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4.23.10
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Friday, April 23, 2010
The Nation’s Pulse
General Boykin and Major Hasan
Ken Blackwell | 4.23.10
Guess whose religious beliefs trouble the politically correct?
A Further Perspective
Peggy Noonan’s Church History
John M. Haas | 4.23.10
It’s wrong to suggest that the Catholic Church hasn’t been a leader in confronting sex abuse.
Campus Scenes
Don’t Get CAUT Policing Canadian Higher Education
Perry L. Glanzer | 4.23.10
Welcome to the land where religiously homogeneity is now regarded as a violation of academic freedom.
Feature
The Good Old Days
Alfred S. Regnery | from the April 2010 issue
How William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia set the stage for a conservative turnaround on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Another Perspective
Women of Yesteryear
James M. Thunder | 4.23.10
New Women (and men) should read up on them.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Foie Gras Bears
Bill Croke | 4.23.10
Black bears are emerging from hibernation now, hungry to taste the rich food on offer in Aspen and other Colorado resorts.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Current Crisis
There He Gropes Again
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.22.10
Bill Clinton at his reckless worst.
Special Report
Who You Gonna Trust?
Geoffrey Norman | 4.22.10
The government or your own lying eyes?
Campaign Crawlers
Charlie’s Revenge
Larry Thornberry | 4.22.10
Siccing the Feds on his own party – and the conservative Republican poised to defeat him.
A Further Perspective
From Woodstock to Civility Commissions
George Neumayr | 4.22.10
The left’s long march.
Constitutional Opinions
The Democrats’ “Corporate” Obsession
Douglas Smith | 4.22.10
Their latest salvo in the war over judges is another loser.
Another Perspective
All About Hollywood
Lisa Fabrizio | 4.22.10
We all have old favorite movies. Will any made today ever be called that?
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The Obama Watch
Take the Painkiller and Go Home
Peter Ferrara | 4.21.10
President Obama lost the election of 2010 in June 2009.
Special Report
Indonesia Between the Reefs
Matthew Omolesky | 4.21.10
The world’s most populous largely Muslim country, manuevering between Beijing and Washington, D.C.
Campaign Crawlers
Charlie Dithers
Larry Thornberry | 4.21.10
Florida’s Crist now seems set on showing his Independent streak. We’ll know by April 30.
Ben Stein’s Diary
In and Out of the Snow
Ben Stein | from the April 2010 issue
Remember the record snows of last winter? Our Diarist does.
Car Guy
The Big Tease
Eric Peters | 4.21.10
Why own a $57,000 Infiniti M56 if it can’t be driven at half the speed it was designed to reach?
A Further Perspective
Plucking the Fortunate Chickens
Ralph R. Reiland | 4.21.10
How soon before more than half the population pays no income taxes?
Movie Takes
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
James Bowman | 4.21.10
Last year’s box office champion in Europe has bombed so far in the U.S. — how could that be?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Feature
Up From Ideology
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the April 2010 issue
A conservative’s definition of conservatism — an essay adapted from RET’s new book, After the Hangover: The Conservatives’ Road to Recovery, published April 20.
Campaign Crawlers
Liberal Democrats Have a Clegg Up
Aaron Goldstein | 4.20.10
If a week in politics is a long time, what is two weeks?
Breaking News
Kultursmog in Big Sky Country
Happy Jack Feder | 4.20.10
Helena’s Carroll College is big on football — but absolutely terrified by Constitutional law (and free speech).
Political Hay
Quayle Takes Flight
David Mark | 4.20.10
An intriguing political turnaround for the former vice president.
Special Report
Phoebe and Neda: Bullying From South Hadley to Iran
Jeffrey Lord | 4.20.10
The noose, the bullet or the bomb for Israel: the ceaseless chatter of Obama platitudes.
A Further Perspective
Sedition and the End of America’s First Political Party
Craig Evan Klafter | 4.20.10
Liberals and Democrats had better reread their Jefferson.
Monday, April 19, 2010
The Nation’s Pulse
Crying Hate, Suppressing Debate
W. James Antle, III | 4.19.10
This is not the time for Bill Clinton’s rhetorical games.
Feature
The Problem With Palin
Quin Hillyer | from the April 2010 issue
It’s been quite a ride. But what has she learned? From our April issue.
Special Report
Religious Persecution International
Doug Bandow | 4.19.10
The U.S. is a rarity among nations. Among its unique attributes is a commitment to religious liberty.
The Obama Watch
LaHood Gives the Green Light
Matt Purple | 4.19.10
Transportation is the linchpin of Obama’s statist policies.
Among the Intellectualoids
Blue Rage and Red Rage
David Gutmann | 4.19.10
Some Bush assassination reveries from Frank Rich’s progressive friends.
Eminentoes
Chucking the Baggage
Jay D. Homnick | 4.19.10
Senator Schumer’s suitcase is empty, give or take a few breakfast cereal boxes.
Movie Takes
The Secret in Their Eyes
James Bowman | 4.19.10
The Motion Picture Academy was right about this Best Foreign Language Film.
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