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Don’t Look Back
Philip Klein | 12.15.06
Political science professor John Mueller wants us to return to the days when we took terrorist attacks in stride.
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Friday, December 15, 2006
Another Perspective
Close America’s Asian Nuclear Umbrella
Doug Bandow | 12.15.06
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
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
He's decided to “inconvenience” the holiday party plans you've made for this weekend.
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Santa Government
David Hogberg | 12.15.06
Does big business own big government? The ultimate gift book for the liberal idealist on your list.
Reader Mail
Passions and Composure
12.15.06
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
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
The difference between decrepit Russia and dynamic China.
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A Classic This Christmas
David Hogberg | 12.14.06
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
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
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
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
The President looked surprisingly well, all things considered.
Eminentoes
Jimmy Carter’s “Jewish Problem”
Joel Himelfarb | 12.13.06
My afternoon with Carter and Ken Stein.
Streetcar Line
Celebrating the End of a Congress
Quin Hillyer | 12.13.06
Hip, hip hooray (and good riddance).
At Large
The Holocaust, Take Two
Jay D. Homnick | 12.13.06
Ahmadinejad aims to repeat what he says didn't happen.
Sports Arena
More Ali Rap
Lisa Fabrizio | 12.13.06
The liberal chumps at ESPN love to be sucker-punched by the likes of Muhammad Ali.
Reader Mail
Winning and Losing
12.13.06
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
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
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
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.
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Operation Overload
Paul Johnson | 12.12.06
Sixty years after the event, the mass bombing of Germany still raises anxious thoughts.
Movie Takes
The Nativity Story
James Bowman | 12.12.06
The best thing of its kind that there's been.
Reader Mail
Turning Up the Heat
12.12.06
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
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
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
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
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
Remember when Stalin was known as Uncle Joe?
Reader Mail
When the Going Gets Rough
12.11.06
Is that when Bush gets going? The president retains staunch defenders. Also: Prayers for Dawkins. Wild bores. Plus much more.
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