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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.

topics: Supply-Side Economics

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?

topics: Education

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.

topics: Africa, Guinea, Diamond Trade

The Public Policy

The Times' Gas Pains

Ralph R. Reiland | 1.9.09 @ 6:05AM

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

topics: Taxes, Gasoline

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.

topics: Global Financial Crisis

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.

topics: Global Warming

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.

topics: Unions, Stimulus Package

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.

topics: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, William F. Buckley, Jr.

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.

topics: Gender Differences

The Public Policy

Henny Penny Post-Poland

Peter Hannaford | 1.7.09 @ 6:06AM

So why no Kyoto II?

topics: Global Warming

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

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.

topics: Democratic Party

Political Hay

Benedict Arnold

Chris Reed | 1.6.09 @ 6:08AM

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

topics: Taxes, California

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.

topics: George W. Bush, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney

The Investor

Buck Fever

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

Stock picking, not deer hunting.

topics: Bailout, Stocks

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.

topics: Barack Obama, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand

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.

topics: Democratic Party, Financial Crisis, Housing Bubble

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.

topics: Bernie Madoff

Eminentoes

Krugged Again

William Tucker | 1.5.09 @ 6:08AM

Political and moral myopia on unabashed display.

topics: Democratic Party, Paul Krugman

At Large

Back With a Vengeance

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

The British government returns to the nation's bedrooms.

topics: Privacy, Government Intrusion

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.

topics: Barack Obama, Calvin Coolidge

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.

topics: Marriage Laws

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The Stupak Amendment

W. James Antle, III

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"No Guarantees"

Philip Klein

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Too Big To Succeed

Greg Scandlen

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Golden State Showdown

Philip Klein

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One Step Forward, Two Races Back

George Neumayr

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Divisive Unanimity

Daniel J. Flynn

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Joe Wilson, Call Your Office

Larry Thornberry

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ACORN's Big Spender

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The Spirit of 1989

Doug Bandow

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The Somali-Kenya Connection

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Tex Mess

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Feeding the Beast

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