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Friday, July 24, 2009
The Right Prescription
How Much Is a Year of Your Life Worth?
David Catron | 7.24.09 @ 6:09AM
Obamacare puts a price on your head.
Political Hay
Community-Organized Crime
Matthew Vadum | 7.24.09 @ 6:08AM
The Issa report sheds light on ACORN's damning conduct.
The Nation's Pulse
There Are Towns a Lot Tougher Than Cambridge
William Tucker | 7.24.09 @ 6:08AM
If only Henry Louis Gates had been a little more circumspect.
Special Report
The Pope and the Astronauts
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 7.24.09 @ 6:08AM
The Vatican was enthusiastic for the moon landing and space exploration.
Another Perspective
The Palestinians of Al Wahdat
Tuvia Tenenbom | 7.24.09 @ 6:08AM
Tobias of Germany reports from inside one of the largest refugee camps in Jordan.
The Obama Watch
Questions I Never Asked Obama
Robert M. Goldberg | 7.24.09 @ 6:07AM
Fifteen questions reporters were afraid to ask.
At Large
Walking on the Wild Side
George H. Wittman | 7.24.09 @ 6:07AM
The bewildering experience of one special operations officer in Afghanistan.
Conservative Tastes
The Triumph of Fantasy
James Bowman | July 2009 - August 2009
Yet fantasy is not always harmless, as the summer blockbuster schedule confirms. From our July-August issue.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The Right Prescription
Health Care Reform and the American Character
Congressman Paul Ryan | 7.23.09 @ 6:09AM
What's really at stake in the health care battle?
The Current Crisis
More Media Follies
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 7.23.09 @ 6:09AM
Obama-bashing for sport -- still more evidence of the trivial nature of the contemporary American news media.
At Large
In a Mellow Mood
Jay D. Homnick | 7.23.09 @ 6:07AM
Shocking news: Israelis have become more pleasant, less abrasive.
Streetcar Line
Sports Behind the 8-Ball
Quin Hillyer | 7.23.09 @ 6:07AM
The greatest stories, never told.
Eminentoes
A Turner Classic
Mark Tooley | 7.23.09 @ 6:07AM
Richard Cizik, now in the employ of Ted Turner's UN Foundation, dutifully advocates for "new" (i.e. liberal) evangelicals.
Books in Review
Overlords of World War II
James Piereson | July 2009 - August 2009
Andrew Roberts' Masters and Commanders is the best kind of history, faithful to the past yet relevant to the present.
Reader Mail
Angry White Liberals
7.23.09 @ 6:01AM
Teddy's health plan. Dowd's whiteout. Hillary's Indian adventure. Enviros' indulgences. Plus more.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Special Report
AARP’s Got Their Back
Philip Klein | 7.22.09 @ 6:10AM
The nation’s largest advocacy group for seniors says it’s nonpartisan, but its support for the Obama administration’s health care push places it on the side of bigger government yet again.
The Obama Watch
What's Not Political About Health Care Reform?
Andrew Cline | 7.22.09 @ 6:09AM
It's not about him, the president said. But Meredith Vieira wasn't buying.
The Public Policy
Obama Is Delaying the Economic Recovery
Peter Ferrara | 7.22.09 @ 6:08AM
Or to be more precise, he's preventing economic recovery -- and thus dooming his political future.
Ben Stein's Diary
Liberty Weekend
Ben Stein | July 2009 - August 2009
Off to meet the chancellor of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell, Jr. From our July-August issue.
At Large
A Scold's Lesson
Christopher Orlet | 7.22.09 @ 6:07AM
It didn't work with Bill and it won't work with Islamic militants.
The Right Prescription
The Kennedy-Orszag $700 Billion Fix
Robert M. Goldberg | 7.22.09 @ 6:07AM
How can Obama & Co. continue to insist that government-run health care will not lead to rationing and exploding health care costs?
Eminentoes
Truth and Heresy
Lisa Fabrizio | 7.22.09 @ 6:07AM
Another Kennedy flaunts her liberal Catholicism.
The Slaughterhouse
How Our Best and Brightest Think
Angelo M. Codevilla | July 2009 - August 2009
Could it be that our “best” universities’ humanities departments are filled with pretentious poseurs? From our July-August issue.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Feature
The Matter With Myths
Philip Klein | July 2009 - August 2009
If conservatives don't counter them, government-run health care will be here to stay.
Political Hay
Hillary's Saari Tour of India
Ken Blackwell | 7.21.09 @ 6:08AM
Obama and Clinton are pursuing a diplomacy of apology while giving America things to really be sorry about.
Eminentoes
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being Maureen Dowd
Jeffrey Lord | 7.21.09 @ 6:08AM
Columnist brings attention to white-run Times, media's racial double-standard.
Special Report
Hang 'Em High
Bill Croke | 7.21.09 @ 6:07AM
Walter Van Tilburg Clark's The Ox-Bow Incident continues to resonate.
Another Perspective
Cars, Climate, Fuel Efficiency, and the American Consumer
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 7.21.09 @ 6:07AM
Cognitive dissonance writ large.
Buy the Book
A Housing Crisis Not Wasted
Joseph Lawler | 7.21.09 @ 6:06AM
Washington doesn't worry about its failures.
Reader Mail
The Way It Wasn't
7.21.09 @ 6:01AM
Wonderful Walter. Ted Kennedy's shame. Suicide watch. Liberals running on half-empty. Plus more.
Monday, July 20, 2009
The Congressional Spectator
Behind Closed Doors
Robert Stacy McCain | 7.20.09 @ 6:08AM
Secrecy, suspicion, and the IG investigations.
Eminentoes
Liberal Lion in Winter
Daniel J. Flynn | 7.20.09 @ 6:08AM
Ted Kennedy's constituents would be best served by his resignation, 40 years ago and today.
The Environmental Spectator
Governors (Two) Bark Back
Paul Chesser | 7.20.09 @ 6:08AM
Western govs Otter know better than let themselves be controlled by global warmist fanatics.
Political Hay
Sloppy Senates
Hope Hodge | 7.20.09 @ 6:07AM
The antics of New York's state senators have some people wondering if the Empire State would be better off without them.
The Obama Watch
A Nation of One-Eyed Sycophants?
Ralph R. Reiland | 7.20.09 @ 6:07AM
Our president is all closed ears when it comes to "chatter" and "talk" disapproving of his policies.
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