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Friday, April 21, 2006

The Nation's Pulse

The Logistics of Backlash

Lawrence Henry | 4.21.06 @ 12:08AM

When elite and mass opinion are divided on an issue -- say, immigration -- the elites know how to emerge unscathed.

topics: Taxes, Business, Law, Military, NATO, Immigration

The Public Policy

Have a Sunny Earth Day

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 4.21.06 @ 12:07AM

Our dynamic economy drives genuine progress on the conservation and environmental protection fronts.

topics: Trade, Business, Environment, Law, Russia, United Nations, Energy

TAS Live

Mighty Mitt Romney

Shawn Macomber | 4.21.06 @ 12:06AM

If a Mormon Republican chief executive could survive and even thrive in Massachusetts, who's to say he can't become President?

topics: Taxes, Education, Business, Sports, Religion, Abortion, Environment, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, NATO, Unions

Eminentoes

Al Gore's Hot Flick

Doug Powers | 4.21.06 @ 12:06AM

Coming soon to a sweaty multiplex near you.

topics: Bill Clinton, Business, Global Warming, Law, Iran, North Korea

Campus Scenes

To Tell the Truth

Mark A. Kalthoff | 4.21.06 @ 12:05AM

To paraphrase a famous observation, fatuous drivel has consequences.

topics: Education, Business, Religion, Constitution, Law

Reader Mail

Three Rings

4.21.06 @ 12:00AM

Animal lovers unite, not so bad shad, uniforms vs. suits, and much more!

topics: Education, Trade, Bill Clinton, Business, Global Warming, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Russia, NATO, North Korea, Oil

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Campaign Crawlers

Gone Shadding With George Allen

David Holman | 4.20.06 @ 12:40AM

It's a one-of-a-kind event older than Virginia's popular senator, but he was clearly the star at yesterday's annual Shad Planking day.

topics: Business, Law, Iraq, NATO

Washington Prowler

Vintage Rove

The Prowler | 4.20.06 @ 12:09AM

He makes sure to leave his policy post in good hands. Plus: Who will save White House-Congressional relations?

topics: NATO

The Current Crisis

The American Circus

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.20.06 @ 12:08AM

The public nuisances at PETA are being ordered to heel, sit, and shake hands.

topics: Law, Supreme Court

Special Report

On a Roll...

Mark Tooley | 4.20.06 @ 12:08AM

Thanks to the White House Easter egg roll, gay activist Jennifer Chrisler and our correspondent had a very good media week.

topics: Television, Religion, Environment, Law

Campus Scenes

Yale's Mission Impossible

Sam Heller | 4.20.06 @ 12:06AM

A great university finds itself lost in the Ivy universe.

topics: Communism

Reader Mail

Civilian Civilities

4.20.06 @ 12:01AM

Generals don't fade away -- they retire. Our left's dirty tongues. Tax accommodated. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, Bill Clinton, Mainstream Media, Business, Social Security, Hollywood, Movies, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Fascism, Immigration, Oil

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Streetcar Line

A Matter of Coarse

Quin Hillyer | 4.19.06 @ 12:08AM

The Left's sinister rage.

topics: Law, NATO, Energy

Political Hay

Tax Day on Holiday

Andrew Cline | 4.19.06 @ 12:08AM

Where were the anti-tax rallies this year?

topics: Taxes, Military, Iraq

Special Report

Generals Behaving Badly

Charles G. Kels | 4.19.06 @ 12:08AM

The merits of civilian control of the military.

topics: Business, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

Flights of Fantasy

Lisa Fabrizio | 4.19.06 @ 12:06AM

The media's worried that Americans might remember the horrors of September 11.

topics: Trade, Hollywood, Movies, Founding Fathers, Military

At Large

From Abbas to Abyss

Jay D. Homnick | 4.19.06 @ 12:06AM

Hamas declares itself, loud and clear.

topics: Islam, Iraq, Iran, Israel

Reader Mail

Good as Gold

4.19.06 @ 12:01AM

The Fed and inflation insurance. An Indian for the UN. More Newtsayers. Still more responses from the field to Ben Stein. Plus much else.

