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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Presswatch

Caprice Prize

James Taranto | December 2009-January 2010

Economics

The New Normal

Brian Wesbury | December 2009-January 2010

Forget the naysayers. Happy capitalism is here again.

Politics

Ronald Reagan's Berlin

John H. Fund | December 2009-January 2010

The Campaign Spectator

Battle Cry in the North Country

Robert Stacy McCain | December 2009-January 2010

Doug Hoffman's campaign in upstate New York isn't necessarily over.

Current Wisdom

Current Wisdom

December 2009-January 2010

The Continuing Crisis

The Continuing Crisis

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | December 2009-January 2010

Note From the Publisher

Agents of Influence

Alfred S. Regnery | December 2009-January 2010

Friday, December 4, 2009

Political Hay

Democrat Wars

W. James Antle, III | 12.4.09 @ 6:09AM

Obama's Afghanistan adventure could unite Republicans and Democrats -- against him.

Political Hay

Soros Eyes Secretaries

Matthew Vadum | 12.4.09 @ 6:08AM

A plan to secure the 2012 election through the so-called Secretary of State Project. 

The Current Crisis

Gatecrashgate

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.4.09 @ 6:08AM

White House gate-crashers and the Obama Administration's carousel of incompetence.

Special Report

Can You Hear Us Now?

Robert Stacy McCain | 12.4.09 @ 6:07AM

A new movie shows the spirit of the Tea Party Movement.

At Large

Terrorism From North Africa

George H. Wittman | 12.4.09 @ 6:07AM

While all eyes are on Afghanistan, a more direct threat to Europe and the West is flying under the radar.

Eminentoes

Dead Ringer

Ross Kaminsky | 12.4.09 @ 6:07AM

In a prelude to Climategate, an East Anglia global warmist withheld critical data on tree ring growth. We now know why.

Buy the Book

Forget Dan Brown

Theodore Roosevelt Malloch | 12.4.09 @ 6:06AM

You should be reading Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Streetcar Line

Beware of Overconfidence

Quin Hillyer | 12.3.09 @ 6:08AM

Conservatives are feeling their oats right now -- but they face a rockier road than Reagan and Gingrich did.

The Right Prescription

Where's the Urgency on Health Care Reform?

Andrew Cline | 12.3.09 @ 6:08AM

So much for 11 months of hype, as the White House changes its tune.

The Obama Watch

Idol Danger

George Neumayr | 12.3.09 @ 6:08AM

A diminishing week for the president.

Another Perspective

Niqab, the Pseudo-Islamic Face-Veil

Irfan Al-Alawi & Stephen Suleyman Schwartz | 12.3.09 @ 6:07AM

A report from the Middle East Forum.

Sports Arena

The Lady and the Tiger

Lisa Fabrizio | 12.3.09 @ 6:06AM

So a man and his wife have some kind of falling out…

Buy the Book

Verizon Made Them Do It

Christopher Orlet | 12.3.09 @ 6:06AM

Author says privacy muggers and inconsiderate parents should be punished.

Freedom Watch

Fragile Freedom

Donald Devine | December 2009-January 2010

What would Mr. Reagan think now?

Reader Mail

Finger to the Wind

12.3.09 @ 6:01AM

Obama leadership in practice. Dylan weather. An American Peace Prize. Brit decline. Plus more.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Special Report

Bob Dylan Rocks

Max Schulz | 12.2.09 @ 6:09AM

What a drag it is to see the UN exploiting him for Copenhagen conference purposes.

The Nation's Pulse

A World Without ACORN

Rep. Darrell Issa | 12.2.09 @ 6:08AM

It wouldn't be bad for the poor and disenfranchised.

The Right Prescription

Committing HarryCare

Peter Ferrara | 12.2.09 @ 6:08AM

Harry Reid's government takeover of health care would turn the American Dream into the American Nightmare -- but it can still be stopped.

The Obama Watch

What Obama Really Said Last Night

John R. Guardiano | 12.2.09 @ 6:07AM

Fine, I'll be commander-in-chief if I have to, but you must realize that that is not my primary responsibility.

Campaign Crawlers

Virginia 2009, GOP 2010

Ford O'Connell & Steve Pearson | 12.2.09 @ 6:07AM

Tips for the Republican class of eager new candidates lining up to win next year.

A Further Perspective

George C. Marshall: The Berlin Wall and the Nobel Peace Price

James M. Thunder | 12.2.09 @ 6:07AM

We missed another recent anniversary.

At Large

Who Are Those Guys?

Bill Croke | 12.2.09 @ 6:06AM

A rustling story as old as the West.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Media Matters

Biggest Story of 2009: The Rise of the Virtual Newsroom

Jeffrey Lord | 12.1.09 @ 6:09AM

Breitbart.tv ACORN exposé illustrates potency of new conservative media revolution.

Breaking News

On the Money Trail

Matthew Vadum | 12.1.09 @ 6:08AM

Is ACORN engaged in a massive money laundering scheme?

The Public Policy

Beyond Card Check

Kevin Mooney | 12.1.09 @ 6:07AM

Card check may be unpopular, but a repackaged version of the Employee Free Choice Act remains in the works.

Books in Review

Their Finest Hour

Jason Emerson | December 2009-January 2010

Craig Shirley has written the definitive book on Ronald Reagan's winning campaign of 1980.

At Large

The Blind Men and the Elephant

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 12.1.09 @ 6:07AM

The many symptoms of the new British disease are all part of the same thing.

The Obama Watch

Official Hot Air

Ralph R. Reiland | 12.1.09 @ 6:07AM

Off he goes, to make American weaker and less sovereign.

Reader Mail

Getting the Word Out

12.1.09 @ 6:01AM

Silenced dissent. Boring sex and more.

Monday, November 30, 2009

The Obama Watch

Community Organizer in Chief

Patrick O'Hannigan | 11.30.09 @ 6:08AM

Our president has as much of a problem with the experience he has as with the experience he lacks.

A Further Perspective

The Plan to Silence Dissent

Mark Hyman | 11.30.09 @ 6:08AM

Not as unthinkable as it would seem.

The Nation's Pulse

How to Make Sex Boring

Robert Stacy McCain | 11.30.09 @ 6:07AM

Prime-time political grandstanding isn't sexy.

The Right Prescription

Wesleyan Abortions?

Mark Tooley | 11.30.09 @ 6:07AM

Religious left unease over the Stupak Amendment

The Recession Spectator

Don't Count America Out

Brandon Crocker | 11.30.09 @ 6:07AM

The popular view notwithstanding, we are not in inexorable economic decline.

Feature

Obama's Vision Through History

Burton Folsom, Jr. | November 2009

He has exacerbated the interventionist tendencies of his predecessors, ignoring the constitutionalist successes of the exceptional Coolidge and Reagan for not a single good economic reason. Our November cover story.

Letter From Paris

When the Party Was Over

Joseph A. Harriss | November 2009

Charles Glass captures some real Americans in Paris -- under Nazi occupation.

Political Hay

Bill of Health?

Jay D. Homnick | 11.30.09 @ 6:05AM

Behind the Democrats' push for unassisted political suicide.

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