From CRB, Charles R. Kesler on Iraq and the Neoconservatives: Beyond the Bush Doctrine; a review of At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA by George Tenet and Safe For Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA by John Prados; and an essay on Taming Big Government: Congress won't and the president can't; the Greatness and Decline of American Oratory: A review of American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War and American Speeches: Political Oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton edited by Ted Widmer. From Naked Punch, an interview with Noam Chomsky on hegemony and counter-hegemony (and part 2 and part 3); and Artemy Kalinovsky on understanding empire. Will to win: Why do big, powerful countries with strong militaries sometimes lose wars to small countries with weak ones?
Cass R. Sunstein on Minimalists vs. Visionaries: The real divide on the Supreme Court is between two kinds of conservatives (and more from TNR). Geoffrey R. Stone on Roberts, Alito and the rule of law. Erwin Chemerinsky on how Roberts and Alito delivered high court ideology and Ellen Goodman on the transformation of Justice Ginsburg. Blinded by the Law: Teen sex case shows that focusing on the letter of the law doesn't always spell justice. Linda Kimball wants to know.
From PopMatters, a review of Courting Equality: A Documentary History of America's First Legal Same-Sex Marriages by Patricia A. Gozemba and Karen Kahn; and I'm Comin' with the U-Haul, Baby: Society as a whole is relatively indifferent to the lesbian community, whether through acceptance, titillation, or oblivion. Out and proud parents: As tolerance spreads, gay life is becoming more suburban, contented and even dull. An interview with Mike Jones, author of I Had to Say Something: The Art of Ted Haggard's Fall.
From GQ, Hail Mary, U.S.A.: Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan has built a town in southern Florida dedicated to hard-core Catholic living. James O’Brien walks among the blessed. From Christianity Today, I Love, Therefore You Are: A look at why the modern search for self ends in despair. Sam Harris writes In Defense of Witchcraft. Am I a dwarf or a horseman? Christopher Hitchens wants to know: "It's an honour to be mentioned in the same breath as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris. We could become known as the Four Horsemen of the Counter-Apocalypse". A camp they can believe in Ohio's Camp Quest lets young atheists enjoy summer fun with like-minded children.
