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Friday, February 3, 2006

Campus Scenes

Boola Loo Blues

Clinton W. Taylor | 2.3.06 @ 12:08AM

Cleaning up Yale's coed bathrooms.

topics: Education, Religion, Abortion, Law, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

Hollywood's Dual Lusts

K.E. Grubbs Jr. | 2.3.06 @ 12:07AM

Blaise Pascal warned us against them -- and once again the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has ignored him.

topics: Transportation, Environment, Books, Hollywood, Movies, Iraq, NATO, Energy

Another Perspective

Rethinking a Libertarian Critique

Patrick O'Hannigan | 2.3.06 @ 12:07AM

Outsourcing government roles has its charms -- and its limits.

topics: Education, Religion, Islam, Constitution, Law, Iraq, NATO, Africa

The Nation's Pulse

The Betamax Wars

Lawrence Henry | 2.3.06 @ 12:06AM

Increasingly ever since, technology has been on the side of freeloading downloaders, much to the chagrin of Hollywood companies.

topics: Television, Business, Movies, Law

Buy the Book

Giving Povich a Pass

Mark Judge | 2.3.06 @ 12:05AM

Shirley Povich was the class act his son Maury never learned.

topics: Education, Sports, NATO, Oil

Reader Mail

Murtha Washington

2.3.06 @ 12:01AM

Earmarked for investigation. Plus: The Casey against Democrats. Bush's hydrogen bombs. Bush plays Nashville. Oil: Can you dig it? Plus more.

topics: Transportation, Foreign Policy, Trade, Nancy Pelosi, Earmarks, Social Security, Environment, Global Warming, Books, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, NATO, Africa, Communism, Energy, Alaska, Oil

Thursday, February 2, 2006

Political Hay

Murky Jack Murtha

David Holman | 2.2.06 @ 12:09AM

The left's new anti-war icon could teach Tom DeLay a thing or two about cozy ties to lobbyists -- so why is the press not investigating?

topics: Harry Reid, Business, Earmarks, Iraq, NATO, Oil

The Current Crisis

Woolsey-Eyed Democrats

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.2.06 @ 12:08AM

Their only alternative to George W. Bush is Cindy Sheehan.

topics: Law, Military, Iraq, United Nations

Another Perspective

The Era of Big Government Isn't Over

David Hogberg | 2.2.06 @ 12:08AM

President Bush paid lip service to small government and free market economics in his State of the Union Address. But his heart wasn't in it.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, Entitlements, Earmarks, Medicaid, Iraq, Conservatism, Neoconservatism, Energy, Oil, Medicare

Special Report

Sir John Cowperthwaite: A Personal Tribute

Marian L. Tupy | 2.2.06 @ 12:06AM

Adam Smith's man in Hong Kong died last month -- but his monumental work survives.

topics: Trade, Business, Environment, Africa, Socialism, Oil

Movie Takes

Manderlay

James Bowman | 2.2.06 @ 12:02AM

Imagine a community in the Deep South of the 1930s where slavery never ended...

topics: Law

Reader Mail

Democrats Licked

2.2.06 @ 12:01AM

SOTUS reviews, Alito wowsers, economics tutorials, the real Navy, double Ben, and much, much more!

topics: Taxes, Hillary Clinton, Social Security, Environment, Alaska, Oil

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Political Hay

Pretty, Pretty Good

John Tabin | 2.1.06 @ 1:49AM

The President won big when Democrats sat on their little hands last night.

topics: Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Entitlements, Social Security, Medicaid, Constitution, Law, Medicare

The Public Policy

Health Care's Missed Appointment

Robert M. Goldberg | 2.1.06 @ 12:13AM

The President last night lost an opportunity to defend and expand his health-care initiatives.

topics: Health Care, Business, Medicaid, Energy

Another Perspective

What Are Op-Eds For?

