Special Report
Foreign Policy Takes a Vacation
John Tabin | 2.23.10
The Reaganite ingredient missing from this year’s CPAC debates.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
The Right Prescription
What Didn’t Get Said at the Summit
William Tucker | 2.26.10
And what did get said by certain Democrats revealed a lack of fundamental understanding.
Another Perspective
Something Fishy
Christopher Orlet | 2.26.10
It’s Lent and some folks have never eaten so well, especially on Friday.
Political Hay
John Ashcroft’s Coefficient of Unity
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 2.26.10
The GOP’s focus must be on spending.
At Large
Dubai’s Eleven
George H. Wittman | 2.26.10
Who assassinated Mahmoud al-Mabhouh? Blaming Israel first won’t cut it.
Feature
Let’s Get Original
Robert VerBruggen | from the February 2010 issue
Thanks to conservative political and intellectual success, originalism as a guiding judicial philosophy is here to stay.
Movie Takes
Crazy Heart
James Bowman | 2.26.10
After Jeff Bridges’ turn as “Bad” Blake you’re likely to find yourself yearning for “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.”
Reader Mail
A Tennessee Tempest
2.26.10
Gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam’s campaign responds. The Prowler replies. Plus: Scott Brown’s independent streak. Tiger brainwashed. Ron Paul’s party. Obamacare, and more.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Political Hay
Scott Brown’s Shrewd Vote
Andrew Cline | 2.25.10
In fact, you might say it was politically brilliant.
The Obama Watch
The Blair House Witch Project
George Neumayr | 2.25.10
Obama’s summit goal is to convince Republicans that half a tablet of poison is better than none.
The Current Crisis
Hamid Karzai (D-Chicago)
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.25.10
With friends like this, why not just install Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) as president of Afghanistan?
Feature
Here Comes the Foreign Legion
Joseph A. Harriss | from the February 2010 issue
A great French institution shows no signs of slowing down.
The Public Policy
Garden State Weeds
RiShawn Biddle | 2.25.10
Forget the Sopranos — New Jersey may now become better known for its spending cuts and clampdowns on lavish public pensions.
Special Report
Playing the National Anthem at a Mennonite College?
Mark Tooley | 2.25.10
The non-Mennonite left couldn’t be more appalled.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Fourth Rail
Ross Kaminsky | 2.25.10
Public sector employees think they’re untouchable, even if their promised compensation and benefits are breaking the bank.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Eminentoes
Big Al’s Antique Roadshow
Bill Croke | 2.24.10
A veteran GOP tax collector for the welfare state answers President Obama’s call.
Political Hay
An Open Letter to Michael Smerconish and Jennifer Stockman
Jeffrey Lord | 2.24.10
Reaganite radio talker leaves GOP. Lincoln, abortion, and the GOP.
The Obama Watch
Breaking Faith
Peter Ferrara | 2.24.10
President Obama’s tax-raising plans have passed the point of no return. So much for his pledge not to raise taxes on working people.
Special Report
Political Gaps Strain Churches
Alan F.H. Wisdom | 2.24.10
No end in sight to the growing political rift between laity and clergy in oldline Protestantism.
A Further Perspective
The Perils of Progress
Lisa Fabrizio | 2.24.10
“Getting things done” will be our undoing.
The Environmental Spectator
Meatless Meatheads
Aaron Goldstein | 2.24.10
The people’s republic of Cambridge unveils a tasty solution to climate change.
Another Perspective
Return of Neanderthal
Reid Collins | 2.24.10
What was he thinking 450,000 years ago?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Political Hay
Obamacare Faces Tough Road in the House
Philip Klein | 2.23.10
The prospects for comprehensive health care legislation remain dim, despite this week’s political theater.
The Right Prescription
Prolegomena to Any Future Healthcare Summit
William Tucker | 2.23.10
Immanuel Kant no doubt had a better understanding of metaphysics than Democrats have of health care.
Washington Prowler
Tea Party Tennessee
The Prowler | 2.23.10
A big money effort is afoot to neutralize the grassroots appeal of gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp.
Feature
The Great Recession of 2011-2012
James Srodes | from the February 2010 issue
And that’s only the beginning of a new Dark Age.
Breaking News
Help the Third World — Protect Property Rights
Doug Bandow | 2.23.10
The Property Rights Alliance releases its annual International Property Rights Index today.
A Further Perspective
The Manchurian Tiger
Ben Stein | 2.23.10
Tiger Woods has been tortured enough.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Political Hay
Ron Paul’s Party
W. James Antle, III | 2.22.10
Can his movement be brought into the mainstream of the Republican Party?
Breaking News
White House Accused of Federal Crime in Specter, Bennet Races
Jeffrey Lord | 2.22.10
Bombshell of criminal possibility: What did Biden, Emanuel, and deputy know?
Campaign Crawlers
Party Time for the Right
Robert Stacy McCain | 2.22.10
Are conservatives celebrating too soon?
In Memoriam
Al Haig’s Charge
Paul Kengor | 2.22.10
Often controversial, egotistical, and mercurial, but always interesting and entertaining.
Washington Prowler
Taking Title to the Internet
The Prowler | 2.22.10
Obama’s net-neutering continues. Plus: Garbage diplomacy.
A Further Perspective
Is Our Children Learning?
Jeremy Lott | 2.22.10
A “defining” literary war comes into its own.
Conservative Tastes
The End of History
James Bowman | from the February 2010 issue
The art of the past has become a closed book.
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