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LAWLESS FRONTIER $4.99 a Crisis in the Rule of Law 31 K E V I N D 2013_08_05 subscribe:cover61404-postal.qxd 7/16/2013 7:24 PM Page 1 August 5, 2013 $4.99 JAY NORDLINGER: Felix Rodriguez, the Anti-Che RAMESH PONNURU O N T H E 2 0 1 6 R A C E THE EDITORS AVIK ROY: Our Enemy the Hospitals O N Z I M M E R M A N LAWLESS FRONTIER $4.99 A crisis in the rule of law 31 K e v i n D . W i l l i a m s o n w J o h n R . B o l t o n & J o h n Y o o 0 74820 08155 6 www.nationalreview.com base:milliken-mar 22.qxd 7/15/2013 8:11 PM Page 1 Direct from Locked Vaults to U.S. Citizens! Original U.S. Gov’t Morgan Silver Dollars National Collector’s Mint announces a special A MESSAGE FROM THE limited release of 3,085 Morgan Silver Dollars 92- 37TH TREASURER OF THE 135 years old at $39 each. Several prominent UNITED STATES national dealers charge from $28.75 MORE for a Hello, I’m Angela Marie comparable Morgan Silver Dollar. These Morgans Buchanan. 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Edward Feser reviews Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting 17 SENSITIVE SEALS by Arthur Herman Feminist ideology has engaged the Special Forces. the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism, by Robert P. George. 20 SHARIA AFTER MORSI by Andrew C. McCarthy Egypt revolted against inept governance, not Islamic supremacism. 44 QUEEN OF HYANNIS Florence King reviews Rose 22 SALON AND BREAKFAST by John O’Sullivan Kennedy: The Life and Times Kenneth Minogue, R.I.P. of a Political Matriarch, by Barbara A. Perry. 47 FILM: THE BARD IN SOCAL FEATURES Ross Douthat reviews Joss Whedon’s film Much Ado About Noth ing. 24 THE FRONT MAN by Kevin D. Williamson Face of the lawless bureaucracy. 27 TREATY BY DECREE by John R. Bolton and John Yoo SECTIONS Obama’s end-run around the Senate, and the Constitution. 2 Letters to the Editor 29 THE ANTI-CHE by Jay Nordlinger 4 The Week Felix Rodriguez, freedom fighter and patriot. 37 Athwart . James Lileks 38 The Long View . Rob Long 33 AN ARM AND A LEG by Avik S. A. 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