Revelations that the CIA destroyed tapes of interrogations are further evidence of the degree to which this administration has fostered a culture of self-justifying raw power. It’s time for us to call for leadership that promotes professionalism.
Departments
UpFront: The Unified Field Theory of George Soros
Proof that all of America’s ills can be laid at the feet of a certain liberal Jewish banker, debating the benefits of global warming, and just who are these Iowa caucus-goers?
Haunted by the Hippie
Despite the fact that Hillary Clinton is the most conservative Democrat running for president, the right makes her out to be a radical. Perhaps this is because the right still fears the social change hippies represented.
UpFront: Pinless Cures
Telling non-flag-wearers where they can stick it, suitable third-party conservative candidates, the Supreme Court justice nobody knows, and The Question.
Up Front: E Pluribus Ulcer
This month: Who’s Gore endorsing?, Fred Thompson: Dumb as hell, Ted Nugent gets all dressed up, and Bush’s ‘The Fantastic Freedom Institute.’
Unrequited Love: Musings on Girls Gone Mild
Author Wendy Shalit wrongly blames lenient baby-boomer parents and third- wave feminists for the hyper- sexual culture that surrounds young women.
Summertime, and Living in DC Is Easy
An ode to the beauty and contradictions of our nation’s capital in the dog days of August. (Seriously.)
UpFront
Calculating Gore’s future, Hillary’s biographers redefine “straightforward,” plus suggested summer reading for Mitt Romney.
What the New U.S.-Russia Fight is Really About
The dispute over missile defense reflects a deeper conflict over Eastern Europe — and the need to take Russia seriously again as a regional power.
Breaking the Consensus (Finally)
For the first time in a long time, it may be politically achievable to make globalization work for working Americans.

