City Journal
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City Journal is a quarterly magazine, published by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a conservative think tank based out of New York City. Its current editor is Myron Magnet and many of its articles focus on urban policy. It has been described by London's Daily Telegraph as "the Bible of the new urbanism". Although the magazine is based in New York City, it covers issues of national scope. Additionally, there is often a British perspective from Anthony Daniels, better known by his pen name of Theodore Dalrymple. The magazine is notable among political journals for its ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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The (Really) Moderate Muslims of Kosovo
Kosovo’s brand of Islam may be the most liberal in the world. I saw no more women there wearing conservative Islamic clothing—one or two per day at most—than I’ve seen ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The Humanities Move Off Campus
Until recently, classical education served as the foundation of the wider liberal arts curriculum, which in turn defined the mission of the traditional university. Classical ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Taxachusetts No More?
Thanks to the tenacity of Carla Howell of the Committee for Small Government, voters may be able to eliminate Massachusetts’s income levy through Question 1 of a ballot ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
Sarah Palin rally
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post often writes with a good deal of attitude, and his Tuesday column was no exception. In his report on Sarah Palin’s campaign speech in ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
A Confusion of Tongues
Problems with interpreting the law are not the only, or even the most important, ones that arise in an ever more diverse society. A feeling of unease is widespread, even among ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Bizarre Bedfellows for Barack
Obama's achievements in reaching out to moderate voters are largely proleptic: words aren't deeds. And while he has few concrete achievements to his name, he does have a ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
A SLAPP Against Freedom
The case shows that while anti-SLAPP legislation makes it somewhat easier, cheaper, and faster for those accused of libel to fight back, "it doesn't solve the problem ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
On the Front Line in the War on Terrorism
Three time zones, 3,000 miles, and a cultural galaxy apart, New York and Los Angeles face a common threat: along with Washington, D.C., they're the chief American targets of ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The Coming Urban Terror
Over the last few years, small groups' ability to conduct terrorism has shown radical improvements in productivity--their capacity to inflict economic, physical, and moral ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
What Really Buys Happiness?
The United States is a rich nation getting richer. According to the U.S. Census, between 1993 and 2003 the average inflation-adjusted income in the top quintile of American ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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America’s Food Revolution
The U.S. has revolutionized its culinary culture over the last 40-odd years. No longer is it the developed world’s worst food nation; in fact, it’s perhaps the best. And ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Obsessive Housing Disorder by Steven Malanga, City Journal Spring 2009
Almost everything that the Times accused the Bush administration of doing has been pursued many times by earlier administrations, both Democratic and Republican—and often ...Posted by Lee Barry -
The Audacity of Humility
Such phrases are MIA from Obama transcripts. In fact, he drops the “when I’m president” line so often that his electoral win might as well be a foregone conclusion. (As ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
We Don't Need Another War on Poverty
The original War on Poverty, launched by the Johnson administration in the mid-sixties, was based on the assumption that Washington had to rescue American cities from ...Posted by Peter Barnett -
Report from Tbilisi
Russia's invasion of Georgia has unleashed a refugee crisis all over the country and especially in its capital. Every school here in Tbilisi is jammed with civilians who fled ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
The Most Dangerous City
To understand how New Orleans is doing two years later, consider a few recent stories. This past weekend, seven family members and friends were enjoying a quiet evening ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Why Study War?
It's no surprise that civilian Americans tend to lack a basic understanding of military matters. Even when I was a graduate student, 30-some years ago, military ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Delusions of Honesty
When Tony Blair announced his resignation after ten years as prime minister of the United Kingdom, his voice choked with emotion and he nearly shed a tear. He asked his ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
A Grand Tax-Code Bargain
Democrats control Congress, and one of their top priorities is reducing the number of taxpayers afflicted by the alternative minimum tax (AMT), probably by raising other ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Bowling With Our Own
Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone, is very nervous about releasing his new research, and understandably so. His five-year study shows that ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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