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Erica Griedergrieder 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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