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Ponnuru on Romney Long on Paul Fund on Haley ON 2012_1_23_C postall_cover61404-postal.qxd 1/3/2012 11:59 PM Page 1 January 23, 2012 $4.99 O’SULLIVAN THE IRON LADY Ponnuru on Romney Long on Paul Fund on Haley ON TheThe RiseRise ofof RickRick ROBERT COSTA ON SANTORUM’S ASCENDANCE $4.99 04 0 74820 08155 6 www.nationalreview.com base_milliken-mar 22.qxd 11/29/2011 3:38 PM Page 1 toc_QXP-1127940144.qxp 1/4/2012 1:45 PM Page 4 Contents JANUARY 23, 2012 | VOLUME LXIV, NO. 1 | www.nationalreview.com COVER STORY Page 16 The Rise of Rick Suddenly, in the final sprint toward the Kevin D. Williamson on Murray Rothbard p. 32 caucuses, Rick Santorum achieved a last-minute ascent, and with a strong BOOKS, ARTS showing in the Hawkeye State, & MANNERS catapulted into national prominence. Santorum became the latest to take a 43 ALWAYS BET ON BLACK Roger Kimball reviews A Matter of star turn in the GOP field. Robert Costa Principle, by Conrad Black. COVER: PATRICK FALLON/ZUMA/NEWSCOM 45 LINCOLN’S CONSTITUTION Fred Schwarz reviews Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: ARTICLES Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War, 16 THE RISE OF RICK by Robert Costa by Mark E. Neely Jr. A report on the Santorum insurgency. 46 PISTOL WHIPPING 20 ELECTABLE YOU by Ramesh Ponnuru Robert VerBruggen reviews To unseat Obama, vote Romney. Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America, 24 THE CONSTITUTION AND THE COOT by Rob Long by Adam Winkler. In which we chat with the Paulista at the end of the bar. 48 MUSIC: PRIMA DONNA 26 NIKKI HALEY’S ROUGH START by John Fund ASSOLUTA South Carolina’s rock-star governor collides with reality. Jay Nordlinger has a tête-à-tête with Angela Gheorghiu. 27 FOR SHAME by Daniel Foster Whither the Cinderella Men? 50 FILM: YOU CAN’T GO HOME Ross Douthat reviews Young Adult. 29 THE LIONESS IN WINTER by John O’Sullivan ‘Lady Thatcher’ comes to the big screen. 51 COUNTRY LIFE: RURAL REPAST Richard Brookhiser dines at an FEATURES old favorite. 32 COURTING THE CRANKS by Kevin D. Williamson Murray Rothbard is still hurting the Right. SECTIONS 35 HOW TO END JUDICIAL SUPREMACY by John Yoo 2 Letters to the Editor Newt Gingrich has the right idea but not always the right tactics. 4 The Week 41 Athwart . James Lileks ‘ISLAM IS ISLAM, AND THAT’S IT’ 38 by Andrew C. McCarthy 42 The Long View . Rob Long The Arab Spring was not hijacked. 47 Poetry . Lawrence Dugan 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. 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They Senior Editors opine that if online retail purchases should be taxed at all, they should be taxed Richard Brookhiser / Jay Nordlinger Ramesh Ponnuru / David Pryce-Jones only by the shipping jurisdiction, because “this would keep compliance burdens Managing Editor Jason Lee Steorts low and promote tax competition.” Literary Editor Michael Potemra Executive Editor Christopher McEvoy First, in this digital age, the burden is nil to calculate the sales tax applicable National Correspondent John J. Miller Political Reporter Robert Costa in a consumer’s domicile—with the appropriate software, all it requires is the Art Director Luba Kolomytseva Deputy Managing Editors entry of already-necessary information (the purchaser’s address). More impor- Fred Schwarz / Kevin D. Williamson tant, a majority of residents in each sales-tax jurisdiction can be presumed to Associate Editors Helen Rittelmeyer / Robert VerBruggen have voted the consumer and his neighbors a sales-tax rate sufficient to support Research Director Katherine Connell Executive Secretary Frances Bronson the local-government services he receives. The consumer who then avoids the Assistant to the Editor Christeleny Frangos local tax by making online purchases, or worse, prefers to pay a lower rate to Contributing Editors Robert H. Bork / Shannen Coffin / John Derbyshire another jurisdiction that provides him no services at all, practices a tragedy of Ross Douthat / Rod Dreher / David Frum the commons as he continues to receive local government services for nothing. Roman Genn / Jim Geraghty / Jonah Goldberg Florence King / Lawrence Kudlow / Mark R. Levin He has no incentive not to increase the local sales tax through the roof, since he Yuval Levin / Rob Long / Jim Manzi Andrew C. McCarthy / Kate O’Beirne intends to get free services while imposing the cost entirely on his neighbors. David B. Rivkin Jr. Collecting the sales tax for the place where it belongs, the consumer’s resi- NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Editor-at-Large Kathryn Jean Lopez dence, still encourages tax competition of a better kind than having fulfillment Managing Editor Edward John Craig houses flying by night to the cheapest place: Local governments will compete News Editor Daniel Foster Editorial Associates to offer the best cost-per-services deal to individuals and businesses alike, which Brian Bolduc / Charles C. W. Cooke Katrina Trinko in return will put down roots and improve their communities. Web Developer Gareth du Plooy Technical Services Russell Jenkins E. King Alexander Jr. EDITORS- AT- L A RG E Linda Bridges / John O’Sullivan Lake Charles, La. Contributors Hadley Arkes / Baloo / Tom Bethell James Bowman / Priscilla L. 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