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Marking a Death…and a Life
Jay D. Homnick | 3.6.09
The story of a lost uncle, on the anniversary of his death, 67 years ago.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Washington Prowler
Treasury This Moment
The Prowler | 3.6.09
Another subcabinet nominee withdraws — and Timothy Geithner and his boss are the main reason for what is a burgeoning fiasco in filling slots and making policy.
Streetcar Line
Cox Exchange
Quin Hillyer | 3.6.09
Replacing smears with the truth about former SEC head Christopher Cox, the left’s scapegoat for the credit crisis if not the entire recession.
The Nation’s Pulse
Big Girls Don’t Cry
James Poulos | 3.6.09
The hip-hop sounds of domestic violence, starring Rihanna and Chris Brown.
The Public Policy
O’Malley’s Hot Air
William Yeatman & Jeremy Lott | 3.6.09
Maryland’s Democrat governor pushes ahead with “smart green” anti-global warming measures that can only be described as economically stupid — even if his one-party state weren’t in a severe recession.
At Large
Afghan Proving Ground
George H. Wittman | 3.6.09
In that double-dealing way of his, President Obama flip-flops on troop reinforcement and targets Karzai as the next Diem.
Live From New York
Alec Baldwin, Right on Taxes
Mark Goldblatt | 3.6.09
A great character actor now walks on the Supply Side as well as the West Side.
Reader Mail
I Begala Your Pardon
3.6.09
Unwarranted attacks on a radio host. Big tent, small crowd. How to dismantle rock and roll. Plus more.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Political Hay
The Big Tent in the Wilderness
George Neumayr | 3.5.09
The Dems achieved majority status by mau-mauing Republicans into “moderation.”
Special Report
The Right to Development (in Gaza)
Joseph Shattan | 3.5.09
What was once thought an international right now applies only to Palestinians.
The Current Crisis
Rush to Rush
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.5.09
Paul Begala is the loveliest of them all, with Kathleen Parker a close second.
At Large
Their Word Is Our Bond
Jay D. Homnick | 3.5.09
Does China want the U.S. to adopt Obama socialism?
Another Perspective
Don’t Give Up on Jindal
Ryan L. Cole | 3.5.09
It will take more than one maladroit speech to halt this star’s rise.
Feature
A Modern-Day Bleak House
Ronald D. Rotunda | from the March 2009 issue
The legal inheritance of Anna Nicole Smith.
Media Matters
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later
Nicole Russell | 3.5.09
A story of guns, privacy, and the press in Arkansas.
Reader Mail
Afghanistandard Procedure
3.5.09
Business in usual overseas, too? Catholic is as Catholic does. Telling other people what to do. Plus more.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Fantasy Budget
Peter Ferrara | 3.4.09
it’s nothing but a shameless exercise in left-wing extremism. There are no two ways around it.
Special Report
Sebelius and Kmiec Catholicism
Matt Bowman | 3.4.09
In nominating Kathleen Sebelius to serve as his HHS Secretary, President Obama has again moved to undermine Catholic pro-life efforts.
Eminentoes
Kid Conservatism
Jeremy Lott | 3.4.09
What ever happened to the notion of parental supervision?
The Hell-Hole Spectator
Avoiding Disaster in Afghanistan
Stefan Halper | from the March 2009 issue
The country is a land mine. If not handled properly, it will blow a hole in the Obama presidency before the midterm elections.
Another Perspective
Crossing the Delaware
Lisa Fabrizio | 3.4.09
Just when you thought there’s no reason for hope…
Reader Mail
Rush to Revolt
3.4.09
Ditto that. Lookin’ grim, but lookin’ up. Correcting for inflation, the academic way. Plus more.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Breaking News
New Health Czar Challenges Obama’s Ethics Reforms
Philip Klein | 3.3.09
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, who was appointed White House health czar, took home at least $2.4 million in 2006 and 2007 from serving on the corporate boards of health-care companies.
The Obama Watch
Gandhi for Capitalists
Jeffrey Lord | 3.3.09
Could tea parties blossom into a national strike?
The Energy Spectator
Stimulated Energy
William Tucker | 3.3.09
Live from UC Berkeley, the Coming Age of Alternate Energy, made possible by many a grant from the Stimulus Package.
In Memoriam
Mary Evelyn Stanley Denman, RIP
Ben Stein | 3.3.09
Denman — a good American cloth name. To my wife’s family in Little Rock.
Political Hay
The Audacity of Cynicism
Tony Marsh | 3.3.09
Presidential words eventually must meet reality.
At Large
Religious Persecution on the Horn of Africa
Doug Bandow | 3.3.09
An early challenge for the Obama Administration.
Capitol Ideas
Poets Galore and Subsidized Poets
Tom Bethell | from the March 2009 issue
Anyone still remember Elizabeth Alexander’s performance at the Obama inaugural?
Reader Mail
The End of the Story
3.3.09
Paul Harvey, RIP. Grade A grading. More fat, more energy. Obama gets Lincoln wrong. Plus more.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Special Report
Taxi Driver Dittos, Rush
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.2.09
Limbaugh’s legions are everywhere, even in D.C.
Washington Prowler
To the Left
The Prowler | 3.2.09
Obamism marches on: Shauna Daly’s new assignment. Charity ends with Obama. ACORN’s national portal.
At Large
Israel Without Labor
Joseph Shattan | 3.2.09
Shockingly, a historic party finds itself pretty much washed up.
Campus Scenes
Not Making the Grade
Ken Blackwell | 3.2.09
Grade inflation and a sense of entitlement will not help American graduates compete.
The Energy Spectator
Bio-Fools
Max Schulz | from the March 2009 issue
There are those who think turkey droppings and French fry grease offer a path to energy independence.
Reader Mail
Held Accountable
3.2.09
For terrible transparency. Name-calling free speech advocates. Hillary’s formidable, but not to other nations. Plus more.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Public Nuisances
J. Gordon Coogler Award for 2008
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the March 2009 issue
Feature
Islam and Free Speech
Jeremy Rabkin | from the March 2009 issue
Will the United States follow the UN’s lead and go the way of Europe and Canada in appeasing politicized sensitivities?
The Public Policy
Why the World Is Getting Warmer, Even Though It Is Getting Colder
Peter Ferrara | from the March 2009 issue
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