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Friday, October 21, 2005

Political Hay

Doesn’t Look Good

John Tabin | 10.21.05

Harriet Miers will not join the Supreme Court.

Washington Prowler

Stemming Specter

The Prowler | 10.21.05

Is the White House ready to give Arlen Specter what he wants on stem cell research in return for going easy on Harriet Miers?

The Nation’s Pulse

Danger Street

Lawrence Henry | 10.21.05

Is there any way to curtail teenage driving deaths?

Special Report

Bob Morrish, RIP

David Hogberg | 10.21.05

A rare high-school teacher who was larger than life.

Sports Arena

Players at the Ball

Jay D. Homnick | 10.21.05

With the Cinderella White Sox and Astros going head to head, who will be crowned Prince Charming?

Reader Mail

Unnaturally Selective

10.21.05

Behe, Hannah et al. show their ID. Also: Honoring Penn Kemble. Libertarian Spacemen. Involuntarily inert. Exorcist exits. Plus more.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

The Nation’s Pulse

Kangaroo Court

George Neumayr | 10.20.05

Professor Michael Behe, appearing at the left's version of the Scopes trial, threatens its cherished theory of “random natural selection.”

The Current Crisis

Penn Kemble, RIP

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.20.05

A great Democrat has died.

At Large

Skinny Saddam in Black and White

John Connly Walsh | 10.20.05

The trial's shaky opening in Baghdad.

At Large

Pumping Gas Prices

Doug Bandow | 10.20.05

Too expensive? Just wait. Federal and state governments can always find ways to make gasoline even more expensive.

Another Perspective

Martial Stupidity

Christopher Orlet | 10.20.05

What if our war strategists listened to the left?

Reader Mail

Wie Was Robbed

10.20.05

Michelle's expensive drop. Plus: Tom DeLay and Democrat hackers. Dirty Devil. Clean Harry Potter. And much more.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Enemy of the Week

Grudges and Garages

Enemy Central | 10.19.05

Watch out for the sneaks out there.

Another Perspective

The Plantation Right

Andrew Cline | 10.19.05

Conservatives must assert their independence from the GOP.

The Nation’s Pulse

Michelle, Ma Belle

Reid Collins | 10.19.05

What a difference twelve inches can make — say, $53,000! Why isn't Michael Bamberger working for the IRS?

Another Perspective

Tolerating the Iraqi Constitution

Lisa Fabrizio | 10.19.05

Democrats complain that Iraq's new Constitution isn't perfect, but it doesn't have to be.

Movie Takes

Nine Lives

James Bowman | 10.19.05

Nine finely acted vignettes about women dealing with loss.

Reader Mail

The Devil’s Details

10.19.05

Gone over to the dark side. Prowler's public service. Medicare trainwreck. Plus much more.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Political Hay

Democrats at a Loss

Sean Higgins | 10.18.05

Carville, Greenberg, and Shrum agree (again) — their party doesn't have a way to take advantage of the GOP's problems.

Washington Prowler

The Miers Card

The Prowler | 10.18.05

Conservatives and the White House chief of staff.

Special Report

The Exorcism of Europe

George Neumayr | 10.18.05

Demonic cults spread on the Continent as sophisticates scoff at the Vatican's ancient practice.

At Large

Victory Monday

John Connly Walsh | 10.18.05

In the wake of the Constitution's victory in Iraq, allegations of U.S. killing of civilians — new reports from post-Referendum Iraq.

Another Perspective

Offset Opportunities

Michael F. Cannon | 10.18.05

If Congress is serious on finding ways to pay for Katrina recovery, it could start by delaying implementation of the Medicare drug prescription program.

Campus Scenes

Current Affairs

Mark Judge | 10.18.05

Newsweek puts it out for college students — as if they weren't bored enough.

Reader Mail

Those Trojan Horses

10.18.05

USC's victory over Notre Dame takes its toll. Also: Canadian syrup. Plame throwers. The Million More bore. And much more.

Monday, October 17, 2005

Editor’s Desk

Luck of the Non-Irish

Wlady Pleszczynski | 10.17.05

Winning and losing the big one.

Media Matters

The Fourth Wall

Shawn Macomber | 10.17.05

When tragedy failed to materialize in Iraq Saturday, CNN's Christiane Amanpour, for one, rewrote history.

Loose Canons

QuagMiers SGO

Jed Babbin | 10.17.05

Not so wild about Harriet — and a whole lot of other stuff going on.

At Large

All Quiet on the Referendum Front

John Connly Walsh | 10.17.05

Give or take some apparently “happy fire.” And all those U.S. Air Force jets flying high overhead toward Syria. Live weekend reports from our man in Baghdad.

The Nation’s Pulse

Blonde Faith

Jay D. Homnick | 10.17.05

Amber waves of gain — and other matters that shouldn't be pinned on Karl Rove.

Another Perspective

Millions More Misconceptions

Mark Goldblatt | 10.17.05

Maybe the emphasis should have been not on what government doesn't do for the poor but for what it can't do.

Reader Mail

Flat Truths

10.17.05

All's fair in taxation and reform. Miffed conservatives. Potter plants. Sojourners samples Hynes. Plus much more.

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