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3.26.10
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Political Hay
Somebody in Ohio Is Lying
Matthew Vadum | 3.26.10
Who booted the Tea Party candidate off the GOP primary ballot?
A Further Perspective
The Civil War History of Obamacare
John R. Guardiano | 3.26.10
To ascertain the real historical import of “comprehensive national healthcare reform,” don’t look to Social Security or Medicare; look to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
The Right Prescription
Deere in Obama’s Headlights
Ross Kaminsky | 3.26.10
Obamacare bulldozes its first victims.
The Nation’s Pulse
Religiously Marching for Immigration
Mark Tooley | 3.26.10
Apparently the Lord wants anyone to be able to walk across the U.S. border unimpeded.
Special Report
Survival First, Lawfare Second: The Perils of Suicide-Pact Legalism
John C. Wohlstetter | 3.26.10
In giving trial rights to terrorists that soldiers fighting lawfully did not enjoy in earlier times we are not helping ourselves.
At Large
Taking a Sledgehammer to Ataturk
George H. Wittman | 3.26.10
How long will Turkey remain an American ally?
Another Perspective
Black History Month and Lincoln
James M. Thunder | 3.26.10
Time for a fresh look at the Great Emancipator.
Capitol Ideas
Why Are We in Afghanistan?
Tom Bethell | from the March 2010 issue
At first it was retaliation for 9/11 — but eight and a half years later?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Special Report
Petraeus Sets the Record Straight on Israel
Philip Klein | 3.25.10
Gen. David Petraeus tells TAS that bloggers have been “flat wrong” about his position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Obama Watch
Pulling the Plug on the “Living” Constitution
George Neumayr | 3.25.10
The implications of Obamacare.
Streetcar Line
Why Revenge Is Necessary
Quin Hillyer | 3.25.10
The frightening affront of Obamacare.
The Current Crisis
Worst Book of the Year Award
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.25.10
Our Coogler Laureate may be gone but he’s not forgotten — at least not by the conservatives he libeled.
A Further Perspective
The Bell Tolls for Tea
Jay D. Homnick | 3.25.10
Retroactivity is not retro activity when D-Day is in 2014.
Movie Takes
Terribly Happy
James Bowman | 3.25.10
Like a John Ford Western, it reminds us of how thin is the veneer of law and civilization.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Political Hay
Winning Washington, Losing America
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.24.10
Can Democrats make voters forget their anger at D.C.?
The Right Prescription
The Health Care Liberation Movement
Peter Ferrara | 3.24.10
In the end, patient power will win out over government power. Or we start learning Greek.
Campaign Crawlers
And They’re Off!
Bill Croke | 3.24.10
Republican Wyoming prepares to replace popular Democrat “Governor Dave.”
Another Perspective
Beware the Emboldened Left
Marc Rotterman | 3.24.10
Conservatives and Republicans are making a big mistake if they fail to understand that Obama and the left have just pulled off a huge victory.
A Further Perspective
Vive La Différence!
Lisa Fabrizio | 3.24.10
If passage of socialized health care hasn’t driven home the difference between the two major parties, nothing ever will.
Buy the Book
There He Blows Again
John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the March 2010 issue
A whale of a book by a fine writer about a puny subject — Jimmy Carter — and what passed for his foreign policy.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Another Perspective
Health Care Rebellion: Lessons From Martin Luther King
Jeffrey Lord | 3.23.10
Adams cousins, Gandhi, King, Walesa and John Galt on overturning the healthcare tyranny.
Campaign Crawlers
Florida Bolero
Larry Thornberry | 3.23.10
The Rubio-Crist race is over — but the August 24 primary is still a long and dreary, repetitive way off.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Purple Politics
Andrew Cline | 3.23.10
Bipartisanship is just another word for big lie one-party rule.
Political Hay
Redistribution Justification
J.T. Young | 3.23.10
Raising present taxes in order to penalize past benefits smacks of retroactivity.
Feature
Will 2010 Be Another 1994?
Grover G. Norquist | from the March 2010 issue
Five surprise developments in 2009 point to a great reversal this fall.
Letter From Paris
In Search of Lost Identity
Joseph A. Harriss | from the March 2010 issue
Would Proust have known what to make of his country’s vanishing identity?
The Nation’s Pulse
And Not a Fear-Monger Among Them
Patrick O'Hannigan | 3.23.10
Friends and enemies of Obamacare talking past each other.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Breaking News
My Thoughts on Watching the Dems Stab the Constitution on the Congressional Floor
Ben Stein | 3.22.10
This is, tragically, Barack Obama’s America.
The Right Prescription
The Fight Will Go On
Philip Klein | 3.22.10
The first battle over Obamacare has been lost. But the struggle over the future of the nation’s health care system continues.
Political Hay
The Disappearing Pro-Life Democrat
W. James Antle, III | 3.22.10
Bart Stupak’s bait and switch is part of a larger trend.
A Further Perspective
Why Healthcare Reform Can’t Work
William Tucker | 3.22.10
Unless bankrupting the country has been the goal all along.
Washington Prowler
Rush Was Right
The Prowler | 3.22.10
The Blair House turning point. Plus: Plouffe stand-up.
Constitutional Opinions
Without Recourse
Stacy Cline | 3.22.10
Don’t expect the Supreme Court to ride to the rescue, not even regarding the “individual mandate.” It gave up long ago trying to keep big government in check.
The Nation’s Pulse
Obama and the Doctors
Ross Kaminsky | 3.22.10
Obamacare will not improve their morale — nor increase their already dwindling ranks.
Among the Intellectualoids
What’s the Matter With Thomas Frank?
David Hogberg | 3.22.10
He hasn’t changed, even if the new documentary based on his book undercuts the book’s patronizing arguments.
Movie Takes
The Ghost Writer
James Bowman | 3.22.10
So you think it’s the CIA that fingered Roman Polanski?
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