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A Conversation With Irving Kristol

The Editors | 9.18.09 @ 4:51PM

In honor of Irving Kristol, who died today, we reprint this discussion about the state of liberalism, from our May 1969 issue.

Breaking News

"I Am a Member of ACORN" -- Is Legislator Blocking Probe?

Jeffrey Lord | 9.18.09 @ 2:12PM

Bill calling for state investigation stalls in committee run by ACORN member. (UPDATED 10/20/09, 10:03 p.m.)

topics: Pennsylvania Democrats, ACORN

Political Hay

Race to the Bottom

George Neumayr | 9.18.09 @ 6:09AM

Obama faced more discrimination in the Democratic primaries than he does today.

topics: Bill Clinton, Racism, Geraldine Ferraro

A Further Perspective

Obama Is Right and Carter Is Wrong

Ken Blackwell | 9.18.09 @ 6:08AM

The peanut farmer plays the race card and insults the American people.

topics: Jimmy Carter

Washington Prowler

Obama's Chicago Pentagon

The Prowler | 9.18.09 @ 6:08AM

Why spend $15 million when you can spend $15 billion on the same thing?

Streetcar Line

Campus Reform Done Right

Quin Hillyer | 9.18.09 @ 6:07AM

Leadership Institute's latest master-stroke.

topics: Leadership Institute, Morton Blackwell

In Memoriam

Paul Windels Jr., 1921-2009

Paul Windels III | 9.18.09 @ 6:07AM

The author honors his father and his contributions to the Conservative Movement.

topics: Conservatism, John F. Kennedy, Robert Taft

At Large

Dubai Handles Bad Times

George H. Wittman | 9.18.09 @ 6:07AM

Its profligate spending is causing problems, but this merchant society goes back a long ways.

topics: Dubai

The Nation's Pulse

News of the Weak

William Murchison | September 2009

Last May venerable Newsweek gave itself a journalistic Botox job. Is it any prettier?

The Current Crisis

The Absurdity Meter Blow Up

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.17.09 @ 6:09AM

Which of these stories is the most absurd, I shall leave for you to judge.

The Obama Watch

Criticism Is Racism

Andrew Cline | 9.17.09 @ 6:08AM

What's missing in these patronizingly pro-Obama claims? For starters, proof.

Another Perspective

Sawtooth Days

Bill Croke | 9.17.09 @ 6:08AM

Three days with Happy Jack in God's great outdoor gym.

The Right Prescription

Unhealthy Choice

Christopher Orlet | 9.17.09 @ 6:08AM

Personal responsibility and the health care debate.

A Further Perspective

Van's Line

Ralph R. Reiland | 9.17.09 @ 6:07AM

You can't grasp the full craziness of Van Jones unless you watch his speeches on YouTube.

Capitol Ideas

Can We Do Without Relativity?

Tom Bethell | September 2009

The author introduces his new book, Questioning Einstein: Is Relativity Necessary?

topics: Albert Einstein

Reader Mail

Libel Tourism Deterred

9.17.09 @ 6:01AM

A special reply from Rachel Ehrenfeld. Plus: Obama's deception. The leisure class. And more.

Breaking News

No Deal

Philip Klein | 9.16.09 @ 5:43PM

The Baucus bill would still facilitate a government takeover of health care.

Campaign Crawlers

Life Lynched

W. James Antle, III | 9.16.09 @ 6:09AM

Rep. Stephen Lynch's decision not to run for Ted Kennedy's seat shows pro-life Democrats know their place in the party.

topics: Abortion, Ted Kennedy

A Further Perspective

This Trafficking Is Nuts

Paul Chesser | 9.16.09 @ 6:08AM

Obama's ACORN condones what Hillary's State Department condemns.

topics: ACORN, Sex Trafficking

The Obama Watch

Unhinged from Reality

Peter Ferrara | 9.16.09 @ 6:08AM

How can President Obama possibly get away with spouting so many shameless falsehoods to the entire nation?

Among the Intellectualoids

Lingua Crapa

Mark Judge | 9.16.09 @ 6:07AM

Yes, the MSM is biased. They're also bad writers.

Political Hay

The Gaffe Czar

David N. Bass | 9.16.09 @ 6:07AM

Remember Biden's "October surprise"?

topics: Joe Biden

Special Report

Watchdog or Lapdog?

Ben Lerner | 9.16.09 @ 6:07AM

The only good thing one can say about the UN-affiliated International Atomic Energy Agency is that its director, Mohamed ElBaradei is stepping down in November.

topics: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Mohamed ElBaradei

Books in Review

Blown Away

Dan Peterson | September 2009

Signature in the Cell is a defining work in the discussion of life's origins.

Political Hay

Media Malpractice: Tom Brokaw's World Implodes

Jeffrey Lord | 9.15.09 @ 6:08AM

Pattern of deceit from JFK to ACORN ; Goldwater, Levin books ignored.

topics: The Internet, Media Bias, Tom Brokaw

Special Report

Islamist Lawfare

Aaron Eitan Meyer | 9.15.09 @ 6:07AM

It continues to thrive long after the death of libel tourism.

topics: Libel Tourism, Rachel Ehrenfeld

Car Guy

Goodbye, Number Five

Eric Peters | 9.15.09 @ 6:07AM

Should police be allowed to draw the blood of drivers suspected of drunk driving?

Last Call

To the Santa Barbara Station

Wlady Pleszczynski | September 2009

Fifty years ago today Soviet bully Nikita Khrushchev arrived in the U.S. for a ten-day stay.

The Public Policy

ACORN's Public Option

Robert M. Goldberg | 9.15.09 @ 6:06AM

Health exchanges will do just as well.

Books in Review

He Did It His Way

Conrad Black | September 2009

Martin and Annelise Anderson's indispensable book, Reagan's Secret War, chronicles Ronald Reagan's methodical pursuit of a victorious but unrancorous end to the Cold War.

topics: Nuclear Weapons, Ronald Reagan, Cold War

The Right Prescription

Joe Wilson: The Answer to Your Question Is "Yes"

William Tucker | 9.14.09 @ 6:09AM

In what economists call a "common pool," someone else always pays.

Special Report

ACORN Exposed

Matthew Vadum | 9.14.09 @ 6:08AM

Just the latest in a long series of indecencies.

topics: ACORN, Andrew Breitbart

Campaign Crawlers

The Next Reagan? Maybe

Peter Hannaford | 9.14.09 @ 6:08AM

She is Meg Whitman and she is running for Governor of California.

topics: California, Meg Whitman

The Obama Watch

Can Obama Inspire on Afghanistan?

Abe Greenwald | 9.14.09 @ 6:07AM

Or better yet, why won't he?

topics: Afghanistan War

The Congressional Spectator

Blue Dogs Turn Red

W. James Antle, III | September 2009

Democrats from conservative districts face a series of uncomfortable votes.

topics: Blue Dogs

The Nation's Pulse

The Sounds of Silence

Reid Collins | 9.14.09 @ 6:06AM

Of all the terror visited by what we now call Nine-Eleven this was perhaps the worst.

topics: September 11, Madison, New Jersey

Movie Takes

Extract

James Bowman | 9.14.09 @ 6:02AM

Lots of good jokes, many of which our progressives will not like because they deliciously come at their expense.

topics: Mike Judge, <I>Office Space</I>