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What Happened to the Constitution? 2010_5_17 postal_cover61404-postal.qxd 4/27/2010 6:35 PM Page 1 May 17, 2010 49145 $3.95 SPECIALISSUE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONSTITUTION? Matthew J. Franck, Michael S. Greve, $3.95 Charles R. Kesler, Jack Wade Nowlin, 20 Bradley C. S. Watson, Christopher Wolfe 0 74851 08155 6 www.nationalreview.com base_milliken-mar 22.qxd 4/23/2010 3:17 PM Page 1 ÍÍÍ ¢ ÊÊ ÊÊ Nuclear$ Energy is the Lowest Cost ÊÊ ÊÊ Ê 'Producer of.- 24/7 Electricity. -PXDPTUFMFDUSJDJUZJTUIFMJGFCMPPEPGFDPOPNJD U.S. Electricity Production Cost HSPXUI"UKVTUDFOUTQFSLJMPXBUUIPVS (Cents per Kilowatt-Hour) OVDMFBSFOFSHZJTUIFNPTUBGGPSEBCMFFMFDUSJDJUZ { UIBUJTBWBJMBCMF5IF64&OFSHZ*OGPSNBUJPO "ENJOJTUSBUJPOQSPKFDUTUIBU"NFSJDBXJMMOFFE QFSDFOUNPSFFMFDUSJDJUZCZUPNFFU { HSPXJOHEFNBOE/VDMFBSFOFSHZDBOIFMQ QSPWJEFUIBUFMFDUSJDJUZXIJMFSFEVDJOHPVS { Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ÊÊ ÊÊ Ê { PWFSSFMJBODFPOGPSFJHOTPVSDFTPGFOFSHZ /VDMFBS $PBM /BUVSBM(BT 1FUSPMFVN 4PVSDF7FOUZY Nuclear. Clean Air Energy. 7JTJUOFJPSH*2UPMFBSONPSFBOEUBLFPVSPOMJOFRVJ[ toc_QXP-1127940144.qxp 4/28/2010 1:39 PM Page 1 Contents MAY 17, 2010 | VOLUME LXII, NO. 9 | www.nationalreview.com ON THE COVER Page 24 The Constitution, at Last Here is the beginning of an agenda Jonah Goldberg on the Tea-Party Critics for conservative legislators and p. 16 presidents, and for citizens, to guide us back—or rather forward—to a BOOKS, ARTS healthier, more responsible, and more & MANNERS constitutional political life. Charles R. Kesler 48 A GOVERNMENT WITHOUT BOUNDS COVER: ROMAN GENN Ramesh Ponnuru reviews Never Enough: America’s Limitless ARTICLES Welfare State, by William Voegeli. 16 THOSE BLUE-BLOODED REDNECKS by Jonah Goldberg 49 THE ORIGINAL SIN In which plutocrats pretend the tea partiers are plutocratic. Daniel Pipes reviews Palestine Betrayed, by Efraim Karsh. 18 SHADOW BAILOUTS by Kevin D. Williamson The Democrats punish Wall Street with promises of endless money. 55 THE WEST’S BURDEN Roger Kimball reviews The Tyranny 21 GOVERNOR FREEZE by Josh Barro of Guilt: An Essay on Western In New Jersey, Chris Christie shows it is possible to stop Masochism, by Pascal Bruckner. rampant public-employee wage growth. 56 A PORTRAIT OF CHAIRMAN BILL FEATURES James E. Person Jr. reviews William F. Buckley Jr.: 24 THE CONSTITUTION, AT LAST by Charles R. Kesler The Maker of a Movement, Let us return from a regime of arbitrary power to one of self-government. by Lee Edwards. 28 DARWIN’S CONSTITUTION by Bradley C. S. Watson 58 FILM: CHILD MISUSE Why progressives took it upon themselves Ross Douthat reviews Kick-Ass. to purify our founding charter of its meaning. 59 THE STRAGGLER: 36 THE LAWLESS WELFARE STATE by Matthew J. Franck THE VOICE OF THE DERG It is unconstitutional, but the remedy will come from the people. John Derbyshire confronts the risks and rewards of medical care. 40 SUPREME ARROGATION by Jack Wade Nowlin The Constitution is too important to leave to judges. SECTIONS 41 OUR DEFUNCT COMMERCIAL CONSTITUTION by Michael S. Greve Federalism and originalism are not enough to restore it. 2 Letters to the Editor 4 The Week 44 THE CULTURAL PRECONDITIONS OF AMERICAN LIBERTY 47 The Long View . Rob Long by Christopher Wolfe 51 Poetry . Jennifer Reeser Rich soil is required for the health of this plant. 60 Happy Warrior . Mark Steyn NaTIoNaL RevIeW (ISSN: 0028-0038) is published bi-weekly, except for the first issue in January, by NaTIoNaL RevIeW, Inc., at 215 Lexington avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. 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Kilbridge Accounting Manager Galina Veygman speaking at the Alamo, JFK had hoped to avoid the gridlocked courtyard. Accountant Zofia Baraniak Turning to his host, a Daughter of the Republic of Texas, he asked for the Alamo’s Treasurer Rose Flynn DeMaio Business Services back door. ‘Senator,’ she returned, ‘there are no back doors at the Alamo. only Alex Batey / Amy Tyler heroes.’” Circulation Director Erik Zenhausern Circulation Manager Jason Ng WORLD WIDE WEB www.nationalreview.com Carol L. Crockett MAIN NUMBER 212-679-7330 SUBSCRIPTION INQUIRIES 386-246-0118 Harbor, Ore. WASHINGTON OFFICE 202-543-9226 CORBIS ADVERTISING SALES 212-679-7330 / Executive Publisher Scott F. Budd THe eDIToRS RePly: Davy Crockett died a hero’s death, alongside all the other Advertising Director Jim Fowler Advertising Manager Kevin Longstreet defenders of the Alamo. But he was also an ambitious politician and a gaudy ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Paul Olivett self-promoter. History is as simple as humanity. 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