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Friday, January 9, 2009

Political Hay

Panetta the Spy

Philip Klein | 1.9.09 @ 6:09AM

What does Barack Obama's surprise choice as CIA director mean for the future of American intelligence?

Special Report

The Importance of Jack Kemp

Jeffrey Lord | 1.9.09 @ 6:09AM

A bout with cancer hits a man who changed the world.

The Nation's Pulse

Is God a Socialist?

Doug Bandow | 1.9.09 @ 6:07AM

Praying for a federal bailout may not be what He had in mind for us.

Among the Intellectualoids

He Said, She Said

Jillian Bandes | 1.9.09 @ 6:06AM

One reporter's quest to get to the bottom of a federally subsidized Middle East studies program. Do academics outside the mold of Edward Said need apply?

At Large

Another African Coup

George H. Wittman | 1.9.09 @ 6:06AM

It's not Gaza, but it's also very much apiece with how the world works.

The Public Policy

The Times' Gas Pains

Ralph R. Reiland | 1.9.09 @ 6:05AM

Those who drive, drive. Those who don't, tax.

Reader Mail

Abandon Ship

1.9.09 @ 6:01AM

Time to let the MSM sink. French victories. The Princess Diaries. Plus more.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Streetcar Line

Profane Losers

Quin Hillyer | 1.8.09 @ 6:09AM

More on the dangers of media bias.

Special Report

What Would Sir John Say?

Theodore Roosevelt Malloch | 1.8.09 @ 6:08AM

In 2005, Sir John Templeton, who died last year at 95, foresaw the economic and financial disaster we are now living through.

Political Hay

They Don't Make Kennedys Like They Used To

Aaron Goldstein | 1.8.09 @ 6:07AM

Max Kennedy shows cousin Caroline how to bow out gracefully.

The Current Crisis

It's Cold Out There

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 1.8.09 @ 6:07AM

So much so, that global warming's computer has frozen.

Another Perspective

Century of the French

Bill Croke | 1.8.09 @ 6:06AM

Unlike the British, they explored the wilds of North America with fearless abandon.

The Obama Watch

Recession Reinforcing Job Creation

William F. Shughart II | 1.8.09 @ 6:05AM

Obama's "new" New Deal will provide political but not economic benefits.

Last Call

Shades of Blue

Wlady Pleszczynski | November 2008

The makings of a perfectly cool cat.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The Obama Watch

Tax Cut Mirage

Peter Ferrara | 1.7.09 @ 6:09AM

The $310 billion in "tax cuts" Obama is proposing won't stimulate anything.

Buy the Book

Two Happy Warriors Were We

Hunter Baker | 1.7.09 @ 6:08AM

Now this was a beautiful friendship.

Special Report

Recalling Hayek on Responsibility

Gary Wolfram | 1.7.09 @ 6:07AM

The great bailout of 2008-09 is reaffirming our modern tendency to evade accountability for our own actions.

The Nation's Pulse

Trivial Pursuits

Christopher Orlet | 1.7.09 @ 6:07AM

An excuse to indulge one's passion for hot wings, ale and showing off.

The Public Policy

Henny Penny Post-Poland

Peter Hannaford | 1.7.09 @ 6:06AM

So why no Kyoto II?

At Large

Non Compos Mentis

Lisa Fabrizio | 1.7.09 @ 6:05AM

Reactions to Israel's efforts to defend itself confirm how the world has gone mad.

Reader Mail

Won the Battle, Lost the War

1.7.09 @ 6:01AM

Pols never fail to deliver comedy. The definition of coward. It's electric! Plus more.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Editorial Cartoon

A Scam So Easy A Caveman Could Run It

1.6.09 @ 11:37AM

Campaign Crawlers

The Battle of Burris

W. James Antle, III | 1.6.09 @ 6:08AM

Rod Blagojevich's ploy to use identity politics against his fellow Democrats.

Political Hay

Benedict Arnold

Chris Reed | 1.6.09 @ 6:08AM

Schwarzenegger on the brink of the ultimate betrayal of California taxpayers.

Eminentoes

Peter Pettigrew Politics From the Land of Powell

Jeffrey Lord | 1.6.09 @ 6:08AM

An ex-Colin Powell aide displays the arrogance of the Washington game in Vanity Fair.

The Investor

Buck Fever

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 1.6.09 @ 6:08AM

Stock picking, not deer hunting.

Car Guy

Electric Cars and Economics 101

Eric Peters | 1.6.09 @ 6:07AM

Another Perspective

Awaiting Obama: Can "The One" Learn From "The Voice"?

John C. Wohlstetter | 1.6.09 @ 6:06AM

Transition thoughts inspired by Paul Beston's recent essay on rock and Sinatra.

Reader Mail

Not So Hot

1.6.09 @ 6:01AM

Calvin Coolidge's Katrina. The left goes begging. Plus, Sinatra greatest hits and much more.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Washington Prowler

Beyond Bill Richardson

The Prowler | 1.5.09 @ 6:09AM

Turns out his backer David Rubin's CDR Financial was close to many Democrats profiting from Fannie and Freddie's wheeling and dealing.

Special Report

De-funder of the Left

Matthew Vadum | 1.5.09 @ 6:09AM

When he wasn't defrauding charities and investors, Bernard Madoff was bankrolling liberal causes and candidates.

Eminentoes

Krugged Again

William Tucker | 1.5.09 @ 6:08AM

Political and moral myopia on unabashed display.

At Large

Back With a Vengeance

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 1.5.09 @ 6:07AM

The British government returns to the nation's bedrooms.

Another Perspective

Keeping Cool with Coolidge

Ryan L. Cole | 1.5.09 @ 6:07AM

Silent Cal would have been out of place in Obama's America.

Lifestyles Left and Right

Domestic Disturbances

Eve Tushnet | 1.5.09 @ 6:06AM

There's a lot more to the marriage movement than the debate over same-sex matrimony.

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