PART I
WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN
Irving Kristol: A Great Good Man
Ronald Reagan: He Could See for Miles
Thomas Jefferson: The Sublime Oxymoron
John Paul II: The Power of Faith
George Weidenfeld: Syrian Christians and the English Jew
Meg Greenfield: My Editor, My Friend
CHAPTER 2: CUSTOMS AND CULTURE
Two Cromwells: Separate and Independent Realities
Suffering a Relapse, and Loving It
Man vs. Computer: Still a Match
Why Do They Even Play the Game?
In Sorrow and Glory We Find Our Common Humanity
Front-Page Physics: Why the News From Beyond Is Beyond Us
Space: The Visionaries Take Over
Sick, Tired and Not Taking It Anymore
CHAPTER 6: MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Stem Cells: Mounting the Slippery Slope
Apocalypse, with and without God
CHAPTER 9: THE TOO-EXAMINED LIFE
Holiday: Living on a Return Ticket
Neither Ennobling nor Degrading
PART III
POLITICS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
CHAPTER 12: THE TWO LAST TRIBES OF ISRAEL
The Holocaust and Jewish Identity
Do We Really Mean “Never Again”?
CHAPTER 13: KEEPING THE WORLD AT BAY
How to Deal with Countries Gone Mad
Middle East Peace and the Great Muslim Civil War
CHAPTER 14: DEMOCRACY AND ITS DISCONTENTS
The Death Penalty and the Constitution
Finally Getting It Right on Affirmative Action
Brexit: Sovereign Kingdom or Little England?
Trump Derangement Syndrome: You Can’t Govern by Id
Revolt of the Attorneys General
American Democracy: Not So Decadent After All
PART IV
COMPETING VISIONS
America’s Role and the Course of World History
CHAPTER 16: RELUCTANT COLOSSUS
Trump’s Foreign Policy Revolution
CHAPTER 17: THE END OF “THE END OF HISTORY”
After a Mere 25 Years, the Triumph of the West Is Over