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Friday, December 8, 2006

Political Hay

Last Rights

W. James Antle, III | 12.8.06 @ 12:09AM

Political analysts dismiss social conservatism at their own risk.

Special Report

Music to Cynics' Ears

Mark Tooley | 12.8.06 @ 12:08AM

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.

Another Perspective

Victory, Yes, But...

Lawrence Henry | 12.8.06 @ 12:07AM

Why we're not winning.

Among the Intellectualoids

An Exercise in Contempt

Richard Kirk | 12.8.06 @ 12:07AM

Richard Dawkins put his delusions on universal display.

At Large

Studying the Iraq Groups

Jay D. Homnick | 12.8.06 @ 12:06AM

Moses would have understood.

Buy the Book

Have Yourself a Very Healthy Christmas

David Hogberg | 12.8.06 @ 12:06AM

Two books that should be in every wonk's stocking.

Reader Mail

Aiming to Appease

12.8.06 @ 12:01AM

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 @ 2:18AM

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 @ 12:08AM

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 @ 12:08AM

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 @ 12:07AM

There's cachet in knowing how to pronounce "cache."

The Public Policy

Progress or Surrender?

Jagadeesh Gokhale | 12.7.06 @ 12:06AM

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 @ 12:05AM

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 @ 12:01AM

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 @ 12:09AM

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 @ 12:08AM

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 @ 12:07AM

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 @ 12:07AM

Government, religion, and the business and purpose of charity.

Buy the Book

Campus Psychiatry Comes Clean

Robert VerBruggen | 12.6.06 @ 12:07AM

Dr. Anonymous offers blunt diagnoses of students as neglected, emotional wrecks.

Reader Mail

Fears and Loathings

12.6.06 @ 12:01AM

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 @ 12:36AM

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 @ 12:09AM

Tolerance has its limits -- except in the U.S.A.

Streetcar Line

Please Torture Me

Quin Hillyer | 12.5.06 @ 12:08AM

But confirm Jim Haynes as a judge.

Special Report

Talking to Syria and Iran

Joel Himelfarb | 12.5.06 @ 12:08AM

What else has the U.S. been doing for nearly three decades?

The Nation's Pulse

Pastor Primavera

Jay D. Homnick | 12.5.06 @ 12:06AM

Purpose-driven political posturing of a holier than thou nature.

Movie Takes

Deck the Halls

James Bowman | 12.5.06 @ 12:02AM

Do you still believe in Christmas movies?

Reader Mail

Losing Iraq

12.5.06 @ 12:01AM

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 @ 12:09AM

Baker, Gingrich, and the rest of the defeatist Republicans. Luckily, there's Don Rumsfeld.

Washington Prowler

Earmaking Kansas

The Prowler | 12.4.06 @ 12:08AM

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 @ 12:08AM

An effective way to round up Bin Laden's buddies in Iraq.

The Public Policy

Bitter Medicine

David Hogberg | 12.4.06 @ 12:07AM

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 @ 12:06AM

Crustacean liberation scores a major victory along California's north coast.

Reader Mail

Boorish Pride

12.4.06 @ 12:01AM

James Webb's corner comes out fighting. A special section on Webb vs. Bush.

Reader Mail

On-Site Experience

12.4.06 @ 12:01AM

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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