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Friday, February 10, 2012

Special Report

Access This

Ross Kaminsky | 2.10.12 @ 6:09AM

In the end, Obama's mandates come down to someone getting something for free at taxpayer expense.

The Obama Watch

Bigoted Barack, Red in Tooth and Clause

George Neumayr | 2.10.12 @ 6:09AM

The deformed heart of monstrous Obamacare is sick and secularist social engineering.

Campaign Crawlers

The Show Me State's No Show Primary

Andrew B. Wilson | 2.10.12 @ 6:08AM

They called a Missouri election for last Tuesday -- and no one came. (No offense intended, Sen. Santorum.)

At Large

Putin's Challenge

George H. Wittman | 2.10.12 @ 6:07AM

He has bigger things in mind for Russia than the inconvenience posed by a hundred thousand protesters.

A Further Perspective

No Double Play

Peter Hannaford | 2.10.12 @ 6:06AM

The Obama administration sets off religious wars even as if fights its own.

Car Guy

Unsafe at Any Smoke

Eric Peters | 2.10.12 @ 6:05AM

You didn't think they'd stop at just buckle up laws, right?

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Neo-Disarmament

John C. Wohlstetter | 2.10.12 @ 6:04AM

Five Cold Warriors who'd like to ban nuclear weapons.

Reader Mail

UNESCO: Love It and Don't Leave It

2.10.12 @ 6:01AM

In defense of the UN's "rogue agency" -- letters from the U.S. ambassador, and others, with a reply by Joseph A. Harriss.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Special Report

Into the European Fold

Matthew Omolesky | 2.9.12 @ 6:09AM

Croatia's EU referendum was to be its ticket from the miserable Balkans. Instead, it's just joined a Balkanized Europe.

A Further Perspective

Religiously Supporting Obama's Mandate

Mark Tooley | 2.9.12 @ 6:08AM

Expressions of solidarity with the anti-Catholics -- but also signs of pro-Catholic solidarity from leading Evangelical figures.

The Current Crisis

The Delousing of a Movement

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.9.12 @ 6:08AM

This health hazard and social menace is what the Left regards as America's next great political cause?

Eminentoes

The Pearls of Pauline

Gerald Nachman | February 2012

They don't make movie critics likes this anymore.

A Further Perspective

The Contraception Edict: An Assault on Liberty

Robert M. Goldberg | 2.9.12 @ 6:07AM

We're seeing Obamacare's future and how it works.

The Nation's Pulse

Middle-Aged Man Takes a Holiday

Christopher Orlet | 2.9.12 @ 6:07AM

In which the author repeatedly asks the question: Why must everything be so difficult?

What's Still Great

Midnight Train to Georgetown

Jeremy Lott | 2.9.12 @ 6:05AM

Traveling cross-country to CPAC in style.

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An '80s Edsall

Gerald J. Russello | 2.9.12 @ 6:04AM

Thomas Edsall thinks he's saying something new -- but it's nothing more than a return to a tired liberal argument about the right.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Special Report

Justice Ginsburg Should Resign

William Tucker | 2.8.12 @ 6:11AM

If she can no longer support and defend the Constitution, as she is sworn to do, she should leave -- and take the New York Times with her.

Political Hay

The Best CPAC Ever

Robert Stacy McCain | 2.8.12 @ 6:10AM

Presidential candidates and protesters will enliven conference.

The Right Prescription

Coulter Care

Peter Ferrara | 2.8.12 @ 6:10AM

Schooling Ann Coulter on the individual mandate.

Another Perspective

Thank Him, Santorum!

Jay D. Homnick | 2.8.12 @ 6:09AM

A Limbaugh endorsement has been the secret weapon of yesterday's big winner.

The Obama Watch

Obama and the Dictatorship of Relativism

Samuel Gregg | 2.8.12 @ 6:08AM

There is no moral truth and Rawls is his prophet.

The Environmental Spectator

Obama's Amazing Energy Spin Machine

Iain Murray & David Bier | 2.8.12 @ 6:08AM

By now he's out of control.

Capitol Ideas

A Monstrosity, Not a Monument

Tom Bethell | December 2011 - January 2012

Frank Gehry's design for the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington is an insult to all concerned.

At Large

Britain Puts All Its Eggs in Two Baskets

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 2.8.12 @ 6:07AM

Can a single destroyer and submarine defend the Falklands?

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Feature

The United Nations' Rogue Agency

Joseph A. Harriss | February 2012

With the admission of Palestine, UNESCO shows again it is over-politicized and running out of control. The U.S. should head for the exit.

Special Report

The Audacity of Obama's Secularism

George Neumayr | 2.7.12 @ 6:10AM

God has no rights in a culture dominated by fashionable bigots.

Political Hay

Santorum Rejects Reagan Space Legacy

Jeffrey Lord | 2.7.12 @ 6:09AM

Conservative stumbles in bid to hit Gingrich as late president, Challenger remembered.

The Obama Watch

Let Mrs. Obama Eat Red Velvet Cake

Aaron Goldstein | 2.7.12 @ 6:08AM

Americans will find Michelle Obama's obesity prescriptions -- and her zucchini pizza -- hard to digest.

A Further Perspective

Beware the Election Year Populist

Brandon Crocker | 2.7.12 @ 6:07AM

A losing proposition for all concerned, starting with our country itself.

The Nation's Pulse

Plains Plutarch

Bill Croke | 2.7.12 @ 6:07AM

Mari Sandoz authored 18 books on America's least inviting region.

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Five Minutes That Changed the World

Jack Park | 2.7.12 @ 6:06AM

A riveting history of the Battle of Midway, 70 years ago this June.

The Public Policy

Keystone and the Unions

F. Vincent Vernuccio & Matt Patterson | 2.7.12 @ 6:05AM

Killing the first is killing jobs for the latter.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Loose Canons

Pushing Israel to War

Jed Babbin | 2.6.12 @ 6:09AM

When one ally abandons another, the latter is left with no choice.

Another Perspective

Romney Can Be the Next Reagan

William Tucker | 2.6.12 @ 6:08AM

The temperament is there, as is the natural appeal of a friendly, modest, handsome leader.

Special Report

Demography Is Destiny in Syria

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi & Oskar Svadkovsky | 2.6.12 @ 6:08AM

The "peripheralism" and Malthusian underpinnings of an unexpected uprising.

Political Hay

Who Castrated Ann Coulter?

David Catron | 2.6.12 @ 6:08AM

She once had cast iron… well… courage. Now she's backing the "safe" GOP candidate.

Ben Stein's Diary

On Winter Tour

Ben Stein | 2.6.12 @ 6:08AM

Beware of scary situations.

Feature

Cloudy With a Chance of Weapons and Gold

Dan Peterson | December 2011 - January 2012

A report from a semi-annual machine gun festival, held just this side of Fort Knox.

The Obama Watch

Caesar Overreaching Once Again

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 2.6.12 @ 6:07AM

Catholic Bishops draw a line in the sand.

Sports Arena

The First and the Last

Larry Thornberry | 2.6.12 @ 6:05AM

A different kind of Sunday double-header.

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The Show Me State's No Show Primary

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