20160425_cover61404-postal.qxd 4/5/2016 8:49 PM Page 1 April 25, 2016 $4.99 CLAIRE BERLINSKI: KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON: VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Belgium, Cradle of Terror The Lemonade Menace Art and the Free Man GETTINGGETTING CRUZ He’s an underestimated but shrewd and RIGHT effective candidate EricaErica GriederGrieder www.nationalreview.com base_new_milliken-mar 22.qxd 4/4/2016 1:51 PM Page 1 TOC--READY_QXP-1127940144.qxp 4/6/2016 2:09 PM Page 1 Contents APRIL 25, 2016 | VOLUME LXVIII, NO. 7 | www.nationalreview.com ON THE COVER Page 26 The Underestimated Mr. Cruz Douglas Murray on euthanasia If not for Ted Cruz, Donald Trump would p. 32 inevitably be the 2016 presidential nominee. Yet he’s a weak front-runner, having lost about a dozen contests to Cruz prior to the BOOKS, ARTS Wisconsin primary. The GOP is finally, at & MANNERS long last, taking its Trump problem 36 LEVIATHAN RISING seriously, and its ability to thwart his bid Mario Loyola reviews Liberty’s Nemesis: The Unchecked for the nomination is wholly contingent Expansion of the State, edited by Dean Reuter and John Yoo. on Cruz ’s ongoing success. Erica Grieder 38 ART AND THE FREE MAN COVER: THOMAS REIS Victor Davis Hanson reviews David’s Sling: A History of ARTICLES Democracy in Ten Works of Art, by Victoria C. Gardner Coates. THEIR GEORGE WALLACE—AND OURS by Richard Lowry 16 42 THE STRAIGHT DOPE Donald Trump channels the lurid voice of American populism. Fred Schwarz reviews The War on TRUMP’S COUNTERFEIT MASCULINITY by David French Alcohol: Prohibition and the 19 Rise of the American State, It reinforces every feminist stereotype. by Lisa McGirr. LABOR DODGES A BULLET by Daniel DiSalvo 20 MISREADING PROSPERITY The Supreme Court has spared public-sector unions 45 Amity Shlaes reviews The Great from right-to-work laws, barely. Exception: The New Deal and A VOICE OF AMERICA by Jay Nordlinger the Limits of American Politics, 21 by Jefferson Cowie. Myroslava Gongadze and the importance of the VOA. THE LEMONADE MENACE by Kevin D. Williamson 47 FILM: ANGELIC FLESHPOTS 23 Ross Douthat reviews Knight Armed agents of the state protect us from children everywhere. of Cups. FEATURES 26 THE UNDERESTIMATED MR. CRUZ by Erica Grieder SECTIONS In the Texas senator, the GOP has an ideal candidate to stop Donald Trump. 2 Letters to the Editor NOURISHING THE VIPER by Claire Berlinski 4 The Week 28 The Long View . Rob Long Belgium’s tolerance of terrorists is Europe’s loss and Russia’s gain. 34 35 Athwart . James Lileks 32 GRIM REAPER, M.D. by Douglas Murray 45 Poetry . 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Opinions expressed in signed articles do not necessarily represent the views of the editors. letters_QXP-1127940387.qxp 4/6/2016 2:18 PM Page 2 Letters APRIL 25 ISSUE; PRINTED APRIL 7 EDITOR Richard Lowry Senior Editors Why Banks Hate Bucks Richard Brookhiser / Jonah Goldberg / Jay Nordlinger Ramesh Ponnuru / David Pryce-Jones Managing Editor Jason Lee Steorts Literary Editor Michael Potemra In his piece “The Abolition of Cash” (April 11), Andrew Stuttaford left out Vice President, Editorial Operations Christopher McEvoy Washington Editor Eliana Johnson the “drag” on the economy imposed by the “cut” that the banks and process- Executive Editor Reihan Salam ing houses take on each transaction we make with a credit card. This cut has Roving Correspondent Kevin D. Williamson National Correspondent John J. Miller to be passed on by the merchant to recover the discount cost, which raises Senior Political Correspondent Jim Geraghty Chief Political Correspondent Tim Alberta prices across the board for all goods and services. With cash there is no cut Art Director Luba Kolomytseva Deputy Managing Editors for the banks to take; in fact, cash actually causes them to incur increased Nicholas Frankovich / Fred Schwarz costs because they have to physically handle it while getting no fee for doing Production Editor Katie Hosmer Assistant to the Editor Rachel Ogden so. While credit cards are convenient, using them is not “free,” as people Research Associate Alessandra Trouwborst think it is, even if one pays the balance off each month and gets “no annual Contributing Editors Shannen Coffin / Ross Douthat / Daniel Foster fee” cards. Overall, the banking system is more profitable the less cash there Roman Genn / Arthur L. Herman / Lawrence Kudlow is in circulation. Mark R. Levi n / Yuval Levin / Rob Long Mario Loyola / Jim Manzi / Andrew C. McCarthy L. Schworer Kate O’Beirne / Andrew Stuttaford / Robert VerBruggen Via e-mail NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Managing Editors Katherine Connell / Edward John Craig Deputy Managing Editor Nat Brown National-Affairs Columnist John Fund Staff Writers Charles C. W. Cooke / David French ANDREW STUTTAFORD RESPONDS: Our editors, a tough crew, allowed me only Senior Political Reporter Alexis Levinson Political Reporter Brendan Bordelon limited space: I couldn’t include everything! But you make a good point. The Reporter Katherine Timpf increases that vendors make to prices to reflect credit-card transaction fees are, Associate Editors Molly Powell / Nick Tell Digital Director Ericka Anderson as you say, “across the board.” Customers pay these higher prices whether they Assistant Editor Mark Antonio Wright Technical Services Russell Jenkins use credit cards or not, something that may add a “regressive” effect to the Web Editorial Assistant Grant DeArmitt Web Developer Wendy Weihs equation (poor people tend to use cash more as a proportion of their spending). Web Producer Scott McKim At the same time, the profits that banks make from their credit-card businesses EDITORS- AT- L A RG E can (to oversimplify) be used to subsidize “free” banking services, boost lend- Linda Bridges / Kathryn Jean Lopez / John O’Sullivan ing into the economy, or return more money to their shareholders by way of NATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE dividend. 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Lantrip Brian and Deborah Murdock Peter J. Travers Letters may be sub mitted by e-mail to [email protected]. 2 | www.nationalreview.com APRIL 2 5 , 2 0 1 6 base_new_milliken-mar 22.qxd 4/4/2016 2:24 PM Page 1 week_QXP-1127940387.qxp 4/6/2016 2:04 PM Page 4 The Week n Lindsey Graham has proven he’s willing to do just about anything to stop serving in the Senate alongside Ted Cruz. n Could Paul Ryan emerge from the Republican convention with the presidential nomination? He has said that he is not in - ter est ed, and that the nominee should be someone who ran the whole race. These comments are being taken to amount to less than a definitive no.