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Friday, August 21, 2009
Political Hay
Ted Kennedy’s Last Will and Testament
Daniel J. Flynn | 8.21.09
Senate succession rules, Camelot-style.
The Hell-Hole Spectator
Woodstock Authoritarians
George Neumayr | 8.21.09
While fulminating about the lack of “civility” today, they whimsically recall one of the stupidest and most destructive protest periods ever.
Eminentoes
Richard Cohen’s Wild Moose Chase
Daniel Oliver | 8.21.09
Was it drink that caused him invoke Joe McCarthy against Sarah Palin?
In Memoriam
Bob Novak’s Angle of Repose
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 8.21.09
The Prince of Darkness’s Augustinian journey.
In Memoriam
Bob Novak: A Teacher
Amanda Carey | 8.21.09
Learning from a man with 50 years of experience in Washington.
At Large
Kenya’s Sad Safari
George H. Wittman | 8.21.09
From a post-colonial model to economic and social basket case.
Sports Arena
Viking Funeral
Ryan Young | 8.21.09
Will Brett Favre be a hero or villain in Minnesota? It will depend on whether the wins come.
Movie Takes
Julie & Julia
James Bowman | 8.21.09
A feel-good chick flick, in part about the way to a man’s heart.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Special Report
Good Night, Sweet Rose
Ben Stein | 8.20.09
Such a contrast between Rose Friedman and our rule-by-decree President.
Political Hay
Gilligan’s Old Party
W. James Antle, III | 8.20.09
Why the Republicans might not be stranded for as long as it once seemed.
In Memoriam
Bob Novak, Boy Reporter
Neal B. Freeman | 8.20.09
He knew exactly what he should be doing with his life.
The Right Prescription
What I Saw at the Health Care Revolution
Robert M. Goldberg | 8.20.09
A Yankee reports from Atlanta’s triumphant town hall.
Car Guy
GM’s $4,000 Car We Won’t Get
Eric Peters | 8.20.09
But we’ll pay to help it capture the foreign market.
At Large
Amnesty for Hamas
Brett Joshpe | 8.20.09
Amnesty International picks up where Mary Robinson left off.
The Public Policy
Pink Cadillac
Peter Pitts | 8.20.09
Welcome “Cadillac health plans” to the rhetoric of healthcare reform. It’s not the last time you’ll be hearing it.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Special Report
We’ve Long Had a Public Option
Andrew Cline | 8.19.09
Non-profits already provide the “public option” Obama says he wants.
The Right Prescription
Catch Me If You Can
Peter Ferrara | 8.19.09
Keeping up with the president’s chronic lies, deceptions, misrepresentations and other health-care fairy tales.
The Current Crisis
Robert Novak, RIP
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.19.09
He was a prince, all right, of toughness, decency, and friendship.
The Public Policy
When Governors Associate
Paul Chesser | 8.19.09
Global warm-mongers march on the South — and the Southern Governors Association has given them a green light.
Buy the Book
Imagine There’s No Country
Patrick O'Hannigan | 8.19.09
An ambitious and disconcerting novel.
Reader Mail
Warning: Low Battery
8.19.09
Volt’s charge account. Bunion care in New Zealand. Pulling grandma’s plug. End of life costs. Not mean enough. Plus more.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Political Hay
Bring Us Together
William Tucker | 8.18.09
The Democratic habit of mob rule — from Woodstock to Mario Cuomo to Obamacare.
Political Hay
Grandma Is an Angry Mob
Robert Stacy McCain | 8.18.09
Grassroots activism vs. the Obama machine.
The Right Prescription
The Ultimate Cost Saver
Jeffrey Lord | 8.18.09
Oregon grandma told by state it would pull her plug — under Obamacare will you be next?
Special Report
Brezhnev in Dublin
Doug Bandow | 8.18.09
Voting until they get it right in the European Union.
Another Perspective
What Would a New Era of Republican Governance Bring?
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 8.18.09
Being careful about what we are wishing for.
A Further Perspective
Meanness-Tested Program
Jay D. Homnick | 8.18.09
Republicans are one rhetorical move away from securing their victory.
Movie Takes
District 9
James Bowman | 8.18.09
A hard-to-dislike mockumentary from South Africa, of all places.
Monday, August 17, 2009
The Obama Watch
Moments of Conception
Shawn Macomber | 8.17.09
In the Obama era, socially transformative legislation is immediately viable while babies are not.
Washington Prowler
The Great Regrouping
The Prowler | 8.17.09
Health-Care Leninists’ two steps forward, one step back. Also: The renewed anti-conservative threat to the Internet.
The Right Prescription
Recent Media Coverage of the End of Life Counseling Provisions
Betsy McCaughey | 8.17.09
A response from the chairman and founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths.
The Public Policy
Wicked, Lazy Servants
Jeff Emanuel | 8.17.09
The federal government should clean up its own Medicare mess before taking on the entire health care system.
The Nation’s Pulse
Plus Eight Is Enough
Daniel Allott | 8.17.09
How Christian conservatives are losing the culture war.
Reader Mail
The Common Sense Panel
8.17.09
Distorting the facts. Tim Pawlenty. The end of life costs. Plus more.
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