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Nip It Now July/August 2005

Table of contents

BIRD'S EYE
A Depraved Society We Can’t Ignore
By Norbert Vollertsen
A German doctor uncovers deep poverty and oppression in the dungeon of North Korea.
SIDELIGHTS
News Scraps
By Brandon Bosworth
RV to Armageddon. A jihad against barbers. English in China. Depression in Berlin. The poor rich burglar.
SCAN
Short News and Commentary
Stupid Hollywood. We've won. Iraqi bulls. Europe's fairy tales. Numbed by Nintendo. $800 billion to OPEC or Alaska? Compulsory kindergarten. A 14-year recession.
INDICATORS
Numbers, Etc.
By Karl Zinsmeister, Joseph Light
The two Koreas. European gas pain. Real health problems.
"LIVE" WITH TAE
Richard Norton Smith
One of America's most distinguished historians discusses our nation and our Presidents--in particular, Abraham Lincoln, whose Presidential library and museum he has recently opened. Meet Richard Norton Smith.
IN REAL LIFE
First-Person America
By Kevin Josker
The incident at Mountain Charlie's.
BEAT THE PRESS
Prizes for the Discredited
By Chris Weinkopf
They're not worthy.
FORWARD OBSERVER
What Do You Do with Riches?
By James K. Glassman
Cash buys laziness.
FLASHBACK
Bedeviling Daniel Webster
By Bill Kauffman
Was the slave-catcher enthusiast the subject of "Ichabod"?
NOW PLAYING
Russell Crowe as Dutiful Man
By Josh Larsen
Fighting his way through Cinderella Man.
THE TUBE
Ted Baxter, Hero?
By James Lileks
That '70s show.
ENTERPRISING
Business as an Act of Creation
By Barton Hinkle
Churches give lessons on money.
THE ECONOMIST
Australia Booms with Economic Freedom
By Tom Switzer
Free market forces at work Down Under.
BOOK TALK
Once, We Built for Beauty
By Catesby Leigh, Brandon Bosworth, Naomi Riley
Books by Henry Hope Reed, James Webb, and Todd Tucker reviewed.
DIGEST
Summaries of Important Research
Cosby was right. Constitutional battle. Clean air, dirty tricks. Pro-American Aussies. Fake Diamond. Good trade.
OPINION PULSE
The Latest Survey Data
The U.N. lost luster. Views on the war on terror. Worried about North Korea.
THE MAIL
Letters to the Editor
Reader responses and reactions.
Feature articles
America’s Manic Entrepreneurs
By John Gartner
How the most successful entrepreneurs share the same crazy traits--and how America is better off for them.
The U.S. Brain Belt
By Joel Kotkin
The next centers of our information economy may surprise you.
Is Tax Reform Coming?
By William Tucker
President Bush's next political crusade will be tax reform. His national commission will issue recommendations on July 31. Could consumption taxes replace income tax?
Save the Males
By Matthew Clavel
A case for making schools friendlier to boys.
The Empire Strikes Back
By Karlyn Bowman
TAE associate editor Karlyn Bowman sits down with Byron York to talk about his new book describing how liberal activists mobilized as never before in Campaign 2004.
Can We Dodge the Danger?
By Nicholas Eberstadt, James R. Lilley, Daniel Kennelly, Gordon Cucullu, Victor Davis Hanson
To avoid a calamity initiated by dictator Kim Jong Il, more toughness will be required.