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Friday, May 17, 2013

Special Report

Not Ready for Primetime Players

Daniel J. Flynn | 5.17.13

Why is television canceling its homosexuals shows?

Politics

Assessing a Week of Scandal

Matt Purple | 5.17.13

Journalists are louts, liberals will disappoint, and other takeaways.

A Further Perspective

Oops, Maybe Government is Tyrannical

Marta H. Mossburg | 5.17.13

Americans should know there is no guarantee of personal privacy with the government.

The War on Terror Spectator

Soros Funds Anti-‘Torture’ Report

Mark Tooley | 5.17.13

Can’t say he’s not getting his money’s worth.

Buy the Book

Treasure State Treasury

Bill Croke | 5.17.13

John Clayton’s Stories from Montana’s Enduring Frontier offer regional history at its best.

The Nation’s Pulse

My Generation’s Disease

Benjamin Brophy | 5.17.13

Millennials are going out of their way to deserve their sad fate.

At Large

The View From the Other Side

George H. Wittman | 5.17.13

What do our foreign enemies think about us now?

The Public Policy

USPS: Radical Surgery Needed

Peter Hannaford | 5.17.13

The Postal Service continues to limp along, still losing big money along with some of your mail.

Flashback

The Perfect Storm: Feb. 2006

Grover G. Norquist | 5.17.13

(Editor’s Note: The perfect storm of scandal struck President Obama this week: the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations, Benghazi, the DOJ seizure of AP’s phone records. Whatever wasn’t supposed to happen, happened. It reminds us of another perfect storm that hit President George W. Bush in 2006. Grover Norquist, writing at the time, suggested the cure was to “self-diagnose, admit error, and change direction.” Is Obama doing that today?)

Flashback

The Perfect Storm

Grover G. Norquist | from the February 2006 issue

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Special Report

The Liberal Union Behind the IRS

Jeffrey Lord | 5.16.13

Obama, IG Report refuse to touch powerful Treasury Employees Union headed by ex-IRS agent.

Political Hay

Holder’s Holdout

Kaylin Bugos | 5.16.13

The attorney general did his best Sgt. Schultz imitation yesterday.

The Current Crisis

My Rahm Reunion

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.16.13

Scandals and the Chicago way go hand in hand.

A Further Perspective

Pick Obama’s Brain

Paul Kengor | 5.16.13

What did Axelrod and Jarrett know?

At Large

Pray and Grow Rich

Christopher Orlet | 5.16.13

Neo-Pentecostalism gives Rome a run for its money.

Another Perspective

Stifle This, Mr. President

Ray V. Hartwell, III | 5.16.13

Just the sort of speech the IRS would target.

State Watch

Cuccinelli’s Party

Carten Cordell | 5.16.13

This weekend’s convention will show why Virginia’s GOP won’t have a primary.

The Public Policy

After Obamacare

Matt Purple | 5.16.13

The health law is doomed to fail. Here are alternatives others are talking about.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Far Left Hand

George Neumayr | 5.15.13

He claims not to know what it is doing.

A Further Perspective

What Is It About Benghazi?

Andrew B. Wilson | 5.15.13

… that liberals can’t or won’t understand?

Special Report

Obamacare Implodes

Peter Ferrara | 5.15.13

Health savings accounts are the solution, along with a dose of impeachment.

The Right Prescription

Sebelius’s Monkey Business

Betsy McCaughey | 5.15.13

So-called community organizations are overdosing on taxpayers’ money.

At Large

Naqba — Commemorating a Self-Inflicted Tragedy

Daniel Mandel | 5.15.13

Israel’s founding wasn’t the reason for Palestinian displacement.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Seventeen Year Itch

Lisa Fabrizio | 5.15.13

What will this year’s special cicadas think of the horrors they’ve emerged into?

The Public Policy

Looking Back — And Forward

Thomas Sowell | 5.15.13

Pols kick problems down the road — but we should kick them right back.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Special Report

Cumulus Media: Suicide of a Company?

