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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Feature

Obama’s Foreign Policy Problems, Personified

Angelo M. Codevilla | from the November 2009 issue

He has seized on the fecklessness of his predecessors and run with it to the far, far left.

Freedom Watch

No Freedom Left Behind

Ken Blackwell | from the November 2009 issue

Friday, November 6, 2009

Political Hay

One Step Forward, Two Races Back

George Neumayr | 11.6.09

The stresses and strains of post-defeat spinning.

The Nation’s Pulse

Divisive Unanimity

Daniel J. Flynn | 11.6.09

Same-sex marriage may be 0-31, but according to the media the public is divided.

Campaign Crawlers

Joe Wilson, Call Your Office

Larry Thornberry | 11.6.09

Charlie Crist is telling major whoppers.

Special Report

ACORN’s Big Spender

Matthew Vadum | 11.6.09

New evidence of White House political director Patrick Gaspard’s ties to the radical group.

Freedom Watch

The Spirit of 1989

Doug Bandow | 11.6.09

It was the spirit of human liberty.

At Large

The Somali-Kenya Connection

George H. Wittman | 11.6.09

Where does all the pirates’ ransom money go?

The Campaign Spectator

Tex Mess

William Murchison | from the November 2009 issue

What is Kay Bailey Hutchison up to?

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Feeding the Beast

Philip Klein | from the November 2009 issue

Conservative provocateur Bruce Bartlett breaks with conservative orthodoxy — up to a point.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Streetcar Line

Celebrating Limits

Quin Hillyer | 11.5.09

Support for smaller government is a mainstream position.

At Large

The Reality of Middle East Anti-Semitism

P. David Hornik | 11.5.09

Hillary Clinton is the latest to appear hapless in its presence.

Special Report

GOTCHA!

Joseph A. Harriss | 11.5.09

The past catches up with Jacques Chirac.

The Current Crisis

Obama, Obviously

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 11.5.09

Knowing what we’ve known all along, how could the Democrats not have been routed on election day?

The Public Policy

Yes, Virginia Foxx

Wayne Crews & Ryan Young | 11.5.09

To control government’s cost, we first need to know what it is.

At Large

Foiled Again

Christopher Orlet | 11.5.09

Two more would-be terrorists will face the music.

Conservative Tastes

An American Tragedy

James Bowman | from the November 2009 issue

A Washington, D.C. audience reacts to Helen Mirren’s performance in Racine’s Phèdre as if it were watching a sit-com.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Political Hay

The Angry Independent

W. James Antle, III | 11.4.09

When they side with conservatives, Republicans win — just as Ross Perot taught us.

Special Report

The Republicans Underestimate Their Strength

Peter Ferrara | 11.4.09

Just as Barack Obama overestimated his, which saw him helpless to prevent yesterday’s GOP landslides.

Campaign Crawlers

‘Worth the Fight’

Robert Stacy McCain | 11.4.09

 Who lost and who won in Hoffman’s Revolution?

The Nation’s Pulse

A Letter to the Rev. J. Bennett Guess

Jeffrey Lord | 11.4.09

When a church worships political ideology instead of God.

A Further Perspective

Beers for Bob

Jeremy Lott | 11.4.09

Northern Virginia Republicans celebrate victory last night — even the local candidate who lost in his ultra-liberal district.

Eminentoes

Killing Capitalism Soros-Style

Matthew Vadum | 11.4.09

Leftist troublemaker George Soros ramps up his war on markets by creating an “Institute for New Economic Thinking.”

Sports Arena

Scouting Report

Lisa Fabrizio | 11.4.09

Reassessing the Republican lineup, such as it is.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Special Report

Anti-Beck, Dobbs Efforts Dropped by Church Coalition

Jeffrey Lord | 11.3.09

ACORN, NEA surface. Hispanic group involved also Soros-funded.

Campaign Crawlers

The Amazing Sinking Charlie

Larry Thornberry | 11.3.09

Charlie Christ probably doesn’t want too many weeks like last week.

Eminentoes

Art Doesn’t Work

Ryan L. Cole | 11.3.09

Rocco Landesman, the new head of the National Endowment for the Arts, likes to compare his president to the late dictator Julius Caesar. 

The Right Prescription

Behold a Trojan Pony

Peter Hannaford | 11.3.09

Speaker Nancy’s nag will soon go lame.

At Large

Chile Honors Pro-Soviet Churchman

Mark Tooley | 11.3.09

Liberation theologians of the world unite, once again.

Among the Intellectualoids

Gang Green Going to the Dogs

Ralph R. Reiland | 11.3.09

The sky-is-falling greenies are getting progressively batty.

Sports Arena

Come So Favre

Ryan Young | 11.3.09

Only to watch the Brett Bowl set Green Bay back.

Reader Mail

One of Us

11.3.09

Third parties. Principled Moderates. Terrorists that just happen to be Muslim.  Bono, Sting, and Torts. 

Monday, November 2, 2009

Washington Prowler

Showdown Alarms

The Prowler | 11.2.09

White House intensifies Scozzafava fiasco. Pete Sessions NRCC’s last stand. Plus: Larry Summers and Susan Crawford’s resignation.

Campaign Crawlers

Dede Goes Down Upstate

Robert Stacy McCain | 11.2.09

Liberal Republican Scozzafava exits gracelessly.

Breaking News

ACORN at the White House

Matthew Vadum | 11.2.09

President Obama’s claim he’s been barely aware of ACORN’s activities just got harder to sustain.

The Right Prescription

Talking Health Care With Gov. Pawlenty

Philip Klein | 11.2.09

An interview with Minnesota’s Republican governor and presidential possibility.

Special Report

Taking Care of Big Labor

Kevin Mooney | 11.2.09

The union perks hidden inside health care reform.

Among the Intellectualoids

Arguing With Bono

Patrick O'Hannigan | 11.2.09

Is the Sting of rock lost if it plays groupie to the virtual Obama?

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The Podhoretz Method

Seth Lipsky | from the November 2009 issue

The question Norman Podhoretz has been asked more than any other in his career.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

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Barney and Friends

David Hogberg | from the November 2009 issue

Politics

Losing It

John H. Fund | from the November 2009 issue

Presswatch

‘Call Fox’

James Taranto | from the November 2009 issue

The Pursuit of Knowledge

Sucking Up to Libya

Roger Scruton | 11.1.09

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