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Friday, May 2, 2008

Eminentoes

Dunderhead Diplomat

Clinton W. Taylor | 5.2.08 @ 12:08AM

Who can save us from the Richardson Juggernaut in the next State Department?

topics: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Business, Military, Iran, Africa, North Korea, Energy, Oil

At Large

Mischaracterizing Mugabe

Matthew Omolesky | 5.2.08 @ 12:08AM

He's a post-colonial Ignis Fatuus, committed to the worst of the colonial era's brutality and ruthlessness.

topics: Transportation, Trade, Law, Military, Africa, North Korea

The Public Policy

Ensuring Disaster

Eli Lehrer | 5.2.08 @ 12:07AM

A national catastrophe in the making.

topics: Taxes, Environment, NATO

Media Matters

The "W" Word

Lawrence Henry | 5.2.08 @ 12:07AM

Kill the cliche.

topics: Business, Iran

Among the Intellectualoids

Sense and Sensitivity

Christopher Orlet | 5.2.08 @ 12:07AM

In Europe, hurt feelings are now more important than freedom of speech or of the press.

topics: Satire, Religion, Islam, Books, Constitution, Law, Africa

Another Perspective

All Is Not Wright

Jay D. Homnick | 5.2.08 @ 12:06AM

Should the man be blamed for his politics?

topics: Barack Obama, Religion, Law, Israel

Campaign Crawlers

Confessions of a Political Junkie

Manon McKinnon | 5.2.08 @ 12:06AM

Thank you, Joseph Epstein.

topics: John McCain, Television

Reader Mail

Going for Barack

5.2.08 @ 12:01AM

Tragedy or farce? The new old racism. Also: Electric driving and sticker shock. Tulsa schools. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Mainstream Media, Sports, Environment, Law, NATO, Africa, Energy, Oil, Unions

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Templeton Essay

Sin No More

Rémi Brague | 5.1.08 @ 7:06PM

Liberty, the West, and the Judeo-Christian heritage.

The Current Crisis

The Tragedy of Campaign '08

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.1.08 @ 12:08AM

How is it that Barack Obama of all people has become a racially divisive candidate?

topics: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Entitlements, Sports, NATO

Streetcar Line

Flatbed Hillary

Quin Hillyer | 5.1.08 @ 12:08AM

Her use for poor white workers will end the minute the campaign is over.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Abortion, Law

Political Hay

Wright's Revelation: Obama Is Just a Politician

Andrew Cline | 5.1.08 @ 12:08AM

The problem then becomes: Did Obama lie to Wright, or to the American people?

topics: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Business, NATO

Special Report

McCainCare vs. ObamaCare

David Catron | 5.1.08 @ 12:08AM

McCain not conservative enough? Consider the alternative.

topics: Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Business, Medicaid, Environment, Law, NATO, Conservatism, Immigration, Medicare

The Nation's Pulse

Plug In -- And Pay Up

Eric Peters | 5.1.08 @ 12:07AM

Some shocking news for anyone hoping to trade in his gas guzzler for a battery-powered hybrid.

At Large

The Hadith Bomb

Peter Hannaford | 5.1.08 @ 12:07AM

A Turkish project's reinterpretation of Islam's second most holy work could have devastating consequences.

topics: Islam, Constitution, Law, Military, European Union

Reader Mail

Fake Phonies

5.1.08 @ 12:01AM

Fibbing liars. Ignorant educators. Frenemies. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Trade, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Television, Business, Sports, Religion, Islam, Constitution, Law, NATO, Africa, Libertarianism, Unions

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Political Hay

The Dirty Secret of Identity Politics

George Neumayr | 4.30.08 @ 12:08AM

Hint: It can't get us "beyond race."

topics: Bill Clinton, Law, Oil

Eminentoes

Character Issues

John Samples | 4.30.08 @ 12:08AM

Policy questions aren't the only questions voters should have for McCain and Obama.

topics: Barack Obama, Law, Iraq, NATO

Special Report

Schooling the Reformers

RiShawn Biddle | 4.30.08 @ 12:08AM

How the teachers unions keep winning.

