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Friday, June 13, 2008

Another Perspective

Lord Kennedy

John Tabin | 6.13.08 @ 2:00AM

The swing voter expands his judicial fiefdom.

topics: Trade, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Oil

Eminentoes

Supreme Cowardice

Larry Thornberry | 6.13.08 @ 12:08AM

The Fab Five's terrorist catch and release program.

topics: Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Iran

Special Report

St. John's Fort

Joseph Lawler | 6.13.08 @ 12:07AM

When President Bush meets with the Pope Benedict today, they'll have much to discuss.

topics: Vladimir Putin, Business, Religion, Catholicism, Law, Iraq

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Leaving Nixonland

David Weigel | 6.13.08 @ 12:07AM

Finally, an even-handed history of the backlash.

topics: Education, Barack Obama, Books, Conservatism, Oil

At Large

Against the Grain

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | 6.13.08 @ 12:07AM

World grain production is at record highs. So why are there food riots?

topics: Trade, Russia, Pakistan, United Nations, Oil

Political Hay

Religious Need Not Apply

Mark Tooley | 6.13.08 @ 12:07AM

Senate Democrats are working overtime to exclude orthodox believers from the Surgeon General's office.

topics: Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Law, NATO, Unions

Reader Mail

Expensive Thirst

6.13.08 @ 12:01AM

Deadly $4 gas. Trying to outlast big government. McCain's the man. Plus More.

topics: Taxes, Transportation, Trade, Health Care, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Business, Sports, Global Warming, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, NATO, Energy, Oil

Thursday, June 12, 2008

The Current Crisis

Tough Leadership

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.12.08 @ 12:08AM

John McCain's executive edge.

topics: John McCain, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Military, NATO

Eminentoes

Hollywood Heroes and Villains

George Neumayr | 6.12.08 @ 12:08AM

It was a bad week for Eastwood and Bardot but a great one for Roman Polanski.

topics: Hollywood, Movies, Africa

Streetcar Line

Torrey Hallelujah

Quin Hillyer | 6.12.08 @ 12:08AM

A national, Open spectacle gets under way today.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama

The Nation's Pulse

Hummer's Done

Eric Peters | 6.12.08 @ 12:07AM

Is General Motors next?

topics: Business, Military

Among the Intellectualoids

Poetic Justice

Christopher Orlet | 6.12.08 @ 12:07AM

Cruel and unusual punishment in enlightened Vermont.

topics: Law

Political Hay

Unfairness Doctrine

Cord Blomquist | 6.12.08 @ 12:07AM

Byron Dorgan and company do not want a free market of ideas.

topics: Environment, Law, Supreme Court, NATO

Reader Mail

Clinton Uprising

6.12.08 @ 12:01AM

Don't count out the Deadly Duo. $100 million in a month. Libertarian Party tales. Healthcare ain't free. Plus more.

topics: Trade, Health Care, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mainstream Media, Business, Islam, Global Warming, Books, Constitution, Law, Military, Iran, NATO, Immigration, Energy, Oil, Medicare

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Political Hay

The Comeback Clinton

Philip Klein | 6.11.08 @ 12:08AM

Why Hillary might be back in four years.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

Special Report

Ljubljana Revisited

Matthew Omolesky | 6.11.08 @ 12:08AM

Seven years after his first visit, President Bush returns to the Slovenian capital for a most cordial of EU-U.S. summits.

topics: Trade, Law, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

Barr's Bedfellows

Robert Stacy McCain | 6.11.08 @ 12:08AM

The Libertarian candidate has an anti-war flashback.

topics: Foreign Policy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, NATO, Communism, Energy

The Public Policy

Free Market Universal Care

Peter Ferrara | 6.11.08 @ 12:08AM

Yes, universal health care through the free market is possible. But first, Republicans will have to stop co-sponsoring killer bills like Sen. Ron Wyden's Healthy Americans Act.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, Federal Budget, Social Security, Medicaid, Sports, Abortion, NATO, Medicare

Another Perspective

Obama's Fast Draw

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 6.11.08 @ 12:07AM

Will Kid Barack raise a cool hundred million this month?

