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TOC:QXP-1127940144.qxp 3/5/2014 3:11 PM Page 1 Contents MARCH 24, 2014 | VOLUME LXVI, NO. 5 | www.nationalreview.com Jay Nordlinger on Paul Ryan ON THE COVER Page 16 p. 24 The Party of Work BOOKS, ARTS For Republicans, who will always & MANNERS be the party of social orderliness compared with the Democrats, work 40 PRESENT AT THE CREATION David G. Dalin reviews Menachem is the most basic cultural issue. As Begin: The Battle for Israel’s the party struggles to forge a new, Soul, by Daniel Gordis. more appealing identity, it should 41 THROUGH A GLASS, VERY endeavor to become the party of DARKLY Andrew Stuttaford reviews work. Reihan Salam & Richard Lowry Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret COVER: ROMAN GENN History of the Russian State, by Mark Lawrence Schrad. ARTICLES 43 THE MASTER 16 THE PARTY OF WORK by Reihan Salam & Richard Lowry Lisa Schiffren reviews Things That It was once the Republicans, and it should be again. Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics, 19 TO WORK IS TO LIVE by Kevin D. Williamson by Charles Krauthammer. The dignity of a day’s labor. 45 MESSAGE MOVIE 20 AMNESTY WON’T WORK by Jeff Sessions Peter Tonguette reviews Mad as How the Republican party can help struggling Americans, and itself. Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the 22 WE FEW, WE VERY FEW by Arthur Herman Angriest Man in Movies, Chuck Hagel’s defense cuts would imperil the nation. by Dave Itzkoff. 24 THE WOULD-HAVE-BEEN VEEP by Jay Nordlinger 50 FILM: BRICK HOUSE And should-have-been veep—Paul Ryan. Ross Douthat reviews The Lego Movie. 25 THE GREATEST by James Rosen When Ali earned his nickname. 51 THE ENCHANTER Richard Brookhiser discusses craftsmanship and spalted maple. FEATURES 29 CROSS PURPOSES by Ramesh Ponnuru SECTIONS Religious freedom vs. anti-discrimination law in Arizona. 2 Letters to the Editor 31 REPLACE OBAMACARE, STAT by John C. Goodman 4 The Week We don’t have time to wait for a new president. 38 The Long View . Rob Long 39 Athwart . James Lileks 34 OIL FLOWING FREELY by Mario Loyola 45 Poetry . Sarah Ruden Mexico’s energy reforms are good for Mexicans, Americans, and the world. 52 Happy Warrior . Jonah Goldberg 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., 2014. Address all editorial mail, manuscripts, letters to the editor, etc., to editorial Dept., NATIoNAl RevIeW, 215 lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. Address all subscription mail orders, changes of address, undeliverable copies, etc., to NATIoNAl RevIeW, Circulation Dept., P. o. Box 433015, Palm Coast, Fla. 32143-3015; phone, 386-246-0118, Monday–Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. eastern time. 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The editors cannot be responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or artwork unless return postage or, better, a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. opinions expressed in signed articles do not necessarily represent the views of the editors. letters -- READY:QXP-1127940387.qxp 3/5/2014 3:01 PM Page 2 Letters MARCH 24 ISSUE; PRINTED MARCH 6 EDITOR Richard Lowry Seeger Singing Senior Editors Richard Brookhiser / Jay Nordlinger If I were sure that more than 10 percent of NatIoNal RevIew readers were Ramesh Ponnuru / David Pryce-Jones Managing Editor Jason Lee Steorts fully aware of the range of contributions to music by Pete Seeger—his rep- Literary Editor Michael Potemra utation as a musician, composer, and singer—I could comfortably believe Executive Editor Christopher McEvoy Roving Correspondent Kevin D. Williamson that the brief indictment of his political activism in the week (February National Correspondent John J. Miller 24), delineating his bias for Communism, would be viewed as a study in Art Director Luba Kolomytseva Deputy Managing Editors tragic contrasts. But I doubt that recognition of the complete Seeger is Nicholas Frankovich / Fred Schwarz Associate Editors widespread. like hundreds of other devotees of traditional and folk music, Patrick Brennan / Katherine Connell I listened to Seeger sing over the years, admiring his ability to enlist audi- Production Editor Katie Hosmer Research Associate Scott Reitmeier ence participation, such as in “wimoweh.” Assistant to the Editor Madison V. Peace If his calling was activism, he did a lousy job. His preaching never made it Contributing Editors to me, only his songs. I accept as true everything NR wrote about his ques- Shannen Coffin / Ross Douthat / Roman Genn Jim Geraghty / Jonah Goldberg / Florence King tionable loyalties. as an american, I find his beliefs and his expression of Lawrence Kudlow / Mark R. Levin those beliefs as reported by NR to be objectionable; his achievements as an Yuval Levin / Rob Long / Jim Manzi Andrew C. McCarthy / Kate O’Beirne entertainer do not excuse them. However, NR lost the opportunity to mention Reihan Salam / Robert VerBruggen his contributions and the poignancy of a generation watching an enviable tal- NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Editor-at-Large Kathryn Jean Lopez ent being tainted by an uninformed and wasteful obsession. Seeger gave us Managing Editor Edward John Craig “turn, turn, turn” and wrote the quintessential book on playing the five- News Editor Tim Cavanaugh National-Affairs Columnist John Fund string banjo, undoubtedly resulting in thousands of new banjo pluckers—and Media Editor Eliana Johnson america is better for that. NR is no doubt aware of that side of Seeger, but he Staff Writer Charles C. W. 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