Policy Review articles from February 2008

Policy Review archives from February 2008

Our fractured Supreme Court.(Essay)
February 1, 2008... SHORTLY AFTER TAKING office, Chief Justice John Roberts embarked on a campaign within the Court and, unusually, in the press, to revive the tradition of unanimity in Supreme Court decisions. He has spoken of his concern that the Supreme Court...

The optimistic thought experiment.(Essay)
February 1, 2008... And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and...

Resurgent Russia? A still-faltering military.(Essay)
February 1, 2008... IN THE PAST few years Moscow's increasingly assertive foreign policy posture has been underscored by signs of improvement in the military realm. Several pundits have argued that the Russian army is "back," that it is once again an effective...

Resurgent Russia? Rethinking Energy Inc.
February 1, 2008... RUSSIA IS BACK on the international stage. After a decade of eroding political and economic power, the domestic economy flourishes and, as state budget revenues grow, so do egos in the Kremlin and Russia's global aspirations. The Russian...

The advantage to Islam of mosque-state separation.(Essay)
February 1, 2008... MOSQUE-STATE SEPARATION and religious freedom appear to have stalled in Muslim-majority countries, leading scholars, theologians, and policymakers to conclude that a theocratic model of governance is inevitable for the Islamic world. They argue...

Mothers alone.(The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades before Roe v. Wade, Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women are Choosing Parenthood without Marriage and Creating the New American Family)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... ANN FESSLER. The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades before Roe v. Wade. PENGUIN PRESS. 368 PAGES. $24.95 ROSANNA HERTZ. Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women are...

Exceptionally American.(God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... WALTER RUSSELL MEAD. God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World. ALFRED A. KNOPF. 449 PAGES. $27.95 IN THE ATTEMPT to explain America's rise to global preeminence--as in ambitious explanatory efforts more...

The indispensable Talleyrand.(Napoleon's Master: A Life of Prince Talleyrand, Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... DAVID LAWDAY. Napoleon's Master: A Life of Prince Talleyrand. THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS. 400 PAGES. [pounds sterling]20.00 ROBIN HARRIS. Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France. JOHN MURRAY. 448 PAGES. [pounds sterling]30.00 THE FRENCH...