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Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images Tevi D. Troy The Last Sane Liberal Mayor Ed Koch’s practical progressivism saved Gotham’s finances and restored its spirit. KEEP READING

A quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute, edited by Brian C. Anderson. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Get online updates: Search the website:	Robert Bryce Get Dense It’s time to stop wasting land and resources in the name of environmentalism. PODCAST: Robert Bryce discusses this story Christian Schneider It’s Working in Walker’s Wisconsin The governor’s controversial labor reforms are already saving taxpayers millions. PODCAST: Christian Schneider discusses this story Sol Stern Hannah Arendt and the Origins of Israelophobia The great antitotalitarian thinker was no friend to the Jewish state. Coming Soon Heather Mac Donald California’s Demographic Revolution If the upward mobility of the impending Hispanic majority doesn’t improve, the state’s economic future is in peril. Steven Malanga The Court That Broke Jersey The state’s activist judiciary has forced taxpayers to finance unprecedented educational and housing regimes. William Voegeli Not a Penny More The case for antitax absolutism Nicole Gelinas Farewell to the Free Market? Western governments have compounded the economic crisis by rejecting the one force that can end it. Guy Sorman The New Rebellions Across the globe, technology-empowered protesters seek to disrupt the political and economic order. Bert Stratton The Landlord’s Tale A member of a maligned class explains, among other things, how he keeps up the neighborhood. Joel Kotkin and Shashi Parulekar The State of the Anglosphere The decline of the English-speaking world has been greatly exaggerated. Laura Vanderkam The Math of Khan Not just a YouTube phenomenon, but a model for educational transformation Myron Magnet When George Washington Became Great Those were the times that tried men’s souls. Brian C. Anderson In Prospect PODCAST: Brian C. Anderson reads this story Oh, to be in England Theodore Dalrymple The European Crack-Up Greeks aren’t Germans. Letters Contributors Diarist Claire Berlinksi Joie de Decline

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Bruce S. Thornton Culture Matters Ibn Warraq’s eloquent defense of Western civilization 3 February 2012 Guy Sorman Steady As You Go John Taylor’s new economic treatise would make helpful reading for our political leaders. 31 January 2012 More . . .	Nicole Gelinas Who Pays? From breast implants to diabetes, Western health care is a mess. 3 February 2012 Marcus A. Winters How’s My Teaching? More policymakers are adopting evaluation systems based on classroom performance. 20 January 2012 More . . .
Howard Husock Uplifting the “Dangerous Classes” What Charles Loring Brace’s philanthropy can teach us today Winter 2008 KEEP READING

Kay Hymowitz Charles Murray discusses his new book with Kay Hymowitz 30 January 2012 Robert Bryce Get Dense 29 January 2012 More . . .
Heather Mac Donald in The New Republic \| It's the Cops, Stupid! Nicole Gelinas in New York Post \| 'Public-private' poppycock Joel Kotkin cited in The Economist \| The power of tribes Joel Kotkin in Forbes \| This Is America's Moment, If Washington Doesn't Blow It Heather Mac Donald cited in Philanthropy Daily \| Are donors dangerous? More . . .
Fred Siegel The Liberal Top-Bottom Coalition It started with Mayor Lindsay and continues with President Obama. Steven Greenhut Think Long Comes Up Short A new report calls for higher taxes in California. Judith Miller David Crane’s California Quest A nonpartisan group aims to elect “courageous” legislators in the Golden State. Kay S. Hymowitz Poverty and Newt Gingrich’s rhetoric was clumsy, but he was right about work and the poor. Steven Malanga Convention Wisdom Cities keep squandering money on hotels and meeting facilities. E. J. McMahon Cuomo’s Pivot The governor’s tax hike will harm New York’s competitiveness.