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Business, Hollywood, NATO

The Nation's Pulse

Time Is on Our Side

Lisa Fabrizio | 6.11.08 @ 12:06AM

Yes it is?

topics: Education, Trade, John McCain, Mainstream Media, Environment, Global Warming, Books, Constitution, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, Africa, Oil

Reader Mail

Sunk Costs

6.11.08 @ 12:01AM

A battle for the books. Obama's pothole problem. Going for broke. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, John McCain, Harry Reid, Economics, Social Security, Medicaid, Environment, Global Warming, Law, Iran, NATO, Conservatism, Alaska, Medicare

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Political Hay

LBJ's List and the Conservative Challenge

Jeffrey Lord | 6.10.08 @ 12:08AM

Obama dismisses the Great Society's trillions as chump change. Conservatives had better learn from that.

topics: Education, Health Care, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Social Security, Medicaid, Environment, Law, NATO, Conservatism, Immigration, Oil, Medicare

Special Report

Talking With the Bad Guys

George H. Wittman | 6.10.08 @ 12:08AM

It's always part of the game, no matter what the politicians say.

topics: Foreign Policy, Business, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan

In Memoriam

Stephen Hopkins vs. the Germans

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 6.10.08 @ 12:08AM

A forgotten story that America's friends -- and enemies -- would do well to remember.

topics: Military, NATO, Oil

Another Perspective

Real Estate Survival 2008

Barron Thomas | 6.10.08 @ 12:07AM

What's the single most important ingredient to success? A postcard from Phoenix, Arizona.

Eminentoes

Chuck Grassley, King of Pork

Matt Kibbe | 6.10.08 @ 12:07AM

His swinish war on American pocketbooks continues.

topics: Taxes, Education, Health Care, Barack Obama, Business, Earmarks, Environment, NATO, Conservatism

The Nation's Pulse

Beach Economics

Ralph R. Reiland | 6.10.08 @ 12:07AM

As the economy flounders...

topics: Law, Russia

Reader Mail

Horsefeathers

6.10.08 @ 12:01AM

Everyone's a bookie on race day. Team Clinton taps out. Republicans are a disaster too. The two Alaskas. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Trade, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Television, Economics, Environment, Global Warming, Constitution, Law, NATO, Africa, Alaska, Oil

Monday, June 9, 2008

Political Hay

The Party's Over

W. James Antle, III | 6.9.08 @ 12:09AM

Hillary's reluctant concession proves that the Clintons no longer control the Democratic Party.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Business, Iraq, NATO, Africa

Special Report

Small Brown

Philip Klein | 6.9.08 @ 12:08AM

It took eight hours in the boiling Belmont heat to relearn the oldest lesson in horseracing.

topics: Oil

Campaign Crawlers

Masters of Disaster

Robert Stacy McCain | 6.9.08 @ 12:08AM

Is Obama another classic Democratic blunder?

topics: Taxes, John McCain, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Islam, Iraq

Another Perspective

A Tough Year for Inevitability

Paul Beston | 6.9.08 @ 12:07AM

From politics to horse races to Super Bowls, there are no foregone conclusions.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sports, Iraq

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Map Quest

David Mark | 6.9.08 @ 12:07AM

Mark Stein sleuths out how the states got their shapes.

topics: Transportation, Constitution, Law, Military, Oil

Eminentoes

Vanity Unfair

Jay D. Homnick | 6.9.08 @ 12:06AM

Bill Clinton's 1.3 million grateful, if uninterviewed, souls.

topics: Bill Clinton

Reader Mail

Other People's Money

6.9.08 @ 12:01AM

Big mouths, small hearts. Webb spun. Some people never learn. Others do. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Foreign Policy, Trade, Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Mainstream Media, Business, Islam, Abortion, Environment, Global Warming, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Military, United Nations, NATO, Energy, Oil

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