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Assorted Jackasses | 4.3.10
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Saturday, April 3, 2010
Feature
How to Clean Up Washington’s Mess
George Melloan | from the April 2010 issue
Republicans — and the Fed — have no time to waste.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Streetcar Line
What Is So Good About This Friday?
Quin Hillyer | 4.2.10
Suffering, death — and the aftermath.
The Campaign Spectator
The Brad Ellsworth Test
W. James Antle, III | from the April 2010 issue
Can this Indiana Blue Dog still hunt?
Special Report
Buchenwald and the Totalitarian Century
Paul Kengor | 4.2.10
The changing of the totalitarian guard, 65 years ago this spring.
At Large
Eritrea Doubly Evil
Doug Bandow | 4.2.10
Not all religious persecutors are geopolitical problems. Not all geopolitical problems are religious persecutors. Eritrea is both.
The Nation’s Pulse
Rex’s Blues
Christopher Orlet | 4.2.10
The notion of Puppy Uppers used to be funny. Now it’s just sad.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
Gratitude and Grace
Roger Scruton | from the April 2010 issue
Countries with strong gift-giving routines may be very poor at charitable giving.
The Slaughterhouse
Get Rielle
Mark Falcoff | from the April 2010 issue
At least no one ever called John Edwards’s flame a Breck Girl.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
The Current Crisis
Odious Conservatives
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.1.10
You know who they are — disparaging other conservatives to universal liberal approval.
Breaking News
Paul Ryan Wins Dallas
William Murchison | 4.1.10
Shining some light through the gloom and dismay to a confident Heritage Foundation Texas crowd that means business about turning Obamacare around.
Campaign Crawlers
No More ‘New England Republicans’
Matt Purple | 4.1.10
Connecticut can do better than Rob Simmons.
The Obama Watch
Bend It Like Becker
Jeremy Lott | 4.1.10
How a recess appointment could impose card check — and even greater unemployment.
Political Hay
Reporting Congressional Sexcapades
Mark Hyman | 4.1.10
Eric Massa never had it so good.
The Nation’s Pulse
Remember the Main
Jay D. Homnick | 4.1.10
Who are the ruffians whose violence is suddenly so feared?
Buy the Book
History as Gossip
John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the April 2010 issue
Theodore White worthy the Game Change crowd is not — and not only because of their f-word proficiency.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Campaign Crawlers
‘Scorched Earth’ in Arizona
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.31.10
John McCain’s big money campaign against J.D. Hayworth.
Another Perspective
Reflection on Brains and Barack
Angelo M. Codevilla | 3.31.10
Obama’s and Palin’s minds may or may not be of different quality.
Political Hay
But What’s the GOP Plan?
Peter Ferrara | 3.31.10
Democrats will rue the day they asked that question.
Feature
Waging Jihad Through the American Courts
Daniel Pipes | from the March 2010 issue
Islamists know how to play the game.
A Further Perspective
Fear Itself
Lisa Fabrizio | 3.31.10
Democrat skunks are getting nervous and raising a stink.
Sports Arena
My 2010 MLB Predictions
Aaron Goldstein | 3.31.10
Opening day is Sunday night. The AL West is still short a team. The NL Central has one too many.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The Right Prescription
Obamacare Starts Squeezing the Private Sector
William Tucker | 3.30.10
Over the next six months Republicans will have to do much more than just show that Obamacare won’t work.
Political Hay
For Their Next Act
W. James Antle, III | 3.30.10
After the health care juggernaut, don’t assume that amnesty or any other liberal policy initiative is off the table.
Special Report
Sean Hannity and the Importance of Reagan Conservativism
Jeffrey Lord | 3.30.10
Conservative Victory tour debuts at Reagan Library as Obama damage mounts.
Eminentoes
Celebrating Obamacare With Nancy Pelosi on Palm Sunday
Mark Tooley | 3.30.10
Who knew that San Francisco Democrats include San Francisco Methodists!
At Large
Barry and Bibi Back-Story
George H. Wittman | 3.30.10
In the room with Obama and Netanyahu — and Iran.
The Nation’s Pulse
America’s Quiet Anger
James P. Gannon | 3.30.10
Most of the angry are not out marching in the streets, waving signs or shouting into bullhorns.
Buy the Book
Darkness at Noon and Night
Jerry Brennan | from the March 2010 issue
Arthur Koestler’s both a necessary and a troublesome subject for biography.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Washington Prowler
Obama in Rude Denial
The Prowler | 3.29.10
And he’s happy to blow off the Europeans — could they be missing Bush?
Campaign Crawlers
Crist and Rubio Joust
Larry Thornberry | 3.29.10
If their debate on Fox News Sunday settled anything, it’s that there could be a place for Charlie in the Obama cabinet.
Political Hay
Palin to the People
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.29.10
“Lame-stream media” stereotypes the Tea Party crowd.
Special Report
Virtually Innocent
Emily Esfahani Smith | 3.29.10
Online worlds are riskier for kids than we realize.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Two Days in Washington
Ben Stein | from the March 2010 issue
Suddenly last winter — from Ben’s monthly Diary.
Buy the Book
A Founding Paleocon
Rev. Michael P. Orsi | from the March 2010 issue
Luther Martin was what today we would describe as a “paleoconservative,” a lover of tradition, prescription, and local control.
Conservative Tastes
Reality Without Rohmer
James Bowman | from the March 2010 issue
Once we expected from art an imitation of something we already knew.
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