The Current Crisis
The Prophet’s Wanderlust
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.23.09
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
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
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
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
A Buddhist bishop for the Episcopal Church?
At Large
No Pain, No Gain
George H. Wittman | 4.24.09
With the North Koreans it’s always back to square one.
Feature
There’s Plenty of Energy at the Bottom
William Tucker | from the April 2009 issue
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
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
But he turns prim on the CIA.
Political Hay
Politicians in Pajamas
Nicole Russell | 4.23.09
Mr. Blogger goes to Washington — and maybe to some local offices near you.
Special Report
Censoring Military Leaders
John R. Guardiano | 4.23.09
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
On behalf of those with the attention span of a Frosted Mini-Wheats eater.
Reader Mail
Greened to Death
4.23.09
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
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
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
Lenin on his organic and recycled birthday.
The Environmental Spectator
How’s the Fishing?
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 4.22.09
Earth Day 2009 brings some good news from the world’s fisheries.
At Large
Honor Thy Country
Joseph Shattan | 4.22.09
That might be too much to ask of the current president.
Political Hay
Obama’s Tea-Leaf Readers
Peter Hannaford | 4.22.09
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
Overlapping with Hitler’s birthday.
The Energy Spectator
“The Unbearable Lightness of Wind”
William Tucker | 4.21.09
Political momentum is pushing ahead with wind at full tilt.
Political Hay
Department of Homeland Security Advisory
Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter | 4.21.09
George Washington and other persons of interest — Congressman McCotter’s Top 10 American extremists.
Media Matters
Good Riddance
James Srodes | 4.21.09
What do you expect from a newspaper industry that has outdone Detroit in wasting its franchise?
Economics
Demand and Supply
Brian Wesbury | from the April 2009 issue
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
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
Waxman’s cap-and-trade insistence isn’t what White House wants.
The Nation’s Pulse
How Many Richmonders Does It Take?
Joseph P. Duggan | 4.20.09
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
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
The first thing to remember is that criticism and whistleblowing will not to be tolerated, as British practice reminds us every day.
Buy the Book
Up From Diplomacy
Fred Iklé | from the April 2009 issue
Machiavelli could not have written a better book.
Reader Mail
In It to Win It
4.20.09
Obama’s economic goals. Snarlin’ at Arlen. Don’t be so insure. Plus more.
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