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Ben Stein | 7.24.09
Why is President Barack Obama in such a hurry to get his socialized medicine bill passed?
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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
Obamacare puts a price on your head.
Political Hay
Community-Organized Crime
Matthew Vadum | 7.24.09
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
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
The Vatican was enthusiastic for the moon landing and space exploration.
Another Perspective
The Palestinians of Al Wahdat
Tuvia Tenenbom | 7.24.09
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
Fifteen questions reporters were afraid to ask.
At Large
Walking on the Wild Side
George H. Wittman | 7.24.09
The bewildering experience of one special operations officer in Afghanistan.
Conservative Tastes
The Triumph of Fantasy
James Bowman | from the July 2009 - August 2009 issue
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
Rep. Paul Ryan | 7.23.09
What’s really at stake in the health care battle?
The Current Crisis
More Media Follies
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 7.23.09
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
Shocking news: Israelis have become more pleasant, less abrasive.
Eminentoes
A Turner Classic
Mark Tooley | 7.23.09
Richard Cizik, now in the employ of Ted Turner’s UN Foundation, dutifully advocates for “new” (i.e. liberal) evangelicals.
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Overlords of World War II
James Piereson | from the July 2009 - August 2009 issue
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
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
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
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
Or to be more precise, he’s preventing economic recovery — and thus dooming his political future.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Liberty Weekend
from the July 2009 - August 2009 issue
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
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
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
Another Kennedy flaunts her liberal Catholicism.
The Slaughterhouse
How Our Best and Brightest Think
Angelo M. Codevilla | from the July 2009 - August 2009 issue
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 | from the July 2009 - August 2009 issue
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
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
Columnist brings attention to white-run Times, media’s racial double-standard.
Special Report
Hang ‘Em High
Bill Croke | 7.21.09
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
Cognitive dissonance writ large.
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A Housing Crisis Not Wasted
Joseph Lawler | 7.21.09
Washington doesn’t worry about its failures.
Reader Mail
The Way It Wasn’t
7.21.09
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
Secrecy, suspicion, and the IG investigations.
Eminentoes
Liberal Lion in Winter
Daniel J. Flynn | 7.20.09
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
Western govs Otter know better than let themselves be controlled by global warmist fanatics.
Political Hay
Sloppy Senates
Hope Hodge | 7.20.09
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
Our president is all closed ears when it comes to “chatter” and “talk” disapproving of his policies.
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