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Cronyism's Threat Donald Trump's Maine D. Keith 20161024_cover61404-postal.qxd 10/18/2016 7:11 PM Page 1 November 7, 2016 $4.99 YUVAL LEVIN ELIANA JOHNSON RICHARD BROOKHISER Cronyism’s Threat Donald Trump’s Maine D. Keith Mano’s Craft The BlueWave DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES ARE THREATENING TO TURN TRADITIONAL RED STATES BLUE. HOW DO REPUBLICANS SURVIVE? TIM ALBERTA www.nationalreview.com base_new_milliken-mar 22.qxd 10/18/2016 1:49 PM Page 1 SMALL BUSINESS IS TOO BIG TO FAIL The Job Creators Network Bring Small Businesses Back Bus tour has been hitting the streets to raise awareness about the plight of small business and the challenges facing American entrepreneurs. Overtaxation, overregulation, and lack of access to credit are stifling our biggest source of new jobs. TO FIND OUT MORE, AND TO SEE HOW YOUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS STACK UP IN THE FIGHT FOR SMALL BUSINESS, VISIT DEFENDMAINSTREET.COM TOC_QXP-1127940144.qxp 10/19/2016 2:41 PM Page 1 Contents NOVEMBER 7, 2016 | VOLUME LXVIII, NO. 20 | www.nationalreview.com BOOKS, ARTS ON THE COVER Page 26 & MANNERS The Blue Wave 39 THE FACTS ON IMMIGRATION Republicans have carried Mark Krikorian reviews We Wanted Workers: the white vote in every Unraveling the Immigration general election since 1968. Narrative, by George J. Borjas. But that’s not enough 40 DARK LOYALTIES anymore. The demographic Ronald Radosh reviews True Believer: Stalin’s Last American writing is on the wall; if the Spy, by Kati Marton. GOP continues to repel 42 THE DOWNSIDE OF non-whites, it will cease to ROMNEYISM Jason Willick reviews The Upside Tim Alberta be competitive. of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the COVER: ROMAN GENN Middle Class, by Edward Conard. 44 COLD WAR REDUX ARTICLES John Fund reviews Putin’s Master Plan: To Destroy Europe, MAINE DIVIDED by Eliana Johnson 16 Divide NATO, and Restore Its diverging population is poised to split its electoral votes. Russian Power and Global Influence, by Douglas E. Schoen with TWO FLAWED TAX PLANS by Ramesh Ponnuru 18 Evan Roth Smith. Congress would have to restrain either Clinton or Trump. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT’S DEMISE by Ian Tuttle 45 BOOKS IN BRIEF 20 Michael Potemra reads about housecats. Now what is needed is an authentic Christian voice. A CASE OF COMPASSION by Matthew Scully 46 FILM: TODAY’S NAT TURNER 22 Ross Douthat reviews The Birth of One woman’s act of mercy invites us to reflect on the suffering of animals. a Nation. THE GIMLET-EYED by Richard Brookhiser 24 47 APPLE-PICKING TIME On the craft of D. Keith Mano. Richard Brookhiser looks for apples. FEATURES THE BLUE WAVE by Tim Alberta 26 SECTIONS Republicans must adapt to a diversifying electorate or lose their influence. THE CRONYIST THREAT by Yuval Levin 2 Letters to the Editor 32 The Week Conservatives should act to restore confidence in free markets. 4 37 Athwart . James Lileks MASTERS OF THE GAME by Kevin D. Williamson 38 The Long View . Rob Long 34 Poetry A word of defense for elitism. 43 . Jennifer Reeser 48 Happy Warrior . Daniel Foster 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. 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