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Friday, October 10, 2008

Campaign Crawlers

Filibusted!

W. James Antle, III | 10.10.08

If Republicans aren’t careful, they could be looking at a very blue Senate next year.

Special Report

Stealing Pennsylvania: “Massive Fraud”

Jeffrey Lord | 10.10.08

ACORN accused of “flooding” state election boards with phony registrations.

Political Hay

Why Ayers Still Matters

Patrick O'Hannigan | 10.10.08

No one knows that better than the nervous Obama and his fellow dissemblers.

The Nation’s Pulse

Time of Sifting May Be at Hand

R. Andrew Newman | 10.10.08

The United States is not immune from history’s slings and arrows.

The Public Policy

Intolerance for Imperfection

Daniel Allott | 10.10.08

The cultural prejudice against children with developmental disabilities is being seriously challenged.

At Large

Obama, Iraq, and Reality

George H. Wittman | 10.10.08

He still wants out in 16 months.

Another Perspective

Nothing Else to Do

Lawrence Henry | 10.10.08

Two days ago, I threw away my Percocets.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Special Report

McCain’s Health Care Radicalism

Philip Klein | 10.9.08

Conservatives should see this as a welcome development, and not only because Obama feels threatened by it.

The Current Crisis

The Clown of Campaign ’08

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.9.08

Listen to the pride of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Streetcar Line

It’s the Culture, Stupid

Quin Hillyer | 10.9.08

Barack Obama remains extremely vulnerable on a battleground where John McCain should be routing him.

Political Hay

Guilt by Agreement

George Neumayr | 10.9.08

The radical influences on Obama can’t be dismissed.

The Public Policy

Demonizing Deregulation

Joseph Lawler | 10.9.08

Legal minds know better than anyone what clamping down on Wall Street will mean.

The Nation’s Pulse

Atoning With Broken Hearts (and Wallets)

Jay D. Homnick | 10.9.08

There’s a long list of sins to admit to on this Yom Kippur.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Buy the Book

Wising Up With George Soros

William Tucker | 10.8.08

A very good perspective on the current meltdown — though watch your back.

Campaign Crawlers

Last Call for John McCain

J.P. Freire | 10.8.08

He was saved last night only because Barack Obama was just as mediocre. Does he have any fight left?

Special Report

Prepare for the Worst

Peter Ferrara | 10.8.08

Under Democratic rule, today’s troubles will seem like the good old days, predict the authors of The End of Prosperity.

The Nation’s Pulse

Free Speech in the Era of Obama

Christopher Orlet | 10.8.08

Obama’s supporters sharpen their police state tactics.

The Public Policy

Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places

Deborah A. O'Malley | 10.8.08

Under an Obama presidency, you’ll hear a lot more about “transnationalist jurisprudence.”

Another Perspective

George Slain by the Draggin’

Jay D. Homnick | 10.8.08

The price we are paying for tearing down a President.

Reader Mail

Callin’ It Quits

10.8.08

Is it really over? A special Reader Mail exchange on Robert Stacy McCain’s “How John McCain Lost.”

Reader Mail

Let Palin Be Palin

10.8.08

How to handle those handlers. Anti-Immigration as racism. Sarcasm lost. Plus more.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Special Report

In the Tank for President Kerry

Jeffrey Lord | 10.7.08

The New York Times and the 2004 media narrative designed to defeat George W. Bush.

Campaign Crawlers

Trust Not Your Handlers

Angelo M. Codevilla | 10.7.08

An open letter to Gov. Sarah Palin.

Political Hay

How John McCain Lost

Robert Stacy McCain | 10.7.08

Let the campaign post-mortem begin.

Another Perspective

Stop the Debauchery

Lawrence A. Hunter | 10.7.08

Hitting the reset button on the American economy.

The Nation’s Pulse

Do Immigration Concerns Equal Racism?

Mark Tooley | 10.7.08

They sure do, according to the National Council of Churches.

Buy the Book

Our Founding Partisans

Robert D. Novak | 10.7.08

America’s first dirty election, a mere 208 years ago.

Reader Mail

In a Bad Place

10.7.08

The days grow shorter for the good guys. A tale of two Friedmans. An American Carol isn’t impressing. Heedless speeder. Plus more.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Another Perspective

End Game

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 10.6.08

Dare we predict the election’s outcome?

Eminentoes

The Greeening of Thomas Friedman

William Tucker | 10.6.08

He’s trying hard to save the Earth, but he doesn’t much know what he’s talking about.

Political Hay

When Sarah Met Harry

J.T. Young | 10.6.08

Does anyone still remember how unqualified Harry Truman was once thought to be?

The Nation’s Pulse

So You Got a Speeding Ticket…

Eric Peters | 10.6.08

You can’t afford not to contest it — and there are ways to do so.

Among the Intellectualoids

Do I Dare?

Judah Friedman | 10.6.08

Will going to see An American Carol end the career of an aspiring Hollywood writer?

Movie Takes

“Ghost Town”

James Bowman | 10.6.08

The great Ricky Gervais in his first leading role in a feature film.

Reader Mail

Picking Up the Pieces

10.6.08

A special Reader Mail section on Sarah Palin, the pressies, and J. Peter Freire’s “The Barracuda Bites Back.”

Reader Mail

European Airs

10.6.08

Hateful ingrates and other Obamaites. Also: Which side to blame? Carol and the humbugs. Palin’s airspace defense. Plus more.

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