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Time to Get Out the Iron
Philip Klein | 9.10.09
President Obama’s health care speech papered over the details that have plagued his health care effort for months.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
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President Obama’s Odd Example
Perry L. Glanzer | 9.11.09
Contrary to what he told Congress, federal aid to public higher education did very “inhibit” the role of private colleges and universities in American life.
Feature
Emptying Reservoirs in the Middle of a Drought
Max Schulz | from the September 2009 issue
California’s privileged species lord it over the endangered farmer.
Special Report
Israel Prepares for the Next Round
Brett Joshpe | 9.11.09
On Monday Judge Richard Goldstone is expected to release his report on Israel’s recent Gaza incursion. It’s not expected to be anything but extremely critical.
At Large
Foreign Policy by Avoidance
George H. Wittman | 9.11.09
How long will the Obama administration continue to receive a free pass on foreign policy and national security issues?
Constitutional Opinions
Money Business
Stacy Cline | 9.11.09
Efforts to keep corporations and the wealthy from influencing politics will fail as long as the government hands out so many goodies.
The Nation’s Pulse
Spending Money Freely
Jay D. Homnick | 9.11.09
Raising health care to support taxes.
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Governor Sunbeam
Brian O'Connell | 9.11.09
Rod Blagojevich tells his long, strange tale.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The Public Policy
TARP and the Demands of Democracy
Rep. Darrell Issa | 9.10.09
What are bailout recipients doing with the money they’ve received? The Obama administration doesn’t want you know.
The Current Crisis
Is Pat Buchanan a Crank?
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.10.09
Going after Churchill on British soil — and apologizing for Hitler.
Streetcar Line
Alabama Byrne-ing
Quin Hillyer | 9.10.09
A “New South” conservative runs for governor.
Another Perspective
Our Nice-Guy War
Tom Bethell | 9.10.09
How are we to distinguish “civilians” from “insurgents” in Afghanistan?
A Further Perspective
The Government Plan
Robert M. Goldberg | 9.10.09
With or without the public option, the idea is to assert government control over individual choice. Good luck with that.
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Founding Anti-Communists
Joseph Shattan | 9.10.09
The convergent paths of Lionel Trilling and Whittaker Chambers.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Right Prescription
Solving Healthcare Through Verbosity
William Tucker | 9.9.09
Imposing bureaucratic control on the expectation no one will understand you.
Special Report
Apocalypse When?
Robert Stacy McCain | 9.9.09
Obamanomics approaches the brink of disaster.
Eminentoes
All the President’s Nuts
Peter Ferrara | 9.9.09
They came in all shapes and sizes, salted and unsalted, shelled and half-shelled, true Obamaites all.
The Obama Watch
There He Goes Again
Andrew Cline | 9.9.09
The real lesson from Obama’s school speech.
A Further Perspective
The Audacity of Refusing to Be Stampeded Into Obamacare
Andrew B. Wilson | 9.9.09
Barack Obama was not always so impatient
At Large
Insult to Injury
Christopher Orlet | 9.9.09
Speech laws are leaving European prosecutors tongue-tied.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Limits of Self-Hate
Lisa Fabrizio | 9.9.09
Unfortunately for the Obama crowd, most Americans aren’t at heart anti-American.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Washington Prowler
Valerie Jarrett’s Show
The Prowler | 9.8.09
Van Jones was not an isolated hire but a key cog in Obama’s chief diversity operative’s government-wide operation.
The Obama Watch
Had Enough? Obama’s John Mitchell Strategy
Jeffrey Lord | 9.8.09
Van Jones incident pulls back curtain on Nixon maneuver as Obama speaks.
Feature
From Citizens to “Stakeholders”: The New American Constitution
Angelo M. Codevilla | from the September 2009 issue
Or just call it the New Obama Constitution.
Special Report
I Pledge to Promote Global Warming Propaganda
Paul Chesser | 9.8.09
President Obama is not the only propagandizer of our nation’s youth.
At Large
Hounding Honduras
Doug Bandow | 9.8.09
The Obama administration is determined to destroy democracy in Honduras in order to save it.
A Further Perspective
Does God Favor an Unlimited State?
Mark Tooley | 9.8.09
A compelling response from an Iowa bishop.
The Hell-Hole Spectator
With Friends Like These
Matthew RJ Brodsky | 9.8.09
Obama’s Palestinian “moderates” are finding it impossible to overcome their extremist ways.
Reader Mail
The Conservative Facts of Life
9.8.09
Van Jones farewell. Hillary’s problem with abortion. The Green Czar. The Detroit Rx and more.
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