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Friday, July 10, 2009
The Energy Spectator
Let’s Build 100 Nuclear Reactors — Again
Lamar Alexander | 7.10.09
We did it from 1970 to 1990. Why can’t we do it again?
The Obama Watch
The Night and Day Economy
Philip Klein | 7.10.09
In defending the stimulus, the White House wants us to believe that the state of the economy is simultaneously both better than expected and worse than expected.
Eminentoes
Jacked Up
George Neumayr | 7.10.09
Sharpton is right: There is nothing “strange” about modern America honoring a corrupter of youth.
Political Hay
Center Stage
W. James Antle, III | from the July 2009 - August 2009 issue
Republican primary voters must decide whether to play it moderately safe. From the July-August issue.
Another Perspective
Honduran Church Leaders Sympathetic to “Coup”
Mark Tooley | 7.10.09
“We reject threats of force or blockades of any sort which only make the poorest suffer.”
At Large
Theory and Practice of Revolution
George H. Wittman | 7.10.09
What do we have in Iran? And would a new regime change the country’s current foreign and defense policies?
Special Report
Mr. President: Don’t Forget Southern Sudan
Peter Kuch & Daniel Allott | 7.10.09
President Obama will make his historic first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa this weekend.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Joys of Quitting
Braggadocio Jones | 7.10.09
Sarah Palin sure knows how to make an exit.
Reader Mail
Freedom Falling
7.10.09
Defending freedom from the dangers of big government. Defending property rights and the Bush Doctrine. Michael Jackson and Jim Brown.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
The Current Crisis
Saving Liberty
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 7.9.09
Obama’s spending is costing us more than money — a lot more.
Enemy of the Week
Coming and Going
Enemy Central | 7.9.09
A president away, and a society in disarray.
Special Report
ACORN Sells Out the Poor
Matthew Vadum | 7.9.09
Backing a developer and the use of eminent domain to remove poor people from their homes.
Streetcar Line
Accentuate the Positive
Quin Hillyer | 7.9.09
Criticism is important, but not enough.
Among the Intellectualoids
The Strip Club
Judy Bachrach | from the July 2009 - August 2009 issue
Literary exhibitionism on full frontal — or at least parental — display.
The Obama Watch
Hard Knox
Fred Lucas | 7.9.09
A convenient embarrassment to the Obama administration.
Eminentoes
The Jackson Trajectory
Mark Goldblatt | 7.9.09
The King of Pop? Or the Lord of the Flies?
Reader Mail
Diversity in Suspense
7.9.09
Physician-assisted suspense. Wal-Mart disses American history. What’s so great about 1973? Once in love with Sarah. Plus more.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Obama Watch
The Bush Doctrine Is Still Working
Peter Ferrara | 7.8.09
The dictator-defending Obama Doctrine is not.
The Recession Spectator
The Receding Economy, Surging Spending
J.T. Young | 7.8.09
The federal government now consumes more than America produced just a generation ago.
Special Report
Honduras — Riding Tigers
James M. Thunder | 7.8.09
A warning to President Obama from John F. Kennedy.
Another Perspective
Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly
Lisa Fabrizio | 7.8.09
Sing along with Alaska’s Little Miss Sure Shot.
The Nation’s Pulse
Turtle Summer
Ralph R. Reiland | 7.8.09
A reluctant champ and struggling terrapins.
Movie Takes
The Gangster as Rock Star
James Bowman | 7.8.09
In Public Enemies, civil society doesn’t stand a chance.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
What’s Still Great
Wal-Mart in the Wilderness
Ben Stein | 7.7.09
A battlefield sanctified by American blood is no place for a Super Store.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Conscience Claws
Matt Bowman | 7.7.09
President Obama has a masterful ability to convince people he is their friend even while he attacks them.
Special Report
Jon Voight’s Profile in Courage
Jeffrey Lord | 7.7.09
Political acid tossed by New York Times — another attempt to disfigure an American icon.
The Right Prescription
Patriotism and the Public Plan
Robert M. Goldberg | 7.7.09
As a sign of good faith, those politicians in favor of a public option should enroll themselves and their families in one now.
Political Hay
Palin and the Politics of Familial Destruction
John C. Wohlstetter | 7.7.09
A growing cancer on American politics.
Another Perspective
Unnecessary Baggage
Ryan Young | 7.7.09
Politicians are carrying on in favor of new federal luggage regulations.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Egotists
Christopher Orlet | 7.7.09
Saving our cities means never having to think about anyone else.
Buy the Book
It Was a Very Good Year
Mark Falcoff | from the July 2009 - August 2009 issue
There are two things that make Alistair Horne’s Kissinger: 1973 very special. One is the author.
Reader Mail
Do Not Underestimate Her
7.7.09
Defending the Alaskan Maverick’s decision to resign. Political division in America. Zelaya’s move towards dictatorship. Plus more.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Political Hay
Sarah Surprises Again
Robert Stacy McCain | 7.6.09
Palin’s resignation confounds the punditocracy.
The Public Policy
Markey’s Moment
John Carlisle | 7.6.09
Congressman resorts to witness intimidation to silence critics of cap-and-trade bill.
The Obama Watch
He’s Zelaya and a Cheat
Jay D. Homnick | 7.6.09
What does Obama know anyway, about Honduras or even Iran circa 1954?
Another Perspective
GOP Not Alone in Hypocrisy
David N. Bass | 7.6.09
Selective cries of “hypocrite” are intended to silence social conservatives.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Land of Narcissus
Peter Hannaford | 7.6.09
What Arnold Toynbee and Charles Murray understood about a society in disintegration.
Buy the Book
The Prince of Philadelphia
Jeremy Lott | from the July 2009 - August 2009 issue
Joe Queenan’s Closing Time: A Memoir is without a doubt his finest book.
Reader Mail
California Nightmarin’
7.6.09
Left coast cars take a step backwards. One more comedian in Congress. Defending the barracuda. Plus more.
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