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Payback Time
W. James Antle, III | 12.19.08
Obama nominee Hilda Solis will affix with Department of Labor with the union label.
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Friday, December 19, 2008
In Memoriam
Requiem for a General
Hunter Baker | 12.19.08
Paul Weyrich brought evangelicals and Catholics together to fight the political battles of our times.
Another Perspective
Deficit of Courage
Joseph Lawler | 12.19.08
Finally, a European economic example worth emulating.
The Public Policy
Meet the New Climate Change Kid on the Block
David N. Bass | 12.19.08
The Climate Registry will thrive in the enviro-activist Obama era.
The Nation’s Pulse
Coffee and Closure
Patrick O'Hannigan | 12.19.08
Character revealed in economic misfortune.
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Nuclear Recovery
Max Schulz | from the December 2008 - January 2009 issue
Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America’s Energy Odyssey.
Reader Mail
Patriots Better Than The Patriots
12.19.08
More important than football. Health care coming, your money going. Religous struggles. Plus more.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
The Current Crisis
Good Sports, Great Sports
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.18.08
Why the NFL can’t shine the boots of U.S. fighting men.
Streetcar Line
Limited Government, Expanded Popularity
Quin Hillyer | 12.18.08
Yes, fiscal rectitude wins votes for Republicans, as the last 25 years have confirmed.
At Large
The Grand Duke’s Conscience
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 12.18.08
Luxembourg’s head of State pays a price for upholding civilization.
Constitutional Opinions
Winner Pays
Christopher Orlet | 12.18.08
Why our present system makes no sense.
Political Hay
Protecting Free Speech
Brett Joshpe | 12.18.08
Legislation exists to prevent Islamists and international judges from denying Americans’ speech rights.
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The “L” Word
Jeremy Lott | from the December 2008 - January 2009 issue
What is libertarianism, and who, exactly, counts as a libertarian?
Reader Mail
N.Y. Fairy Tale
12.18.08
Moral: NY gets what it deserves. Women and Democrats first! Carol-ing’s never been so off-tune. Plus more.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Breaking News
Health Care Reform May Have to Wait Until 2010
Philip Klein | 12.17.08
A key Democratic lawmaker says health-care reform will take time and that a new government-run plan will have to be a key feature of any proposal.
Washington Prowler
Merry Christmas, Carol
The Prowler | 12.17.08
Carol Browner’s lobbying comes neatly wrapped.
The Obama Watch
No Democrat Left Behind
RiShawn Biddle | 12.17.08
Except for the teacher union hardliners who are disappointed by Arne Duncan’s nomination as education secretary.
Constitutional Opinions
Hillary May Be Unconstitutional
Ilya Shapiro | 12.17.08
This wisdom of the Founders, confirmed once again.
Eminentoes
Birthright Senator
Daniel J. Flynn | 12.17.08
Being a Kennedy means never needing qualifications.
Among the Intellectualoids
Guru Malpractice
Peter Ferrara | 12.17.08
Deepak Chopra and son aren’t big fans of Bush’s War on Terror victories.
The Public Policy
Jindal Care
Joseph Lawler | 12.17.08
How reforming Medicaid in Louisiana could prevent single payer across America.
Political Hay
Birds of a Feather
Lisa Fabrizio | 12.17.08
What does the Blago flap have to do with Thomas Perrelli’s presence on the Obama team?
Reader Mail
Look for the Union Label
12.17.08
Then replace it with something Japanese. The ‘Christ’ in ‘Christmas.’ Cheaters never win. Plus more.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Political Hay
Gretchen Carlson Is Right
Jeffrey Lord | 12.16.08
The connection between a dishonored crèche, Blago, and Bernie Madoff.
The Hell-Hole Spectator
The Sole of a Free Society
George Neumayr | 12.16.08
George W. Bush and the Arab world’s celebrated shoe bomber.
The Obama Watch
The Obama Meritocracy
Andrew Cline | 12.16.08
Are we seeing the beginning of the end of quotas and set-asides?
Special Report
Everywhere Except Here
William Tucker | 12.16.08
A nuclear power renaissance is going on outside our borders, pioneered by companies that never were or are no longer American.
Feature
Books for Christmas
from the December 2008 - January 2009 issue
Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Mark to Market Watch
Make Fair Value Fair
Bob McTeer | 12.15.08
The right kind of fairness. Part six of “Providing Relief from the Crisis.”
Washington Prowler
Hot Rodders
The Prowler | 12.15.08
Obama’s friends of Rod Blagojevich. Also: Finalizing Obama’s plans to expand left rights.
Political Hay
Big Government, Small Vote Totals
W. James Antle, III | 12.15.08
Tax, spend, and elect works better for Democrats than Republicans.
Special Report
Extortion in Chicago
Doug Bandow | 12.15.08
Shaking down the Bank of America in the age of Obama, where the future is now.
Special Report
Musical Humbug
Robert Stacy McCain | 12.15.08
Sleigh bells and snowmen and un-Christmas carols.
Mark to Market Watch
The Highway to Serfdom
Gary Wolfram | 12.15.08
While there may be risks to eliminating mark-to-market capital requirements, massive government intervention is riskier. Part five of “Providing Relief from the Crisis.”
Reader Mail
On Your Mark
12.15.08
Not buying Newt’s accounting. Gore knows no rules. Prepared for duty. A Boogeyman sighting. Plus more.
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