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10.29.09
Fraud rackets. Newt. The Coens. Not blinded by science. Plus more.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
The Right Prescription
Psychotic Torturers for Obamacare
Shawn Macomber | 10.30.09
The latest Saw film redeems torture porn for statist do-gooders.
Streetcar Line
Dave Treen, Political Builder
Quin Hillyer | 10.30.09
Requiescat in pace. And in joy.
The Obama Watch
Patriotic Gore
Andrew Cline | 10.30.09
Banks, our president says, have a patriotic duty to spread the wealth around.
A Further Perspective
The Precedented Peace Prize
J. Christian Adams | 10.30.09
Sir Norman Angell won in 1933 for the same reasons Barack Obama has won in 2009.
At Large
Russia Redux
George H. Wittman | 10.30.09
The spirit of the Cold War makes Moscow feel good about itself.
Another Perspective
Elections Have Consequences
Robert P. Kirchhoefer | 10.30.09
A lesson in political pragmatism — or how an imperfect conservative would be preferable to a perfect liberal.
The Nation’s Pulse
Go Fly Al Qaeda
Jay D. Homnick | 10.30.09
A squabble in Kent, Connecticut, that is unlikely to have a happy ending.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Streetcar Line
In Defense of Principled Moderates
Quin Hillyer | 10.29.09
Snowe, right. Newt, wrong.
Campaign Crawlers
Third Way
W. James Antle, III | 10.29.09
Could Doug Hoffman portend a less reflexively Republican conservative future?
The Right Prescription
Thin Reids
George Neumayr | 10.29.09
Sifting through the claims of the Medicine Man party.
The Current Crisis
Where the Girls Are
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.29.09
Our president is staring into a gender gap.
Political Hay
The Accidental Mayor
RiShawn Biddle | 10.29.09
Will Indianapolis’ Republican reformer be the second mayor to fail to live up to his promise?
Feature
Not-So-Gentle-Ben
Stephen Moore | from the October 2009 issue
Obama’s risky Bernanke gamble.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Campaign Crawlers
NY23: ‘Do You Believe in Miracles’?
Robert Stacy McCain | 10.28.09
Hoffman gets a grassroots surge in Upstate New York.
Political Hay
Playing for Keeps
Ken Blackwell | 10.28.09
How we know abortion coverage is in the health care plan.
The Energy Spectator
Unscientific American
William Tucker | 10.28.09
Scientific American used to be a great magazine — before it became intellectually unsustainable.
The Public Policy
Rush-Defying Thought Experiments
Paul Chesser | 10.28.09
What planet does Andrew Revkin live on?
The Nation’s Pulse
The Individual Mandate Slope
Christopher Orlet | 10.28.09
Next the Feds will fine you for failing to put in a rainwater harvesting system.
Buy the Book
Lessons of the Fall
Brandon Crocker | 10.28.09
When it comes to “How Rome Fell,” no comparisons with Emperor George W. Bush’s America are necessary.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Buy the Book
Mad About Free Trade
Shawn Macomber | 10.27.09
Daniel Griswold on why Main Street should embrace globalization and reject the protectionist swindle.
Political Hay
Catholic Bishops ‘Misrepresented’ by Fox, Talk Radio Attackers
Jeffrey Lord | 10.27.09
Denver’s Archbishop Chaput: We did not agree to FCC probe of Limbaugh, Beck, O’Reilly, Dobbs.
Special Report
Obama’s Jewish Lobby
Jamie Weinstein | 10.27.09
J-Street is holding its first ever-national policy conference.
Among the Intellectualoids
Potemkins in Pyongyang
Mark Tooley | 10.27.09
The international religious left flacks for North Korea.
The Environmental Spectator
Cluck, It’s Cold Outside
Peter Hannaford | 10.27.09
Ms. Henny-Penny looks ahead to Copenhagen.
The Nation’s Pulse
Reich Stuff
Ralph R. Reiland | 10.27.09
From central planning — “We’re going to let you die.”
Movie Takes
Two Unserious Men
James Bowman | 10.27.09
The Coen brothers are incapable of seriousness, even when dealing with the most serious subjects.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Washington Prowler
Hiding Under the Ceiling
The Prowler | 10.26.09
Obama’s reckless Defense appropriations cynicism. Plus: Dede’s desperate condition.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Real Enemies List
Mark Hyman | 10.26.09
Ever expanding and the product of long-festering resentments and grievances.
What’s Still Great
The Essential Broker
Ben Stein | 10.26.09
There are good reasons to ignore Arthur Levitt’s advice.
The Nation’s Pulse
About Those Green Jobs…
Max Schulz | 10.26.09
So where are they, amid all the promises?
Political Hay
Marco Gets It
Larry Thornberry | 10.26.09
Anti-socialist warrior and Charlie Crist opponent Marco Rubio talks about himself and his Senate campaign.
Campaign Crawlers
Doug Hoffman, Ordinary American
Robert Stacy McCain | 10.26.09
A grassroots candidate seeks a “miracle” in the 23rd District.
Special Report
Nadler’s ACORN Ethics
Matthew Vadum | 10.26.09
ACORN enjoys congressional a congressional investigator’s protection.
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