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by Robert D. Novak, Mark R. Masterson, Phil Shaw, Allan H. Ryskind, Andrew J. Murphy, Susan Jordan, Richard A. Viguerie, Patrick J. McNally, Paul Gottfried, Scott McConnell, Edward Alexander, Seymour Kopilow, Melvin Rubenstein, T.D. Gordon, and David Horowitz

Commentary, May 1991, pp. 2-16

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    4. Patrick J. Buchanan and the Jews by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 29-37
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    3. What Everyone "Knows" About Reaganomics by Paul Craig Roberts, pp. 25-30
    4. The 20th Century's Most Successful Ideology by Ruth R. Wisse, pp. 31-35
    5. Brennan's Revolution by Wallace Mendelson, pp. 36-39
    6. Break, Break, Break by Felicia Ackerman, pp. 40-44
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    4. The Ideology of Homelessness by Joseph Adelson, pp. 32-36
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    3. Iraq's German Connection by Michael Ledeen, pp. 27-30
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    3. Of Heroes, Villains, and Valets by Gertrude Himmelfarb, pp. 20-26
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    2. The Future of American Jewry by Irving Kristol, pp. 21-26
    3. Victory Through Air Power by Edward N. Luttwak, pp. 27-30
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      1. The Promised Land by Nicholas Lemann
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    2. What to Do About the Soviet Collapse by Vladimir Bukovsky, pp. 19-24
    3. E Pluribus Nihil by Midge Decter, pp. 25-29
    4. A Woman for All Seasons by Leon R. Kass, pp. 30-35
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      1. Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
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      Black (& Red) Comedy by Arch Puddington, p. 60 - 1 Review
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      1. The Litigation Explosion by Walter K. Olson
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      1. Feminism Without Illusions by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
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    1. Letters by Robert B. Reich, Irwin M. Stelzer, and Anya Taylor, ..., pp. 2-12
    2. The Cold War & the Intellectuals by Owen Harries, pp. 13-20
    3. The Hunt for the True October by Martin Malia, pp. 21-28
    4. Rape in Feminist Eyes by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 29-35
    5. Counting the Jews by Edward Norden, pp. 36-43
    6. "PC" So Far by Dinesh D'Souza, pp. 44-46
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    8. Homage to Jacob Katz by David Singer, pp. 50-51
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      1. Why Americans Hate Politics by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
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    2. Quotas and the Bush Administration by Chester E. Finn, Jr., pp. 17-23
    3. How Not to Aid Eastern Europe by Nicholas N. Eberstadt, pp. 24-30
    4. Our Debt to I.B. Singer by Joseph Epstein, pp. 31-37
    5. Canons by Nancy W. Yos, pp. 38-45
    6. The Second Death of Leon Klinghoffer by Samuel Lipman, pp. 46-49
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      2. Barton Fink (1991 Film) by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
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      1. Dangerous Liason by Andrew Cockburn and Leslie Cockburn
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    3. Suicide Made Easy by Leon R. Kass, pp. 19-24
    4. The Politics of Public Television by David Horowitz, pp. 25-32
    5. Race, Lies & Democrats by Noemie Emery, pp. 33-37
    6. A Gallery of Former Jews by Judith Laikin Elkin, pp. 38-45
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      1. Poverty and Compassion by Gertrude Himmelfarb
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