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6.25.10
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Feature
What Stupak Hath Wrought
W. James Antle, III | from the June 2010 issue
Is there still such a thing as a pro-life Democrat?
Friday, June 25, 2010
Streetcar Line
Of Goldwater and of Black Gold in the Water
Quin Hillyer | 6.25.10
A Liberator then, and still so today.
The Nation’s Pulse
Overreactions to Disaster
Ben Stein | 6.25.10
Some additional perspective on the Oil Spill.
Another Perspective
Pundit Class, Not McChrystal, Exercised ‘Bad Judgment’
John R. Guardiano | 6.25.10
Civilian control of the military was never the issue.
The Environmental Spectator
The Problem With Cap and Trade
C. Boyden Gray | from the June 2010 issue
The bankers and traders of Wall Street and London should not be its main beneficiaries.
The Nation’s Pulse
Summer Fun
Christopher Orlet | 6.25.10
There’s nothing for stirring murderous thoughts like a nice, brisk hike.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Loose Canons
McChrystal Lite Becomes Petraeus
Jed Babbin | 6.24.10
President Obama did what he had to do — except clarify the strategy or make victory more likely in Afghanistan.
Special Report
MacArthur Defeats Truman: The Real McChrystal Message
Jeffrey Lord | 6.24.10
Famous showdown helped GOP to landslide, shaped decades of Cold War politics.
A Further Perspective
Obama’s ‘Strict Code of Conduct’
George Neumayr | 6.24.10
General McChrystal lacked the “maturity” of the Rahm Emanuels.
The Current Crisis
Concern at Home and Abroad
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.24.10
There is something very dated about the ideology that this president takes so seriously.
The Obama Watch
His Swallowed Pride
Russ Ferguson | 6.24.10
Why did the President select a general he not long ago openly disdained?
Among the Intellectualoids
Ignorance Is Liberal Bliss
Ron Ross | 6.24.10
Cluelessness has never enjoyed greater appeal.
Another Perspective
Second Thoughts
Joseph Shattan | 6.24.10
Israel has gone along with the “peace process” since 1993 — only to find itself ever more reviled and isolated.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Special Report
An International Disgrace
Michael Johnson | 6.23.10
How French soccer became a laughingstock.
Washington Prowler
The Latest in Obama Jobs
The Prowler | 6.23.10
Hiring for sludge work. Also: Orszag, ahead of the posse.
Political Hay
The Emerging New GOP Leadership
Peter Ferrara | 6.23.10
Not what you would have expected, even a short two years ago.
At Large
No Kumbaya in Kabul
George H. Wittman | 6.23.10
Not just McChrystal and the White House, but no one seems to be getting along in Afghanistan.
Eminentoes
Canada’s Helen Thomas
Aaron Goldstein | 6.23.10
Another luminary caught in the act by a video blogger.
Car Guy
Billy Mays Here…On Your License Plate
Eric Peters | 6.23.10
Only in California could someone come up with this version of digital divide.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
A Further Perspective
The Elephant and the Obama Question
Ben Stein | 6.22.10
Some additional thoughts on the oil spill.
Political Hay
Eric Holder: Obama’s Harry Daugherty
Jeffrey Lord | 6.22.10
Harding’s Attorney General disgraced for politicizing Justice Department.
Special Report
Ted Kennedy’s KGB Correspondence
Kevin Mooney | 6.22.10
What the FBI missed — and it deserves greater media attention, given how it was designed to undermine two presidencies.
Campaign Crawlers
Curiouser and Curiouser
Larry Thornberry | 6.22.10
The pear-shaped Senate race in Florida.
Among the Intellectualoids
Hugo Boss
Robert P. Kirchhoefer | 6.22.10
He lords it over Hollywood’s nitwits.
The Obama Watch
A Short-Running Magic Show
Ralph R. Reiland | 6.22.10
How quickly the magic and arrogance has turned into mismanagement and excuses.
Buy the Book
Deadly Domino
Joseph A. Harriss | from the June 2010 issue
Dien Bien Phu — one of the biggest and most costly blunders in modern military history.
Monday, June 21, 2010
The Obama Watch
Obama Cracks Down
W. James Antle, III | 6.21.10
On Arizona, not illegal immigration.
Loose Canons
The Vuvuzela President
Jed Babbin | 6.21.10
Mark July 29 on your calendar — Republican governors from Alabama to Louisiana to Arizona have every reason to unite against this noisy leader and the noisome feds.
Special Report
More Handguns, Less Crime — or More?
Robert VerBruggen | 6.21.10
The new, expanded edition of John Lott’s famous book promises to revive a heated, unresolved debate.
Political Hay
Losing the Battleground
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 6.21.10
Snooze alarm goes off for Democrats.
The Public Policy
The Kids Can’t Read
RiShawn Biddle | 6.21.10
Functional illiteracy in our schools is increasing.
London Calling
When the Going Isn’t Good
Paul Johnson | from the June 2010 issue
The only things to be said for air travel is speed.
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