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Friday, February 27, 2009

Editorial Cartoon

Party Like It’s 1773

Yogi Love | 2.27.09

Editorial Cartoon

Buying an Army of Loyal Voters

Yogi Love | 2.27.09

The Obama Watch

AnotherSham.gov

George Neumayr | 2.27.09

Americans now enjoy the privilege of tracking tyranny online.

Politics

Hide the Amendments

W. James Antle, III | 2.27.09

Will restrictions on taxpayer funding of abortion disappear during the congressional appropriations process?

Political Hay

Saving Senator Burris

Daniel Oliver | 2.27.09

This Trial Blazer’s résumé is far more impressive than President Obama’s.

Special Report

No Offense

Windsor Mann | 2.27.09

President Obama is determined to abandon the one government program that has already proved it works.

The Public Policy

The Giant Flushing Sound

David N. Bass | 2.27.09

Pay as you go has never sounded less appealing.

At Large

Russia’s Dirty Big Secret

George H. Wittman | 2.27.09

How do you say omerta in Russian?

Media Matters

Perma Frost

James Bowman | 2.27.09

For a media culture frozen in its triumphalism, there’s nothing like the recent movie Frost/Nixon.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Special Report

Reagan and Milk

Aaron Goldstein | 2.26.09

Who did more to stop Proposition 6?

The Current Crisis

Giggly Diplomacy

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.26.09

Hillary is on a permanently tone-deaf listening tour.

Political Hay

Is Dick Durbin a Racist?

Jeffrey Lord | 2.26.09

Holder, Clyburn, and Sharpton silent at double-standard for Clinton and Burris.

Campus Scenes

Shut Up, He Instructed

Christopher Orlet | 2.26.09

Does freedom of expression exclude the right to offend?

The Nation’s Pulse

Working

Bill Croke | 2.26.09

Odd jobs, except at Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory, have never seemed more memorable.

Another Perspective

Have Faith

Nicole Russell | 2.26.09

Religious groups should trust not in the president’s office of faith-based initiatives.

Buy the Book

He Was There

Mark Falcoff | from the February 2009 issue

Peter Rodman was a wonderful and remarkable insider — and better than anyone he knew how foreign policy is made.

Reader Mail

The Obama Put

2.26.09

There’s no uptick rule on the prez. Jindal, deferred. Don’t look for competence in DC. Plus more.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Streetcar Line

Jindal’s Perpetual Potential

Quin Hillyer | 2.25.09

Americans on Tuesday night finally had a chance to see Governor Bobby Jindal in action.

The Investor

Selling Obama Short

Daniel Oliver | 2.25.09

If Barack Obama were a stock, would you be buying or selling?

Special Report

Mardi Gras for the Right

Robert Stacy McCain | 2.25.09

CPAC puts the “party” back in the Republican Party.               

The Public Policy

Repeal Health Care Fascism

Peter Ferrara | 2.25.09

Obama rule will reform health care by allowing you less of it.

Among the Intellectualoids

The Doomsday Bias

William Yeatman & Jeremy Lott | 2.25.09

The Senate looks set to confirm a failed prophet of the apocalypse as Obama’s science advisor.

Political Hay

The Chicago 360

Chris Robling | 2.25.09

Democrats in Washington and Springfield alternate between embracing and shunning Roland Burris. How long can Illinois’ junior senator hold on?

The Public Policy

Republicans Return to Fiscal Conservatism

J.T. Young | 2.25.09

Crazed Democrat spending has left them no choice.

Reader Mail

No Amnesty for Nadler

2.25.09

Not a winning strategy for TAS readers. Inflation paranoia. Eurotrash spurned. Plus more.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Special Report

The Great Obamaflation

Philip Klein | 2.24.09

In attempting to play the savior of the ailing American economy, President Obama is sowing the seeds of our next crisis.

Campaign Crawlers

Closed Door Politics

Richard Nadler | 2.24.09

How a hardline position on immigration hurt the Republicans in 2008.

Political Hay

The Goldwater Lesson

Jeffrey Lord | 2.24.09

As CPAC gathers, pollster John Zogby’s warning and a look back at 1964.

The Energy Spectator

Paved With Renewable Mandates

William Tucker | 2.24.09

Harry Reid is determined to bring about an electricity shortage. Now that’s dingy.

The Obama Watch

His Royal Fairness

Brett Joshpe | 2.24.09

What exactly is Obama’s position on the Fairness Doctrine?

Lifestyles Left and Right

A Stimulus Bill for Writers

Meredith Henne | 2.24.09

Stimulating those creative juices, one earmark at a time.

Reader Mail

UnKemp Conservatives

2.24.09

If only Jack were here. Holder your horses. International community organizing. Plus more.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Special Report

The Devil Made LBJ Do It

Daniel J. Flynn | 2.23.09

When Democratic presidents violate civil liberties, J. Edgar Hoover is always to blame.

Washington Prowler

Lone Wolf

The Prowler | 2.23.09

Tax dodging and the President Obama’s economic advisory commission.

Another Perspective

Black and White and Red All Over

James Poulos | 2.23.09

Is this country serious about transcending race or just giving the government license to monkey around?

The Public Policy

The Road to Legalized Plunder

Gary Wolfram | 2.23.09

Rational ignorance, the “stimulus package,” and congressional action.

At Large

Kosovo a Year Later

Doug Bandow | 2.23.09

Washington resumes its destabilizing crusade, with Hillary Clinton picking up where her husband, and his successor, left off.

Buy the Book

Essential Company

Sir Martin Gilbert | from the February 2009 issue

This is a long book, and rightly so.

Movie Takes

Sean Penn’s ‘Milk’

James Bowman | 2.23.09

The Oscar winner’s performance is terrific.

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