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Friday, March 2, 2007

Another Perspective

The Myth of Afghanistan

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 3.2.07

Picking up where Kipling and Lady Butler left off, lefty scribe Robert Fisk heedlessly distorts Britain's long record of success in controlling this historic buffer zone.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Look-at-Me Generation

Christopher Orlet | 3.2.07

What a long strange ego trip it's been.

The Public Policy

Mandatory Back-Up Cameras?

Eric Peters | 3.2.07

A parent who needs a TV screen to keep him from running over his children is doing a lousy job raising them.

At Large

The Ultimate Elsewhere

Lawrence Henry | 3.2.07

In the dead of winter, relocation to a sunny faraway continent beckons.

Movie Takes

Breach

James Bowman | 3.2.07

The FBI's riveting capture of Russian mole Robert Hanssen — but without patriotic uplift.

Reader Mail

Private Giving

3.2.07

Europeans just don't get it. Also: Can we talk … about immigration? Plus: Oily Jay, vouchers coopted, Fred T., the worldly Mr. Miller and more.

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Political Hay

Immigration Word Games

W. James Antle, III | 3.1.07

However you put it, legislation dealing with illegal aliens spells trouble for McCain.

Special Report

Privately Generous

Shawn Macomber | 3.1.07

Critics of American foreign aid stinginess haven't a leg to stand on now, thanks to the Hudson Institute.

The Current Crisis

Show Trial Senators

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.1.07

Why are Carl Levin and Jay Rockefeller out to get Douglas Feith?

The Nation’s Pulse

Adult Stem Cells Wars

Michael Fumento | 3.1.07

The moot attack on a pioneering stem cell paper.

Among the Intellectualoids

A Puny Step Forward

Neal McCluskey | 3.1.07

It's what passes for bold action at the Aspen Institute's Commission on leaving children far behind.

Reader Mail

Wish List Woes

3.1.07

Fred Thompson? Who next? Reader-voters aren't buying. Also: Wallis and Wilberforce. Ahmadinejad defended. Rudy reduxed. Chicago restored. Plus more.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Washington Prowler

Run, Fred, Run

The Prowler | 2.28.07

That's what many are saying about the likable Fred Thompson.

Campaign Crawlers

When Candidates Kerry On

Jennifer Rubin | 2.28.07

A presidential hopeful's political evolution ought to be the product of intelligent design.

Special Report

William Wilberforce Forced Left

Mark Tooley | 2.28.07

Guess who's claiming this Tory abolitionist and colleague of Edmund Burke as one of their own.

The Nation’s Pulse

A Tragicomedy of Innumerable Acts

Lisa Fabrizio | 2.28.07

Anna Nicole Smith's America.

The Public Policy

What Happened to Miracle Cures?

Charles Cirtwill | 2.28.07

Democratic attempts to control drug prices will stifle innovation and lower quality care.

Movie Takes

Close to Home

James Bowman | 2.28.07

Imagine if Maureen Dowd were a soldier in the Israeli army.

Reader Mail

A Bush Too Far

2.28.07

Not everyone is in the mood for a Bush-Clinton rematch. Also: History's mixed blessings. Appeasers' intentions. Dropping the big one. Plus more.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Streetcar Line

Jeb in 2008?

Quin Hillyer | 2.27.07

It's not as outlandish as you think.

The Nation’s Pulse

Where History Didn’t Turn

William Tucker | 2.27.07

How different things might have been in the U.S. if small things hadn't happened.

At Large

Iranian Intentions

George H. Wittman | 2.27.07

Once again the West is only too happy to delude itself.

Political Hay

A Man Unlike His Father

Ralph R. Reiland | 2.27.07

That's what New York's mob families learned the hard way about Rudy Giuliani.

Another Perspective

Time for a Change

Nicole Kurokawa | 2.27.07

Chicago today votes on its city council members, whose political principles appear to be modeled on San Francisco and Stockholm.

Reader Mail

Tough Sledding

2.27.07

Too true to be parody? Doug Bandow's Commission to Save Children. Also: Unions' dirty ballots. Inequality doesn't figure. Jackie Mason holds back. Plus much more.

Monday, February 26, 2007

Political Hay

Union Blues

Philip Klein | 2.26.07

A current House bill that limits worker freedom at the behest of big labor illustrates that there are, in fact, differences between the two parties.

Another Perspective

Solving the Safe Sledding Crisis

Doug Bandow | 2.26.07

No ice storm should ever again threaten the future of our nation's children.

Special Report

Inequality Doesn’t Measure Up

David Hogberg | 2.26.07

Statistics on income disparities invariably mislead and confuse.

Live From New York

Choice Democrats

Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder | 2.26.07

They are worse than mere hypocrites.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Hiker’s Bible

Bill Croke | 2.26.07

Don't leave home without it.

Movie Takes

The Last Sin Eater

James Bowman | 2.26.07

It comes to us from Fox Faith, a new label from Fox Faithless.

Reader Mail

Right Stuff

2.26.07

Irreversible conservatism. Lent. Retirement. Hiding behind Truman. Domestic jihadis. Rudy this and that. Plus more.

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