Political Hay
Last Rights
W. James Antle, III | 12.8.06
Political analysts dismiss social conservatism at their own risk.
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Friday, December 8, 2006
Special Report
Music to Cynics’ Ears
Mark Tooley | 12.8.06
The National Council of Churches latches on to the Baker-Hamilton report. But contrast the NCC's tone to, say, that of the well-meaning Catholic bishops.
Among the Intellectualoids
An Exercise in Contempt
Richard Kirk | 12.8.06
Richard Dawkins put his delusions on universal display.
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Have Yourself a Very Healthy Christmas
David Hogberg | 12.8.06
Two books that should be in every wonk's stocking.
Reader Mail
Aiming to Appease
12.8.06
Grading the Iraq Study Group. Also: No more Foner tenure. Bloomberg-Lieberman '08. Cacheing it in. Private S.S. thoughts. Plus more.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Special Report
Realist Fantasies
Philip Klein | 12.7.06
With the Iraq Study Group's report, James Baker takes a trip down memory lane.
The Current Crisis
Foner Baloney
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.7.06
Guess whom Columbia's Clinton professor of history has named the “worst” U.S. president ever?
Political Hay
Mike Bloomberg’s Middle March
Fred Lucas | 12.7.06
Helping rescue Joe Lieberman has given New York's post-Giuliani a new taste for the centrist stage — all the way to a possible presidential run.
The Nation’s Pulse
Time for Pundit School
George H. Wittman | 12.7.06
There's cachet in knowing how to pronounce “cache.”
The Public Policy
Progress or Surrender?
Jagadeesh Gokhale | 12.7.06
The Bush Administration is apparently abandoning its long-held goal of introducing Social Security personal accounts.
Another Perspective
Liberal Iraqis
Heather Robinson | 12.7.06
Pace William Tucker, they're hardly alien in their own country, even if badly outspent by jihadist brutes and intimidators who brutalize life for everyone.
Reader Mail
Wolves and Alligators
12.7.06
The good life in America's animal kingdom. Property deprivatization. The Donald trumped. Plus more.
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Eminentoes
Straight Shooter
Shawn Macomber | 12.6.06
The Donald reminds the schlubs that he's one tough unique SOB.
Political Hay
Grassroots Conservation at the Polls
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 12.6.06
Red state and Blue state voters alike think and act locally on environmental issues.
Among the Intellectualoids
Animals Gone Wild
Ilana Mercer | 12.6.06
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth — but what about its neglected mental condition?
The Nation’s Pulse
Justice and Love
Lisa Fabrizio | 12.6.06
Government, religion, and the business and purpose of charity.
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Campus Psychiatry Comes Clean
Robert VerBruggen | 12.6.06
Dr. Anonymous offers blunt diagnoses of students as neglected, emotional wrecks.
Reader Mail
Fears and Loathings
12.6.06
Libertarian takes. Fighting off the libertines. Stomaching Rick Warren. High cynicism. Dreck the Halls. Plus much more.
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Political Hay
Cold Fusion
John Tabin | 12.5.06
Liberalism and libertarianism are too far apart philosophically to find much new common ground.
Another Perspective
Democracy in a Tribal World
William Tucker | 12.5.06
Tolerance has its limits — except in the U.S.A.
Special Report
Talking to Syria and Iran
Joel Himelfarb | 12.5.06
What else has the U.S. been doing for nearly three decades?
The Nation’s Pulse
Pastor Primavera
Jay D. Homnick | 12.5.06
Purpose-driven political posturing of a holier than thou nature.
Reader Mail
Losing Iraq
12.5.06
Are we failing or have we failed? Also: Classless Webb. Political pills. “Hitler is no Hitler.” Plus much more.
Monday, December 4, 2006
Loose Canons
Eager for Defeat
Jed Babbin | 12.4.06
Baker, Gingrich, and the rest of the defeatist Republicans. Luckily, there's Don Rumsfeld.
Washington Prowler
Earmaking Kansas
The Prowler | 12.4.06
One state the GOP doesn't intend to lose in 2008. Also: Bye Bayh.
At Large
COPs and Criminals in Ramadi
Michael Fumento | 12.4.06
An effective way to round up Bin Laden's buddies in Iraq.
The Public Policy
Bitter Medicine
David Hogberg | 12.4.06
Warning: Nancy Pelosi wants Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs. Her nurse's aides are leading the cheerleading.
The Nation’s Pulse
Lobster Brisk
Peter Hannaford | 12.4.06
Crustacean liberation scores a major victory along California's north coast.
Reader Mail
Boorish Pride
12.4.06
James Webb's corner comes out fighting. A special section on Webb vs. Bush.
Reader Mail
On-Site Experience
12.4.06
Backwards and forwards in Kazakhstan. On being Lutheran. Knocking the stuffing out of holiday meals. The vigilant state. Plus much more.
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