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Reid, Harry, 10

Rush, Geoffrey, 290

relativism, 146, 165, 254, 293

Rushdie, Salman, 311

Rembrandt, 125

Russian “businessmen,” 2, 280–81

“Retail Sales Plummet,” 97

Ryan, Christopher, 232

Reuters, 50–51

Ryan, Paul, 72–73

Reynolds, Glenn, 147

Rice, Condi, 151

S

Rich, Frank, 64, 303

“safety net,” 229–30

Richards, Jon, 254

Safire, William, 29

Right Ho, Jeeves , 6

Sala-i-Martin, Xavier, 283

riots, 22–23, 103–4

Salutin, Rick, 143

Rizzo, Robert, 107

Sanchez, Gustavo, 251

Road to Serfdom, The , 200

Sarkozy, Nicolas, 115, 124, 238, 275

Road to Utopia, The , 53

Saudi Arabia, 5, 249–50, 272–79, 306,

Roberts, Andrew, 191, 192

312, 338

robotics, 306–10

Saudi mutaween , 89

Robson, John, 144

Saudi princes, 292, 299, 305–6

Rockefeller, John D., 143

Saudi sheiks, 2, 117, 163–64, 169,

Rockwell, Norman, 328

280–81

Roesgen, Susan, 86–87

Saudi Wahhabists, 249–50, 306

Rogers, Ginger, 41

Schiller, Vivian, 67

Rogulski, Ken, 71

Schindler’s List , 272

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school budgets, 148–49. See also stu-Shore, Dinah, 101

dent education

Shousha, Abdel Fadil, 271–72

Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 59, 234

Sinatra, Frank, 29, 30

scientific advancements, 25–28

single parents, 214, 228, 234

Scruton, Roger, 233–34

Singularity, 309–10, 319

Sebelius, Kathleen, 78, 82

Sixties (1960s), 28–29, 64, 118, 137,

Second Amendment, 23, 240

171, 174, 249, 300, 332, 342–43

Secondat, Charles-Louis de, 189

Size of Nations, The , 237

Securities and Exchange Commission Skinner, B. F., 255

(SEC), 9, 85

skyscrapers, 39–43

sedentary lifestyles, 224–25

small business, 90–93, 156, 224, 244

segregation, 151, 239, 241, 294, 305

small government, 8–9, 52, 90–91,

sensory distraction, 36–37

243, 335, 346–48

September 11, 39–43, 163–64, 169, Smith, Adam, 11, 12, 97

193, 221, 270, 296

Sobran, Joseph, 240

serfdom, 45–102, 104, 200

social engineering, 21–22, 81, 86, 340,

Sestius, Publius, 211

348–49

Seventies (1970s), 30–31, 82, 93, 118, social media, 36–37, 46

219, 222, 300

social spending, 17–20

Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift , 230

of Modern Sexuality , 232

solitudes, 68–69

sexists, 65–67

Sondheim, Stephen, 64

sexual-harassment training, 68

Sotormayor, Sonia, 153

sexual identity, 230–32

South China Morning Post , 101

sexual license, 232, 304–5, 322

space exploration, 28–32

Sexual Revolution, 233–34

Spaceballs , 4

shadowlands, 254–59

Spendballs , 4

Shafia family, 303–4

spirit, can-do, 31, 40, 108, 328

Shahzad, Faisal, 164–65

spirit, mediocrity of, 43

Shaidle, Kathy, 186

Spolaore, Enrico, 237–38

Shakespeare, William, 56–57

Squalls, T., 173

Sharpton, Al, 143

Stalin, Joseph, 257

Shaw, Bernard, 209

Stark, General, 347

Shepard, Matthew, 303–4

Stark, Pete, 77

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statism, 28, 52–68, 71–75, 90, 232–44, Tea Parties, 64, 86–87, 239

