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Dopesick UGH UR THRO a to U.S.A 20160125_subscribers_cover61404-postal.qxd 2/9/2016 5:25 PM Page 1 F ebruary 2 9, 2016 $ 4.99 Dopesick A TOUR THROUGH HEROIN, U.S.A. Kevin D. Williamson Ground Zero in the opiate epidemic isn’t in some exotic Taliban-managed poppy field or some cartel boss’s fortified compound: It’s right there at Walgreens, in the middle of every city and town in the country. www.nationalreview.com base_milliken-mar 22.qxd 2/8/2016 11:28 AM Page 1 TOC_QXP-1127940144.qxp 2/10/2016 2:28 PM Page 1 Contents FEBRUARY 29, 2016 | VOLUME LXVIII, NO. 3 | www.nationalreview.com ON THE COVER Page 25 From Oxy to Overdose While we were ignoring criminally negligent painkiller prescriptions, we helped create a Heather Wilhelm on the new Barbies gigantic population of opioid p. 23 addicts. There were 47,000 lethal overdoses in the U.S. in 2014, BOOKS, ARTS almost 30,000 of & MANNERS which were from 37 THE CHAMP AND MR. X prescription painkillers James Rosen reviews Blood Brothers: The Fatal and heroin. Kevin D. Williamson Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith. 43 LOVE AND ORDER ARTICLES Peter Wehner reviews Soul Mates: Religion, Sex, Love, and 16 THE RIGHT ASCENDANT by Charles C. W. Cooke Marriage among African Take a moment to appreciate conservative achievements. Americans and Latinos, by W. Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas 18 OUR LAST EMPEROR by Oren Cass H. Wolfinger. Toward a bipartisan compromise to rein in executive power. 45 EXPLORATIONS OF LOVE 21 THE HOUSE OF SAUD AND THE HOUSE OF BADAWI by Jay Nordlinger Thomas Hibbs reviews A wife’s struggle for her husband. Plato’s Bedroom: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love, BARBIE PROLIFERATES by Heather Wilhelm 23 by David K. O’Connor. The doll now comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, but not everyone is pleased. 47 FILM: FAITH IN HOLLYWOOD Ross Douthat reviews Hail, Caesar! FEATURES 25 FROM OXY TO OVERDOSE by Kevin D. Williamson How prescription-drug abuse unleashed a heroin epidemic. SECTIONS KELVIN COCHRAN’S CRUCIBLE by David French 30 Letters to the Editor The former Atlanta fire chief’s Christianity cost him his career. 2 4 The Week 32 SEEING NORTH KOREA by Nicholas Eberstadt 35 Athwart . James Lileks Wishful thinking has prevented effective threat reduction. 36 The Long View . Rob Long 44 Poetry . Lawrence Dugan COVER: FARHAD PARSA/CORBIS 48 Happy Warrior . Jonah Goldberg NATIONAL REVIEW (ISSN: 0028-0038) is published bi-weekly, except for the first issue in January, by N ATIONAL REVIEW, Inc., at 215 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. Periodicals postage paid at New York, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. © National Review, Inc., 2016. Address all editorial mail, manuscripts, letters to the editor, etc., to Editorial Dept., N ATIONAL REVIEW, 215 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. 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Opinions expressed in signed articles do not necessarily represent the views of the editors. letters_QXP-1127940387.qxp 2/10/2016 2:29 PM Page 2 Letters FEBRUARY 29 ISSUE; PRINTED FEBRUARY 11 EDITOR Richard Lowry Senior Editors Timeless Classics Richard Brookhiser / Jonah Goldberg / Jay Nordlinger Ramesh Ponnuru / David Pryce-Jones Managing Editor Jason Lee Steorts Literary Editor Michael Potemra Samuel Goldman writes well about the value of “traditional” education Vice President, Editorial Operations Christopher McEvoy Washington Editor Eliana Johnson (read: classical education) and studying beautiful things (“Reclaiming Executive Editor Reihan Salam Roving Correspondent Kevin D. Williamson Traditional Education,” December 31, 2015). He aptly takes on Marco National Correspondent Joh n J. Miller Rubio’s pandering remarks about welders and philosophers, and attacks the Senior Political Correspondent Jim Geraghty Chief Political Correspondent Tim Alberta line of reasoning that leads people to think that time spent studying Aristotle Art Director Luba Kolomytseva Deputy Managing Editors is time wasted. Nicholas Frankovich / Fred Schwarz Production Editor Katie Hosmer I would like to suggest that where Professor Goldman misses the mark a Assistant to the Editor Rachel Ogden Research Associate Alessandra Trouwborst bit is when he suggests that traditional education changed for the better by incorporating modern literature. Contributing Editors Shannen Coffin / Ross Douthat / Roman Genn I recommend William F. Buckley’s conversations with Mortimer Adler on Arthur L. Herman / Lawrence Kudlow Mark R. Levin / Yuval Levin / Rob Long this subject. The “great books” are sidestepped for modern literature at our Mario Loyola / Jim Manzi / Andrew C. McCarthy peril. I know Professor Goldman is not prescribing a modern-lit class at the Kate O’Beirne / Andrew Stuttaford / Robert VerBruggen expense of the great books, but I would go so far as to suggest that modern NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Managing Editors Katherine Connell / Edward John Craig literature be scrupulously avoided while in school until one has had a ground- Deputy Managing Editor Nat Brown ing in the classics. The well-trained mind of the curious reader will lead her to National-Affairs Columnist John Fund Staff Writers Charles C. W. Cooke / David French seek out the best in modern literature on her own. Senior Political Reporter Alexis Levinson Political Reporter Brendan Bordelon Also, it seems as though Governor Christie caught the line about building Reporter Katherine Timpf Associate Editors Molly Powell / Nick Tell fewer rock-climbing walls and incorporated it into his stump speeches. Good. 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