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Thursday, December 24, 2009
The Current Crisis
War Is Hell -- Not Litigation
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.24.09 @ 6:09AM
Jed Babbin is right to petition Secretary Gates to dismiss charges against three Navy SEALs.
Special Report
Aesthetic Phenomenon
Shawn Macomber | 12.24.09 @ 6:08AM
At 24, Katherine Elliott Eastland is a rising fine artist to watch.
The Obama Watch
'Twas the Night Before Christmas -- 2009
Lisa Fabrizio | 12.24.09 @ 6:08AM
'Twas the night before Christmas and at the White House;/ Our Commander was sleeping, and so was his spouse.
Special Report
Christmas Melodies From Near and Far
William Tucker | 12.24.09 @ 6:08AM
There are many good reasons why they've become our favorite things.
Among the Intellectualoids
Season's Greenies
Ralph R. Reiland | 12.24.09 @ 6:06AM
French toast for Christmas dinner -- and no thank you notes, please.
Books in Review
Seeking the Welfare of the City of Our Exile
G. Tracy Mehan, III | December 2009-January 2010
Father Richard John Neuhaus explored the fault lines of American religious and political thought.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Streetcar Line
Christmas Reflection: A Lesson in Giving
Quin Hillyer | 12.23.09 @ 6:09AM
A bum, a bunny, and some bread.
Political Hay
Too Many Democrats in Washington
Peter Ferrara | 12.23.09 @ 6:08AM
Welcome to America's real health problem.
The Public Policy
Bargaining for Reform?
RiShawn Biddle | 12.23.09 @ 6:07AM
The American Federation of Teachers is showing its admirable side.
Special Report
Western Renaissance Man: Kit Carson at 200
Bill Croke | 12.23.09 @ 6:07AM
Christopher Houston Carson entered life in Madison County, Kentucky, on Christmas Eve, 1809.
The Nation's Pulse
A Blue Christmas for the ACLU
Peter Hannaford | 12.23.09 @ 6:06AM
Recession puts a crimp on the creche-haters' style.
Another Perspective
Harvesting Assumptions and Stars
Patrick O'Hannigan | 12.23.09 @ 6:05AM
For all its secular materialism, Poul Anderson's 1993 science-fiction novel Harvest of Stars rises above itself, and is certainly more deserving of a B+ than our fearless leader.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Special Report
The Party's Over
Jonathan Wells | 12.22.09 @ 6:08AM
Darwin Year is drawing to a close -- just in time.
Special Report
The Bell Ringers' Christmas Present
Jeffrey Lord | 12.22.09 @ 6:08AM
A Christmas message of freedom from a Pennsylvania minister and Paul Revere.
Ben Stein's Diary
I'm Being Tested
Ben Stein | December 2009-January 2010
A recession survival guide from our indispensable monthly Diarist.
Another Perspective
The Case Against the Case Against the Virgin Birth
Jeremy Lott | 12.22.09 @ 6:07AM
The hostility of scientific reductionists is misplaced.
Letter From London
The Rotting Fruit of Multiculturalism
Douglas Murray & Robin Simcox | December 2009-January 2010
Can Europe be the same place with different people in it?
Live From New York
Business As Usual
Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder | 12.22.09 @ 6:06AM
One last round with Tiger Woods.
Monday, December 21, 2009
The Right Prescription
Democrats Break Ground
Philip Klein | 12.21.09 @ 6:10AM
As health care legislation clears a key hurdle in the Senate, Democrats are already promising more government intervention in the years to come.
Political Hay
Blue Dogs in Heat
W. James Antle, III | 12.21.09 @ 6:09AM
Democratic moderates fear only their conservative constituents.
Breaking News
Bigger Than Watergate
Matthew Vadum | 12.21.09 @ 6:08AM
So says Rep. Steve King about ACORN corruption and its one-party government protectors.
The Obama Watch
Obama Doesn't Care
Andrew Cline | 12.21.09 @ 6:08AM
On health care, our president doesn't sweat the details.
The Congressional Spectator
Political Psychosis
Robert Stacy McCain | 12.21.09 @ 6:07AM
Madness takes its toll in the Senate health-care debate.
Among the Intellectualoids
The Gift Delusion
Christopher Orlet | 12.21.09 @ 6:07AM
This Christmas season lie to your children.
Feature
Books for Christmas
December 2009-January 2010
Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers.
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