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Friday, June 26, 2009

Political Hay

Will the Left Kill Health Care Reform?

Philip Klein | 6.26.09 @ 6:10AM

Liberals insist that any health care bill must include a new government-run plan, but moderate Democrats say such a bill couldn't get through the Senate.

Constitutional Opinions

A Religious Test

Ken Blackwell & Ken Klukowski | 6.26.09 @ 6:09AM

On the sidewalks of Dearborn, Michigan, Christians need to be able to practice their faith too.

Breaking News

Sticks and Stones

Ivan Osorio | 6.26.09 @ 6:08AM

The Stoning of Soraya M. opens today. It couldn't be more timely.

Another Perspective

Jeremiah Wright Foreign Policy

Mark Hyman | 6.26.09 @ 6:08AM

How quickly we forget about those who helped expose our future president to the world.

Freedom Watch

An Open Letter to the Pásdárán Generals

Ion Mihai Pacepa | 6.26.09 @ 6:07AM

The Right Prescription

Free-Riding Lawyers on the Obamacare Bus

Gilbert Ross, M.D. | 6.26.09 @ 6:07AM

The president is asking everyone to sacrifice -- except the malpractice litigators.

At Large

Conventional Wisdom on North Korea

George H. Wittman | 6.26.09 @ 6:07AM

It doesn't begin to enlighten.

The Nation's Pulse

Troubling State of Affairs

Jay D. Homnick | 6.26.09 @ 6:06AM

The outer limits of wayward Republicanism.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Political Hay

Lights Out

W. James Antle, III | 6.25.09 @ 6:09AM

The expected House vote on an energy tax increase will be a lose-lose proposition for the Democrats.

The Marital Spectator

Sanford and Sun

George Neumayr | 6.25.09 @ 6:08AM

The South Carolina governor comes back tanned, rested, and adulterous. 

The Current Crisis

Robust Weakness

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.25.09 @ 6:08AM

Our unseasoned new president is a model of uncertainty.

Eminentoes

The Political Suicide of Mark Sanford

Andrew Cline | 6.25.09 @ 6:07AM

He is guilty of far more than adultery.

Special Report

Obama Plays Hardball With Watchdogs

Robert Stacy McCain | 6.25.09 @ 6:07AM

The independence of inspectors generals comes under fire.

The Public Policy

Standing Athwart Nationalization

John Berlau | 6.25.09 @ 6:06AM

Conservatives should still be yelling stop. A response to National Review.

The Obama Watch

The Obama Olympics

Aaron Goldstein | 6.25.09 @ 6:06AM

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

In Memoriam

We've Lost a Best Friend

Ben Stein | 6.24.09 @ 1:37PM

Ed McMahon, RIP.

Constitutional Opinions

Third Branch Conservatism

Manuel Miranda | 6.24.09 @ 6:09AM

It will be a mark of failed Republican leadership if a confirmation vote on Sonia Sotomayor occurs before the August recess.

The Obama Watch

Washington's Plot to Explode Your Taxes

Peter Ferrara | 6.24.09 @ 6:08AM

How else will the Obama plan meet its goal of total social and economic transformation?

TAS Live

The Last Chilean Myth

James R. Whelan | 6.24.09 @ 6:07AM

From the May, 2007 issue: Far from a friend to the United States, Michelle Bachelet is the latest in a long line of far left leaders in the tradition of Castro and Chavez. Read up on the Chilean president our president celebrated at his press conference yesterday.

At Large

Sympathy for the Devil

Christopher Orlet | 6.24.09 @ 6:06AM

A French court is mired in moral confusion.

Special Report

Modernize the Military Now

John R. Guardiano | 6.24.09 @ 6:06AM

Secretary Gates is right about the future, but wrong about the defense budget cuts.

Another Perspective

High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Nicole Russell | 6.24.09 @ 6:06AM

A new report suggests overzealous prosecution of petty crimes doesn't pay -- for taxpayers.

The Terror Spectator

Obama Professes Toughness

Jay D. Homnick | 6.24.09 @ 6:04AM

The mullahs are shaking in their slippers.

Reader Mail

Civil Rights, Civil Manners

6.24.09 @ 6:01AM

The right and the liberal ladies. Circulating the drain. Comparatively effective health policy. Plus more.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Editorial Cartoon

Your Free Credit Report

Yogi Love | 6.23.09 @ 10:20AM

The Public Policy

Nationalization Review

John Berlau | 6.23.09 @ 6:09AM

The magazine Bill Buckley founded supports expanding Obama's power to seize firms.

The Right Prescription

America's Policy Graveyard

J.T. Young | 6.23.09 @ 6:09AM

Will healthcare reform again be America's Afghanistan?

Eminentoes

Boxing With Barbara, Liz, and the Latina

Jeffrey Lord | 6.23.09 @ 6:08AM

Government power plus insecurity plus arrogance: the health care consequences for all of us.

At Large

Why Do India and Pakistan So Furiously Rage?

Frank Schell | 6.23.09 @ 6:07AM

The strange legacy of a shared history.

Another Perspective

Goldens Bearing Gifts

Ralph R. Reiland | 6.23.09 @ 6:06AM

Dog days at the beach worth many a lick.

Lifestyles Left and Right

I'm With Cupid

Eve Tushnet | 6.23.09 @ 6:05AM

Three's company in the eros-dominated production Design for Living.

Sports Arena

Duffers' Thanks

Reid Collins | 6.23.09 @ 6:05AM

It's a shut case who won this year's U.S. Open.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Special Report

Iran's Revolutionary Moment?

Ilan Berman | 6.22.09 @ 6:09AM

Any analysis must acknowledge that revolutions, properly understood, are notoriously hard to predict.

The Obama Watch

Passive Unaggressive

George H. Wittman | 6.22.09 @ 6:08AM

Community organizing won't take you far in the making of a foreign policy that befits a great power.

The Right Prescription

The Employer Mandate and the Alternative

James M. Thunder | 6.22.09 @ 6:08AM

Government should be incentivizing freedom, not its disappearance.

Political Hay

His Royal Fairness

Brett Joshpe | 6.22.09 @ 6:08AM

Fairness Doctrine or not, content regulation may still be coming under Obama.

Among the Intellectualoids

Shut Up, Cowboy

Bill Croke | 6.22.09 @ 6:07AM

It's not easy engaging the left in Missoula high country.

The Public Policy

Financial Affirmative Action Returns

Matthew Vadum | 6.22.09 @ 6:06AM

Rehabilitating the economy-wrecking Community Reinvestment Act.

Another Perspective

Time for a Raise

F. Vincent Vernuccio | 6.22.09 @ 6:06AM

Which party favors higher wages for union workers?

Reader Mail

Attacked From All Sides

6.22.09 @ 6:01AM

Climate, health care and immigration. The One is a zero in Iran. Who the health cares? Plus more.

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