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Continental Drift December 2002

Table of contents

BIRD'S EYE
Old and In the Way
By Karl Zinsmeister
Old and in the way.
SIDELIGHTS
News Scraps
Hit Another Tower. Homujaheedin. Hollywood in knots. Desperate Swedes. French dwarves.
SCAN
Short News and Commentary
Our allies are military midgets. Democrat enemies. Clinton bombed on Korea. Re's nuts. Censoring abstinence. Good churchgoers. Pregnant pigs. Free Miguel! Narrow-minded professors. Dinesh D'Souza's reading list.
FORWARD OBSERVER
Greens Eat Organic Pears, Africa Starves
By James K. Glassman
European Greens are starving Africans. Is this romantic?
POLITICO
Five Easy Steps to Tax Reform
By Grover Norquist
A tax-reduction plan built of "five easy pieces" is gaining momentum for next year.
"LIVE" WITH TAE
Peter Hitchens
Prominent British editorialist Peter Hitchens, political reverse and brother of Christopher Hitchens, sketches a pessimistic picture of an increasingly centralized and socialist Europe.
IN REAL LIFE
This Old House
Blake Hurst defies a family jinx by mortgaging a house in town.
WORKING LUNCH
How to Liberate Iraq
Michael Rubin, an Iraq specialist, discusses his work and travels in parts of the Middle East where few Americans have trod.
BOOK TALK
Reviews of New Books
Philip Langdon--Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950 by Robert FogelsonGeorge Marlin--The Emerging Democratic Majority by John Judis and Ruy TeixeiraBill Croke--Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West by Philip Fradkin
NOW PLAYING
A Golden Tale Updated
By Josh Larsen
Treasure Planet, Disney's new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure, is golden.
DIGEST
Summaries of Important Research
Edited by Eli Lehrer
Stocks versus bonds in today's investment muddle. Sell the poor. Drug debit cards for seniors? Choosing among public schools. Decline in teen doping. Syria could be a serious risk.
OPINION PULSE
The Latest Survey Data
Some areas where Europeans and Americans differ, and where they agree. Views of the European Union.
Feature articles
The European Disease
By Joshua Muravchik
An irrational anti-Americanism has taken root across the Atlantic.
A German-American Requiem
By Karina Rollins
A daughter of one of the many German-American marriages of the lastgeneration finds that relations between these two countries will likely bemuch less warm and loving in the future.
Friends? Foes? Disconnected Strangers?
By Jeffrey Gedmin, Jonathan Rauch, Mark Steyn, Michael Kelly, Jonah Goldberg, John O'Sullivan, Andrew Sullivan
How will the next few decades play out between Europe and the United States? Is Europe fading in importance? Should Americans worry about the direction of European countries? Should they care? Ruminations from leading commentators on today's political, economic, and cultural trends.
A Very Mixed Bag
By Richard Miniter
The economic and political course mapped out by the European Union looks sensible from some angles, ridiculous from others. Is the E.U. a force for economic liberation? Or a machine ready-made for cranking out soft socialism? Or both?
Europe Loses Its Mind
By Michael A. Ledeen
After centuries of cerebral pioneering, Europe has lost its intellectual energy and spark. The continent shows few signs of regaining its footing.
Scandinavia's Surprising Turn From Socialism
By Eli Lehrer, Jeremy Hildreth
In northern Europe, the socialist status quo is under challenge from a small but lively movement committed to market economics and individual liberty.
Royal Mess
By Bill Kauffman
A crosswise look at Britain's monarchy, and the regally dysfunctional family sitting upon today's throne.