Yarbrough: The New Freedom

Reviews of Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism, by Ronald J. Pestritto;
and Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings, edited by Ronald J. Pestritto

Christopher Levenick: Sacred Texts

A review of Interpreting the Bible and the Constitution, by Jaroslav Pelikan

Carnes Lord: Modern Virtue?

A review of Duty Bound: Responsibility and American Public Life, by Mark Blitz

Thomas R. Martin: Ancient Greatness

Reviews of Alexander: Destiny and Myth, by Claude Mossé, translated by Janet Lloyd;
Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past, by Paul Cartledge;
and Alexander the Conqueror: The Epic Story of the Warrior King, by Laura Foreman

Mary Lefkowitz: Divine Revelations

A review of The Mirror of the Gods: How Renaissance Artists Rediscovered the Pagan Gods, by Malcolm Bull

Giuseppe Mazzotta: A New Poetic Standard

Reviews of Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, translated by Anthony Esolen;
Purgatory, by Dante Alighieri, translated by Anthony Esolen;
and Paradise, by Dante Alighieri, translated by Anthony Esolen

Carroll William Westfall: Architecture of Liberty

A review of The United States Capitol: Its Architecture and Decoration, by Henry Hope Reed; principal photography by Anne Day

Books in Brief

Parthian Shot

Mark Helprin: The Democratic Peace