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Friday, May 12, 2006

Political Hay

Conservatives for Privacy

Doug Bandow | 5.12.06

As a fascinating recent debate suggests, defending the right to privacy is one way to thwart liberal panaceas.

Another Perspective

The Real Cost of Driving

Lawrence Henry | 5.12.06

A 1992 V-8 Cadillac proves cheaper to obtain and maintain than your trendy new hybrid.

The Nation’s Pulse

Mississippi 1964 Reunion

William Tucker | 5.12.06

Things are so different now that it can be disorienting.

At Large

My Mother’s Child

Happy Jack Feder | 5.12.06

In lieu of flowers this Sunday.

In Memoriam

Remembering George Roche

Mark G. Michaelsen | 5.12.06

The former president of Hillsdale College died last Friday. He was 71.

The Public Policy

You Never Can Tell

Ralph R. Reiland | 5.12.06

Smart people often make very bad predictions — here are some of their all-time lulus.

Reader Mail

The Great Imponderable

5.12.06

“What is wrong with some Republicans in Congress?” Also: Honorary Bush hater Mahmood Ahmadinejad. In good Company. Levee protection for the Army Corps. Plus much more.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Washington Prowler

Qualifying Wallace

The Prowler | 5.11.06

The neo-borking of qualified judicial nominees continues — will Republicans resist?

The Current Crisis

Wild on the Supply-Side

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.11.06

Once again tax cuts create greater wealth and tax revenue — and Republicans and Democrats alike get increasingly nervous.

At Large

The Band of Brothers (and Their Mothers)

Michael Fumento | 5.11.06

In Ramadi, a part of Iraq the journalistic community prefers to avoid.

Special Report

Let My People Come!

Doug Bandow | 5.11.06

Just because Christian Burmese resisted the Junta doesn't make them terrorists.

Eminentoes

Bush the Bad Christian

Mark Tooley | 5.11.06

Better late than never — Mahmood Ahmadinejad follows the lead of pious American left-wingers to find the president's religiosity wanting.

Media Matters

Guttmacher Inseminates the Media

Paul Chesser | 5.11.06

Pro-abortion researchers and their media accomplices would have you believe that pregnancy is foisted upon women.

Reader Mail

Oil for One

5.11.06

The offshore drill. Slick defenses. Pumped up over profits. Plus: What Ben Stein knows. What FDR knews. And much more.

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Special Report

What You Need To Know

Ben Stein | 5.10.06

A genius shrink explains how today's college graduates can succeed at life.

Streetcar Line

Produce More Domestic Energy, Now!

Quin Hillyer | 5.10.06

The NIMBYites have it wrong — drill offshore.

Another Perspective

American Compassion

Lisa Fabrizio | 5.10.06

Zacarias Moussaoui will get an even better taste of it at ADX Florence.

Campus Scenes

What’s the Idea?

Mark G. Michaelsen | 5.10.06

The University of Wisconsin has abandoned its great Progressive tradition.

Eminentoes

Ancien Regime Changeling

Jay D. Homnick | 5.10.06

Who is a mullah puppet to call anyone illegitimate?

The Public Policy

Concentrating the Army Corps of Engineers

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 5.10.06

The military principle of “concentration” makes increasing sense post-Katrina.

Reader Mail

Hoyer Endorses Pelosi

5.10.06

Nonetheless, there's been a breakdown in communications. Also: Oil is not well. Darfur interventionism. Divided Iraq. Plus much more.

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

The Nation’s Pulse

Stop the Scapegoating

Ben Stein | 5.9.06

Oil companies do not set oil prices.

Special Report

FDR’s Domestic Surveillance

Adam J. White & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross | 5.9.06

Franklin Roosevelt stuck to his guns. So should George W. Bush.

Political Hay

Left-Wing Unilateralism

Andrew Cline | 5.9.06

On Darfur, the left discovers the pitfalls of diplomacy.

Another Perspective

La Guerre Est Finie

Reid Collins | 5.9.06

Stop calling the current condition in Iraq a war.

TAS Live

Thinking About Tomorrow

Amy K. Mitchell | 5.9.06

Don't stop — or else.

Reader Mail

General Intelligence

5.9.06

Talk about your existential problems. Two Americas. The CIA goes down in Plames. Confessed incompetence. Plus much more.

Monday, May 8, 2006

Washington Prowler

Pelosi Bluster

The Prowler | 5.8.06

Nancy's the one in the dock. Plus: Pending administration changes.

Loose Canons

Val for DCI

Jed Babbin | 5.8.06

The CIA praetorians won and national security lost.

Enemy of the Week

Resigned to Mediocrity

Enemy Central | 5.8.06

The search for deserving winners resumes.

The Nation’s Pulse

Teach Your Children Well

Patrick O'Hannigan | 5.8.06

They should know that Aunt Rhody's old gray goose is dead.

Among the Intellectualoids

My Application to Harvard

J.P. Freire | 5.8.06

How Kaavya Viswanathan got a life.

Reader Mail

A Military Education

5.8.06

Generally speaking about Rumsfeld. Also: Ryan Lizza gets flagged. GM's Saturn Sky. From Iraq to Ben. Plus more.

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