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Appeal to Authority
James Taranto | from the October 2009 issue
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Feature
The Worst Years of Our Lives
William Murchison | from the October 2009 issue
The Woodstock Sixties brought everlasting harm to our politics and culture.
Friday, October 2, 2009
The Right Prescription
GOP’s Health Care Strategy Is Short-Sighted
Philip Klein | 10.2.09
Republicans have weakened support for Obamacare, but they have done nothing to advance an alternative view of the U.S. medical system.
Political Hay
Kerry’d Away on Cap and Trade
W. James Antle, III | 10.2.09
It’s not going to be easy for John Kerry and Barbara Boxer to get their climate bill through the Senate.
Feature
The World of Market Authoritarianism
Stefan Halper | from the October 2009 issue
China’s winning model is leaving the U.S. and the West increasingly isolated. Our October issue’s cover story.
The Nation’s Pulse
No Retreat, Baby, No Surrender
Patrick O'Hannigan | 10.2.09
When it comes to defending Obamacare, the name-calling left assumes only it can be Boss.
At Large
Moscow Casting Call
George H. Wittman | 10.2.09
Whether on stage or behind the scenes, Dmitry Medvedev is no longer serving as Vladimir Putin’s understudy.
Buy the Book
Looking for the Perfect History
Lee Edwards | from the October 2009 issue
Conservatives keep waiting for the definitive history of the Reagan years.
Movie Takes
The Baader Meinhof Complex
James Bowman | 10.2.09
It begins on a nude beach in Germany, sometime in the 1960s.
Reader Mail
Climbing Mount Obama
10.2.09
The pork barrel Olympics. Foreign oil. Roman rape. Israel’s Reagan. Political correctness and more.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Breaking News
ACORN’s Prophetic Lawyer
Matthew Vadum | 10.1.09
Never can it say it or its apologists say it wasn’t warned — and in such detail, as lawyer Elizabeth Kingsley’s memo reveals.
The Current Crisis
Freedom From Foreign Oil
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.1.09
Boone Pickens likes to call it a “game changer.”
Special Report
Free to Choose
Brian O'Connell | 10.1.09
Unless you are poor, black student in the Washington, D.C. public school system, that is.
The Nation’s Pulse
Senate Committee Holds Fast for Abortion
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 10.1.09
One nation, two cultures, polarized politics.
The Slaughterhouse
Laughing Gas
Daniel Oliver | from the October 2009 issue
With The Death of Conservatism, Sam Tanenhaus establishes himself as one of America’s premier comic geniuses in the field of political commentary.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Special Report
Bertha’s Bolsheviks
Matthew Vadum | 9.30.09
Why is ACORN’s chief organizer friendly with the Marxist anti-American governments of two South American countries?
Campaign Crawlers
GOP Soul Check
Larry Thornberry | 9.30.09
Though it knows it should, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is not about to withdraw its hasty endorsement of Charlie Crist.
The Obama Watch
A Clear and Present Danger
Peter Ferrara | 9.30.09
How Barack Obama endangers you and your family.
Another Perspective
Does the Left Have a Sense of Decency?
Steve McCann | 9.30.09
The question is asked seriously.
The Public Policy
Copenhagen or Bust
Peter Hannaford | 9.30.09
Ms. Henny-Penny is back, dizzy with climate warming.
Sports Arena
Bomberphobia
Lisa Fabrizio | 9.30.09
Yankee haters of the world fail to appreciate the conservative essence of New York’s mightiest franchise.
Reader Mail
Obama’s Watergate
9.30.09
The ACORN White House. Jumping the shark. Pelosi’s Bad War. Our OPEC. Camp David delusions, and much more.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Washington Prowler
Obama’s Olympic Spirit
The Prowler | 9.29.09
He doesn’t have time to deal with Afghanistan. But he has plenty of time for his Chicago gang and its Olympics hustle.
Breaking News
Murder and Motives in Clay County
Robert Stacy McCain | 9.29.09
Should an entire Kentucky community take the blame?
The Obama Watch
The Splashdown of the Obama Presidency
Robert P. Kirchhoefer | 9.29.09
Happy Days is here again.
Special Report
Holier Than Obama
Mark Tooley | 9.29.09
The National Council of Churches calls for unilateral nuclear disarmament — by the U.S. of course.
The Right Prescription
Obamacare’s Shovel-Ready Cure
Ralph R. Reiland | 9.29.09
Newsweek’s editorial death panel has endorsed it.
Another Perspective
Pulling the Plug
Reid Collins | 9.29.09
Preparations are under way to drain Sloan’s Lake.
Conservative Tastes
Rotten Apples
James Bowman | from the September 2009 issue
The unreality has settled in and there seems to be no way back.
Monday, September 28, 2009
In Memoriam
William Safire, RIP
Ben Stein | 9.28.09
This has not been a good time for losing friends.
Washington Prowler
The Placid Conservative
The Prowler | 9.28.09
New York’s tale of Doug Hoffman. Plus: Justice for ACORN.
Breaking News
ACORN’s Man in the White House
Matthew Vadum | 9.28.09
Meet Patrick Gaspard, now in Karl Rove’s former position.
Special Report
The Next OPEC
William Tucker | 9.28.09
Meet the IMF-SDRs — which will chip away at the dollar’s preeminence until…
Political Hay
Running from Reform
RiShawn Biddle | 9.28.09
Adrian Fenty may win re-election, but the D.C. mayor is not living up to his promises.
The Obama Watch
America Cops to the World
Jay D. Homnick | 9.28.09
He who is without sin always casts the first stone.
The Environmental Spectator
America’s Second-Best Idea
Bill Croke | from the October 2009 issue
In his new PBS series, documentarian Ken Burns takes us on a lovely stroll through our national parks and their history.
The Right Prescription
Women to the Rescue
Manon McKinnon | 9.28.09
Nurse Michelle Obama will bring equality to your pill popping.
Campus Scenes
Who Is College Material?
Mark Goldblatt | 9.28.09
Intellectual curiosity, Charles Lindbergh, and the college freshman.
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