Unreal, indeed

Read my article on the government's tax rebate scheme,"Unreality Check", in real ink on real paper (unavailable online) in the May 19 issue of the American Conservative. Featuring also these more authentic writers:

The Next Fidel
By Peter Hitchens
Hugo Chavez’s socialist program drives Venezuela to the brink of dictatorship.

When the Left Was Right
by Bill Kauffman
Before the Weathermen detonated SDS, Carl Oglesby was trying to build a Middle-American movement.

Less Perfect Unions
by Margaret Liu McConnell
Extending marriage to same-sex couples negates the ideal that no parent should abandon his child.

Turning on to J Street
By Michael Brendan Dougherty
A new lobby redefines what it means to be a friend of Israel.

The Wright Answer
By Steve Sailer
Putting Wright to rest

The Road to Kuwait
By Lawrence Korb
The Iraq exit is clearly marked.

Full Metal Jacket
By Steve Sailer
Robert Downey Jr. in “Iron Man”

Faith of Our Father
By James P. Pinkerton
Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State by Tara Ross and Joseph C. Smith Jr.

Necessary Evil
By John Lukacs
Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World by Patrick J. Buchanan.

Ode to Joy
By Peter W. Wood
Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy by Eric G. Wilson

Liberalism’s World Wide Web
By Austin Bramwell
Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats by Matthew Yglesias

McCain Missing in Action
By Patrick J. Buchanan

Establishing Obama
By Daniel Larison

Don’t Sweat the TSA
By Fred Reed