topics: Trade, Bill Clinton, Business, Catholicism, Books, Constitution, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Israel, North Korea, Communism, Immigration, Oil

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Special Report

Change Is Slow at Turtle Bay

Robert T. McLean | 4.18.06 @ 12:08AM

The next Secretary-General of the United Nations -- most likely an Asian -- is not likely to outshine the mediocre Kofi Annan.

topics: Islam, Law, Iraq, Russia, United Nations, Africa, North Korea

Political Hay

Close-Mouthed Republicans

John Samples | 4.18.06 @ 12:07AM

Republican incumbency trumps Democratic free speech.

topics: Foreign Policy, Constitution, Law

TAS Live

The Fed Has Lost Power

Tom Bethell | 4.18.06 @ 12:06AM

There's good reason why Democrats don't resist Republican appointments to the Federal Reserve Board the way they do Republican appointments to the federal bench.

topics: Ben Bernanke, Law, Supreme Court

Campaign Crawlers

Say Cheese in Wisconsin

Mark G. Michaelsen | 4.18.06 @ 12:06AM

Republican Mark Green is positioned to defeat an incumbent Democratic governor this fall.

topics: Transportation, Bill Clinton, Business, Law, NATO

Among the Intellectualoids

Hollywood Phones in Its Politics

Louis Wittig | 4.18.06 @ 12:06AM

The problem with American Dreamz is bigger than the moronic Bush-bashing.

topics: Satire, Books, Hollywood, Movies, Iraq, Pakistan

Reader Mail

Advisor in Chief

4.18.06 @ 12:01AM

Putting Newt in his place -- some strong reactions. Also, those passed-over generals. A house of doom. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Trade, Business, Religion, Catholicism, Islam, Abortion, Environment, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Alaska, Oil

Monday, April 17, 2006

Washington Prowler

Corruption Bites Democrats

The Prowler | 4.17.06 @ 12:09AM

Big plans for 2006 are coming to naught. Also: Colin Powell and the anti-Rumsfeld generals. Plus: A Democrat's kook connections.

topics: Taxes, Constitution, Military, Iraq, Israel, NATO, Alaska, Oil

Political Hay

There's Only One Newt

Shawn Macomber | 4.17.06 @ 12:08AM

The smartest Republican wows them in New Hampshire.

topics: Education, Health Care, Islam, Law, Iran, NATO

Loose Canons

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Jed Babbin | 4.17.06 @ 12:08AM

China's President Hu Jintao -- one of the world's worst dictators. Read up on the Pacific Cold War.

topics: Education, Trade, Vladimir Putin, Books, Military, Iran, Russia, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Oil

Special Report

The Long Death of Multiculturalism

Christopher Orlet | 4.17.06 @ 12:06AM

What the U.S. should learn from the demise of another bad European idea.

topics: Taxes, Islam, Books, Law, Russia, Communism, Oil

Movie Takes

Look Both Ways

James Bowman | 4.17.06 @ 12:02AM

A feminine, if not feminist, view of the world, beautifully made.

topics: Oil

Reader Mail

Heard Loud and Clear

4.17.06 @ 12:01AM

Ben Stein's Good Friday. Mitt Romney's insurance risk. Border controls. Nicklaus's army. Still more military reactions to Ben Stein's earlier missive. Plus much else.

topics: Education, Trade, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, Mainstream Media, Business, Sports, Religion, Abortion, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, NATO, Africa, Immigration, Energy, Oil

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Philip Klein

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Get That Hacker a Pimp Coat

Paul Chesser

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Justice Dep't Recusal List!

Quin Hillyer

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The Ben Nelson Shuffle

W. James Antle, III

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AHIP Opposes Senate Health Bill

Philip Klein

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Moment of Truth

W. James Antle, III

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No Sales Days in the Afghan War

George H. Wittman

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Bureaucrats With Badges

Mark Hyman

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Obama in Wonderland

Ken Blackwell

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A Writer Speaks

William Tucker

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What Has Changed?

Robert P. Kirchhoefer

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High Stakes

Manon McKinnon

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