Volume VIII, Number 4, Fall 2008
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Essays
Charles R. Kesler: The Audacity of Barack Obama
Taking the Democratic nominee seriously.William Voegeli: Reforming Big Government
The welfare state can’t go on indefinitely, but it does.James W. Ceaser: The Presidential Nomination Mess
Every four years, it's a whole new ball game—with different rules.Paul A. Cantor: Is There Intelligent Life on Television?
The small screen's new sophistication.Reviews of Books
Jakub J. Grygiel: Georgia on My Mind
A review of The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the WestEdward Alexander: First, Survive
A review of Jews and PowerSteven Emerson: Eyes Wide Open
A review of Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the JihadGerard Alexander: Sirens of Davos
A review of The Post-American WorldDouglas A. Jeffrey: Confused About Conservatism
A review of White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movementand Conservatism in America: Making Sense of the American Right
John Derbyshire: When Worlds Collide
A review of The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live Inand God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
R. Shep Melnick: Raising the Bar
A review of The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the LawCheryl Miller: Bad Little Fictions
A review of House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James FamilyJeremy Rabkin: Leafing Through Old Books
A review of The Social Contract in America: From the Revolution to the Present AgeRichard Samuelson: Political History for a Political Nation
A review of American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republicand The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
James V. DeLong: Property Rights and the Web
A review of The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop ItAngelo M. Codevilla: Inside the Box
A review of Terror and Consent : The Wars for the Twenty-First CenturyJean M. Yarbrough: Progressive Conservative?
A review of Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of RighteousnessBenjamin Balint: In the Beginning
A review of 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli WarSubscribers Only: Download the CRB in PDF
Fall 2008 CRB (4.3 MB)





