The Unnecessary Fall, by John B. Judis, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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The Unnecessary Fall

A counter-history of the Obama presidency

by John B. Judis

The New Republic, September 2, 2010, pp. 12-15

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      17. The Smokestack by Joshua Mehigan, pp. 38-39
      18. Washington Diarist by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 40-42
    4. [+]
      September 2, 2010 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Democracy Corpse by The Editors, p. 1
      2. TRB: Mistered by Jonathan Chait, pp. 2-3
      3. The Mall by Michelle Cottle, p. 4
      4. Is David Cameron too glib? by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, p. 5
      5. Should Israel come out of the nuclear closet? by Bennett Ramberg, pp. 6-7
      6. A Russian-Georgian war---over Stalin by James Kirchick, pp. 8-9
      7. The Catskills you don't know by Judith Shulevitz, pp. 10-11
      8. The Unnecessary Fall by John B. Judis, pp. 12-15
      9. Goodbye To Berlin by Noam Scheiber, pp. 16-18
      10. Films: Young Rebels by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 19
      11. Architecture: Park Here by Sarah Williams Goldhagen, pp. 20-24
      12. [+]
        The Old Way by Anthony Julius, p. 25 - 1 Review
        High Financier by Niall Ferguson
      13. Hammer Is the Prayer by Christian Wiman, pp. 26-27
      14. [+]
        Chinamen by David Thomson, pp. 28-30 - 1 Review
        Charlie Chan by Yunte Huang
      15. [+]
        The Stranger From Within by Peter Green, pp. 31-35 - 1 Review
        William Golding: The Man and His Books by John Carey
      16. Washington Diarist by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 36-38
      17. Cover illustration by Robert Hunt
    5. [+]
      September 23, 2010 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Rheevolution, pp. 1-3
      2. TRB: Doughfaces by Jonathan Chait, pp. 4-6
      3. The Mall by Yossi Klein Halevi, p. 7
      4. Why Palestine won't remake the Middle East by Josef Joffe, p. 8
      5. The coming seawall craze by Steve Nash, p. 9
      6. Inside the mind of Sharron Angle by T.A. Frank, pp. 10-13
      7. Meet this election's most, well, interesting candidates by James Downie and Alexander C. Hart, pp. 14-15
      8. The Revisionaries by Bradford Plumer, pp. 16-19
      9. Executive Indecision by Michelle Cottle, pp. 20-21
      10. The Velvet Surrender by Gregory Feifer and Brian Whitmore, pp. 22-25
      11. Films: Through the Years by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 26
      12. Music: Memphis On Broadway by David Hajdu, pp. 27-28
      13. [+]
        The Living Lie by Jonathan Freedland, pp. 29-34 - 1 Review
        Trials of the Diaspora by Anthony Julius
      14. Chance by Angie Mazakis, p. 35
      15. [+]
        The Fortunate Journey by Ingrid Rowland, pp. 36-39 - 1 Review
        The Escorial by Henry Kamen
      16. Dust Devil by Christian Wiman, p. 40
      17. [+]
        Dechronification by Ruth Franklin, pp. 41-43 - 1 Review
        Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
      18. Washington Diarist by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 44-46
      19. Cover illustration by David Cowles
  4. [+]
    Issues of Oct.-Dec. 2010 = 4 Issues, 69 Articles
    1. [+]
      October 14, 2010 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. The Prince of Tea by The Editors, p. 1
      2. TRB: Save Donald Trump! by Jonathan Chait, pp. 2-4
      3. The Mall by Bradford Plumer, p. 5
      4. A candidate's search for his happy place by Charles Homans, pp. 6-7
      5. In praise of ports by Matthew Kaminski, pp. 8-9
      6. What's Eating David Axelrod? by Noam Scheiber, pp. 10-15
      7. Dispatch from the Knife's Edge by James Kirchick, pp. 16-19
      8. Downtime by Judith Shulevitz, pp. 20-22
      9. Films: Worlds of Difference by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 23
      10. [+]
        The Road To Mastery by Steven Hahn, pp. 24-32 - 4 Reviews
        Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout
        Duke Ellington's America by Harvey G. Cohen
        Thelonious Monk by Robin Kelley
        Princess Noire by Nadine Cohodas
      11. [+]
        Impact Man by Henri Cole, pp. 33-36 - 1 Review
        Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
      12. [+]
        In the Name of the Mother by Robert Alter, pp. 37-39 - 1 Review
        To the End of the Land by David Grossman
