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Or for a 42 WRESTLING WITH HISTORY Adam Garfinkle reviews Known president. Kevin D. Williamson and Unknown: A Memoir, by Donald Rumsfeld. COVER: ROMAN GENN 46 TIBET’S ENDGAME ARTICLES Ethan Gutmann reviews Tragedy in Crimson: How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World but 16 OVERREACTION by William Tucker Lost the Battle with China, A call for perspective on the Japanese nuclear crisis. by Tim Johnson. 20 DEAL WITH THE DRAGON by Daniel Griswold 48 HARD WIRING Trade with the Chinese is good for us, them, and the world. John Derbyshire reviews The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and 22 THE CASTROS’ AMERICAN PRISONER by Jay Nordlinger A tale of U.S.-Cuban relations. Achievement, by David Brooks. 50 FILM: BORDER CONTROL 26 FROM TV STAR TO TWITTER TWIT by Rob Long Ross Douthat reviews Battle: Charlie Sheen’s collapse is his industry’s in miniature. Los Angeles. 51 CITY DESK: FEATURES DISTANT HARMONIES Richard Brookhiser breaks down a concert. 28 RICK PERRY’S TENTH COMMANDMENT by Kevin D. Williamson Washington shall not micromanage. SECTIONS 32 NOT ENOUGH MONEY by Ramesh Ponnuru Why QE2 worked. 2 Letters to the Editor 4 The Week 34 WALTER WILLIAMS’S BIG CLASSROOM by John J. Miller 39 The Bent Pin . Florence King The George Mason professor has spent a career debunking damnfoolery. 40 The Long View . Rob Long 41 Athwart . James Lileks 36 WHEN THE NAZIS STOLE MY PAINTING by David Pryce-Jones 47 Poetry . Donald T. Williams And the Austrians didn’t much care. 52 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. Periodicals postage paid at New York, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. © National Review, inc., 2011. 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National Correspondent John J. Miller Studies show that trips of less than 800 miles can be more efficiently done by Political Reporter Robert Costa Art Director Luba Kolomytseva train than by air. airlines have long lost money on such routes and have curtailed Deputy Managing Editors Fred Schwarz / Kevin D. Williamson them. In addition, many americans do not drive because of age, infirmity, or Associate Editors other reasons. this number is likely to increase as our population ages. Helen Rittelmeyer / Robert VerBruggen Research Director Katherine Connell the only quarrel I have with Mr. Staley’s article is that the statistics he uses Research Manager Dorothy McCartney do not break out long-distance trips from trips to the grocery store. I believe Executive Secretary Frances Bronson Assistant to the Editor Christeleny Frangos applying his core principles honestly would reveal the need for an appropriate Contributing Editors high-speed-rail initiative, or, at the very least, an appropriate increase in exist- Robert H. Bork / John Derbyshire Ross Douthat / Rod Dreher / David Frum ing long-distance service. Roman Genn / Jim Geraghty / Jonah Goldberg one example of the latter: Currently, amtrak runs the Capitol Limited, leav- Florence King / Lawrence Kudlow / Mark R. Levin Yuval Levin / Rob Long / Jim Manzi ing washington, D.C., at 4 P.M., arriving in Chicago at 8:45 the next morning. Andrew C. McCarthy / Kate O’Beirne It makes intermediate stops in a number of cities, including Pittsburgh and David B. Rivkin Jr. Cleveland, in the dead of night. the return leaves Chicago at 7 P.M. and arrives NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Editor-at-Large Kathryn Jean Lopez in D.C. around 1:30 in the afternoon. again, intermediate stops take place in the Managing Editor Edward John Craig middle of the night. By adding one extra train, leaving D.C. at 7 a.M., arriving Deputy Managing Editor Duncan Currie News Editor Daniel Foster in Chicago at midnight, all intermediate stops would be better served, with pas- Editorial Associates sengers being able to board at reasonable hours and even return in the same day. Brian Stewart / Katrina Trinko Web Developer Nathan Goulding Ridership between intermediate cities would certainly improve if more reason- Applications Developer Gareth du Plooy Technical Services Russell Jenkins able choices were properly marketed. other current routes might also be reviewed to see if limited added service could make a positive impact. EDITORS- AT- L A RG E a small step like this might suffice to address the need. But only an honest Linda Bridges / John O’Sullivan Contributors study, putting aside partisan rhetoric and preconceptions, can reveal that. Hadley Arkes / Baloo / Tom Bethell James Bowman / Priscilla L. Buckley Eliot A. Cohen / Brian Crozier Jeanne M. Mallett Dinesh D’Souza / M. Stanton Evans Washington, D.C. Chester E. Finn Jr. / Neal B. Freeman James Gardner / David Gelernter George Gilder / Jeffrey Hart Kevin A. Hassett / Charles R. Kesler David Klinghoffer / Anthony Lejeune SaMuel R. Staley RePlIeS: I appreciate the comments, but I am doubtful that D. Keith Mano / Michael Novak Alan Reynolds / William A. Rusher breaking out long-distance versus short-distance trips would give us the desired Tracy Lee Simmons / Terry Teachout results. 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