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Friday, April 28, 2006

Special Report

Origins of the Iraqi Insurgency

Laurie Mylroie | 4.28.06

Newly released documents reveal how already by 1999 Saddam & Co were producing easy to use improvised explosive devices — IEDs.

The Nation’s Pulse

Fruitcake

Lawrence Henry | 4.28.06

Why does it get a bad rap?

Political Hay

Going Back to Euston

Niall Stanage | 4.28.06

Earlier in these pages Quin Hillyer introduced the anti-anti-American “Euston Manifesto” — now learn more from one of its signatories.

Media Matters

Lizza’s Ideological Blinders

David Holman | 4.28.06

A liberal magazine decides Sen. George Allen is a racist. Then it tries to prove it.

Live From New York

It’s Time

Philip Klein | 4.28.06

United 93 is being released today.

Another Perspective

Supply and Demand

Reid Collins | 4.28.06

Face it — energy consumers will pay whatever is demanded.

The Public Policy

Florida’s Wright Stuff

Andrew J. Coulson | 4.28.06

In the eyes of the famous Florida Supremes, school “uniform” means a straightjacket.

Reader Mail

Empty Tanks

4.28.06

At least at Republican stations. Plus: Newt's Contract. Where have you gone, Ronald Reagan? Where have you gone, George W. Bush? And much more.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Campaign Crawlers

Republicans Run Dry

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.27.06

Once they surrender their principles and understanding of markets, what's the point of their existence?

The Public Policy

Cats That Won’t Bark

David Hogberg | 4.27.06

The laws of bureaucracy govern any government program that seeks to enroll 40 millions new members.

Among the Intellectualoids

Snakes On Board

Clinton W. Taylor | 4.27.06

Talibani Yale flies in its own airspace. See for yourself in this special screening of “Snakes on Yale's Plane.”

Another Perspective

Newt’s a Little Too Smart

David Yerushalmi | 4.27.06

Gingrich has a new manifesto, but it's missing the fire and principles of the Contract With America.

Movie Takes

Sir! No Sir!

James Bowman | 4.27.06

An anti-American documentary only a John Kerry could love.

Reader Mail

Overcome by Fumes

4.27.06

Republican tax-guzzlers. Also: Glasses raised to Lisa Fabrizio. Sounds of Silence Day. America's whiney Parade. Presidents Bush and Lincoln. Plus MUCH more.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Washington Prowler

McCarthy in Denial

The Prowler | 4.26.06

If there's nothing to charge her with, why talk of a legal defense fund?

Political Hay

Pumped Out

Andrew Cline | 4.26.06

Republicans could turn gas prices into a victory, but they won't.

Streetcar Line

American Dreaming

Quin Hillyer | 4.26.06

We've never had it so good.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Curious Rationale for a “Day of Silence”

Mark Coppenger | 4.26.06

Across the nation today, youngsters will protest “the silencing that gays and lesbians experience in their daily lives.”

The Public Policy

Encroachment of the Nanny State

Lisa Fabrizio | 4.26.06

First smoking bans and Kelo. Now Connecticut would make it a felony to serve alcohol to underage drinkers in the home.

Reader Mail

Rise and Fall

4.26.06

Robert Novak's Republican America. Engineers of human souls. Putting Moussaoui down. Plus much more.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

TAS Live

Republican Doldrums

Robert D. Novak | 4.25.06

It's easy to point fingers at Big Government Bush as the reason for the GOP's malaise. But has the Republican Congress acquitted itself any better?

Special Report

Schlesinger Fails History

Adam J. White | 4.25.06

A leading Democratic apologist distorts Abraham Lincoln's words to attack George W. Bush.

Another Perspective

Hu Are We Fooling?

Jay D. Homnick | 4.25.06

Selling us the rope with which we hang ourselves.

Eminentoes

Moussaoui’s Hot Destination

Paul Chesser | 4.25.06

Zacarias Moussaoui has left no doubt in his sentencing hearings: he deserves a quick ride to the warmest destination of his choice.

Campus Scenes

Osama U.

Christopher Orlet | 4.25.06

Universities compete to replace former former terrorist training camps in Afghanistan.

Reader Mail

With Spies Like These

4.25.06

No sympathy for Mary McCarthy, the Lost Cause revived, and Algore's gloom. Plus: more military mail for Ben. And much more!

Monday, April 24, 2006

Washington Prowler

The New McCarthyism

The Prowler | 4.24.06

How many leakers besides CIA's Mary McCarthy? Cracking down on pro-Democrat holdovers. Plus: Katherine Harris not out of the woods.

Loose Canons

Jail Time

Jed Babbin | 4.24.06

Mary McCarthy isn't Rosa Parks — and the Washington Post and New York Times are just as complicit and irresponsible.

Media Matters

Sharp Turns

James Bowman | 4.24.06

Plus ever widening gaps between intelligence and culture.

Buy the Book

The Vain Assassin

Shawn Macomber | 4.24.06

John Wilkes Booth had 12 days to live.

The Public Policy

Tom Coburn Means Business

Brandon Arnold | 4.24.06

The Small Business Administration's sham artists are learning the hard way.

Campus Scenes

Killa Satire

Mark Goldblatt | 4.24.06

Veep Cheney is fair game. Crips gangsters are not.

Reader Mail

Earthy Language

4.24.06

Al Gore stars in own monster movie. PETA and friends bark back. Mitt Romney distrusted. Wes Clark defended. Ben Stein's daily mail. Plus much more.

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