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Led Along
3.27.09
Dancing to Obama’s tune. Tyrrell LZRs swimming tech. Celebrating a big victory. Plus more.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
The Obama Watch
Touchdown Obama
George Neumayr | 3.27.09
Notre Dame hands him another Alinskyite victory.
Political Hay
The Lady Is Preoccupied
Thomas Cheplick | 3.27.09
Sarah Palin has too much on her plate at home to hit the D.C. conservative cocktail circuit — yet.
The Public Policy
Obama Ignores His Tocqueville
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 3.27.09
Philanthropy suffers for the benefit of government.
At Large
Law and Disorder
George H. Wittman | 3.27.09
In Pakistan there is always one solution to its chronic condition.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Primrose Path
Philip Klein | 3.26.09
The President speaks of “hard choices,” but his budget promises the moon and the stars.
The Current Crisis
Progress Thwarted
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.26.09
The NCAA’s continuing war on swim fins.
The Energy Spectator
Carter Energy Solutions, Part II
William Tucker | 3.26.09
That’s the only way to characterize the Obama administration’s approach.
The Public Policy
A Tale of Two Taxes
J.T. Young | 3.26.09
Washington was spared a fight on alternative minimum tax extension — but the death tax debate is bound to prove much more explosive.
Special Report
Do It for the World’s Poor
Doug Bandow | 3.26.09
A sobering report on the state of property rights protections worldwide.
Eminentoes
Frontier Justice From Spain
Peter Hannaford | 3.26.09
Judge Baltasar Garzon, one might say, is a man after Barack Obama’s heart.
Buy the Book
Bear Market’s First Bagged Bear
John C. Wohlstetter | 3.26.09
A riveting tale of hubris and wretched excess.
Reader Mail
Too Cool for School
3.26.09
Or for able government. Keep it civil. 20 million new voters won’t be wrong. Plus more.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Special Report
Card Check Means Union Slavery
Peter Ferrara | 3.25.09
A losing proposition for everyone save bosses and goons and their Democrat protectors.
Political Hay
Boredom at Commerce
Matthew Vadum | 3.25.09
Gary Locke has officially been confirmed as Commerce secretary — not that he or anyone else seems particularly excited by this development.
What’s Still Great
The Funniest Movie Since Ferris Bueller
Ben Stein | 3.25.09
Tropic Thunder is hysterically funny, in fact, and devastatingly insightful about Hollywood.
The Obama Watch
The MTV President
Lisa Fabrizio | 3.25.09
It’s not cool to have a leader one can only look down at.
At Large
Yo Se Perder: Mexico’s Cry in Love and War
Joseph P. Duggan | 3.25.09
Something else for Secretary of State Clinton to think about as she begins her visit today.
The Nation’s Pulse
Status Quo Antebellum
Jay D. Homnick | 3.25.09
Make way for Obama’s little Robespierres.
Reader Mail
Lessons Learned
3.25.09
The D’s don’t plan to go quietly this time. Wanna be like Arlen. Nothing new under the Mexican sun. Plus more.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The Obama Watch
The 1966 Election’s Warning to Obama
Jeffrey Lord | 3.24.09
A shoppers boycott, seven future presidents and a fight for the future.
Political Hay
The Specter of a New Arlen
Larry Thornberry | 3.24.09
Charlie Crist has some good news and some bad news for Republicans.
Special Report
Man in the Street of Laredo
Joseph P. Duggan | 3.24.09
A stop Secretary of State Clinton will not make on her visit to Mexico this week.
The Nation’s Pulse
Deeper in Debt Than Anyone Knows
Jeff Emanuel | 3.24.09
Federal law linking Social Security to Medicare only makes it worse — though here’s an opportunity for Republicans.
Live From New York
How Not to Tax the Internet
Ryan Young | 3.24.09
Gov. David Paterson wants tolls on the information superhighway
Reader Mail
In a Lousy Mood
3.24.09
Big President on campus. A biblical perspective on AIG. Thank you, Mr. Hillyer. Plus more.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Washington Prowler
Plenty of Rahm at the AIG Table
The Prowler | 3.23.09
Why are Geithner and Summers taking the rap while Emanuel is not?
Political Hay
Ten Questions for Jeff Flake
W. James Antle, III | 3.23.09
A conservative’s eye view of Nancy Pelosi’s House.
Special Report
Steve Adams: Bull’s-Eye Philanthropist
Neal B. Freeman | 3.23.09
His creative giving to Yale’s School of Music has enhanced the quality of music for audiences around the world.
The Obama Watch
The Destruction of Notre Dame
James M. Thunder | 3.23.09
Why the Catholic university’s president should not have invited President Obama to deliver the school’s commencement address this spring.
The Public Policy
“It’s Not About the Money”
Eric Heidenreich | 3.23.09
It’s payback time for the environmental lobby.
At Large
Citizen-Defendants of the World
Ben Lerner | 3.23.09
Barack Obama assumes the burdens of global citizenship — just what the International Criminal Court has been waiting for.
Reader Mail
Just the Facts
3.23.09
Facts will enlghten the health care debate. All’s not well at AA. Hillyer’s denunciation resonates. Plus more.
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