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Friday, August 13, 2010

Political Hay

Clinton Denies White House Version of Jobsgate Scandal

Jeffrey Lord | 8.13.10

Issa pounces after Ex-President denies he tried to get Sestak out of Senate race.

The Right Prescription

Repeal Is Not Enough

Robert M. Goldberg | 8.13.10

Republicans will need to shape serious healthcare reform of their own.

Another Perspective

A Marriage Proposal

Mark M. Trapp | 8.13.10

Citizens should say “I do” to self-government.

Special Report

Religiously Remembering Hiroshima

Mark Tooley | 8.13.10

Every year it becomes harder to remember why it was bombed in the first place.

At Large

Fish or Cut Bait

George H. Wittman | 8.13.10

Turkey wants to play cute with the U.S. and Israel, as if Iran wasn’t its concern.

The Nation’s Pulse

Ignorance Is This

Nicole Russell | 8.13.10

Generation Y in the war between Twitter and Chief Justice John Roberts.

Eminentoes

The Delightful Voltaire

Michael Johnson | from the July 2010 - August 2010 issue

An anti-statist for all time.

Among the Intellectualoids

Optical Allusion

Jay D. Homnick | 8.13.10

Sarah Palin just keeps rollin’ along.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

The Obama Watch

This Recession Is Not Like the Others

Ron Ross | 8.12.10

What is standing in the way of recovery?

Political Hay

Polls Apart

Larry Thornberry | 8.12.10

By age and party affiliation ye shall know them. Scott Rasmussen sure does.

Eminentoes

Pebbles

George Neumayr | 8.12.10

Naomi Campbell and those “small” blood diamonds warlord Charles Taylor is said to have given her.

Special Report

Irregular Crossings

Matthew Omolesky | 8.12.10

Illegal immigrants, asylum-seekers, the European Union — and  “the new law of looking away.” 

The Current Crisis

Paul Krugman, Comic Genius

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.12.10

He’s a flimflam man, or at least chef.

Campaign Crawlers

Blundering Toward the Governorship

Nicole Russell | 8.12.10

One of the “worst senators” wants to try his hand as governor.

Buy the Book

Guilt Gone Wild

Christopher Orlet | 8.12.10

France’s leading philosopher on our father issues.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The Obama Watch

Peak Obama

Peter Ferrara | 8.11.10

The ever worsening jobs and unemployment numbers give only a partial picture of America’s suffering under President Obama’s neo-socialism.

The Nation’s Pulse

America the Generous

Daniel Oliver | 8.11.10

Forty billionaires must think otherwise.

Political Hay

A Grandmother on Trial

Ross Kaminsky | 8.11.10

Maxine Waters’ most vulnerable spot could be her undoing.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Heart of the Heart of the Country

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 8.11.10

A dignified calm in the face of economic stress.

Another Perspective

In Defense of Judge Walker

Aaron Goldstein | 8.11.10

His reasoning is what is at issue.

Buy the Book

The Nonhuman Animal

Rev. Michael P. Orsi | from the July 2010 - August 2010 issue

Wesley Smith on the human cost of the animal rights movement.

A Further Perspective

What’s Broken

Lisa Fabrizio | 8.11.10

None of it interests our liberal Quixotes, unless they can make sure it also becomes unrepairable.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Campaign Crawlers

Maybe It’s the Heat

Larry Thornberry | 8.10.10

Florida politics is setting a record for deep blue dog days.

Political Hay

The Republican Strategist of 2010

Jeffrey Lord | 8.10.10

Richard Nixon’s groundbreaking 1946 House campaign featured attacks on socialism and elitists.

The Public Policy

Bailing Out Teachers

F. Vincent Vernuccio | 8.10.10

That’s what today’s Bill with No Name intends to do, in a big political payback to the teachers unions.

Among the Intellectualoids

The Dejected Greens

Paul Chesser | 8.10.10

Their globally warmed heart have melted down.

Buy the Book

Dead From the Internet

Daniel J. Flynn | 8.10.10

Reading is the most obvious casualty of the digital age.

Special Report

Summer of Appeasement: When Ford Snubbed Solzhenitsyn

Paul Kengor | 8.10.10

It was 35 years ago this summer that conservatives found themselves in a defining, epic moral struggle against…the GOP.

The Obama Watch

Mr. President: Don’t Back the Dhimmicrats!

Ken Blackwell | 8.10.10

Will he stand up for American this time?

Monday, August 9, 2010

Editorial Cartoon

Blocking the Competition

Yogi Love | 8.9.10

Constitutional Opinions

The Constitutional Amendment Con

W. James Antle, III | 8.9.10

Republicans try to placate the base, but the Constitution isn’t the problem.

Loose Canons

Kisses for My BlackBerry

Jed Babbin | 8.9.10

The despots of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are no match for it.

Washington Prowler

Obama Engagement

The Prowler | 8.9.10

Smarting on foreign policy. Separate vacations.

Ben Stein’s Diary

A Perfect Day

Ben Stein | 8.9.10

Sandpoint can do that to you.

A Further Perspective

The Mosque, the Masks, and the Mayor

Patrick O'Hannigan | 8.9.10

As even Dan Brown might tell you, what Cordoba House supporters play down is symbolism.

Streetcar Line

Memories of an Insomniac

Quin Hillyer | 8.9.10

More sports transcendence, from A to Z.

A Further Perspective

Henny-Penny Discovers Feet of Clay

Peter Hannaford | 8.9.10

It’s that time of year again.

Reader Mail

In a Country of His Own

8.9.10

Ruling Class Mayor Bloomberg is out of his mosque. Also: Volt chargers. Bonfire of the nation builders. Plus more.

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