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Saturday, June 2, 2007

TAS Live

Liberty for Strangers: American Power and the Predicament of the Arabs

Fouad Ajami | 6.2.07 @ 11:56AM

In these impatient times, and ignoring the impact that America's unprecedented involvement is having on politics in the region, even true Western liberals now unfortunately regard democratization in the Middle East as nothing but a fool's errand.

TAS Live

The Case for Freedom

Natan Sharansky & Rod Dermer | 6.2.07 @ 11:40AM

Democracy hasn't failed in the Middle East. Rather, it has hardly been attempted, let alone defended, despite the Bush administration's commitments and correct understanding of its indispensability to U.S. national security.

TAS Live

The Ebb and Flow of Global Liberty

Michael Novak | 6.2.07 @ 11:09AM

There is no way around it: America's efforts to promote freedom in the world and protect her own security from Islamic extremism are ultimately dependent on success in Iraq.

TAS Live

Armies for Democracy -- Past, Present, and Future

Victor Davis Hanson | 6.2.07 @ 1:19AM

Has a grand tradition of "military liberalism" come to a dead end in Iraq?

topics: Constitution, Military, Iraq

Friday, June 1, 2007

Eminentoes

Stupak's Stupidity

Ben Stein | 6.1.07 @ 12:08AM

Who's advising the Democrats on gas gouging? Hugo Chavez?

topics: Trade, Nancy Pelosi, Business, Law, Socialism, Energy, Oil

Special Report

They Like to Watch

Christopher Orlet | 6.1.07 @ 12:08AM

Like it or not, surveillance cameras are coming to a street near you.

topics: Trade, Business, Books, Law, Oil

Another Perspective

Outsiders Like Us

Robert Stacy McCain | 6.1.07 @ 12:08AM

The category "immigrant" encompasses too great a diversity for the term "anti-immigrant" to have any useful meaning in the present debate.

topics: Foreign Policy, Education, Economics, Business, Law, Iraq, Immigration

At Large

Envy

Lawrence Henry | 6.1.07 @ 12:07AM

Pictures of unknowing health can have a disturbing effect.

The Nation's Pulse

The Cowboy Way

Larry Thornberry | 6.1.07 @ 12:07AM

Folks who call George W. Bush and Republicans "cowboys" are dumb enough to think that's an insult.

topics: Trade, Environment

The Public Policy

Paying for Carbon

Iain Murray | 6.1.07 @ 12:07AM

In "doing something" about global warming, carbon taxes are as useless as carbon trading schemes.

topics: Taxes, Economics, Global Warming, Energy

Political Hay

The Cost of Doing Business

Greg Blankenship | 6.1.07 @ 12:05AM

Illinois Democrats raised the minimum wage and now state contractors are paying the price.

topics: Taxes, Education, Health Care, Business, Law, Africa, Oil

Reader Mail

Border Showdown

6.1.07 @ 12:01AM

Reading and ripping the Senate immigration bill. Government unlimited. Thinkin' about Lincoln. Steel traps. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Business, Sports, Law, Military, Russia, United Nations, NATO, Socialism, Conservatism, Immigration

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Political Hay

Comprehensive Crack-Up?

W. James Antle, III | 5.31.07 @ 12:09AM

The coalition backing the Senate immigration bill is under pressure left and right.

topics: Barack Obama, John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, NATO, Immigration

The Current Crisis

Additions to the Lincoln Library

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.31.07 @ 12:08AM

Good books on our 16th President are always in season.

topics: Global Warming, Books, Iraq

Eminentoes

A Letter to Danny Glover

Gustavo Coronel | 5.31.07 @ 12:07AM

Hugo Chavez has replaced Mel Gibson as Mr. Glover's leading sidekick.

topics: Constitution, Law, Africa

Special Report

Is Demography Destiny?