255–59, 326, 336–38, 347

“teabaggers,” 239

Statue of Liberty, 37–39, 164, 245

technocracy, 53–55, 67–68

Stein, Herbert, 3

technology, 25–28, 51

Steinem, Gloria, 181, 184

Tennyson, Lord, 270

Sternbergh, Adam, 174

terror, war on, 76, 102, 138

Stewart, Alexis, 177–78

terrorist attacks, 39–43, 164–65,

Stewart, Jon, 147

169–70, 194, 221, 270, 272, 296

Stewart, Martha, 177–79

Thatcher, Margaret, 51, 335

Steyn, Mark, 143, 149

Thirties (1930s), 41, 96

“stimulus,” 3, 23, 74–75, 96, 98, 213, “thumos,” 176, 184

334

Time Machine, The , 127

Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 39, 41

Time magazine, 59, 220, 239

Streisand, Barbra, 1, 56–57

Times , 85, 103, 114

Strouse, Charles, 1

tinkering, 344

student education, 148–57, 198–99

Titanic , 185–86

student loans, 47, 156

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 37, 45–46, 89,

stupidity of broke, 1–23

235, 328, 334

success stories, 28–33

Todd, Sweeney, 88

Sullivan, Andrew, 161–62

Tomasky, Michael, 63, 64

Summers, Christina Hoff, 179

totalitarianism, 101–2, 207

Summers, Lawrence, 194

town hall meetings, 53, 64, 68, 172

“sustainable” consumerism, 35

Toynbee, Arnold, 190

Suzuki, David, 101

traditional family, 177–78, 234

Swift, Jonathan, 2, 95, 124

traditional marriage, 179

transnationalism, 17, 121, 283, 287,

t

289, 306

Taleb, Nassim, 95

Transportation Security Administra-

Taliban, 36, 195, 198, 314

tion (TSA), 33, 68, 223, 258

“talkies,” 36. See also movies

Treadwell, Timothy, 261–63, 266

“tax credit,” 72, 86–87

Treasury bonds, 9–10

“tax cuts,” 8, 72–73, 83

“trinity of evil,” 32

taxes, raising, 108–9, 114–15

Trudeau, Pierre, 203

Taylor, Zachary, 58

Truman, Harry S., 58, 345

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Tucson shootings, 57, 62

Twain, Mark, 116, 220

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Van Buren, Martin, 58

Twelve O-Clock High , 175

van den Boogaard, Oscar, 187

Twenties (1920s), 27–28, 137

van Gogh, Theo, 297

twentieth century, 27, 33–35, 104–6, van Rompuy, Herman, 120

130, 186–90, 195, 217–19, 235, Ventura County Star , 90

283–86, 302, 313–22

Veremi, Vasia, 109

twenty-first century, 15–17, 27–30, Villeneuve, Denis, 185

128–30, 183, 191, 214–15, 287–99, virtual reality, 33, 36

301–24

“two Americas,” 68–69

Two Solitudes , 68–69

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Walker, Judge, 80, 179

Tyler, Royall, 103

Wall Street Journal , 48, 88

tyranny, 87–92, 284, 336–37

Walton, William, 125

war on children, 346

war on terror, 76, 102, 138

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U. S. Constitution, 63, 73, 77–78, 80, War Room, The , 62

192, 290

Warren, David, 69

undreaming America, 45–102

Washington Post , 55, 64, 165, 173

unemployment, 74–75, 213, 246. See Washington Times , 77

also jobs

Waters, Maxine, 63

unionization, 120–21, 156

Waziristan, 38–39, 43, 257, 259, 274,

United Nations (UN), 12, 105, 146–

303

47, 270–73, 277, 282–83, 289

Webb, Jimmy, 29

United States, hope for, 22–23, 279–

Week in December, A , 94

324. See also America

Weekly Standard , 61

United States vs. Columbia Steel Co. , welfare state, 104–5, 130–31, 204, 47–48

223–24, 229–30, 319

universities, 35, 56, 58, 148–57, 180

Wells, H. G., 25, 100, 127–28, 131–37,

Urban II, Pope, 314

175, 182–83, 187, 213, 217, 266,

USS Cole , 221

316

ut-Tahrir, Hizb, 286

western elites, 59, 101, 143, 287, 293.

utopianism, 233–34, 341

See also elites

western world, 2, 15, 19, 38, 52, 66,

105, 110

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What’s the Matter with Kansas? , 86

World Distribution of Income, The , 283