| Introduction |
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Chapter 1 The Good and The Great |
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19 | (18) |
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19 | (3) |
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Winston Churchill: The Indispensable Man |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (3) |
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Rick Ankiel: Return of the Natural |
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28 | (3) |
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Christopher Columbus: Dead White Male |
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31 | (3) |
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Hermann Lisco: Man for All Seasons |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (18) |
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No Dancing in the End Zone |
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37 | (3) |
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"Women and Children." Still? |
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40 | (3) |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (6) |
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Chapter 3 Pride and Prejudices |
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55 | (16) |
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55 | (3) |
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58 | (3) |
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61 | (3) |
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The Central Axiom of Partisan Politics |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (4) |
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71 | (28) |
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71 | (3) |
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Bush Derangement Syndrome |
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74 | (3) |
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77 | (3) |
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From People Power to Polenta |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (4) |
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87 | (3) |
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90 | (3) |
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93 | (6) |
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Chapter 5 Passions and Pastimes |
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99 | (16) |
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99 | (3) |
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Beauty, Truth and Hitchcock |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (4) |
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112 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Heaven and Earth |
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115 | (16) |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (3) |
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121 | (3) |
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Farewell, the New Frontier |
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124 | (3) |
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Are We Alone in the Universe? |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (108) |
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Chapter 7 Citizen and State |
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133 | (18) |
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Reflections on the Revolution in France |
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133 | (3) |
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Did the State Make You Great? |
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136 | (3) |
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139 | (3) |
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Myth of the Angry White Male |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (30) |
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Without the Noose, Without the Gag |
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151 | (3) |
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154 | (3) |
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Ambiguity and Affirmative Action |
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157 | (3) |
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160 | (3) |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (3) |
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First a Wall---Then Amnesty |
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169 | (3) |
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In Plain English---Let's Make It Official |
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172 | (3) |
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Of Course It's a Ponzi Scheme |
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175 | (3) |
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The Church of Global Warming |
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178 | (3) |
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181 | (28) |
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181 | (3) |
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Stem Cells and Fairy Tales |
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184 | (3) |
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The Truth About End-of-Life Counseling |
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187 | (3) |
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190 | (3) |
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The Double Tragedy of a Stolen Death |
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193 | (3) |
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Essay: On the Ethics of Embryonic Research |
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196 | (13) |
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209 | (12) |
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The Real Message of Creationism |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (3) |
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215 | (3) |
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Chernenko and the Case Against Atheism |
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218 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 Memory and Monuments |
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221 | (18) |
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221 | (3) |
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224 | (3) |
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227 | (3) |
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FDR: The Dignity of Denial |
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230 | (3) |
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Martin Luther King in Word and Stone |
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233 | (3) |
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Collective Guilt, Collective Responsibility |
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236 | (3) |
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239 | (80) |
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Chapter 12 The Jewish Question, Again |
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241 | (34) |
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241 | (4) |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (3) |
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251 | (7) |
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Essay: Zionism and the Fate of the Jews |
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258 | (17) |
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Chapter 13 The Golden Age |
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275 | (10) |
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275 | (3) |
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278 | (3) |
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281 | (4) |
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Chapter 14 The Age of Holy Terror |
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285 | (24) |
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285 | (3) |
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288 | (2) |
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"The Borders of Islam Are Bloody" |
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290 | (3) |
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293 | (3) |
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296 | (3) |
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299 | (3) |
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From Freedom Agenda to Freedom Doctrine |
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302 | (3) |
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305 | (4) |
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Chapter 15 The Age to Come |
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309 | (10) |
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Hyperproliferation: Can We Survive It? |
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309 | (3) |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (4) |
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319 | (48) |
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Chapter 16 Three Essays on America and The World |
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321 | (46) |
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The Unipolar Moment (1990) |
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321 | (12) |
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Democratic Realism (2004) |
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333 | (19) |
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Decline Is a Choice (2009) |
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352 | (15) |
| Acknowledgments |
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367 | (3) |
| Index |
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