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James Taranto | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
Economics
The New Normal
Brian Wesbury | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
Forget the naysayers. Happy capitalism is here again.
The Campaign Spectator
Battle Cry in the North Country
Robert Stacy McCain | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
Doug Hoffman’s campaign in upstate New York isn’t necessarily over.
The Continuing Crisis
The Continuing Crisis
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
Note From the Publisher
Agents of Influence
Alfred S. Regnery | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
Friday, December 4, 2009
Political Hay
Democrat Wars
W. James Antle, III | 12.4.09
Obama’s Afghanistan adventure could unite Republicans and Democrats — against him.
Political Hay
Soros Eyes Secretaries
Matthew Vadum | 12.4.09
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
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
A new movie shows the spirit of the Tea Party Movement.
At Large
Terrorism From North Africa
George H. Wittman | 12.4.09
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
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
You should be reading Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Streetcar Line
Beware of Overconfidence
Quin Hillyer | 12.3.09
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
So much for 11 months of hype, as the White House changes its tune.
Another Perspective
Niqab, the Pseudo-Islamic Face-Veil
Irfan Al-Alawi & Stephen Suleyman Schwartz | 12.3.09
A report from the Middle East Forum.
Sports Arena
The Lady and the Tiger
Lisa Fabrizio | 12.3.09
So a man and his wife have some kind of falling out…
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Verizon Made Them Do It
Christopher Orlet | 12.3.09
Author says privacy muggers and inconsiderate parents should be punished.
Freedom Watch
Fragile Freedom
Donald Devine | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
What would Mr. Reagan think now?
Reader Mail
Finger to the Wind
12.3.09
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
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
It wouldn’t be bad for the poor and disenfranchised.
The Right Prescription
Committing HarryCare
Peter Ferrara | 12.2.09
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
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
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
We missed another recent anniversary.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Media Matters
Biggest Story of 2009: The Rise of the Virtual Newsroom
Jeffrey Lord | 12.1.09
Breitbart.tv ACORN exposé illustrates potency of new conservative media revolution.
Breaking News
On the Money Trail
Matthew Vadum | 12.1.09
Is ACORN engaged in a massive money laundering scheme?
The Public Policy
Beyond Card Check
Kevin Mooney | 12.1.09
Card check may be unpopular, but a repackaged version of the Employee Free Choice Act remains in the works.
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Their Finest Hour
Jason Emerson | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
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
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
Off he goes, to make American weaker and less sovereign.
Monday, November 30, 2009
The Obama Watch
Community Organizer in Chief
Patrick O'Hannigan | 11.30.09
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
Not as unthinkable as it would seem.
The Nation’s Pulse
How to Make Sex Boring
Robert Stacy McCain | 11.30.09
Prime-time political grandstanding isn’t sexy.
The Right Prescription
Wesleyan Abortions?
Mark Tooley | 11.30.09
Religious left unease over the Stupak Amendment
The Recession Spectator
Don’t Count America Out
Brandon Crocker | 11.30.09
The popular view notwithstanding, we are not in inexorable economic decline.
Feature
Obama’s Vision Through History
Burton Folsom, Jr. | from the November 2009 issue
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 | from the November 2009 issue
Charles Glass captures some real Americans in Paris — under Nazi occupation.
Political Hay
Bill of Health?
Jay D. Homnick | 11.30.09
Behind the Democrats’ push for unassisted political suicide.
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