      13. [+]
        Resegregation by Diane Ravitch, pp. 40-41 - 1 Review
        In Brown's Wake by Martha Minow
      14. Orange Hole by Henri Cole, pp. 42-43
      15. Washington Diarist by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 44-46
      16. Cover portrait by Philip Burke
    2. [+]
      October 28, 2010 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Healthy Respect by The Editors, p. 1
      2. TRB: Scandal TBD by Jonathan Chait, pp. 2-4
      3. The Mall by Bradford Plumer, p. 5
      4. South Carolina whackadoodle, an exegesis by Jason Zengerle, pp. 6-7
      5. The green jobs myth by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, pp. 8-12
      6. Brown Knows by John B. Judis, pp. 13-16
      7. Hot Mess by Bill McKibben, pp. 17-19
      8. The Coming Age of Slaughter by Timothy Snyder, pp. 20-21
      9. Films: Kinds of Faith by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 22-23
      10. Rights, Words, and Laws by Amartya Sen, pp. 24-28
      11. [+]
        Out of the Margins by Drew Gilpin Faust, pp. 29-31 - 1 Review
        Confederate Reckoning by Stephanie McCurry
      12. [+]
        The Death of the Facts by Jonathan Chait, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        The Battle by Arthur C. Brooks
      13. As by Eavan Boland, pp. 34-35
      14. [+]
        Abused By Hope by David Rieff, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review
        Famine and Foreigners by Peter Gill
      15. October, Mon Amour by Charles Wright, pp. 38-39
      16. Washington Diarist by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 40-42
      17. Cover illustration by Erik T. Johnson
    3. [+]
      November 11, 2010 Issue = 20 Articles
      1. Who's Your Donor? by The Editors, p. 1
      2. TRB: Sympathy for the Level by Jonathan Chait, pp. 2-4
      3. The Mall by Jeffrey Rosen, p. 5
      4. The next Ron Paul by Ben Birnbaum, pp. 6-7
      5. When Wall Street colonized English soccer by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, p. 8
      6. How to fix the Middle East---without talks by Gadi Taub, p. 9
      7. The death penalty's self-defeating foes by Charles Lane, pp. 10-12
      8. Limited War by Thomas B. Edsall, pp. 13-16
      9. McCarthyism by Michelle Cottle, pp. 17-19
      10. Why Too Big To Fail by Peter Boone and Simon Johnson, pp. 20-21
      11. Films: Devotions by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 22
      12. Art: The Opportunist by Jed Perl, pp. 23-27
      13. [+]
        The Miserabilist by Zoe Heller, p. 28 - 1 Review
        Storyteller by Donald Sturrock
      14. Seen by a Ghost by Antonella Anedda, p. 29
      15. [+]
        The Facts Fetish by Thomas Nagel, pp. 30-32 - 1 Review
        The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris
      16. [+]
        Potus-Phobia by Eric A. Posner, pp. 33-34 - 1 Review
        The Decline and Fall of the American Republic by Bruce Ackerman
      17. [+]
        The Old New Thing by Gary J. Bass, pp. 35-37 - 1 Review
        The Last Utopia by Samuel Moyn
      18. Carts by Adam Zagajewski, pp. 38-39
      19. Washington Deal by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 40-42
      20. Cover illustration by Jim Salvati
    4. [+]
      December 2, 2010 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Plan of Attack by The Editors, p. 1
      2. TRB: Split Ends by Jonathan Chait, pp. 2-4
      3. The Mall by Bradford Plumer, p. 5
      4. The election that made us Japan by John B. Judis, pp. 6-9
      5. The Global Imam by Suzy Hansen, pp. 10-16
      6. Franken Sense by Jeffrey Rosen, pp. 17-19
      7. Waste Land by Gregg Easterbrook, pp. 20-24
      8. Films: Around the World by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 25
      9. [+]
        Portnoy Agonistes by William Deresiewicz, pp. 26-27 - 1 Review
        Nemesis by Philip Roth
      10. From "Nocturnes" by Marilyn Chin, pp. 28-30
      11. [+]
        The Worn-Out Heart by Helen Vendler, pp. 31-34 - 1 Review
        Canti by Giacomo Leopardi
      12. [+]
        The Charnel Continent by Istvan Deak, pp. 35-38 - 1 Review
        Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
      13. [+]
        Glory by Yossi Klein Halevi, pp. 39-41 - 1 Review
        When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone by Gal Beckerman
      14. Body and Mask by Karl Kirchwey, pp. 42-43
      15. Washington Diarist by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 44-46
      16. Cover Photograph by Pablo Martinez Monsivais