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Friday, December 15, 2006

Special Report

Don't Look Back

Philip Klein | 12.15.06 @ 12:09AM

Political science professor John Mueller wants us to return to the days when we took terrorist attacks in stride.

Another Perspective

Close America's Asian Nuclear Umbrella

Doug Bandow | 12.15.06 @ 12:08AM

The resumption of six-party talks Saturday in Beijing will require new ways to get China to take North Korea seriously.

The Nation's Pulse

In Terms of Television

Lawrence Henry | 12.15.06 @ 12:08AM

An iron law of TV shows: sooner or later they all self-corrupt, even on the Golf Channel.

Eminentoes

The Gore Who Stole Christmas

Rob Bradley | 12.15.06 @ 12:07AM

He's decided to "inconvenience" the holiday party plans you've made for this weekend.

Buy the Book

Santa Government

David Hogberg | 12.15.06 @ 12:06AM

Does big business own big government? The ultimate gift book for the liberal idealist on your list.

Movie Takes

Unaccompanied Minors

James Bowman | 12.15.06 @ 12:02AM

More Christmas pandering to the kids.

Reader Mail

Passions and Composure

12.15.06 @ 12:01AM

Our Ambassador Kirkpatrick. Also: Burma's victims. Dr. Savage's nation. Repentance found. Return to Erebus. Dresden revisited. Plus much more.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

The Current Crisis

Jeane Kirkpatrick, RIP

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.14.06 @ 12:08AM

The splendid memory of this intellectual, statesman, wife, and mother will endure in the pages of our history.

Special Report

Communist Future, Communist Past

Doug Bandow | 12.14.06 @ 12:08AM

The difference between decrepit Russia and dynamic China.

Buy the Book

A Classic This Christmas

David Hogberg | 12.14.06 @ 12:07AM

You won't have to be a Grinch or Scrooge to find Bruce Bartlett's portrait of Big Government Bush the perfect gift this year.

The Nation's Pulse

Repentance Lost

Paul Chesser | 12.14.06 @ 12:07AM

The New York Times grants evangelicals some leeway on biblical interpretation.

The Public Policy

International Energy Blather

Jerry Taylor & Peter Van Doren | 12.14.06 @ 12:07AM

Energy ministers meet in Beijing tomorrow -- hoping to apply statist solutions to the problem of high petroleum costs.

Reader Mail

Eternally Grateful

12.14.06 @ 12:01AM

Ben Stein visits the White House (though not everyone approves). Also: Jimmy Carter has a huge lobby of his own. So does Michael Savage. Plus much more.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Special Report

Dinner With the Bushes

Ben Stein | 12.13.06 @ 12:09AM

The President looked surprisingly well, all things considered.

Eminentoes

Jimmy Carter's "Jewish Problem"

Joel Himelfarb | 12.13.06 @ 12:08AM

My afternoon with Carter and Ken Stein.

Streetcar Line

Celebrating the End of a Congress

Quin Hillyer | 12.13.06 @ 12:08AM

Hip, hip hooray (and good riddance).

At Large

The Holocaust, Take Two

Jay D. Homnick | 12.13.06 @ 12:07AM

Ahmadinejad aims to repeat what he says didn't happen.

Sports Arena

More Ali Rap

Lisa Fabrizio | 12.13.06 @ 12:07AM

The liberal chumps at ESPN love to be sucker-punched by the likes of Muhammad Ali.

Reader Mail

Winning and Losing

12.13.06 @ 12:01AM

Pulling a Nixon out the hat. The bombing of Germany. Fear factors. Plus much more.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Political Hay

Reagan and the Art of Leadership

Jeffrey Lord | 12.12.06 @ 12:08AM

As Bush is isolated by his critics, a reminder from the Gipper.

Another Perspective

Bush Needs to Pull a Nixon

William Tucker | 12.12.06 @ 12:08AM

If Nixon could travel to China, Bush can afford to talk to the assassins who rule in Iran and Syria.

TAS Live

Books for Christmas

12.12.06 @ 12:08AM

Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers -- including Mitt Romney, Tom Wolfe, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Florence King, and the Baron Von Kannon.

Buy the Book

Operation Overload

Paul Johnson | 12.12.06 @ 12:06AM

Sixty years after the event, the mass bombing of Germany still raises anxious thoughts.

Movie Takes

The Nativity Story

James Bowman | 12.12.06 @ 12:02AM

The best thing of its kind that there's been.

Reader Mail

Turning Up the Heat

12.12.06 @ 12:01AM

Mitt Romney's consistency. Global tempers. Iraq showdown. Plus much more.

Monday, December 11, 2006

Loose Canons

The Lebanon in Iraq

Jed Babbin | 12.11.06 @ 12:08AM

It can't be a democracy if outside anti-democratic forces are allowed the run of a country.

Political Hay

Mitt Giving Fits

W. James Antle, III | 12.11.06 @ 12:08AM

Gov. Romney's shifting views on social issues are causing him grief on both the left and the right.

Special Report

Burma's War on Children

Doug Bandow | 12.11.06 @ 12:07AM

Why isn't the Burmese military junta treated as part of the axis of evil?

The Public Policy

Losing It

Patrick J. Michaels | 12.11.06 @ 12:06AM

Global warming goon squads lash out because there's nothing they can do to affect the problem they obsess over.

At Large

Kindly Uncle Saddam

Christopher Orlet | 12.11.06 @ 12:06AM

Remember when Stalin was known as Uncle Joe?

Reader Mail

When the Going Gets Rough

12.11.06 @ 12:01AM

Is that when Bush gets going? The president retains staunch defenders. Also: Prayers for Dawkins. Wild bores. Plus much more.

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