On the Newsstand: Winter 2011
Constitutional Crisis

Countermajoritarian Confounder, Islamism, Obama's 10 Letters, and Gary Johnson

Editor's Note

Endpaper

Past Issues

Covers

A Unitarian Constitution

By Sylvia Percovich

How Hungray’s Conservative Wing Wrote a New Constitution for Itself

The Making of the President, 1789-2012

By Jay Alver and Humza Bokhari

Cracks in the electoral college's application have emerged, prompting calls for reforms to change the system.

“Constitutional Conservative”

By Thomas Gaudett and Simon Thompson

Is the often used phrase a political slogan or a principled doctrine?

Balanced Budget Realism

By Gram Slattery

Can America solve its current fiscal crisis?

The New Imperial Presidency

By Arjun Mody and Corinne Curcie

The power of the Oval Office continues to grow.

Treason in the War on Terror

By Sam Finegold and Gina Kim

The allegedly transformed state of treason

The Constitution

By Neil Patel

A Transformative Reflection

United States

Governor Gary Johnson

By Naji Filali

The former New Mexico governor and 2012 GOP presidential candidate on foreign policy

The “Do-Less Congress”

By John Prince and Thomas Esty

The State of the Union has hindered the 112th Congress

Trust Busting

By Eric Hendey and Jake Silberg

The Antitrust Division strikes back

The State Budget Squeeze

By Daniel Backman

Low revenues and high costs plunge states into crisis

Public Service of the Future

By ImeIme Umana and Beatrice Walton

Can universities prepare graduates to lead?

World

A Bipolar Gulf

By Elsa Kania

The Cold War between Saudi Arabia and Iran

China and Belarus: A Special Relationship

By Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya

The People’s Republic keeps Europe’s last dictatorship afloat

Under the Flag of Islamism

By Clare Duncan

Christian minorities in the Middle East fear new regimes

Books & Arts

The Decline and Death of Violence

By Caitlin Pendleton

Are we living in the most peaceable era of our species’ existence? "Better Angels of Our Nature" by Steven Pinker

“Dear Mr. President”

By Lena Bae

Eli Saslow's "Ten Letters"

America’s Pursuit of Happiness

By Eli Kozminsky

"The Price of Civilization" by Jeffrey Sachs

Interviews

Governor Gary Johnson

By Naji Filali

The former New Mexico governor and 2012 GOP presidential candidate on foreign policy

Diana Henriques

By Simon Thompson

Senior financial writer at The New York Times on the Madoff family and female journalists

A Conversation with Buddy Roemer

By Benjamin Zhou

Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer on his bid for the presidency

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