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Illustration by Arnold Roth Kay S. Hymowitz Love in the Time of Darwinism A report from the chaotic postfeminist dating scene, where only the strong survive PODCAST: Kay S. Hymowitz discusses this story

A quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute, edited by Brian C. Anderson. • • • • • • • • • Sign up for free online updates: • • • • • • • • • Search Site Advanced Search	Andrew Klavan Five Days at the End of the World My visit to Afghanistan, and the War on Terror movie that Hollywood would never make Judith Miller Bioterrorism’s Deadly Math Despite billions spent, we’re not yet ready for a big attack. Steven Malanga We Don’t Need Another War on Poverty As the urbanism of the nineties showed, cities can forge their own futures. PODCAST: Steven Malanga discusses this story E. J. McMahon New York State’s Fiscal Reckoning Long addicted to massive Wall Street revenues, Albany faces an agonizing withdrawal. Nicole Gelinas Storm-Proofing the Economy We can’t prevent Wall Street turmoil, but we can make it less destructive. PODCAST: Steven Malanga and Nicole Gelinas discuss the Wall Street hurricane and its aftermath Guy Sorman America at Work The U.S. economy and its spirit of enterprise still set the pace for the world. Coming Soon Peter W. Huber Curing Diversity The new medicine shows that we’re biochemically separate and unequal—and regulators are starting to catch on. Shepard Barbash Pre-K Can Work Needy kids could benefit, but only if we use proven pedagogy and hold programs accountable. Walter Olson Reparations, R.I.P. Cause of death: 9/11, public opinion, and the courts Michael J. Totten The (Really) Moderate Muslims of Kosovo The world’s newest country is a model of Islamic tolerance. Victor Davis Hanson The Humanities Move Off Campus As the classical university unravels, students seek knowledge and know-how elsewhere. In Prospect Oh, to be in England Theodore Dalrymple The Quivering Upper Lip The British Character: from self-restraint to self-indulgence Letters Contributors Diarist Paul Beston If a Woodchuck Could

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Theodore Dalrymple Slouching Toward Fanaticism Passionate intensity, but little rationality, in the anti-immunization movement 14 November 2008 Stefan Kanfer The Nimble Tread of the Feet of Fred Joseph Epstein’s biography examines the Astaire magic. 31 October 2008 Theodore Dalrymple Careful What You Wish For Two novelists portray the allure—and limitations—of liberation. 24 October 2008 Fred Siegel Family Ties Bernard-Henri Lévy explains his enduring, if troubled, relationship with the Left. 22 October 2008 More . . .	Theodore Dalrymple Pot, Meet Kettle Vulgarity is for rightists, say vulgarians on the left. 19 November 2008 Brian C. Anderson A True Humanist Myron Magnet wins the National Humanities Medal. 17 November 2008 Nicole Gelinas Paulson Bails Out the Bailout If at first it won’t succeed . . . 12 November 2008 Nicole Gelinas, Steven Malanga, and Others Wall Street Explodes Background reading from City Journal’s writers More . . .
Paul Howard Health Care’s New Entrepreneurs 27 August 2008 Steven Malanga The Professional Panhandling Plague 24 August 2008 Sol Stern A Marshall Plan for Reading 13 August 2008 More . . .
Judith Miller The Fox Forum \| Al Qaeda Declares War on Obama Howard Husock Hot Air \| Prescience on the CRA and the current financial debacle Steven Malanga The Wall Street Journal \| Our Spendthrift States Don’t Need a Bailout Heather Mac Donald New York Post \| NYC’s Wasteful Welfare Giveaway Marc Epstein New York Post \| ‘Standards’ Bait & Switch More . . .
Washington Times \| Present day vampires Ed Driscoll \| Appetite For Destruction New York Post \| NY’s Latest Humanities Giants Ladyblog \| The Dating Wars, Chapter 2,567 World Magazine \| Darwinistic dating More . . .
John H. McWhorter The Ghost in Your iPod Will Marion Cook’s underappreciated musical legacy Steven Malanga Not Kosher The Jewish Conservative movement embraces labor and “social justice.” Heather Mac Donald A Preference for Truth Racial quotas are slowly losing their cover. William Andrews, William J. Bratton Crime and Politics in Caracas Thank Hugo Chávez for the Venezuelan capital’s soaring murder rate. André Glucksmann Confronting the Putin Doctrine Europe must hold fast against Russian blackmail. Daniel J. Flynn Taxachusetts No More? The Bay State considers the unthinkable—repealing its income tax. Naomi Schaefer Riley Big Middle-Class Sister We shouldn’t apologize for teaching poor kids how to move up in America.

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Not with a Bang But a Whimper.

Not with a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline
by Theodore Dalrymple

A Manifesto for Media Freedom.

A Manifesto
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by Brian C. Anderson and Adam D. Thierer

The Empire of Lies: The Truth about China in the Twenty-First Century.

The Empire of Lies: The Truth about China in the Twenty-First Century
by Guy Sorman

The Immigration Solution: A Better Plan Than Today's.

The Immigration Solution: A Better Plan Than Today’s
by Heather Mac Donald, Victor Davis Hanson, and Steven Malanga

The Voodoo That They Did So Well: The Wizards Who Invented the New York Stage.

The Voodoo That They Did So Well: The Wizards Who Invented the New York Stage
by Stefan Kanfer