Jeffrey Lord | 5.14.13

Limbaugh dispute surfaces Dickey brothers as issue in conduct of company.

Feature

Hannah and Her Friends

Matthew Walther | from the May 2013 issue

On Lena Dunham’s television masterpiece Girls.

Special Report

What Those Who Boycott Israel Really Want

Aaron Goldstein | 5.14.13

For starters, to set back human progress.

At Large

O Pakistan

Frank Schell | 5.14.13

Finally there’s a chance we’ll see an improvement in U.S.-Pakistani relations.

A Further Perspective

Neighborhood Watch, Anyone?

Ralph R. Reiland | 5.14.13

Missed opportunities in the Castro case.

The Obama Watch

That Is What We Do

Jay D. Homnick | 5.14.13

How dare anyone suspect him of doing anything low!

Sports Arena

The Prince of Madrid

Roger Kaplan | 5.14.13

Rafa Nadal, shouting “Vamos!” and looking as good as ever.

The Public Policy

Lies About Libya

Thomas Sowell | 5.14.13

It’s hard to stop at just one.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Special Report

The Taxman Cometh (for Tea Partiers)

Ross Kaminsky | 5.13.13

The United States of Alinsky comes into its own.

Loose Canons

Next: The Benghazi Select Committee

Jed Babbin | 5.13.13

It’s enough to make a reporter yearn for Monica Beach.

The Right Prescription

The Grand Old Poseurs

David Catron | 5.13.13

It’s time to put these old hacks out to pasture and infuse the GOP with new blood.

The Energy Spectator

Is Kleiner Perkins Sorry It Ever Met Al Gore?

William Tucker | 5.13.13

A leading venture capital firm gets taken to the clean energy cleaners.

Dictator Watch

The End of the Castros?

Alberto de la Cruz | from the May 2013 issue

Raul Castro’s latest gestures cannot be taken at face value.

The Nation’s Pulse

Consternated Conferences

John Tabin | from the May 2013 issue

Washington gatherings of activists, conservative and otherwise, have something in common these days.

Buy the Book

Ailes: A Voice for the Silent Majority

John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the May 2013 issue

Roger Ailes may not be a hero of our time, but he’s one of our greatest characters.

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Not Ready for Primetime Players

Daniel J. Flynn|114 comments

Assessing a Week of Scandal

Matt Purple|126 comments

Oops, Maybe Government is Tyrannical

Marta H. Mossburg|61 comments

Soros Funds Anti-‘Torture’ Report

Mark Tooley|114 comments

Treasure State Treasury

Bill Croke|4 comments

My Generation’s Disease

Benjamin Brophy|72 comments

The View From the Other Side

George H. Wittman|21 comments

USPS: Radical Surgery Needed

Peter Hannaford|19 comments

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Alan O’Day, R.I.P.

Aaron Goldstein | 12:26AM

Artur Davis Says Scandals Are Real

Quin Hillyer | 5.19.13

Good New Book: ‘Precipice’

Quin Hillyer | 5.19.13

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Patrick Ryan | 5.19.13

Elijah Harper, R.I.P.

Aaron Goldstein | 5.18.13

If Only the Tsar Knew!

F.H. Buckley | 5.18.13

Low-Level IRS Staffer: No, We Didn’t Mastermind This Entire Thing

Matt Purple | 5.17.13

UPDATED: IRS Acting Chief Apologizes, But Defends His Actions

Kaylin Bugos | 5.17.13

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A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
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Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
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In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
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Counting the Costs of Clintonism

By Robert H. Bork

The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
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It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
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By Mark Steyn

The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
The Bush Crack-Up

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Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?

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My Generation’s Disease

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The Liberal Union Behind the IRS

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Not Ready for Primetime Players

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Assessing a Week of Scandal

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Oops, Maybe Government is Tyrannical

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Jeffrey Lord | 5.9.13

Low-Level IRS Staffer: No, We Didn't Mastermind This Entire Thing

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