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Overstepping Its Bounds
2.20.09
The stimulus takes on a life of its own. 3 cheers for Sanford. The enemy of my enemy… Plus more.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Streetcar Line
We’re Not OK, Jack
Quin Hillyer | 2.20.09
What conservatives need right now is another Jack Kemp for a younger generation.
At Large
Snake Oil Diplomacy
George H. Wittman | 2.20.09
Obama’s foreign policy doesn’t have talking points so much as talking as its only point.
Special Report
Obama and FDR: Rallying the Churches
Mark Tooley | 2.20.09
Liberal Christians have a long history of supporting New Deals during economic crisis.
Last Call
One With the Underdogs
Shawn Macomber | from the February 2009 issue
My mother was 17 when she met Alice, 40 years her senior.
The Public Policy
Britain’s Anti-Christian Kulturkampf
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 2.20.09
Five alarming incidents in the course of a single week.
Buy the Book
Humane Health Care
Robert M. Goldberg | 2.20.09
Ten ways to resist the single-payer fixes that our new leader has in store for us.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Another Perspective
Benedict and the Abortion Holocaust-Deniers
George Neumayr | 2.19.09
When will Nancy Pelosi recant?
Political Hay
Mark Sanford Bails Out
Jeff Emanuel | 2.19.09
A Democratic ploy to punish South Carolina’s governor may instead hand him a powerful weapon.
Special Report
Not Your Father’s Mother India
Frank Schell | 2.19.09
The cynics thought it would never happen.
At Large
Take Me Back to Chicago
Chris Robling | 2.19.09
Rod Blagojevich gave Roland Burris a Senate seat. Will their connection take it away?
The Current Crisis
Conservatives and Liberals, Come Together
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.19.09
Free speech needs you to defend it.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Day the Muzak Died
Christopher Orlet | 2.19.09
Who says there’s no accounting for taste?
Buy the Book
Good as Goldwater
Robert Huberty | from the February 2009 issue
The unsung heroes of the Conservative Movement.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Special Report
New Republican Opportunity: Welfare Reform
Peter Ferrara | 2.18.09
Democrats in Washington are using the excuse of the economic downturn to abolish welfare reform. Republicans can only win by exposing and countering this stimulus package outrage.
Special Report
The Hidden Healthcare Horror
Lawrence A. Hunter | 2.18.09
A $1 billion matter of life and death in the stimulus package.
Among the Intellectualoids
The Old Crock
Bill Croke | 2.18.09
Bush Derangement Syndrome is still with us despite our entry into the Golden Age of Obama.
The Nation’s Pulse
Apology of the Weak
Lisa Fabrizio | 2.18.09
Everyone’s sorry when they don’t mean it.
Reader Mail
Better Not Discuss
2.18.09
Some topics too painful for Quin. Dems sound like a broken record. Enforcing the fairness doctrine everywhere. Plus more.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Energy Spectator
The Next Subprime Mortgage Meltdown
William Tucker | 2.17.09
Remember the great California Electrical Shortage of 2000? The Obama stimulus package wants to nationalize it.
Political Hay
Barney Does Brussels: Why It Matters
Jeffrey Lord | 2.17.09
An Australian fire, a Dutch MP, Barney Frank and Maxine Waters.
Campaign Crawlers
Al in a Box
Nicole Russell | 2.17.09
Mr. Franken goes to Washington, to Florida, and pretty much everywhere else except Minnesota as a Senate seat hangs in the balance.
Car Guy
The Future of the Car Industry
Eric Peters | 2.17.09
The last six months have forced the issue — the future is now, constricted.
Among the Intellectualoids
Special Thanks to Spot
Jonathan Black | from the February 2009 issue
The Acknowledgments page cannot make a bad book better, but it can ruin a good one.
Movie Takes
The Reader
James Bowman | 2.17.09
Victim-chic claims another victim — so naturally it’s in line for an Oscar.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Washington Prowler
In All Fairness
The Prowler | 2.16.09
Preparing to telemprompt the President. Also: Henry Waxman gets ready to roll on a Fairness Doctrine in all but name.
Political Hay
The Democrats’ Greatest Hits
W. James Antle, III | 2.16.09
Golden oldies dominated the stimulus debate even though change has come.
Last Call
Lincoln at 200
Roger Kaplan | from the March 2009 issue
He saved the Union, increased the sum total of freedom, advanced the very concept of democracy in the United States and the world.
Campus Scenes
A Miracle in Boston
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 2.16.09
Embracing the cross at Boston College.
The Public Policy
The TARP Trojan Horse
Theodore H. Frank | 2.16.09
When government doesn’t keep its word we have the financial paralysis we are now seeing.
Reader Mail
Letters For Larry
2.16.09
Goodbye to a beloved TAS contributor. Obama’s Lincoln impersonation falls flat. Old ideas, new tricks. Plus more.
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