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Assorted Jackasses | from the March 2010 issue
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Political Hay
Amending the Spending
W. James Antle, III | 3.5.10
A group of House conservatives try to put a constitutional brake on the federal budget.
The Nation’s Pulse
Saving Catholic Schools
RiShawn Biddle | 3.5.10
More and more of them are being shut down — where they are needed most and where charter schools are in shortest supply.
Another Perspective
Why the Palestinians Don’t Want a State
David Gutmann | 3.5.10
Diplomatic niceties notwithstanding, the reasons are pretty obvious.
At Large
Two-Faced Moscow
George H. Wittman | 3.5.10
Russian foreign policy is more schizoid than successful.
Lifestyles Left and Right
A Midlife Moment
Christopher Orlet | 3.5.10
It’s hard to be hip when you’re worried about breaking a hip.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The Obama Watch
Obama Goes Nuclear
Philip Klein | 3.4.10
By deciding to ram health care legislation through Congress by parliamentary trickery, Obama abandons idea of being the post-partisan president.
Campaign Crawlers
Perry, Texas
William Murchison | 3.4.10
There was no plausible reason for Kay Hutchison to run, not this year.
The Current Crisis
Anger Management
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.4.10
Whatever happened to the mainstream media’s high regard for “anger” in politics?
Political Hay
For the Love of Government
George Neumayr | 3.4.10
The bench-clearing brawl against Jim Bunning.
Special Report
Global Warming Flaks Reduced to a Strategy of Denial
Tom Bethell | 3.4.10
For the well-funded true believer, climate change means never having to change, no way, no how.
The Public Policy
How to Save $11.4 Billion This Year
Rep. Steve King | 3.4.10
The President is right that many tough choices need to be made to lower federal spending — and here’s an easy one.
The Male Spectator
Cosmetic Improvements
Paul Beston | from the March 2010 issue
Makeup artists on the morning commute.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Political Hay
Jim Bunning’s Finest Hour
Jeri Thompson | 3.3.10
Imagine — a Republican who’s actually listening.
Feature
Party Bashing
W. James Antle, III | from the March 2010 issue
Conservatives turn their fire on the Republican Party. From our new March issue.
Special Report
The Proposition 8 Trial: Understanding the Evidence
William C. Duncan | 3.3.10
Closing arguments are to begin soon in a trial that has been less civics lesson than cautionary tale.
The Right Prescription
Obamacare: Still a Threat to Your Life
Peter Ferrara | 3.3.10
Now, post-summit, more than ever.
Sports Arena
Every Night Is Hockey Night in Canada
Aaron Goldstein | 3.3.10
As every U.S. Canadian knows, it’s hard to get the puck out of your system.
The Public Policy
Warming Shivers
Peter Hannaford | 3.3.10
A new round of Henny-Penny for your thoughts.
Car Guy
Thinking Outside the Helmet
Eric Peters | 3.3.10
Helmet laws are an insult, particularly to the helmet-wearer.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Constitutional Opinions
Guns Before the Court
Douglas Smith | 3.2.10
The Supreme Court hears argument today in a landmark Second Amendment case.
The Obama Watch
‘I’m the President’: Tiger Woods In The White House
Jeffrey Lord | 3.2.10
The cult of cultural and intellectual superiority in American life.
Special Report
ACORN Housing Boom
Matthew Vadum | 3.2.10
The great rebranding continues – as do plans to put our tax dollars to work for ACORN come election time.
A Further Perspective
Climategate: This Time It’s NASA
Iain Murray & Roger Abbott | 3.2.10
The politicized nature of climate science remains in permanent orbit.
The Public Policy
American Collectivism: A Record of Failure
Ralph R. Reiland | 3.2.10
And now we have an administration that intends to break all records.
Another Perspective
Casting As Persians
Jay D. Homnick | 3.2.10
Capturing and testing the spirit of Purim, which was observed yesterday and Sunday.
Editor’s Desk
Real Reconciliation
3.2.10
Betsey McCaughey has come up with a 20-page bill, in plain English, that solves all of Obamacare’s problems.
Monday, March 1, 2010
The Obama Watch
Mr. Obama Repeals the Law of Gravity
Andrew B. Wilson | 3.1.10
Time to move on from old dogmas in favor of new talking points.
Washington Prowler
Nameless Abettors
The Prowler | 3.1.10
The administration is reluctant to identify the lawyers in its employ who previously provided legal counsel to suspected terrorists and enemy combatants.
The Nation’s Pulse
The NAACP’s Negative Image Awards
Mark Hyman | 3.1.10
The only way Van Jones could have improved his chances is if he’d been a foul-mouthed rap artist.
Letter From Paris
Sarko’s Revenge
Joseph A. Harriss | 3.1.10
Unintended consequences could give France to the Socialists.
A Further Perspective
Frankly Kooky
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.1.10
Conservative success drives liberals crazy.
The Environmental Spectator
Tilting at Windmills
Nicole Russell | 3.1.10
The dubious turbine industry.
In Memoriam
The Beichman Library Closes
Paul Kengor | 3.1.10
When he died last month, Arnold Beichman took with him a mind overflowing with valuable information on the greatest ideological conflict of the 20th century.
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