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Friday, February 5, 2010
Political Hay
The Politics of Personal Deconstruction
Jay D. Homnick | 2.5.10
Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Palin, and political correctness run amok.
The Right Prescription
Woe Is AHRQ
Robert M. Goldberg | 2.5.10
The mammogram-restricting agency receives of clean bill of health in the new Obama budget.
At Large
Civil War By Any Other Name
George H. Wittman | 2.5.10
The bloodletting south of the U.S. border is much more than just another battle among rival drug traffickers.
Last Call
Born to Lose
Wlady Pleszczynski | from the February 2010 issue
The likely winners of this year’s Super Bowl made sure it won’t be a big game.
The Nation’s Pulse
That’s a Rap
Nicole Russell | 2.5.10
West Coast vs. East Coast, Keynes vs. Hayek: rap revives two dead economists.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Political Hay
Running the Table
W. James Antle, III | 2.4.10
Can Republicans retake the Senate? A lot would have to continue to go right.
Breaking News
Becker Lied to McCain
Matthew Vadum | 2.4.10
Evidence abounds that President Obama’s radical union-backed nominee to the National Labor Relations Board is ACORN tainted.
The Current Crisis
Liberal Unfairness vs. James O’Keefe
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.4.10
The double standard is pie-throwingly ridiculous.
Special Report
Obama’s Defense Budget
John R. Guardiano | 2.4.10
It presages American global retreat and decline.
The Environmental Spectator
Henny-Penny and the Killer Molecule
Peter Hannaford | 2.4.10
Ice melts, creating killer water.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Live From New York
Taxpayers, Meet Your New Tenants
William Tucker | 2.3.10
Rent control and the U.S. Treasury — a marriage made in Schumer heaven.
Special Report
Mirandized Security Risks
Ben Lerner | 2.3.10
Gregory Craig resigned for all the wrong reasons. President Obama should instead ask Janet Napolitano, John Brennan, Eric Holder, and Dennis Blair to resign.
The Obama Watch
Spending America Into Oblivion
Peter Ferrara | 2.3.10
Rep. Jeb Hensarling has President Obama’s number — and then some.
London Calling
The Real Way to Save the Planet
Paul Johnson | from the February 2010 issue
It is a pity Karl Popper did not live to see that Global Warming fitted perfectly into his model of a pseudo-theory.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Pickup Artist
Christopher Orlet | 2.3.10
About that special bond between pickup trucks and their drivers.
Sports Arena
Where Will Johnny Play?
Aaron Goldstein | 2.3.10
You can watch baseball for a lifetime and yet always count on seeing something you’ve never seen before.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
The Obama Watch
Rationing Both Jobs and Basketballs
Andrew B. Wilson | 2.2.10
Could this be the next great economic idea from the Obama White House?
The Public Policy
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Repeal
John R. Guardiano | 2.2.10
Gays already can serve in the U.S. military, but what about the rights of religious believers and cultural traditionalists?
Breaking News
Show ACORN the Money
Matthew Vadum | 2.2.10
Thanks to federal judge Nina Gershon and the new Obama budget blueprint for FY11, the president’s favorite community organizers should be back in business.
Special Report
CBS Double Standard: Network and Church Battle Over Ads
Jeffrey Lord | 2.2.10
United Church of Christ attacks liberal network for “arbitrary” banning of church ad: Tebow at issue.
Another Perspective
Caulfield and the Librarians
Tom Bethell | 2.2.10
If you haven’t read Catcher in the Rye yet, better get a hold of it soon.
Campaign Crawlers
Twilight of the Blue Dogs?
Mike Tuggle | 2.2.10
Two Republican challengers to blue-dog Democrat Rep. Larry Kissell are certain that Kissell’s opposition to Obamacare won’t be enough to save him.
The Right Prescription
Just Walk Away
Peter Pitts | 2.2.10
The Medicare mess alone disqualifies the Obamacare bills from further consideration.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Campaign Crawlers
Andrzejewski’s Army
Robert Stacy McCain | 2.1.10
A Tea Party candidate battles the Illinois establishment.
Special Report
Green Math Is Bad Math
Andrew Cline | 2.1.10
How Washington is wasting huge sums on “green” initiatives — and pretending it’s coming out ahead.
Washington Prowler
Buyer Remorse
The Prowler | 2.1.10
What’s behind Indiana Republican’s unexpected retirement?
Among the Intellectualoids
Calling All Adults
Larry Thornberry | 2.1.10
J.D. Salinger’s most famous creation was a whiny scout for the Me Generation.
The Nation’s Pulse
Pro-Choice Anti-Choicers
David N. Bass | 2.1.10
They’re pro-choice — except for Pam Tebow’s choice.
A Further Perspective
Zinn Master
Matthew Vadum | 2.1.10
President Obama’s State of the Union address proved once again that the Community-Organizer-In-Chief hates corporations almost as much as the late historian Howard Zinn did.
Sports Arena
Winning Down Under
Roger Kaplan | 2.1.10
The incomparable Roger Federer won again, defeating the latest Great British Hope.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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