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Friday, December 21, 2007

Washington Prowler

Why Mitt?

The Prowler | 12.21.07

Tancredo could have endorsed Thompson. Also: Meet Huckabee's finances.

Political Hay

Guess Who’s Coming to Des Moines

David Weigel | 12.21.07

Hillary Clinton's best hope is that black and white Democrats will think the rest of the country is too racist to elect an African-American president.

Special Report

‘Tis the Season to Be Guilty

Shawn Macomber | 12.21.07

In wanting to remove consumerism from Christmas, it's not religion that the Left would restore.

Another Perspective

A Sentimental God

Lawrence Henry | 12.21.07

Singing Christmas carols in New England — maybe for the last time.

The Nation’s Pulse

Somewhere, Mr. Edison Gently Weeps

Sam Kazman | 12.21.07

Not the brightest bulbs on the Hill.

The Public Policy

Round Yon Tax Credit

Adam B. Schaeffer | 12.21.07

All parents want for Christmas is a different school.

Among the Intellectualoids

Bad Faith Bestseller

Jeremy Lott | 12.21.07

Calling bah, humbug on christopher hitchens's phony baloney atheism.

Reader Mail

Paint It Black

12.21.07

Sticking up for Conrad. Mahony's flack hits back. Food fight. Plus much more.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Campaign Crawlers

Questions About Chris

Shawn Macomber | 12.20.07

Senator Dodd knows who you are and who he isn't.

The Current Crisis

You’ve Got a Friend

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.20.07

Conrad Black and the meaning of friendship.

Political Hay

So Much for the Ideology of Tactics

Jeffrey Lord | 12.20.07

Is the Clintons' reign as the King and Queen of political tactics finally over?

Buy the Book

Life Was Blue

W. James Antle, III | 12.20.07

The Democratic Party was once the home of social conservatives. Can they go home again?

Media Matters

Lonely Are the Mad

Christopher Orlet | 12.20.07

Al Qaeda's latest straight-to-VHS release.

At Large

Prime Minister of Catatonia

Jay D. Homnick | 12.20.07

Ehud Olmert's coma etiquette.

Reader Mail

Mahony Hits Back

12.20.07

A letter from the archdiocese. Midwestern delicacies. Where's John Wayne when you need him? Plus more.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Campaign Crawlers

Why Hillary Will Lose Iowa

Timothy P. Carney | 12.19.07

She might even finish third.

Streetcar Line

Simple Simeon

Quin Hillyer | 12.19.07

Joy to the World.

Special Report

The Mean Streets of Los Angeles

George Neumayr | 12.19.07

Where Cardinal Mahony is a big hit.

Political Hay

Hillary and Obama

Lisa Fabrizio | 12.19.07

Will the Democrats still love them tomorrow? Or will they swoon for a slick, sweet-talking Southern lawyer?

TAS Live

The Socialist Bacillus and the Investor Class

Tom Bethell | 12.19.07

Democrats are becoming wary of their tax-the-rich rhetoric.

Movie Takes

Nanking

James Bowman | 12.19.07

A harrowing account of the brutal Japanese occupation of the Chinese capital in 1937.

Reader Mail

Behaving Like This

12.19.07

Mitt's Swedish sweetheart. Taken to school. Another Paulite for TAS. Plus more.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Campaign Crawlers

Romney One Leg

Shawn Macomber | 12.18.07

Mitt Romney abandons the three-legged stool for the Iowa confrontation with Mike Huckabee.

Among the Intellectualoids

A Brutalist Bargain

Charles Paul Freund | 12.18.07

Members of D.C.'s Historic Preservation Review Board show themselves to be a bunch of concrete blockheads.

Washington Prowler

Iowa Jitters

The Prowler | 12.18.07

Romney's nervous slide. Huckabee won't meet press? (Updated, 2:18 p.m.) Also: Glendon off and on.

At Large

The Devil We Know

George H. Wittman | 12.18.07

But who is “Dima,” the disciple whom Vladimir Putin has chosen as his successor?

The Public Policy

The Myth of High-Stakes Testing

RiShawn Biddle | 12.18.07

One education cliche that should be left behind.

Reader Mail

Ron Paul in New Light

12.18.07

Macomber's happy readers. Also: Out of step with McCain. That other man from Hope. Fred alive and well. Plus more.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Campaign Crawlers

Dr. No On Ice

Shawn Macomber | 12.17.07

Ron Paul might get booed at Republican debates, but he's drawing crowds in Iowa.

Another Perspective

Five Steps for McCain

Jennifer Rubin | 12.17.07

The Arizona senator can still win. Here's how.

Washington Prowler

Call Waiting

The Prowler | 12.17.07

Who placed those anti-Romney calls? Also: Obama wants to call on Al.

Political Hay

Rasmussen and Rudy

Larry Thornberry | 12.17.07

Huckabee crowds Giuliani in Florida.

Movie Takes

Atonement

James Bowman | 12.17.07

Those who were annoyed by the novel will probably be infuriated by the movie.

Reader Mail

Frudy for President

12.17.07

Family lexicons. Sympathy for Michael Vick. Negative atheists. Plus much more.

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