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Friday, February 28, 2003

Enemy of the Week

Breaking the Ice

2.28.03

How to win friends and appease people.

To Be Absolutely Frank

Mourning an American in Rome

Francis X. Rocca | 2.28.03

Europeans still love us. They just have a funny way of showing it.

Sports Arena

Puncher’s Chance

Paul Beston | 2.28.03

Why we still watch Mike Tyson.

Washington Prowler

No Losing With Estrada

The Prowler | 2.28.03

The White House exudes confidence. Plus: Specter clubbed for growth.

Another Perspective

Restraint Is Dead

James Bowman | 2.28.03

So we can infer from marvelous British obituaries of its last practitioners.

Reader Mail

Spilt Coffee

2.28.03

The case against lawyering: an exchange. Plus: Joschka Fischer’s man responds. And loads more.

Thursday, February 27, 2003

Washington Prowler

Shrum Abandons Edwards

The Prowler | 2.27.03

It’s official now, as Edwards’ people try to get even. Plus: Tom DeLay belabored.

The Investor

Hooray for Lawyers!

Michael Craig | 2.27.03

Can’t we at least agree that lawyers aren’t as bad as insurance companies and accounting firms?

Another Perspective

Divine Decadence

George Neumayr | 2.27.03

A leading divinity school professor or theological ethics concludes it is evil to fight evil. Instead, we should be ”asking the many Christians in Iraq what we can do to make their lives more bearable.”

The Current Crisis

The Dean of Democratic Lying

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.27.03

Beating hell out of a Republican opponent is the only principle left in liberal politics.

Movie Takes

Dark Blue

James Bowman | 2.27.03

Yet more corruption in the LAPD makes you wonder if there are criminals in Los Angeles who aren’t wearing a badge.

Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Special Report

Paradise Divided

Marc Carnegie | 2.26.03

Kofi Annan today comes to Cyprus, where the U.N. proved its ”relevance” long before Iraq.

Washington Prowler

Gephardt Among the Grapefruits

The Prowler | 2.26.03

Big Labor’s golden boy shines in Florida. Plus: A card-carrying Democrat makes it official.

The Current Crisis

Life Changes

W. James Antle, III | 2.26.03

If ever Dennis Kucinich had a chance to bolt from the pro-life camp it was in 1998, when he ran against Randall Terry's man.

The Current Crisis

Yellow Bellies and Yellow Rain

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.26.03

Remember how the Wall Street Journal was mocked by peaceniks for reporting on Soviet complicity in chemical and biological weapons research? Well, guess what?

Movie Takes

Old School

James Bowman | 2.26.03

O for those carefree college days, when everyone drank himself senseless each weekend.

Reader Mail

Afraid to Win

2.26.03

What motivates: The left? The president of Mexico? The president of the United States? Brown editorialists? The Civil War Gods? The Civil War Generals? Our film reviewer? Plus more.

Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Loose Canons

Not ‘N Synch

Jed Babbin | 2.25.03

Pushing past France to get NATO to do its job was easy compared to what’s coming in the U.N. To speed matters up, the President may have to ask PETA for help.

Another Perspective

Too Cool for School

2.25.03

After the Rhode Island nightclub tragedy, Brown University’s paper sniffs at the grief-stricken.

Special Report

First France, Now Mexico

George Neumayr | 2.25.03

So much for Vicente Fox’s vaunted friendship with George W. Bush.

Political Hay

Dennis the Mouse

2.25.03

Political cowardice in the face of life translates into political death.

Washington Prowler

Terry and His Impoverished Pirates

The Prowler | 2.25.03

The numbers are in, and the Democrats lose huge in latest hard money scramble.

Movie Takes

Gods and Generals

James Bowman | 2.25.03

The ultimate in Civil War re-enactments can make for a laughably tiresome movie.

Monday, February 24, 2003

Special Report

Back to Basics

Lawrence Henry | 2.24.03

After 9/11 everyone but the intellectual preeners knew what the U.S. was fighting and why. Nothing’s changed, except that the preeners think they can now save themselves from irrelevance.

Lifestyles Left and Right

Hillary: Vindicated at Last!

2.24.03

Recent developments suggest her insights into right-wing activity were spot on.

Washington Prowler

Betting the House on Matsui

The Prowler | 2.24.03

It’s a liberal loser’s bet. Plus: Ralph Reed at the ready.

Another Perspective

Vision Quest

Reid Collins | 2.24.03

The search for a miracle in the scrub and woods of East Texas.

Reader Mail

The Neumayr Files

2.24.03

Reactions to George Neumayr’s pre-Iraq War buildup. Plus lots more.

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