The Continuing Crisis
The Continuing Crisis
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the April 2009 issue
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Friday, April 3, 2009
The Right Prescription
Competing for the Sick
Philip Klein | 4.3.09
How could a free market health care system cover those with chronic conditions? One University of Chicago finance professor says he has the answer.
Special Report
Legal Services Unleashed
John Carlisle | 4.3.09
Congress moves to end restrictions on activism funded by the infamous Legal Services Corporation.
At Large
Rediscovering the Wheel in Afghanistan
George H. Wittman | 4.3.09
Barack Obama has all the makings of a shaky war president.
Political Hay
Up Close and Personal
Rep. Tim Huelskamp | 4.3.09
A local perspective on Kathleen Sebelius’s abortion advocacy.
Another Perspective
The Real Climate Deniers
Peter C. Glover & Michael Economides | 4.3.09
A tale of two conferences.
Movie Takes
I Love You, Man
James Bowman | 4.3.09
Permanent adolescence cannot be the goal of genuine friendship.
Reader Mail
Vital Signs
4.3.09
The nation’s health is waning. Crying fascist. Grandstanding Old Party. Plus more.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Streetcar Line
Il Duce, Redux?
Quin Hillyer | 4.2.09
Fascism’s facsimile, as freedom starts to fade.
Political Hay
Scott Murphy’s Law
W. James Antle, III | 4.2.09
Conservatives can’t be effective in opposition until Democrats are running scared.
At Large
The British Tea Party
George Neumayr | 4.2.09
Obama, Gordon Brown, Europe, and the G20 protests.
The Current Crisis
Obama’s Toxic Assets
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.2.09
Sooner or later their lives are put in order by the IRS.
Another Perspective
Old NATO Turns 60
Doug Bandow | 4.2.09
Isn’t it finally time for a European defense of Europe?
Lifestyles Left and Right
The Latest Population Bomb
Eric Heidenreich | 4.2.09
The brave new world according to Thomas Malthus, Paul Ehrlich, and Jonathon Porritt.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Breaking News
The GOP’s Alternative Budget
Peter Ferrara | 4.1.09
It will be released this morning by Rep. Paul Ryan, as an alternative to the Obama insanity.
Special Report
The Doctor Will Kill You Now
Daniel Allott | 4.1.09
The “duty to die” movement is alive and well.
The Nation’s Pulse
Religious Blessings for Cap and Trade
Mark Tooley | 4.1.09
When the Religious Left testifies about global warming, even sympathetic congressmen don’t much care to listen.
The Obama Watch
The Three (Ways of Making Us) Stooges
Jay D. Homnick | 4.1.09
What about our president’s vaunted intelligence, morality, and honesty?
Another Perspective
Spring Ahead
Lisa Fabrizio | 4.1.09
You can fool voters — and readers — only some of the time.
Buy the Book
Dreaming the Next Century
Hunter Baker | 4.1.09
George Friedman sees the future and how it might work.
Reader Mail
The Administration Needs Restructuring
4.1.09
If Obama were a car co., he’d be gone. Devil’s in the details. UN goes Robin Hood on us. Gitmo Welfare Queens. Plus more.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Political Hay
Toxic Omnibus Anti-Energy, Anti-Civil Liberties Stew
John Berlau | 3.31.09
Rammed through by Reid and Pelosi and signed into law yesterday, the whopping Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 is a huge stinker all Obama’s own.
The Obama Watch
Jimmy Carter’s Spirit of Notre Dame
Jeffrey Lord | 3.31.09
Carter speech haunts Obama appearance at university.
The Energy Spectator
Three Mile Island — Thirty Years After
William Tucker | 3.31.09
If we haven’t recovered by now, we never will. A special report.
At Large
The Icon and the Battle-Axe
Joseph P. Duggan | 3.31.09
Worse than what Secretary of State Clinton did at the Basilica of Guadalupe was her stop in Houston.
Car Guy
Wasting General Motors
Eric Peters | 3.31.09
What neither Wagoner nor Obama wants to talk about.
Movie Takes
The Class (Entre les Murs)
James Bowman | 3.31.09
A wonderful French film about liberalism’s self-contradictions and contempt for human dignity.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Washington Prowler
ChiComs Hack Congress
The Prowler | 3.30.09
Pelosi none too concerned. Also: Who succeeds Robert Gates?
Constitutional Opinions
The Tragedy of Supremely Bad Law
Hans A. von Spakovsky | 3.30.09
The press hailed it as a victory for patients — but in the end they’re the ones who’ll end up paying.
Special Report
Bustin’ a Cap & Trade
Paul Chesser | 3.30.09
Not that they’ll admit it, but the alarmists’ day is over.
Another Perspective
Getting There
Bill Croke | 3.30.09
A hitchhiker’s guide to survival in the great American outback.
The Nation’s Pulse
Down to a Science
Nicole Russell | 3.30.09
Eleventh Hour is a new television drama with a surprisingly conservative take on bioethical issues.
Reader Mail
Touchdown Dance
3.30.09
Obama & Co. celebrate with the Catholic Church. Terrorists making heroes. Canada strikes back. Plus more.
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