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Frum Right to Wrong
3.13.09
With us or against us. Stemming the stem cell tide. Despotic democracy. Plus more.
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Feature
Osama bin Elvis
Angelo M. Codevilla | from the March 2009 issue
All the evidence suggests Elvis Presley is more alive today than Osama bin Laden. But tell that to the CIA and all the other misconceptualizers of the War on Terror.
Streetcar Line
Channeling the Young Patrick Henry
Quin Hillyer | 3.13.09
If this be treason, so be it.
Special Report
The Amazing Revkin
Paul Chesser | 3.13.09
Presto! Global warming consensus appears where there is none.
The Public Policy
Banks on Welfare
Lawrence A. Hunter | 3.13.09
Obamanomics is paving the way to financial ruin.
Political Hay
The Other CPAC
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.13.09
What critics of the giant conservative event missed.
The Nation’s Pulse
Eyes Shut at Homeland Security
George H. Wittman | 3.13.09
Janet Napolitano has forgotten where she came from.
Another Perspective
Edward Abbey, Conservative Anarchist
Bill Croke | 3.13.09
Unfortunately, this writer and essayist, who died 20 years ago tomorrow, also had a soft spot for eco-terrorism.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Eminentoes
Dead Wrong
Daniel J. Flynn | 3.12.09
The attacks on Rush Limbaugh are a distraction by conservatives without credibility.
Political Hay
Chaos Theory
George Neumayr | 3.12.09
To Buffett and Grove, Obama has gone from idealistic to imprudent.
The Current Crisis
Missing Bill
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.12.09
The 1990s Democratic centrist is today a dinosaur.
Special Report
Has Obama Killed Carbon Cap and Trade?
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 3.12.09
Tax collection trumps the environment.
Another Perspective
The Real Purim Story
Joseph Shattan | 3.12.09
This might correct an Egyptian cleric’s misunderstanding of the Jewish holiday observed yesterday and what role Starbucks might have played in it.
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War by Other Means
Joseph A. Harriss | from the March 2009 issue
Daniel Johnson’s fascinating account of the Soviet Union’s attempt to turn an ancient game into a Cold War weapon.
Reader Mail
Humanist Feelings
3.12.09
By God, the humanists are angry! Foreign issues are domestic issues. Favors from the prez. Plus more. GIV
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Special Report
Ostracized by Obama
Philip Klein | 3.11.09
The White House says it is soliciting ideas for health-care reform, but free marketers need not apply.
The Public Policy
When Is the Economic Recovery Due?
Peter Ferrara | 3.11.09
Even if it comes, under current policies it will only set the stage for a new recession immediately in its wake.
The Energy Spectator
How Nuclear Will Revive
William Tucker | 3.11.09
But not because of any “nuclear lobby” — though maybe because the so-called “smart grid” is anything but smart.
Political Hay
Stimulating Big Government
Melanie Harmon | 3.11.09
How Colorado pols are using the federal stimulus as an excuse to weaken the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.
At Large
Yucatán Diary: Love in the Ruins Revisited
Joseph P. Duggan | 3.11.09
Cobá was too big to fail. Its leaders thought globally and acted locally. What happened?
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A Financial History to Forget
Brandon Crocker | 3.11.09
Considering the subject and the time at which it appears, not to mention its star author, Niall Ferguson’s new book is a huge disappointment.
Reader Mail
Campolo, Corrected
3.11.09
Going further than Tooley. Crisis or perfect opportunity? Saturn satisfaction. A Bev Gunn sighting. Plus more.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Obama Watch
Obama’s LBJ Syndrome
Jeffrey Lord | 3.10.09
From millions to trillions, the ghost of Johnson’s credibility gap haunts Democrats.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Search for Crisis Leadership
J.T. Young | 3.10.09
The longer it goes on, the deeper the recession and the less likely any real recovery.
Special Report
Power, Politics, and Freedom of Religion
Lisa Fabrizio | 3.10.09
A twisted effort to punish the Catholic Church in Connecticut.
The Public Policy
Card Check’s Bounce
Doug Bandow | 3.10.09
Another looming threat to our economic freedom.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
The New Humanism
Roger Scruton | from the March 2009 issue
It spends little time idealizing man, and prefers to denigrate belief in God as a human weakness.
Eminentoes
William Jennings Bryan Redux
Mark Tooley | 3.10.09
In attacking Darwinism, liberal evangelist Tony Campolo risks obloquy.
Reader Mail
MRI Torture
3.10.09
A very tight fit. Fending off charging RINOs. Lots of mileage, nowhere to go. Plus more.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Political Hay
Country Clubbing for Growth
W. James Antle, III | 3.9.09
Arlen Specter Republicans say that conservative primary challengers shrink the party, but the results are not so one-sided.
Another Perspective
Accuracy Is Desirable
Daniel Oliver | 3.9.09
Conservatism finds itself at a rhetorical Crossroads.
The Obama Watch
Slickness With a Straight Face
Brett Joshpe | 3.9.09
Obama giveth and Obama taketh away.
Car Guy
Safety Inefficiency
Eric Peters | 3.9.09
Before government developed its safety fetish, American economy cars were genuinely efficient — and affordable.
Special Report
Winning British Hearts and Minds
Eleanor Stables | 3.9.09
A military that pioneered counterinsurgency may need a refresher course.
The War on Terror Spectator
The MRI and I
Reid Collins | 3.9.09
The closest thing to a near-burial experience.
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Socking the Angel
Algis Valiunas | from the March 2009 issue
The wonderful Flannery O’Connor is the most famous Roman Catholic writer America has produced.
Reader Mail
Eyeful in Gaza
3.9.09
Been there. Smart Alec Baldwin. Pure fantasy accounting. Tea time in D.C. Plus more.
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