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Friday, October 10, 2008

Campaign Crawlers

Filibusted!

W. James Antle, III | 10.10.08 @ 12:09AM

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

topics: Trade, Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, NATO, Alaska

Special Report

Stealing Pennsylvania: "Massive Fraud"

Jeffrey Lord | 10.10.08 @ 12:08AM

ACORN accused of "flooding" state election boards with phony registrations.

topics: Barack Obama, Social Security, Law, Supreme Court, NATO

Political Hay

Why Ayers Still Matters

Patrick O'Hannigan | 10.10.08 @ 12:07AM

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

topics: Education, John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Federal Budget, Law, NATO, Socialism

The Nation's Pulse

Time of Sifting May Be at Hand

R. Andrew Newman | 10.10.08 @ 12:07AM

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

topics: Health Care, Television, Russia

The Public Policy

Intolerance for Imperfection

Daniel Allott | 10.10.08 @ 12:07AM

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

topics: Sarah Palin, Sports, Abortion, Law

At Large

Obama, Iraq, and Reality

George H. Wittman | 10.10.08 @ 12:07AM

He still wants out in 16 months.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Islam, Law, Military, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, NATO, Oil

Another Perspective

Nothing Else to Do

Lawrence Henry | 10.10.08 @ 12:07AM

Two days ago, I threw away my Percocets.

topics: Business, Books, Law

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Special Report

McCain’s Health Care Radicalism

Philip Klein | 10.9.08 @ 12:33AM

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

topics: Taxes, Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Law

The Current Crisis

The Clown of Campaign ’08

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.9.08 @ 12:08AM

Listen to the pride of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

topics: Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Television, Law, Pakistan, NATO, Alaska

Streetcar Line

It’s the Culture, Stupid

Quin Hillyer | 10.9.08 @ 12:08AM

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

topics: Education, John McCain, Barack Obama, Religion, Abortion, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Military

Political Hay

Guilt by Agreement

George Neumayr | 10.9.08 @ 12:08AM

The radical influences on Obama can't be dismissed.

topics: Barack Obama, Oil

The Public Policy

Demonizing Deregulation

Joseph Lawler | 10.9.08 @ 12:07AM

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

topics: John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Economics, Books, Law

The Nation's Pulse

Atoning With Broken Hearts (and Wallets)

Jay D. Homnick | 10.9.08 @ 12:07AM

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

topics: Business

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Buy the Book

Wising Up With George Soros

William Tucker | 10.8.08 @ 12:08AM

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

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Mainstream Media, Economics, Islam, Iraq, Energy, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

Last Call for John McCain

J. Peter Freire | 10.8.08 @ 12:08AM

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

topics: Foreign Policy, Military, Iraq, NATO

Special Report

Prepare for the Worst

Peter Ferrara | 10.8.08 @ 12:08AM

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

topics: Taxes, Trade, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Business, Federal Budget, Entitlements, Global Warming, Russia, NATO, Socialism, Energy, Oil, Unions

The Nation's Pulse

Free Speech in the Era of Obama

Christopher Orlet | 10.8.08 @ 12:07AM

Obama's supporters sharpen their police state tactics.

topics: Mainstream Media, Law

The Public Policy

Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places

Deborah A. O'Malley | 10.8.08 @ 12:07AM

Under an Obama presidency, you'll hear a lot more about "transnationalist jurisprudence."

topics: Barack Obama, Abortion, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, NATO

Another Perspective

George Slain by the Draggin'

Jay D. Homnick | 10.8.08 @ 12:06AM

The price we are paying for tearing down a President.

topics: John McCain, Business

Reader Mail

Callin' It Quits

10.8.08 @ 12:02AM

Is it really over? A special Reader Mail exchange on Robert Stacy McCain's "How John McCain Lost."

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, Business, Religion, Abortion, Supreme Court, Founding Fathers, Military, NATO, Socialism, Immigration, Alaska, Oil

Reader Mail

Let Palin Be Palin

10.8.08 @ 12:01AM

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

topics: Foreign Policy, Trade, John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Business, Religion, Constitution, Law, Founding Fathers, NATO, Immigration, Alaska, Oil

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Special Report

In the Tank for President Kerry

Jeffrey Lord | 10.7.08 @ 12:08AM

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

topics: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Mainstream Media, Sports, Abortion, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, NATO

Campaign Crawlers

Trust Not Your Handlers

Angelo M. Codevilla | 10.7.08 @ 12:08AM

An open letter to Gov. Sarah Palin.

topics: Foreign Policy, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Books, Law, Alaska

Political Hay

How John McCain Lost

Robert Stacy McCain | 10.7.08 @ 12:08AM

Let the campaign post-mortem begin.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, NATO, Immigration

Buy the Book

Our Founding Partisans

Robert D. Novak | 10.7.08 @ 12:07AM

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

topics: John McCain, Constitution, Law, Founding Fathers

Another Perspective

Stop the Debauchery

Lawrence A. Hunter | 10.7.08 @ 12:07AM

Hitting the reset button on the American economy.

topics: Foreign Policy, Sarah Palin, Business, Books, Law, NATO

The Nation's Pulse

Do Immigration Concerns Equal Racism?

Mark Tooley | 10.7.08 @ 12:07AM

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

topics: Education, Religion, Immigration

Reader Mail

In a Bad Place

10.7.08 @ 12:01AM

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

topics: Taxes, Education, Trade, John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, Business, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Energy, Oil

Monday, October 6, 2008

Another Perspective

End Game

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 10.6.08 @ 12:08AM

Dare we predict the election's outcome?

topics: John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Environment, NATO

Eminentoes

The Greeening of Thomas Friedman

William Tucker | 10.6.08 @ 12:08AM

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

topics: Business, Environment, Global Warming, Law, Energy, Oil

Political Hay

When Sarah Met Harry

J.T. Young | 10.6.08 @ 12:07AM

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

topics: John McCain, Sarah Palin, Energy, Alaska

The Nation's Pulse

So You Got a Speeding Ticket...

Eric Peters | 10.6.08 @ 12:07AM

You can't afford not to contest it -- and there are ways to do so.

topics: Law

Among the Intellectualoids

Do I Dare?

Judah Friedman | 10.6.08 @ 12:07AM

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

topics: Hollywood

Movie Takes

"Ghost Town"

James Bowman | 10.6.08 @ 12:02AM

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

topics: Business, Hollywood, Movies

Reader Mail

Picking Up the Pieces

10.6.08 @ 12:01AM

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

topics: Transportation, Foreign Policy, Education, Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Economics, Business, Religion, Islam, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Iraq, NATO, Socialism, Alaska, Oil

Reader Mail

European Airs

10.6.08 @ 12:01AM

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

topics: Taxes, Foreign Policy, Education, John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, Business, Global Warming, Hollywood, Movies, Constitution, Law, Military, Russia, Alaska

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The Threat to Medical Innovation

Philip Klein

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Get That Hacker a Pimp Coat

Paul Chesser

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Justice Dep't Recusal List!

Quin Hillyer

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The Ben Nelson Shuffle

W. James Antle, III

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AHIP Opposes Senate Health Bill

Philip Klein

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Moment of Truth

W. James Antle, III

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No Sales Days in the Afghan War

George H. Wittman

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Bureaucrats With Badges

Mark Hyman

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Obama in Wonderland

Ken Blackwell

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A Writer Speaks

William Tucker

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What Has Changed?

Robert P. Kirchhoefer

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High Stakes

Manon McKinnon

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