Features

The Story of the Surplus
Where all the money came from
June O'Neill

The GOP's Enviro-Rut
A new approach to an old political problem
Dave Mastio

The Guns of Brussels
Burden sharing and power sharing with Europe
John Hulsman

African Atrocities and the "Rest of the World"
Resisting the temptation to dehumanize tragedy
Mark Bowden

Books

Meritocracy, If You Can Keep It
Rhoda Rabkin on The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy by Nicholas Lemann and Standardized Minds: The High Price of America’s Testing Culture by Peter Sacks
Rhoda Rabkin

Too Much Vox Populi?
John O. McGinnis on Democracy Derailed: Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money by David S. Broder
John McGinnis

Presidents, Measured and Mismeasured
Paul Kengor on Power and the Presidency by Robert A. Wilson and The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton by Fred I. Greenstein
Paul Kengor

Letters

Letters
Congress v. the governors: an exchange; the Reagan reputation; Russia after Yeltsin; and what’s next in Asia