Iain Murray | 2.1.06 @ 12:08AM

And why the Left doesn't like it -- and why it needs to go after not only Doug Bandow and Michael Fumento.

topics: Hollywood, Law, NATO, Socialism

The Nation's Pulse

Bork to Basics

Jay D. Homnick | 2.1.06 @ 12:05AM

Alito confirmation sets off jubilation and rounds of good humor.

topics: Bill Clinton, Constitution, Supreme Court, Iran, NATO

At Large

Ahmadinejad, Hamas, and Saddam

Lisa Fabrizio | 2.1.06 @ 12:05AM

Just imagine the predicament if the Butcher of Baghdad were still in power.

topics: Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel

Movie Takes

Annapolis

James Bowman | 2.1.06 @ 12:02AM

Welcome, once again, to Hollywood's bizarro world.

topics: Education, Books, Hollywood, Movies, Law, Military, Russia, Israel

Reader Mail

In the Driver's Seat

2.1.06 @ 12:01AM

Ben Stein's oil drill. Snarky Orlet. Times out. Drug idiocy. More Jimmy C. Still more replies to Ben on Joel. Caught speeders. Plus much, much more.

topics: Education, Economics, Business, Earmarks, Sports, Islam, Abortion, Environment, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, NATO, Africa, Fascism, Oil, Unions

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

The Nation's Pulse

Oil Is Well

Ben Stein | 1.31.06 @ 2:23AM

Once again, Volvo nation is in a state of hysteria over oil company profits.

topics: Taxes, Education, Trade, Business, Books, Russia, Oil, Unions

Washington Prowler

Supreme Struggles

The Prowler | 1.31.06 @ 12:09AM

Justice Alito day. Howie vs. Harry. Abramoff Democrats.

topics: Trade, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Law, Supreme Court

Media Matters

The Crying Jag

William Tucker | 1.31.06 @ 12:08AM

While the New York Times gets ugly and snippy about inconsequential matters, it ignores serious matters right in its own back yard.

topics: Hillary Clinton, Islam, Abortion, Books, Constitution, Law, Iran, Pakistan, NATO

Special Report

Hard Case

James Poulos | 1.31.06 @ 12:07AM

Jailed by draconian drug laws, Richard Paey entered a "medical nightmare zone." Now he enters the twilight zone of media celebrity.

topics: Television, Law

Among the Intellectualoids

Word of the Year

Christopher Orlet | 1.31.06 @ 12:06AM

Truthiness is Word of the Year, and no, I've never heard of it either.

topics: Transportation, Iraq, Africa

Another Perspective

Privileged Vice at Play

James Bowman | 1.31.06 @ 12:05AM

These days everyone loves a Don Juan -- certainly more than George W. Bush.

topics: Religion

Reader Mail

Awful Truths

1.31.06 @ 12:01AM

Democracy, Hamas and accountability. Bringing it on. Jimmy Carter. James Frey. Joel Stein. Ben Stein. Plus much more.

topics: Foreign Policy, Education, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Business, Religion, Catholicism, Books, Hollywood, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Israel, Socialism, Communism, Oil

Monday, January 30, 2006

Washington Prowler

The Future Is Now

The Prowler | 1.30.06 @ 12:08AM

Conservative Republicans will decide their own fate this week.

topics: John Boehner, Constitution, Supreme Court, Oil

Another Perspective

Democratically Elected Fascists

David Yerushalmi | 1.30.06 @ 12:08AM

The victory of Hamas in Palestine displays the fallacy of the democratic nation-building thesis.

topics: Foreign Policy, Economics, Religion, Islam, Books, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel

Loose Canons

Make Our Day

Jed Babbin | 1.30.06 @ 12:08AM

Republicans must encourage Kerry's attempt at filibuster.

topics: Taxes, Bill Clinton, Abortion, Global Warming, Books, Military, Iraq, Israel

Eminentoes

A Million Little Truths

Paul Beston | 1.30.06 @ 12:06AM

For James Frey and Joel Stein, the only authority is the individual.

topics: Education, Books, Military, Iraq

Political Hay

His Deranged Values

Jacob Laksin | 1.30.06 @ 12:06AM

Jimmy Carter endorses breaking the law in the service of Hamas.

topics: Law, Israel, North Korea

Reader Mail

Ben Stein's Legions

1.30.06 @ 12:01AM

Joel Stein never stood a chance. Plus: Recovering alcoholics, James Frey, and Mark Judge. Remember Maine. Don't Forget Iran. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Islam, Environment, Law, Founding Fathers, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Immigration, Nuclear Weapons, Oil, Unions

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