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Bailing Out the Left
12.16.09
Working global warming. Jobless recovery. The peacenick war president. Plus more.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
At Large
Authoritarianism the Chinese Way
Doug Bandow | 12.18.09
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
The Mugging of John Maynard Keynes, Democratic trillionaire.
Eminentoes
Stanley Hauerwas’s America
Mark Tooley | 12.18.09
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
Copenhagen mainstreams population control.
A Further Perspective
Religion Takes a Hit
Christopher Orlet | 12.18.09
Americans are becoming more promiscuous regarding faith.
The Nation’s Pulse
Boom-Boom Town
Jay D. Homnick | 12.18.09
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 Right Prescription
A Good Obama Flip-Flop
Andrew Cline | 12.17.09
Drug reimportation dies, for now.
Political Hay
Bayh Bayh Evan?
RiShawn Biddle | 12.17.09
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
The late Myles Brand’s NCAA remains on the warpath.
Special Report
Know When to Hold Them
Ben Lerner | 12.17.09
What happens if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed & Co. are set free?
High Spirits
The Hospital Where I Grew Up
Jonathan Aitken | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
A remarkable journey down memory lane.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Campaign Crawlers
Charlie’s Limp Homecoming
Larry Thornberry | 12.16.09
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
The breathtaking dishonesty of the global warming racketeers.
Special Report
Put Men Back to Work
William Tucker | 12.16.09
A campaign theme for the coming Republican revival.
The Right Prescription
Health Care: The Religious Question
Alan F.H. Wisdom | 12.16.09
It’s no wonder that the culture wars have been reignited.
Buy the Book
An Editor as Framer
Jeremy Rabkin | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
Seth Lipsky assumes that the words of our Constitution have real meaning.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Political Hay
The Life of California’s Party
W. James Antle, III | 12.15.09
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
Obama’s lack of emotional intelligence — is the President dumb?
Special Report
What a Piece of Work
Ben Stein | 12.15.09
Turning the heat on Copenhagen and the EPA.
Special Report
Romantic Rebel
Robert Stacy McCain | 12.15.09
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
After Oslo, looking for Mr. Smith in Washington.
Capitol Ideas
Labor Unions and the News Media
Tom Bethell | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
Press criticism of labor unions — is such a thing possible?
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Do Do That Voodoo That They Did So Well
Nick Schulz | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
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
Thanking those about to deploy to Afghanistan.
Political Hay
More BCS From Congress
Doug Bandow | 12.14.09
Is it time for Congress to save college football?
Eminentoes
Hanukkah’s Scrooge
Robert M. Goldberg | 12.14.09
Tony Judt, alas, may be too obsessed to be even Dickensian.
The Public Policy
The Jobless Recovery and Its Structures
Joseph Lawler | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
The liberals in power face an economic problem that could become a political one as well.
Buy the Book
Nobody’s Pluperfect
Daniel Oliver | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
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 | from the December 2009 - January 2010 issue
What in the world is bracing about despair?
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