PERSPECTIVE

Fortifying the Back Yard
by Thomas Fleming
Unearthing the remnants of real life.

VIEWS

Think Locally, Act Locally
by Scott P. Richert
Good stewardship.

Outgrowing the Past
by Tom Landess
Eminent domain down South.

Aristotelian Worms in the Leviathan
by Donald W. Livingston
Hobbes versus the human scale.

Small Is Beautiful Versus Big Is Best
by Joseph Pearce
E.F. Schumacher and true conservatism.

STORY

A Day With Cyprien
by Catharine Savage Brosman

REVIEWS

Learning at the Periphery
by Ted Galen Carpenter

Larry Diamond: Squandered Victory

Srdja Trifkovic on Alex Dragnich’s Serbia Through
the Ages

James O. Tate on Andrew Delbanco’s Melville: His World and His Work

Joseph Scotchie on George Carey’s A Student’s Guide to American Political Thought

Kevin Lynch on Priscilla Buckley’s Living It Up at National Review

Thomas Fleming on G.K. Chesterton’s The Napoleon of Notting Hill

CORRESPONDENCE

Letter From Charleston: The Mongrel Din
by Jack Trotter

Letter From the Netherlands: The Fruits of Tolerance
by Alberto Carosa

Letter From Greece: Inviting the Enemy
by Makis Voridis

Letter to the Bishop: Seminary Boot Camp
by Joe Ecclesia

VITAL SIGNS

CELEBRITY: Pop Idols
by Christopher Sandford

FOREIGN POLICY: The Dissenting Eagle
by Mark G. Brennan

COLUMNS

THE WESTERN FRONT
by Paul Gottfried

PUBLIC PLUNDER
by David A. Hartman

THE AMERICAN INTEREST
by Srdja Trifkovic

IN THE DARK
Good Night, and Good Luck
by George McCartney

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WORLD
by Chilton Williamson, Jr.

DEPARTMENTS

POLEMICS & EXCHANGES
AMERICAN PROSCENIUM
CULTURAL REVOLUTIONS
POETRY
The Tower of Babel by Paul Lake

ON THE COVER

Cover by Warren Chappell.  Inside illustrations by
Melanie Anderson and Elizabeth Wolf.