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Behind the Headlines

     * Envy
       Jed Donahue on "what the Bible teaches about capitalism"
     * In Memoriam: Tom Landess
       Jed Donahue remembers an "unsung hero"
     * Rick Santorum and "It Takes a Family"
       Jed Donahue on a best-selling book receiving renewed attention

Articles

     * Rethinking What Universities Teach
          + Chuck Stetson
          + July 2, 2012
          + In 1951 a young William F. Buckley Jr. wrote God and Man at
            Yale, showing where Yale was failing as a university. More
            than sixty years later, the situation is even worse—and not
            only at Yale. . . .
     * What Willa Cather Can Teach Us on Flag Day
          + Amy A. Kass Leon R. Kass Diana Schaub
          + June 14, 2012
          + On Flag Day, Amy Kass, Leon Kass, and Diana Schaub—with an
            assist from Willa Cather—highlight the symbolic power of the
            Stars and Stripes. . . .
     * Remembering Václav Havel
          + Flagg Taylor
          + February 9, 2012
          + ISI author Flagg Taylor remembers the great anticommunist
            dissident Václav Havel, who passed away in December.

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Intercollegiate Review

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          + Spring 2012 Intercollegiate Review Cover
          + Featuring:
               o The Pillars of Modern American Conservatism
                 Alfred S. Regnery
               o What Is Money For?
                 Maria Pia Paganelli
               o After Liberalism: Notes toward Reconstruction
                 James Kalb

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