National Review - 23.03.2020

Contents

BOOKS, ARTS

& MANNERS

ARTICLES

14 NEGLIGIBLE ‘NEVER BERNIE’ by Kevin D. Williamson

Sanders and the Democrats are birds of a feather.

16 PLAGUES AND PANICS, ANCIENT AND MODERN by Victor Davis Hanson

the world’s reaction to the coronavirus is disproportionate to the threat.

18 THE COUNTERWEIGHT TO CHINA IN ASIA by Daniel Tenreiro

the importance of the american relationship with india.

22 THE EXAMPLE OF OYUB TITIEV by Jay Nordlinger

on a brave soul from Chechnya.

FEATURES

24 NANNY-STATE NAPOLEON by Kyle Smith

Mike Bloomberg proves money doesn’t buy you love.

28 THE NEXT COALITION OF THE RIGHT by Ramesh Ponnuru & Yuval Levin

Some lessons of reform conservatism.

31 END THE FISA by Andrew C. McCarthy

it’s an unconstitutional mess that weakens national security and

threatens civil liberties.

TECHNOLOGY

36 OUR TECHNOLOGICAL RENAISSANCE by Charles C. W. Cooke

Claims of stagnation are not persuasive.

37 DIME-STORE GENOMICS by Razib Khan

Genetic testing will soon be cheap, routine, and ubiquitous.

39 INNOVATION AND ‘NEW ENERGY’ by Mark P. Mills

Batteries are great, but we still need petroleum.

43 SUSTAINABLE STAGNATION?

Aaron Sibarium reviews The

Decadent Society: How We

Became the Victims of Our

Own Success, by Ross Douthat.

45 THE UNCLASSIFIABLE

ORWELL

John J. Miller reviews Becoming

George Orwell: Life and

Letters, Legend and Legacy,

by John Rodden.

47 THE MIRACLE THAT NEVER

CEASES

Richard Lowry reviews The Making

of a Miracle: The Untold Story

of the Captain of the 1980

Gold Medal–Winning U.S.

Olympic Hockey Team, by Mike

Eruzione with Neal E. Boudette.

49 BASEBALL HISTORY’S

INVISIBLE MAN

Nicholas Frankovich reviews Oscar

Charleston: The Life and

Legend of Baseball’s Greatest

Forgotten Player, by Jeremy Beer.

51 A MUTABLE STAR

Ross Douthat reviews The

Invisible Man.

COVER: ROMAN GENN

SECTIONS

2 Letters to the Editor

4 The Week

41 Athwart........... James Lileks

42 The Long View...... Rob Long

49 Poetry........... Eric Chevlen

52 Happy Warrior...... David Harsanyi

Charles C. W. Cooke on technology

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