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Friday, December 18, 2009

Streetcar Line

Laughing at the Left

Quin Hillyer | 12.18.09 @ 6:09AM

How can they really believe this stuff?

At Large

Authoritarianism the Chinese Way

Doug Bandow | 12.18.09 @ 6:08AM

The country is not free, yet to visit the PRC is to visit a nation that feels free.

Special Report

'In the Long Run…'

Ken Blackwell | 12.18.09 @ 6:08AM

The Mugging of John Maynard Keynes, Democratic trillionaire.

Eminentoes

Stanley Hauerwas's America

Mark Tooley | 12.18.09 @ 6:07AM

The influential Christian pacifist will not make it easy for Barack Obama to be a war president.

Another Perspective

Good for China, Good for the World?

Brian Clowes | 12.18.09 @ 6:07AM

Copenhagen mainstreams population control.

A Further Perspective

Religion Takes a Hit

Christopher Orlet | 12.18.09 @ 6:07AM

Americans are becoming more promiscuous regarding faith.

The Nation's Pulse

Boom-Boom Town

Jay D. Homnick | 12.18.09 @ 6:06AM

Remember the company town? Thomson, Illinois, is taking that to a new level, as it's soon to become known for the company it keeps.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Obama Watch

A Weatherized President

George Neumayr | 12.17.09 @ 6:09AM

Obama's "good, solid B-plus."

The Right Prescription

A Good Obama Flip-Flop

Andrew Cline | 12.17.09 @ 6:08AM

Drug reimportation dies, for now.

Political Hay

Bayh Bayh Evan?

RiShawn Biddle | 12.17.09 @ 6:08AM

Indiana's milquetoast quasi-moderate junior senator may not be a re-election shoo-in next year.

The Current Crisis

The Politically Correct and Altercationists Anonymous

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.17.09 @ 6:08AM

The late Myles Brand's NCAA remains on the warpath.

Special Report

Know When to Hold Them

Ben Lerner | 12.17.09 @ 6:07AM

What happens if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed & Co. are set free?

High Spirits

The Hospital Where I Grew Up

Jonathan Aitken | December 2009-January 2010

A remarkable journey down memory lane.

Another Perspective

Ice Try

Ralph R. Reiland | 12.17.09 @ 6:05AM

Alarmists run both hot and cold.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Campaign Crawlers

Charlie's Limp Homecoming

Larry Thornberry | 12.16.09 @ 6:08AM

Charlie Crist proved on Monday you can go home again to your home county -- but he didn't do as well as Marco Rubio did when he came calling.

A Further Perspective

The Great Hoax

Peter Ferrara | 12.16.09 @ 6:08AM

The breathtaking dishonesty of the global warming racketeers.

Special Report

Put Men Back to Work

William Tucker | 12.16.09 @ 6:08AM

 A campaign theme for the coming Republican revival.

The Right Prescription

Health Care: The Religious Question

Alan F.H. Wisdom | 12.16.09 @ 6:07AM

It's no wonder that the culture wars have been reignited.

The Nation's Pulse

Nuptial Disagreements

Lisa Fabrizio | 12.16.09 @ 6:06AM

We're not out of the Woods yet.

Books in Review

An Editor as Framer

Jeremy Rabkin | December 2009-January 2010

Seth Lipsky assumes that the words of our Constitution have real meaning.

Another Perspective

Tiger Truth

Reid Collins | 12.16.09 @ 6:05AM

It takes two to scandal.

Reader Mail

Bailing Out the Left

12.16.09 @ 6:01AM

Working global warming. Jobless recovery. The peacenick war president. Plus more.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Political Hay

The Life of California's Party

W. James Antle, III | 12.15.09 @ 6:08AM

California Republicans will not avoid an abortion fight as they try to pin down Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore on the issue.

The Obama Watch

President Spock

Jeffrey Lord | 12.15.09 @ 6:08AM

Obama's lack of emotional intelligence -- is the President dumb?

Special Report

What a Piece of Work

Ben Stein | 12.15.09 @ 6:08AM

Turning the heat on Copenhagen and the EPA.

Special Report

Romantic Rebel

Robert Stacy McCain | 12.15.09 @ 6:07AM

Seventy years ago today since his silver screen debut, Rhett Butler remains a charming scoundrel.

A Further Perspective

Obama Snookers the Right

George H. Wittman | 12.15.09 @ 6:07AM

After Oslo, looking for Mr. Smith in Washington.

Capitol Ideas

Labor Unions and the News Media

Tom Bethell | December 2009-January 2010

Press criticism of labor unions -- is such a thing possible?

Books in Review

Do Do That Voodoo That They Did So Well

Nick Schulz | December 2009-January 2010

A policy and intellectual success without rival in contemporary history.

Monday, December 14, 2009

What's Still Great

A Pre-Christmas Visit to Camp Pendleton

Ben Stein | 12.14.09 @ 6:09AM

Thanking those about to deploy to Afghanistan.

Campaign Crawlers

Crist Capades

Larry Thornberry | 12.14.09 @ 6:08AM

Oh, what a tangled web Charlie weaves.

Political Hay

More BCS From Congress

Doug Bandow | 12.14.09 @ 6:07AM

Is it time for Congress to save college football?

Eminentoes

Hanukkah's Scrooge

Robert M. Goldberg | 12.14.09 @ 6:07AM

Tony Judt, alas, may be too obsessed to be even Dickensian.

The Public Policy

The Jobless Recovery and Its Structures

Joseph Lawler | December 2009-January 2010

The liberals in power face an economic problem that could become a political one as well.

Books in Review

Nobody’s Pluperfect

Daniel Oliver | December 2009-January 2010

Matt Latimer has written this year's most entertaining book about what goes on -- or doesn't -- in Washington.

Conservative Tastes

Brace Yourself

James Bowman | December 2009-January 2010

What in the world is bracing about despair?

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