Special Report
Loyalty Oaths Are Back at William and Mary
Thomas Lipscomb | 2.2.07
President Gene Nichol and his stooges are cracking down on anyone opposed to his scheme to remove the cross from Wren Chapel.
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Friday, February 2, 2007
The Public Policy
Getting Real
Eleanor Stables | 2.2.07
Maine's state legislature balks at post-9/11 federal driver's license standards — will its residents ever be allowed on board an airliner again? Or inside a federal building?
Among the Intellectualoids
Mega Beasts and Brutes
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 2.2.07
The wise and noble savage takes a dive.
The Nation’s Pulse
The End of the Race
Jay D. Homnick | 2.2.07
First and ten vs. first this and that — welcome to the P.C. Super Bowl.
Reader Mail
Happy Days
2.2.07
Ben and Bob at home in America. Confined to quarters in Montana. Further Civil War reenactments. NAFTA, NAFTA. Still more rallying to the president's defense.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
The Current Crisis
Ben Is So Right
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.1.07
Ben Stein celebrates America. Everyone should.
Another Perspective
What If?
George H. Wittman | 2.1.07
Theoretically there are contingency plans for all possibilities — though who knows where they're buried?
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Rallying ‘Round Rumpole
Larry Thornberry | 2.1.07
John Mortimer's priceless creation now confronts the War on Terror.
Reader Mail
Snow Day
2.1.07
The making of the next conservative champion. Also: Immigration and Perotism. NAFTA mischief. Northern intellectuals vs. Robert E. Lee. Ben Stein and the Ohio mayor. A Man for All Seasons holds up. Plus much more.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
TAS Live
The Immigration Trap
Philip Klein | 1.31.07
The issue that could send Hillary to the White House.
Streetcar Line
A Meeting of Message, Messenger, and Moment
Quin Hillyer | 1.31.07
The makings of a conservative champion.
The Nation’s Pulse
Super Bowling
Lisa Fabrizio | 1.31.07
If not for the wondrous Bears, who'd ever want to watch?
Another Perspective
Subsidized “Free Trade”
Ralph R. Reiland | 1.31.07
Mexican workers were supposed to be winners under NAFTA — instead their jobs went to China and so they came here.
Movie Takes
Becket
James Bowman | 1.31.07
The revival of this Richard Burton-Peter O'Toole tells us more about 1964, the time it was made, than about 1170, the year in which the eponymous hero of the film was murdered.
Reader Mail
Civil Warring
1.31.07
Robert E. Lee — American hero? American traitor? Also: Ethanol on the cob, and other gas pains. Nuclear wasted. Plus much more.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Special Report
Bush the Gasoholic
William Tucker | 1.30.07
A delusional energy policy will get us nowhere, fast.
Political Hay
Cracking Up Is Hard to Do
W. James Antle, III | 1.30.07
After losing power, conservatives argue — and try to figure out what went wrong.
Another Perspective
Robert E. Lee: Icon of the South — and American Hero
H. W. Crocker, III | 1.30.07
This year marks the 200th anniversary of his birth.
The Public Policy
The Immorality of the Minimum Wage
Doug Bandow | 1.30.07
Naturally those who forcing others to pay it want to take all moral credit for their selflessness.
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Breaking With Left Fascism
Christopher Orlet | 1.30.07
The deadly appeal of regimes the U.S. opposes.
Reader Mail
An Inspired Profession
1.30.07
Regardless of one's profession — Hal Colebatch explains what makes a poet. Also: Saving for health. Round 3 of replies to Ben Stein. Plus more.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Washington Prowler
Arkansas Returns
The Prowler | 1.29.07
Mike Huckabee: “Anything goes.” Hillary: “Show me the money.”
Campaign Crawlers
The Candidate
Philip Klein | 1.29.07
Sounding more and more like a presidential candiate, Rudy Giuliani is well received at the annual gathering of New Hampshire Republicans.
The Public Policy
Better Late Than Never
David Hogberg | 1.29.07
On closer inspection, the Bush Health Insurance tax reform proposal is looking better and better.
Political Hay
The Long Shot Compulsion
John Tabin | 1.29.07
Mike Huckabee is the latest in a long list of oddballs to think he has an outside chance to win a presidential nomination.
Special Report
Pundit Fallacies
Jeremy Lott | 1.29.07
Who needs the Libertarian vote? Anyone? Anyone?
Reader Mail
Patriotic Poets Society
1.29.07
It's a long road from Mandalay. More on Ben Stein and presidential lynching. Wind energy blowback. Plus much more.
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