The Current Crisis
The Prophet's Wanderlust
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.23.09 @ 6:09AM
There is something curious about the frenetic pace of the 44th president's foreign trips this month.
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Friday, April 24, 2009
The Environmental Spectator
It's Not Easy Being Green
W. James Antle, III | 4.24.09 @ 6:08AM
The Obama administration is blowing smoke about how many jobs its environmental agenda will create.
Media Matters
Pancake Red Stone
Daniel J. Flynn | 4.24.09 @ 6:08AM
When it came to the Soviet Union, the journalist I.F. Stone wasn't so independent.
Eminentoes
Hugo's Hollywood
Matthew Vadum | 4.24.09 @ 6:07AM
From Kevin Spacey to Sean Penn and Danny Glover, they all pillage their hearts for Hugo Chavez.
Special Report
The Zen Episcopalian
Mark Tooley | 4.24.09 @ 6:07AM
A Buddhist bishop for the Episcopal Church?
At Large
No Pain, No Gain
George H. Wittman | 4.24.09 @ 6:06AM
With the North Koreans it's always back to square one.
Feature
There's Plenty of Energy at the Bottom
William Tucker | April 2009
Everyone's looking for energy fixes in all the wrong places.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Constitutional Opinions
Attention Supreme Court
Katharine Inglis Butler | 4.23.09 @ 6:08AM
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act was an ingenious solution in 1965. Its extension in 2006 was mere political expediency. Now the Supreme Court must decide whether that extension was also constitutional.
The Obama Watch
Obama's Torture Policy for the Unborn
George Neumayr | 4.23.09 @ 6:07AM
But he turns prim on the CIA.
Political Hay
Politicians in Pajamas
Nicole Russell | 4.23.09 @ 6:07AM
Mr. Blogger goes to Washington -- and maybe to some local offices near you.
Special Report
Censoring Military Leaders
John R. Guardiano | 4.23.09 @ 6:07AM
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is trying to silence military leaders. Congress needs to demand that they be heard.
Another Perspective
Unsound Bites
Jay D. Homnick | 4.23.09 @ 6:05AM
On behalf of those with the attention span of a Frosted Mini-Wheats eater.
Reader Mail
Greened to Death
4.23.09 @ 6:01AM
Save the earth, shoot a moose. Nixon that. President Axelrod. Plus more.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The Obama Watch
Will Obama Seize the Radio Stations Next?
Peter Ferrara | 4.22.09 @ 6:09AM
When he says he won't do something that usually means he will.
The Obama Watch
Obama's Mexican Recipe: Failed Statism
Joseph P. Duggan | 4.22.09 @ 6:08AM
After a condescending visit the president adds insult to injury with his choice for U.S. ambassador to Mexico.
Special Report
Happy Earth Day, Vladimir Ilyich
Bill Croke | 4.22.09 @ 6:07AM
Lenin on his organic and recycled birthday.
The Environmental Spectator
How's the Fishing?
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 4.22.09 @ 6:07AM
Earth Day 2009 brings some good news from the world's fisheries.
At Large
Honor Thy Country
Joseph Shattan | 4.22.09 @ 6:07AM
That might be too much to ask of the current president.
Political Hay
Obama's Tea-Leaf Readers
Peter Hannaford | 4.22.09 @ 6:06AM
They know the dissatisfaction is deeper than reported.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Breaking News
Holocaust Remembrance Day: The View from Israel
Robert M. Goldberg | 4.21.09 @ 11:36AM
Overlapping with Hitler's birthday.
The Energy Spectator
"The Unbearable Lightness of Wind"
William Tucker | 4.21.09 @ 6:08AM
Political momentum is pushing ahead with wind at full tilt.
Political Hay
Department of Homeland Security Advisory
Thaddeus G. McCotter | 4.21.09 @ 6:08AM
George Washington and other persons of interest -- Congressman McCotter's Top 10 American extremists.
Media Matters
Good Riddance
James Srodes | 4.21.09 @ 6:07AM
What do you expect from a newspaper industry that has outdone Detroit in wasting its franchise?
Economics
Demand and Supply
Brian Wesbury | April 2009
There are two types of economists -- make that two types of people -- in the world.
Reader Mail
The South Will Write Again
4.21.09 @ 6:01AM
An editor in Richmond. Socialism: once is enough. The winsome Ms. Winship. Plus more.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Washington Prowler
Just Following Orders
The Prowler | 4.20.09 @ 6:08AM
Waxman's cap-and-trade insistence isn't what White House wants.
Campus Scenes
In Memoriam
John R. Dunlap | 4.20.09 @ 6:08AM
Thomas Aquinas College suffers a grievous loss.
The Nation's Pulse
How Many Richmonders Does It Take?
Joseph P. Duggan | 4.20.09 @ 6:08AM
Newspaper days at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, when it was still a Southern grand dame.
Another Perspective
What's a Conservative Deadhead to Do?
Bill Croke | 4.20.09 @ 6:07AM
Now that Obama has sparked a Grateful Dead -- make that Dead-- revival tour.
The Right Prescription
Socialized Medicine on Display
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 4.20.09 @ 6:07AM
The first thing to remember is that criticism and whistleblowing will not to be tolerated, as British practice reminds us every day.
Books in Review
Up From Diplomacy
Fred Iklé | April 2009
Machiavelli could not have written a better book.
Reader Mail
In It to Win It
4.20.09 @ 6:01AM
Obama's economic goals. Snarlin' at Arlen. Don't be so insure. Plus more.
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