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Friday, June 18, 2010
The Obama Watch
Barack Obama’s Square Box
Daniel Oliver | 6.18.10
Observers are now beginning to talk about his inevitable crash.
Another Perspective
Big Talker
W. James Antle, III | 6.18.10
President Obama had better hope he’s a Great Communicator.
Special Report
Saving France
Roger Kaplan | 6.18.10
Seventy years ago today, Charles de Gaulle joined Winston Churchill in pledging to fight another day.
The Nation’s Pulse
Seminary Smorgasbord
Mark Tooley | 6.18.10
A United Methodist seminary is the first in the U.S. to become multi-faith.
At Large
Down and Dirty in Afghanistan
George H. Wittman | 6.18.10
The liberal press is upset that much of local security in Afghanistan is provided by U.S.-backed “warlords.”
The Nation’s Pulse
Matrimonial Gore
Christopher Orlet | 6.18.10
Breaking up isn’t hard to do for the Woodstock Generation.
Political Hay
Democrats Are From Pluto
Jay D. Homnick | 6.18.10
Turns out there’s a Greene job they did not want to see created.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Washington Prowler
Engulfing the Internet
The Prowler | 6.17.10
Obama FCC takes next step to neutralize the ‘Net in its left-wing, state-controlled way.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Plenipotentiary
Russ Ferguson | 6.17.10
Ken Feinberg is not the “independent third party” Obama promised would oversee the $20 billion BP escrow account.
Among the Intellectualoids
The Oilers vs. The Stealers
George Neumayr | 6.17.10
More confiscatory socialism from the White House.
At Large
Kyrgyzstan: Not Washington’s Crisis
Doug Bandow | 6.17.10
The U.S. cannot afford another lengthy deployment in another distant and unstable client state.
The Investor
Metrics of Deceit
Ben Stein | 6.17.10
Can investment decisions still be made in the face of such rampant dishonesty?
The Current Crisis
Another Peaceful Solution
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.17.10
Proposition 8 and how Liberals always go too far.
Buy the Book
The Arranged Teddy Roosevelt
Conrad Black | 6.17.10
A diligent and scholarly pastiche of TR’s voluminous historical reflections.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
A Further Perspective
Our Caudillo President
Ben Stein | 6.16.10
We’re still a constitutional republic, right?
The Obama Watch
The Green Pied Piper from Chicago
Peter Ferrara | 6.16.10
He can’t imagine how anyone else could think differently.
Special Report
France’s New Russian Partner
Joseph A. Harriss | 6.16.10
Putin goes shopping in Paris — hoping to get his hands on four Mistral warships.
The Campaign Spectator
Talk Is Cheap
Russ Ferguson | 6.16.10
In his campaign remarks last night, the President of inaction called for action.
Another Perspective
Soccer to Me
Lisa Fabrizio | 6.16.10
It may be the world’s game, but it’s not mine.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Criminalization of Business
Douglas Smith | 6.16.10
A dramatic and unwarranted expansion of government power.
Sports Arena
The Prince and the Pauper
Aaron Goldstein | 6.16.10
A tale of two major league rookies.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The Public Policy
Failing Successfully
Joseph Lawler | 6.15.10
Speed bankruptcy expert Garett Jones on how to cure “too big to fail.”
Special Report
Cuba 1962 and Iran 2010: Will There Be a Mideast Nuclear Castro?
John C. Wohlstetter | 6.15.10
A hothead like Fidel was controlled by his Moscow handlers. But who will restrain the Mullahs when they decide to act?
Political Hay
The Original Mr. Anti-Establishment: Ronald Reagan
Jeffrey Lord | 6.15.10
The Establishment’s attacks on Sharron Angle have a familiar ring.
The Environmental Spectator
The National Cheat
Bill Croke | 6.15.10
Cheatgrass is a most unwelcome intruder in Rocky Mountain country.
A Further Perspective
Against Gay Marriage
David Gutmann | 6.15.10
Would it help keep the fragile but necessary peace between men and women?
Conservative Tastes
Rebels Without a Clue
James Bowman | from the June 2010 issue
The youth culture has become very old, in more ways than one.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Washington Prowler
Obama Jobs
The Prowler | 6.14.10
Making Census workers permanent creatures of the Obama recovery. Plus: CEOs tell Obama all the wrong things.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Beverly Hills Night
Ben Stein | 6.14.10
Amid the jasmine, the swimming pool, and the Lakers.
Loose Canons
Allawi’s Lament
Jed Babbin | 6.14.10
He feels he, not Maliki, should be forming the new Iraqi government — but does it matter?
Another Perspective
Who Lost Turkey? Not Europe
Doug Bandow | 6.14.10
But tell that to Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The Obama Watch
Barack Obama’s Body Language
Ron Ross | 6.14.10
He persists at looking down his nose.
High Spirits
On Retreat
Jonathan Aitken | from the June 2010 issue
“Nothing is so like God as stillness,” wrote the 14th-century German mystic Meister Eckhart.
Buy the Book
A Book to Read, A Byline to Look For
Larry Thornberry | 6.14.10
Joseph Epstein has done it again.
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