Bernard Chapin | 5.31.07 @ 12:07AM

An interview with Mark Steyn, superstar.

topics: Islam, Books, Law, Socialism

The Nation's Pulse

Melting Pot of Gold

Jay D. Homnick | 5.31.07 @ 12:06AM

Has President Bush himself read the immigration bill he claims its critics haven't? Has anyone?

topics: Constitution, Law, Communism, Immigration, Oil

Among the Intellectualoids

Amnesty Irrational

Jamie Weinstein | 5.31.07 @ 12:06AM

A famed international human rights organization is always too happy to bash America first.

topics: Environment, Global Warming, Constitution, Law, Iran, North Korea, Energy

Reader Mail

Tormented Souls

5.31.07 @ 12:01AM

Can Republicans recover credibility? Also: Chicago -- whose kind of town? Elite convergence. Byzantine pride. Burning steel. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Social Security, Law, Founding Fathers, Israel, Conservatism, Oil

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Streetcar Line

How to Get Politics Right Again

Quin Hillyer | 5.30.07 @ 12:08AM

Principles are principal.

topics: Education, Law, Supreme Court, Iraq, Immigration, Nuclear Weapons

Special Report

Chattering-Class Blues

P. David Hornik | 5.30.07 @ 12:08AM

The telling story of a prodigal grandson.

topics: Religion, Global Warming, Military, Iran, Israel

The Nation's Pulse

Still My Kind of Town

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 5.30.07 @ 12:08AM

Chicago is friendly, energetic, loyal, and Midwestern to the core.

topics: Transportation, Movies, Law, Supreme Court, Africa

Political Hay

Media Muddles

Lisa Fabrizio | 5.30.07 @ 12:07AM

It's easy to miss the story if its implications run counter to your own agenda.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Religion, Abortion, Military, Iraq, NATO

Eminentoes

Speaking Ill of the Dead

Mark Tooley | 5.30.07 @ 12:06AM

The head of the National Council of Churches takes a parting shot at Jerry Falwell.

topics: Protestantism, Iraq, Africa

Reader Mail

After the Fall

5.30.07 @ 12:01AM

Doing as the Romans did? Illegal aliens and living wages. War heroes, then and now. The talented Messrs. Gore and Carter. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, Transportation, Hillary Clinton, Business, Entitlements, Medicaid, Islam, Books, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Africa, Communism, Immigration, Oil

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Washington Prowler

Sooner Rather Than Later

The Prowler | 5.29.07 @ 12:09AM

Oklahoma senator mulls presidential run. Also: Clinton-era Justice vetting crossed lines.

topics: Taxes, John McCain, Business, Law, Iraq, NATO

Campaign Crawlers

Hillary's Die Is Cast

Jennifer Rubin | 5.29.07 @ 12:08AM

It's official: she was for the war before she was against it. Does it help that she remains staunchly anti-capitalist?

topics: Health Care, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Business, Books, Law, Iraq

Political Hay

Smart Enough to Be Cretins

James Bowman | 5.29.07 @ 12:08AM

Qualities that make Messrs. Carter and Gore two of a kind.

topics: Global Warming, Law, Iraq, NATO

Special Report

The Last Sunrise

Paul J. Cella III | 5.29.07 @ 12:07AM

A once great empire was put out of its misery 554 years ago today.

topics: Islam, Books, NATO, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

The Deathly Living Wage

Jill Jenkins | 5.29.07 @ 12:07AM

The last thing it does is increase the wages of the poor.

topics: Economics, Business, Books, Law

Buy the Book

Things Go Better With Koch

Peter Hannaford | 5.29.07 @ 12:05AM

Thanks to its stellar commitment to free enterprise and democratic capitalism, Koch Industries doesn't have to toot its own horn.

topics: Transportation, Trade, Business, Law, Oil

Reader Mail

Speechless and Stunned

5.29.07 @ 12:01AM

Tributes to the War on Terror's lost heroes. An exchange: half-measures lose wars. Also: Going South. The Duke's middle name. Star Wars on track. Bending the rules. Conspiracy in Copenhagen. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Trade, John McCain, Mainstream Media, Business, Islam, Law, Military, Iraq, Russia, Oil

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