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Look Heavenward? December 2004

Table of contents

BIRD'S EYE
The Election's Over--Now Fight the War
By Karl Zinsmeister
The task ahead in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the greater Middle East is bigger than any political personalities.
SIDELIGHTS
News Scraps
By Brandon Bosworth
Bloody-minded Michael Moore.  Real estate run-up in Iraq.  Security slush funds.  Picky terrorists.  Jesse Jackson defines Biblical conservatives.  Berlin Wall nostalgia.  The offensive Mr. Buckley.
SCAN
Short News and Commentary
Acceptable bigotry.  Terrorists, not activists.  Immigration security.  Gun-control flop.  Architecture gone awry.  Lawsuit realities.
INDICATORS
Numbers, etc.
Real-life results of sex on TV.  We're an R&D nation.  Space census.
IN REAL LIFE
First Person America
By Christine Parsons
A lesson in home security.
FLASHBACK
Lunar Skeptics
By Bill Kauffman
The Apollo voyages to the moon marked the triumph of the 35th President over the 34th.
FORWARD OBSERVER
At Peace in War
By James K. Glassman
Are we taking the attacks on America seriously enough, or deluding ourselves in our normalcy?
POLITICO
2008, Here We Come
By Grover Norquist
We are already tardy in focusing our attention where it belongs next--on the Presidential race of 2008.
BEAT THE PRESS
Rather's Ruin
By Chris Weinkopf
The liberal media crackup.
THE ECONOMIST
Ugly Truths about Runaway College Tuition
By Richard Vedder
Here are ten major sources of the problem.
NOW PLAYING
Superfamily
By Josh Larsen
The Incredibles values family.
BOOK TALK
Reviews of New Books
By Joseph Sternberg, Susanna Dokupil, Naomi Riley
Why Globalization Works by Martin Wolf, My Life by Bill Clinton, and Knocking on Heaven's Door: American Religion in the Age of Counterculture by Mark Oppenheimer
DIGEST
Summaries of Important Research
Campaign finance fictions.  Ensuring insurance.  Minor little countries.  Hi-tech stasis.  Population busts.
OPINION PULSE
The Latest Survey Data
Space Exploration.  New lows in media credibility.
Feature articles
Space Legends
By Bill Kauffman, David Isaac, Frederick Turner
The American Enterprise sat down with three of the most fascinating figures in space science--David Levy, Robert Zubrin, and Freeman Dyson--to converse about the heavens, the Earth, and how the twain might meet.
The Sober Realities of Manned Space Flight
By William Tucker
A look--with feet planted firmly on the ground--at the mixed results achieved by NASA. With sidebars by Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox, Gregg Easterbrook, and Frederick Turner
Alone in the Universe
By Iain Murray
The assumption that intelligent life exists in many places may be completely wrong.
Sci-Fi and Our Space Odyssey
By Daniel Kennelly
Science fiction writers have helped link average citizens to our increasingly scientific future.
Home Alone America
By Mary Eberstadt
While life is better for most adults, many children are faring worse today.
Show Us More of the Other America
By Mustafa Akyol
A moderate Muslim's prayer for American faith and family values.