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Friday, February 5, 2010

The Obama Watch

Who Killed Obamacare?

David Catron | 2.5.10

Mr. President, thou art the man.

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.

Movie Takes

Creation

James Bowman | 2.5.10

The origins of this specious Darwin are pretty obvious.

Reader Mail

A Federal Offense

2.5.10

Trespassing and intimidation. Tarnishing Palin. Articulate minority politicians. J.D Salinger and more.

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.

The Obama Watch

PAYGO PAYGO

George Neumayr | 2.4.10

Obama’s vacation from reality.

Streetcar Line

Recovery Two-Step

Quin Hillyer | 2.4.10

The easy way to economic good times.

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.

Another Perspective

Who Needs Aspen?

Bill Croke | 2.3.10

Snowshoeing along the Montana border.

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

Breaking News

Free James O’Keefe

Ben Stein | 2.1.10

Eric Holder’s hideous double standard.

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

Editorial Cartoon

The Listener

Yogi Love | 1.31.10

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