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Friday, October 17, 2008

Breaking News

Pennsylvania GOP Sues ACORN and Rendell Appointee

Jeffrey Lord | 10.17.08

Lawsuit alleges fraud and sets up charges of stolen election.

Political Hay

Barack the Government Slayer

W. James Antle, III | 10.17.08

Don’t believe it — or the conventional wisdom about tax cuts.

Special Report

Obama’s Drive for “Equality”

William Tucker | 10.17.08

Behind the bizarre thesis that America has become the “land of inequality.”

At Large

Obama Couldn’t Be Cleared

George H. Wittman | 10.17.08

In matters of security clearance, past associations often can mean the end of the process rather than just the beginning.

Another Perspective

War: What Is It Good For?

Eric Heidenreich | 10.17.08

Selling a bailout.

The Nation’s Pulse

Eugene the Veteran

Judah Friedman | 10.17.08

Health care for veterans should definitely be a right.

Buy the Book

He Got It Done

William Murchison | 10.17.08

James K. Polk continues to stand out, and not only because he pushed the United States to the Pacific.

Reader Mail

No Accounting for Goldman

10.17.08

They’ve got friends in high places. Dousing global warming. Send your own daughters to war. Plus more.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Campaign Crawlers

Searching for Obama’s 95 Percent

Philip Klein | 10.16.08

Following last night’s debate at Hofstra, David Plouffe and David Axelrod try to explain the Obama campaign’s boldest claim.

The Public Policy

Goldman Sachs Government

Matthew Vadum | 10.16.08

Henry Paulson’s liberal bank is taking over.

Special Report

Obama’s Farrakhan Problem

Mark Hyman | 10.16.08

It has not gone unnoticed that it was not until his presidential campaign that Obama first offered mild criticism of the Nation of Islam leader.

Political Hay

Filibuster-Proof Franken

Nicole Russell | 10.16.08

A Saturday Night Live Democrat stalks Norm Coleman in Minnesota.

The Current Crisis

Democrat Deregulators

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.16.08

How else do you think subprime lending was able to take off?

The Nation’s Pulse

Green Journalism

Paul Chesser | 10.16.08

Selling carbon offset schemes, promoting enviro-Bibles, and stressing extreme outcomes — all business as usual for the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Reader Mail

Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?

10.16.08

Dressing down those undies voters. Neurobiology and McCain advocacy. Health-care plan scans. Values-less candidates. Plus more.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Special Report

Sleepwalking Toward Cultural Revolution

George Neumayr | 10.15.08

Obama supports women in combat and gay marriage. Where’s the outrage?

Streetcar Line

Odd Man In?

Quin Hillyer | 10.15.08

Dealing with the Obama disdain.

Political Hay

Breaking the Silence

David N. Bass | 10.15.08

On Connecticut’s gay marriage ruling, McCain must speak now or forever hold his peace.

The Public Policy

Barack Obama’s Health Care Lies

Peter Ferrara | 10.15.08

He shamelessly distorts McCain’s proposals — all in the name of his government health care, which would deny you care.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Other Shoe Drops

Eric Peters | 10.15.08

The Detroit Big Three’s own version of holding mortgages to (SUV) McMansions of imploding resale value.

Another Perspective

The Undecideds

Manon McKinnon | 10.15.08

What’s left for them to decide, except the outcome of this election?

Movie Takes

Choke Hold

James Bowman | 10.15.08

A pretty disgusting movie that revels in its own grossness and thinks you should find it funny and profoud.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Political Hay

Anatomy of a Scandal

Jeffrey Lord | 10.14.08

The scarlet thread connecting Obama, ACORN, the Democrats, and your money.

Campaign Crawlers

Red Florida Singing the Blues

Larry Thornberry | 10.14.08

As McCain’s lead disappears, we could be in for a replay of 2000.

Enemy of the Week

With Enemies Like This

Enemy Central | 10.14.08

A major investigative institution is back in action.

Washington Prowler

How Bad Is It?

The Prowler | 10.14.08

An election gone south. Plus: Haughty Hank.

The Public Policy

Inferiority Redefined

William C. Duncan | 10.14.08

In its ruling on gay marriage last week, a Connecticut court has left the state’s citizens powerless.

The Nation’s Pulse

It Can’t Be Done

Reid Collins | 10.14.08

American-style capitalism’s dysfunction goes back years.

Reader Mail

Taken to the Clean Ayers

10.14.08

The education of Barack Obama. It’s the end of the world. The many friends of Lawrence Henry. Don’t cry for Senate Republicans. Plus more.

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