Commentarymagazine July/August 2008

Hugo Chávez's Jewish Problem

Travis Pantin

He has one, as government-condoned anti-Semitism has shown. The question is: what to do about it?

Arthur Herman

By invading Iraq, Bush forced us into an unnecessary war, the critics argue. But would Al Gore have behaved differently?

Kelly Cherry

Banger’s father was not the man whose last name Banger bore.

Peter Wehner

What conservatives think when they think about immigrants.

Terry Teachout

Have we become two nations, all too divisible?

Emanuele Ottolenghi

Suppplied with Western Technology, indulged by the United Nations, Tehran obfuscates its way toward nuclear weapons.

Hillel Halkin

Jewish tradition offers three different conceptions of tikkun olam; today's buzz phrase is compatible with none of them.

Max Boot

Our accomplishments have been many; so too are the threats remaining.

Daniel Casse

Edward Azlant

Jonathan Foreman

Sam Munson

Dean Godson

Kay S. Hymowitz

Reader Letters

Letters on David Berlinski's "The God of the Gaps."

Reader Letters

Letters on Peter D. Feaver's "Anatomy of the Surge."

Reader Letters

Letters on Norman Podhoretz's "Israel and the Palestinians."

Reader Letters

Letters on Terry Teachout's "Free the Piano Player."