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6.19.09
Looking for a free lunch. A few health care stats. Hope & Change — Clinton ‘92. Plus more.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Special Report
Silence Isn’t Golden
Philip Klein | 6.19.09
Amir Fakhravar has spent decades fighting for democracy in Iran, and years in the regime’s brutal prisons. He thinks President Obama should speak up for freedom.
Political Hay
The War Over War Funding
W. James Antle, III | 6.19.09
The fight to pass Obama’s spending bill for Iraq, Afghanistan, and the IMF wasn’t as easy as it looked.
The Obama Watch
Fiends With Benefits
George Neumayr | 6.19.09
In another distressing example of heterophobia, Obama’s gift to gay activists this week excludes opposite-sex sinners.
The Public Policy
Commandeered by Climate Alarmists
Paul Chesser | 6.19.09
Did a few Western governors and their staffs pull a fast one on other members of the Western Governors Association in the name of accelerated cap and trade?
At Large
Benign Neglect as Immigration Policy
George H. Wittman | 6.19.09
The Obama Administration has found a new way to handle the problem of illegal immigration — ignore it.
Sports Arena
Footwork and Roger Federer
Roger Kaplan | 6.19.09
Following in the tradition of the great Don Budge and Gottried von Cramm.
Buy the Book
Hart to Hart
James Srodes | from the June 2009 issue
What are the aims of criminal law?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Washington Prowler
Walloping Walpin
The Prowler | 6.18.09
The Obama machine will not allow anyone to get in its crooked way.
Special Report
Obama Is No Reagan: The Polish Lesson Ignored in Iran
Jeffrey Lord | 6.18.09
Iranian cry for freedom received with miserable inadequacy by the White House.
The Obama Watch
Obama Roseannadanna
Andrew Cline | 6.18.09
Never mind! Suddenly, holding terror suspects indefinitely without trial is OK.
The Current Crisis
Obama’s Senior Moment
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.18.09
He is determined to restrict health services for older people.
Freedom Watch
Freedom Can’t Be Rationed
Rep. Mike Pence | from the June 2009 issue
The truth is, government-run health insurance takes away citizens’ freedom. From our June issue.
Feature
Pro-Mexico
Angelo M. Codevilla | from the June 2009 issue
U.S. policy toward our southern relative and neighbor is deeply flawed — and the small-minded right has been no more enlightened. Our June cover story.
Streetcar Line
(Beth)paging Hollywood
Quin Hillyer | 6.18.09
After ten years of husbanding, a happy ending.
Another Perspective
Are There Obamashares in Your Future?
Peter Hannaford | 6.18.09
To Sen. Lamar Alexander, “taxpayer-owned” sounds better than “government-owned.”
Reader Mail
Health Careless
6.18.09
Put some thought into reform. Tweeting Tehran. Greenwood black and blue. Plus more.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The Right Prescription
How Obamacare Will Change Your Life
David Catron | 6.17.09
You’ll be spending more money for less care.
The Nation’s Pulse
Farmer Brown Fights Back
William Yeatman & Jeremy Lott | 6.17.09
Green interests have met their match in ethanol-growing farmers.
Car Guy
Don’t Know Much About Car Story
Eric Peters | 6.17.09
GM’s new honchos pride themselves on being clueless about their own products.
The Marital Spectator
Judges Not
W. James Antle, III | from the June 2009 issue
Vermont and the new democratic push for same-sex marriage. From our June issue.
Live From New York
Two Hands, Luis!
Lisa Fabrizio | 6.17.09
Sloppy runs, hits, and errors in the modern Interleague era.
Another Perspective
Petal to the Meddle
Jay D. Homnick | 6.17.09
Flower Power in power: corrupt, cowardly, and weak.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Special Report
Interesting Times in Tehran
Ilan Berman | 6.16.09
Political turmoil of a kind not seen since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Political Hay
Pat Leahy’s Fish Story
Jeffrey Lord | 6.16.09
Bush judicial nominee excoriated for all-male fishing club ex-membership: Senator silent on Sotomayor’s all-female power club.
At Large
D-Day and the Aging Frenchman
Andrew B. Wilson | 6.16.09
He lived a double life under Nazi occupation — and loves what America did to liberate France.
The Public Policy
A Trillion Dollars in Incompetence
Robert M. Goldberg | 6.16.09
The Kennedy health care bill is out of its mind and out of control.
The Nation’s Pulse
Hitting the Books
Bill Croke | 6.16.09
There was a time when high school students were taught to love literature.
Last Call
Density Is Destiny
Philip Klein | from the June 2009 issue
Liberal White Castles in the sky. From our June issue.
Movie Takes
Drag Me to Hell
James Bowman | 6.16.09
It helps to believe in hell if you’re going to make a movie in which it figures prominently.
Reader Mail
The Right Stuff
6.16.09
Speaking for the GOP’s echo chamber. End the Fed. Freeman vs. Ford. Plus more.
Monday, June 15, 2009
What’s Still Great
Fathers and Money
Ben Stein | 6.15.09
Gratitude and regrets as Father’s Day nears.
Political Hay
Who Speaks for the GOP? Who Cares?
Jeremy Lott | 6.15.09
Democrats run against the past at their risk.
Special Report
Nothing to Hide
Mark Tooley | 6.15.09
Did HBO’s nude encounter between Churchill and FDR really happen?
The Hell-Hole Spectator
The Big Joke
Doug Bandow | 6.15.09
The expensive comedy club at Turtle Bay celebrates Cuba and other human rights atrocities.
The Grassroots Spectator
After the Tea Parties
Quin Hillyer | from the June 2009 issue
Even before anybody dreamed of the Tea Parties, a number of conservative grassroots organizations were mobilizing. From our June issue.
Movie Takes
The Hangover
James Bowman | 6.15.09
The after-effects of drunkenness aren’t what they used to be.
Reader Mail
Ford-ing the Gap
6.15.09
Between liberal charities and their critics. On RET’s reading list. Mimi’s poetic stylings. Plus more.
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