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Friday, August 31, 2007

Campaign Crawlers

Romney's New Rx

Michael F. Cannon | 8.31.07 @ 12:08AM

Free of Massachusetts, Mitt makes strides toward genuine free-market health care.

topics: Trade, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Medicaid, Law, Conservatism

Political Hay

Democrats Are Idaho Dreamin'

Liz Mair | 8.31.07 @ 12:08AM

Larry Craig's troubles have inflated Democrats' hopes of capturing another Senate seat.

topics: NATO, Conservatism

Another Perspective

Stuff

Lawrence Henry | 8.31.07 @ 12:07AM

It wouldn't be a family if the house weren't overflowing with material possessions of every sort.

topics: Books, Oil

Special Report

Anti-War Despair

Mark Tooley | 8.31.07 @ 12:07AM

Unlike their Vietnam-era predecessors, today's Religious Left has lost faith in both God and country.

topics: Trade, Religion, Military, Iraq, Iran, Africa, Energy

Campaign Crawlers

Democratic Sanity Check

Mark Goldblatt | 8.31.07 @ 12:07AM

Would another major terrorist strike against the U.S. really help Republicans?

topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, NATO

The Nation's Pulse

Year-End 2007: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

Barron Thomas | 8.31.07 @ 12:07AM

Ask Barron first.

Reader Mail

The Unforgiven

8.31.07 @ 12:01AM

No kind words for John McCain. Also: Vietnam right-left. Gay selection. New Orleans on the level. Plus more.

topics: John McCain, Economics, Religion, Islam, Abortion, Law, Military, Iraq, Israel, NATO, Socialism, Immigration

Thursday, August 30, 2007

The Current Crisis

John McCain Battles On

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.30.07 @ 12:08AM

The old combat pilot has plenty of fight left in him.

topics: John McCain, Television, Military, Iraq, NATO

Political Hay

Getting Vietnam Right

Mark Moyar | 8.30.07 @ 12:08AM

The line between appeasement and self-delusion is very thin.

topics: Military, Iraq, NATO, Socialism

Special Report

Amnesty International Adieu

Doug Bandow | 8.30.07 @ 12:08AM

The long-time human rights defender now defends a fundamental human wrong.

topics: Health Care, Abortion, Law

At Large

Russia, Inc.

George H. Wittman | 8.30.07 @ 12:07AM

With Putin it's not personal, just business.

topics: Trade, Vladimir Putin, Business, Sports, Hollywood, Military, Iran, Russia, NATO, Energy, Oil

Another Perspective

China Meets Subprime

David Donadio | 8.30.07 @ 12:07AM

The crisis is bad enough in an open economy. Imagine how much worse it can be if market information is harder to come by and investors have less freedom.

topics: Trade, Business

The Nation's Pulse

Gays in the Militancy

Jay D. Homnick | 8.30.07 @ 12:07AM

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

topics: Law, NATO, Oil

Reader Mail

The Battle of New Orleans

8.30.07 @ 12:01AM

It will never end. Also: the skinny on fat: an exchange. Mother Teresa's "dark night." Nixon, beauty, and taste. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Barack Obama, Iraq, Oil, Unions

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Political Hay

Nixon's Gift

Jeffrey Lord | 8.29.07 @ 12:08AM

What the former president taught me about "intellectual junk food."

topics: Foreign Policy, Television, Abortion, Books, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, NATO

Special Report

Fat Chance

Michael Fumento | 8.29.07 @ 12:08AM

To lengthen your life, ignore the Fatophiles.

topics: Books, Law

Streetcar Line

Memories of a City

Quin Hillyer | 8.29.07 @ 12:08AM

A cultural treasure that must be saved.

topics: Trade, Business, Catholicism, Russia

Another Perspective

Dark Night, Blessed Morning

Lisa Fabrizio | 8.29.07 @ 12:07AM

Mother Teresa has once again taken center stage in world opinion.

topics: Abortion

The Public Policy

The Ignored Amendment

Ralph R. Reiland | 8.29.07 @ 12:07AM

Cruel and unusual punishments and fines come into their own.

topics: Taxes, Transportation, Economics, Business, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court

Movie Takes

Mr. Bean's Holiday

James Bowman | 8.29.07 @ 12:02AM

A real treat for fans of Rowan Atkinson -- and who cannot be a fan of his?

topics: Television, Movies, Russia

Reader Mail

Exactly Right

8.29.07 @ 12:01AM

There is no substitute for victory. But was it enough to lose in Vietnam but win the Cold War? Also: Optimistic about 2008. Hurricanes and Welfare. Plus more.

topics: Foreign Policy, Bill Clinton, Television, Social Security, Islam, Books, Military, Iraq, Russia, Pakistan, Socialism, Communism, Oil

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Another Perspective

A Question of National Honor

James Bowman | 8.28.07 @ 12:08AM

That's why Iraq is like Vietnam.

topics: Education, Books, Military, Iraq

Political Hay

Bring It On

David Hogberg | 8.28.07 @ 12:08AM

Reasons to be optimistic about 2008.

topics: Health Care, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Earmarks, Law, Iraq, Oil, Medicare

The Nation's Pulse

A Tale of Two Visitors

Bill Croke | 8.28.07 @ 12:07AM

If you're in Cody, there's only one person to see.

topics: Law, Oil

Special Report

Taming the Hurricane

Patrick J. Michaels | 8.28.07 @ 12:07AM

Hurricane Dean, which hit Yucatan last week, was as strong as killer Hurricane Janet back in 1955. So how come no one died this time?

topics: Trade, Business, Environment, Global Warming

TAS Live

Art, Beauty, and Judgment

Roger Scruton | 8.28.07 @ 12:06AM

Good taste is as important in aesthetics as it is in humor.

topics: Education

Reader Mail

Good News Assessments

8.28.07 @ 12:01AM

The ballade of Alberto Gonzales. Winning back Iraq. Disrespecting Steve Laffey. WHO's dirty health care. Plus more.

topics: Mainstream Media, Business, Abortion, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Conservatism

Monday, August 27, 2007

Special Report

Another Iraqi "Awakening"

Jeff Emanuel | 8.27.07 @ 12:08AM

In yet another region of Iraq, one tribe decides that it wants something better than what the insurgency has to offer.

topics: Islam, Military, Iraq, Israel

Political Hay

A Laffey Matter

W. James Antle, III | 8.27.07 @ 12:08AM

Lincoln Chafee's conservative primary challenger wonders why his party favored a Rockefeller Republican over a Reaganite.

topics: Taxes, Business, Abortion, Constitution, Iraq, NATO, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

If the Shoe Fits

Thomas Cheplick | 8.27.07 @ 12:07AM

Do the fashion critics who disliked Fred Thompson's Gucci loafers remember Ronald Reagan's Jodhpurs?

topics: John McCain, Television, Movies, NATO, Communism

Another Perspective

A Summer Chill

Peter Hannaford | 8.27.07 @ 12:07AM

The weather refuses to cooperate with the falling sky alarmists.

topics: Business, Global Warming, Law, Energy

Buy the Book

Indispensable Encounters

Paul Johnson | 8.27.07 @ 12:06AM

A tribute to the catholicity of the New Criterion's Hilton Kramer and Roger Kimball.

topics: Religion, Founding Fathers

Reader Mail

Military Motivations

8.27.07 @ 12:01AM

Iraq war death rates -- Lancet authors reply. Stauffenberg's reasoning. Semper Fi and more. Plus much else.

topics: Iraq, Oil

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