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They Did God's Work
Ben Stein | 5.26.06 @ 11:59PM
A special Memorial Day Weekend tribute.
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Friday, May 26, 2006
The Nation's Pulse
Neighbors on Main Street
Paul Beston | 5.26.06 @ 12:57AM
Those who gave all -- and those who take -- on Memorial Day.
Special Report
Dainty Raid
John Tabin | 5.26.06 @ 12:52AM
The FBI took every precaution. Congressional leaders crying foul don't know what they're talking about.
Media Matters
"We Don't Read Political Columns Anymore"
Lawrence Henry | 5.26.06 @ 12:07AM
The problem of knowing what a pundit is going to say a few sentences into his column.
In Memoriam
"Senator, You Are No Jack Kennedy"
R. Andrew Newman | 5.26.06 @ 12:06AM
The late Sen. Bentsen's stinging put-down was really a softball.
Another Perspective
No Ducking the Issue
John Luik & Patrick Basham | 5.26.06 @ 12:06AM
Objections to foie gras have a long history. Are they warranted?
Political Hay
Saturday Night's Massacre
Christopher Orlet | 5.26.06 @ 12:05AM
Did the feds tread on the Constitution, or are the crooks hiding behind it?
Reader Mail
Jimmy Wins Again
5.26.06 @ 12:01AM
Coogler Prize results in new malaise. Also: Republicans sweep Jefferson prizes. The political price of gas. Dixies in their cups. Tape measure dead balls. Plus much more.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
The Current Crisis
Carter Wins Second Coogler
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.25.06 @ 12:08AM
Another Worst Book of the Year Award goes to the worst pre-president, worst president, and worst ex-president in our nation's history.
Political Hay
Democrat Deep-Freeze and GOP Brain-Lock
Paul Chesser | 5.25.06 @ 12:08AM
William Jefferson's troubles are such a godsend to Republicans that they've promptly moved to squander their advantage.
At Large
Sudanese If You Don't Please
James Poulos | 5.25.06 @ 12:07AM
Islamism rushes into Africa, where the West still fears to tread.
The Public Policy
Undisclosed Interests
Alex J. Pollock | 5.25.06 @ 12:07AM
Stock market manipulation and the SEC in the post-Enron era.
Special Report
The Price of Republican Gas
David Hogberg & James Dellinger | 5.25.06 @ 12:07AM
The House is again to vote on opening a bit of ANWR to drilling. But do GOP members really understand the law of supply and demand?
Reader Mail
The Ditsy Clucks
5.25.06 @ 12:01AM
Democratic chickens since Henry Wallace. Also: Blogorrhea -- or simply bad writing? Ahmadinejad far gone. Net Neutrality -- one more exchange. Plus much else.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Political Hay
Newsflash for the Dixie Chicks
Jeffrey Lord | 5.24.06 @ 12:09AM
The modern liberal paradigm of America's role in the world is not new. Anyone remember Henry Wallace? George McGovern?
Streetcar Line
Hey, Ho, the Battling Blogs
Quin Hillyer | 5.24.06 @ 12:08AM
Bad writing is their tally: woe
Sports Arena
Speaking Ruth to Power
Lisa Fabrizio | 5.24.06 @ 12:07AM
Barry Bonds has not been Barry, Barry good to baseball.
Special Report
Red Badge of Shame
Jay D. Homnick | 5.24.06 @ 12:06AM
Mr. Ahmadinejad's regime signed its death warrant this week.
The Nation's Pulse
Alabama's Sewer of Corruption
Mark G. Michaelsen | 5.24.06 @ 12:06AM
Democratic problems extend far beyond Washington.
Reader Mail
Testing Tolerance
5.24.06 @ 12:01AM
The New School fails on all counts except making McCain look good. Also: Fingered and printed. Stay clear of Kansas. Return to Eden. Daily missive to Ben Stein. Plus much more.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Washington Prowler
Rove's Restraint
The Prowler | 5.23.06 @ 12:09AM
Like Richard Armitage, he urged reporters to hold back on Valerie Plame.
Political Hay
New Agents of Intolerance
Patrick Hynes | 5.23.06 @ 12:08AM
The left accuses the right of hatred, intolerance, and blind partisanship -- then practices what it preaches against.
The Nation's Pulse
How Creepy Can It Get?
Eric Peters | 5.23.06 @ 12:07AM
We used to fingerprint felons -- now, we're "inking" traffic scofflaws.
Among the Intellectualoids
Hoping for Armageddon
Ralph R. Reiland | 5.23.06 @ 12:06AM
The latest book on the Christian right imagines a destructive conspiracy where none exists.
Reader Mail
The New Networking
5.23.06 @ 12:01AM
"Network Neutrality" vs. "Internet Neutrality": A Special Exchange. Also: Toomey or not Toomey? The National Council of Churchless. Inversion aversion. Do fence them out. Plus much more.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Washington Prowler
Senate Wash
The Prowler | 5.22.06 @ 12:08AM
Republicans positioned to maintain majority. Also: Google's sins and the Christian Coalition.
Loose Canons
China's South America
Jed Babbin | 5.22.06 @ 12:08AM
If you like $3 a gallon gas, you'll love what Venezuela and China have in mind.
Special Report
Code Turkey
Mark Tooley | 5.22.06 @ 12:07AM
The Da Vinci Code is not liberal enough, the National Council of Churches complains.
The Public Policy
The British Inversion
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 5.22.06 @ 12:07AM
Minor offenses against political correctness invite police brutality, while serious criminality goes unpunished.
Sports Arena
The Colonial's Finest Moment
Reid Collins | 5.22.06 @ 12:06AM
The value of a missed three-foot putt, starring Ben Hogan.
Reader Mail
Paradise Lust
5.22.06 @ 12:01AM
The tree of "sexual knowledge." Escapes from Taxachusetts. Mexican fencing. Hirsi Ali's Holland. Plus much more.
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