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Yogi Love | 4.11.09
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Political Hay
Twilight in Vermont
W. James Antle, III | 4.10.09
The debate over same-sex marriage is no longer just about judges.
The Right Prescription
Obama’s False Choice
Philip Klein | 4.10.09
How the so-called “public option” for health insurance would deny consumers choice, prevent real competition, and usher in government-run health care.
Streetcar Line
Blocking the Funds of Terrorists
Quin Hillyer | 4.10.09
It’s getting harder for U.S. financial institutions — some now taxpayer-backed — to back “Shariah compliant” policies that help entities tied to Iran-backed terrorism.
At Large
Leading From Weakness
George H. Wittman | 4.10.09
In Obama’s case, that means running away from leadership, as in the case of the Iranian bomb.
High Spirits
National Prayer Bazaar
Jonathan Aitken | from the April 2009 issue
America’s National Prayer Breakfast is in danger of becoming an empty social ritual.
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The Towering London
Midge Decter | from the April 2009 issue
A brief but telling account of the soup of moral and intellectual confusion into which a significantly telling number of us Americans have currently gotten ourselves.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Feature
Wrestling With Capitalist Pigs
Philip Klein | from the April 2009 issue
When capitalists are held to the same low standards as government, what kind of future can capitalism possibly have?
Breaking News
Three Presidents and a Hijacking at Sea
Jeffrey Lord | 4.9.09
Lessons from LBJ, Ford and Reagan on what to do — and what not to do.
Special Report
Hero of Our Times
Thirsty McWormwood | 4.9.09
Let’s lift our glasses to Ford’s Alan Mulally.
Eminentoes
Obama, Noonan, and Blarney
Patrick O'Hannigan | 4.9.09
Despite some misgivings about the president, the gifted Peggy Noonan cannot help but regard him as someone special.
The Obama Watch
The Real Public Outrage
Brett Joshpe | 4.9.09
Becoming allergic to Obama-prescribed antibiotics.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
The Long Run
Roger Scruton | from the April 2009 issue
Muhammad, Keynes, and the avoidance of personal responsibility.
Another Perspective
The Sun Hits the Spot
Jay D. Homnick | 4.9.09
Taking notice of another interesting Jewish observance this Passover.
Reader Mail
Norman’s Conquest
4.9.09
Europe falls. Nietzschean Obama. The right to safety. Hunter’s wake-up call. The wise LeBron James. Plus more.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
At Large
Obama’s Unholy War Against Christianity, Not Islam
George Neumayr | 4.8.09
He grants religious respect to Muslims who oppose America, not Christians who sustain it.
The Public Policy
Kennedy-Reagan v. Bush-Obama
Peter Ferrara | 4.8.09
Taxes that work versus those that don’t.
Special Report
Ninety-Two Years and Counting
Geoffrey Norman | 4.8.09
Even our president doesn’t know just how long the U.S. has been guilty of a “failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role.”
Another Perspective
Fathers and Sons
Joseph Shattan | 4.8.09
A inter-generational exchange over who still possesses “moral authority.”
The Obama Watch
If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Strasbourg
Lisa Fabrizio | 4.8.09
How do you say big bore in Austrian?
Eminentoes
Nuts to the Brown-Eyed Visionaries
Ralph R. Reiland | 4.8.09
Time to boycott Brazil’s top nut.
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Lincoln’s Decisive Switch
Jason Emerson | from the April 2009 issue
An indispensable study on Lincoln’s rise to greatness.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Special Report
Facile Accounting
Matthew Vadum | 4.7.09
It’s killing Arianna, but last week’s easing of the mark-to-market rule is giving economic recovery a chance.
Media Matters
Goodbye to Old Newspaper Days
William Tucker | 4.7.09
Nothing will replace the camaraderie that came with being a night-desk reporter.
Political Hay
Biden Blamed Bush, Gingrich for Virginia Tech Shootings
Jeffrey Lord | 4.7.09
VP silent on blame in Binghamton, Pittsburgh killings: a lesson from Mark Levin.
Special Report
Flight Risk
Jeff Fulcher | 4.7.09
A fiat currency-wielding Ron Paul supporter’s encounter with federal airport security.
The Nation’s Pulse
Columbine Plus
Reid Collins | 4.7.09
Ten years later, trying to make sure killers aren’t allowed to remain “active shooters.”
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Taking a Walk on the Supply Side
Nick Schulz | from the April 2009 issue
The timing of this book’s publication is peerless.
Movie Takes
Taken
James Bowman | 4.7.09
Progressive reviewers and others older than 13 were aghast, but torture has its uses in this CIA superhero flick.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Freedom Watch
Political Greed
Jim DeMint | from the April 2009 issue
“Freedom is a fragile thing,” Reagan said. Introducing Freedom Watch, a new monthly column in which a prominent public figure addresses growing threats to our freedom and what’s being done to defend it — “for it comes only once to a people”
The Obama Watch
Number One Without a Bullet
Jay D. Homnick | 4.6.09
So in 1945 Barack Obama would not have done what Harry Truman did, he tells the world in Prague.
Sports Arena
The NCAA’s Slaves
Andrew Cline | 4.6.09
Southern plantation owners were more enlightened.
The Right Prescription
Switching to the Tune of the Times
Lawrence A. Hunter | 4.6.09
Key critics of HillaryCare are now on board the ObamaCare Express. There’s only one way to stop them.
Constitutional Opinions
Making It Up As They Go
William C. Duncan | 4.6.09
In a novel approach, the iowa supremes claim to speak for a whole new generation.
Another Perspective
Marriage: A Hill to Die On
Robert Stacy McCain | 4.6.09
The Iowa Supreme Court forces conservatives to fight.
Reader Mail
The Long Arm of the Left
4.6.09
Intruding government. General Obama. A simmering bromance. Plus more.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The Current Crisis
Mencken and Me
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.5.09
Can you believe it? In the public prints I have been called a “pipsqueak.”
Feature
Obama’s Global “Narrative”
David Aikman | from the April 2009 issue
Fuzzy feelings and a confused grasp of the human condition.
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