topics: Education, Bill Clinton, Business, Books, Law, Unions

At Large

Sliding Into Recession

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | 4.30.08 @ 12:07AM

Not just here but in countries like India, which profited when the U.S. went on an overspending binge.

topics: Trade, Hollywood, Pakistan, Africa

Another Perspective

Backed Into a Corner

Lisa Fabrizio | 4.30.08 @ 12:07AM

Rev. Jeremiah Wright has Barack Obama right where he wants him.

topics: Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Religion

Movie Takes

"Priceless"

James Bowman | 4.30.08 @ 12:02AM

And Audrey Tautou is gorgeous.

topics: Movies, Oil

Reader Mail

Wright Frenzy

4.30.08 @ 12:01AM

Will someone please cancel this show? Expecting the worst from McCain. Post-Eagleton shock. Democrats shriekingly sound. Plus the typo of the year, and more.

topics: John McCain, Business, Religion, Constitution, Iraq, Iran, NATO, Oil

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Special Report

Wright Answer?

Sean Higgins | 4.29.08 @ 12:08AM

The crowd loved him.

topics: Barack Obama, Religion, NATO, Africa

Another Perspective

Obama's Eagleton Affair

Robert Stacy McCain | 4.29.08 @ 12:08AM

An unforced error creates a crisis for Democrats.

topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Islam

Political Hay

What If William Ayers Were Black?

Jeffrey Lord | 4.29.08 @ 12:08AM

Is John McCain a paternalist in a post-racial world?

topics: Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Television, Religion, Books, NATO, Africa

Among the Intellectualoids

Caught Red Handed

Daniel J. Flynn | 4.29.08 @ 12:07AM

Sexually transmitted Communism has been removed from the left's history books and other hagiographic treatments.

topics: Hollywood, Russia, Africa, Communism

At Large

Stirring Iraq's Boiling Pot

George H. Wittman | 4.29.08 @ 12:07AM

Iran wants to make sure it remains set on high.

topics: Foreign Policy, Religion, Islam, Military, Iraq, Iran, Oil

Sports Arena

Dangling Chad

James David Dickson | 4.29.08 @ 12:07AM

Why the Cincinnati Bengals should have traded Chad Johnson, and any other malcontents.

topics: Trade, Sports

Reader Mail

Surly Scribblers

4.29.08 @ 12:01AM

Keyed up Keyes supporters. Marathon madmen. Yammering Yahoos. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, John McCain, Economics, Business, Religion, Abortion, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Iran, NATO, Africa, Socialism, Conservatism, Immigration

Monday, April 28, 2008

Political Hay

Goodbye to the New Deal

William Tucker | 4.28.08 @ 12:08AM

The great Democratic coalition is now down to two constituencies.

topics: Education, Business, Religion, Law, NATO, Africa

Campaign Crawlers

Out of Keyes

W. James Antle, III | 4.28.08 @ 12:08AM

Landslide Alan's latest election loss.

topics: Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Abortion, Constitution, Iraq, United Nations, NATO

Sports Arena

Running Fool

Joel Miller | 4.28.08 @ 12:08AM

It wasn't the Boston Marathon -- more like a death march.

topics: Business, Energy, Oil

Another Perspective

Cling Static

Judah Friedman | 4.28.08 @ 12:08AM

Would Obama prefer that we cling to him?

topics: Barack Obama, Religion

The Public Policy

Public Know Nothings

Peter Suderman | 4.28.08 @ 12:07AM

Congress should keep its hands off that "series of tubes."

topics: Business, Abortion, NATO

The Nation's Pulse

Summer Soldiers

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 4.28.08 @ 12:07AM

The Democrats' civil war promises to be a long hard slog.

topics: Barack Obama, NATO, Africa

Eminentoes

Bill's Wife Eye

Andrew Cline | 4.28.08 @ 12:07AM

Former President Clinton suggests Obama, Clinton families go on ABC's "Wife Swap."

topics: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Sports, NATO

Reader Mail

Ivy League Scolds

4.28.08 @ 12:01AM

The audacious Obamas. Rembrandt v. Picasso. Proud like McCarthy. Plus more.

topics: Business, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Communism, Oil

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