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'Destroying Jobs' Why the Economy Can 2012_2_6 postall_cover61404-postal.qxd 1/17/2012 8:30 PM Page 1 February 6, 2012 $4.99 CHARLES COMINGMURRAY’S APART WILLIAMSON on MSNBC LONG on Colbert The Virtue of WHY THEDestruction ECONOMY CAN’T GROW WITHOUT ‘DESTROYING JOBS’ REIHANREIHAN SALAMSALAM $4.99 06 0 74820 08155 6 www.nationalreview.com base_milliken-mar 22.qxd 1/17/2012 2:58 PM Page 2 Gutter : 2400 G base_milliken-mar 22.qxd 1/17/2012 2:59 PM Page 3 Human Space Flight Satellites Services Advanced Systems www.boeing.com/space TODAYTOMORROWBEYOND D BLK 9 45˚ 105˚ 75˚ toc_QXP-1127940144.qxp 1/18/2012 2:06 PM Page 2 Contents FEBRUARY 6, 2012 | VOLUME LXIV, NO. 2 | www.nationalreview.com COVER STORY Page 28 Matt Kibbe on Ron Paul Let Us Now Praise Private Equity p. 18 Every presidential candidate has to BOOKS, ARTS defend himself against accusations & MANNERS of wrongdoing—an affair, abuse of office, campaign-finance impropriety, and so 43 THE VIRTUE DEFICIT Ron Haskins reviews Coming forth. Mitt Rom ney finds himself in a Apart: The State of White predictable defensive crouch, too, but the America, 1960–2010, by Charles Murray. allegation against him is extraordinary: He stands accused of doing his job 44 THE VICE OF MODERATION Henry Olsen reviews Rule and too well. Reihan Salam Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the COVER: STEVE BRONSTEIN/STONE/GETTY Destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the ARTICLES Tea Party, by Geoffrey Kabaservice. THE YOUTH CANDIDATE 18 by Matt Kibbe 47 ACID TEST Why Ron Paul appeals to the millennial generation. John J. Miller reviews Ambrose Bierce: The Devil’s LEAN LEFT 20 by Kevin D. Williamson Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirs, MSNBC drops the mask. edited by S. T. Joshi. GRADE SCHOOL 23 by Andrew Stuttaford 49 THE WRITER’S LIFE Rating agencies certify the euro zone’s parlous state. Mark Falcoff reviews But What Do You Actually Do?: A Literary SPEAKING IN TONGUES 24 by Jay Nordlinger Vagabondage, by Alistair Horne. 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