It occurs to me that WEEKLY STANDARD readers, sitting at home and avoiding the malls this weekend, may be wondering: What presents should I be giving to my discerning friends, discriminating acquaintances, and benighted relatives for the holidays? Answer: Gift subscriptions to THE WEEKLY STANDARD, of course–available with just a few mouse-clicks at this website. Give one, give many! Don’t leave your friends, acquaintances–and especially relatives–in the dark! But then what? WEEKLY STANDARD readers are generous folks. A few magazine subscriptions may not be enough. Answer: Books from THE WEEKLY STANDARD family. Hot off the presses, there’s Matthew Continetti’s The Persecution of Sarah Palin–fun reading for Palin fans, important for anyone interested in media elites, conservative populism, and the state of American politics. Earlier this year, Christopher Caldwell offered us his Reflections on the Revolution in Europe. An instant classic–must reading if you want to think seriously about Europe, Islam, and the 21st century. This week, contributing editor David Gelernter’s spectacular Judaism: A Way of Being, appeared from Yale University Press. Here’s what we had to say about it in THE SCRAPBOOK:
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