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Friday, September 17, 2010
Special Report
The Constitution’s AG
Fred Lucas | 9.17.10
Federalism has a staunch friend in Virginia’s attorney general Ken Cuccinnelli.
Feature
Caught in the Crossfire
W. James Antle, III | from the September 2010 issue
The NRA has its opponents outgunned but suddenly finds itself in a shooting match with fellow conservatives.
The Nation’s Pulse
No Tears for Fenty
RiShawn Biddle | 9.17.10
School reformers can learn from Washington mayor Adrian Fenty’s arrogant demise.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
The Idea of a University
Roger Scruton | from the September 2010 issue
Surely there is a better way to manage the transition from adolescence to adulthood than by spending the family savings on a four-year course in resentment.
At Large
The Body on the Beach
George H. Wittman | 9.17.10
Did a top Russian general and intelligence operative simply drown in a “swimming accident”?
Political Hay
Ready for Their Closeups
Lisa Fabrizio | 9.17.10
Watching the Dems as if in a silent movie.
Car Guy
Eyeball to License Plate
Eric Peters | 9.17.10
Should police be scanning five thousand license plates an hour?
Thursday, September 16, 2010
The Obama Watch
Neocolonial Dreams from Obama’s Mother
George Neumayr | 9.16.10
The patronizing white liberalism of his Ford Foundation-anthropologist mom influenced him too.
The Current Crisis
Boehner Blew It
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.16.10
What possessed him? Fortunately, Mitch McConnell is riding to the rescue.
Among the Intellectualoids
Accountability and Its Discontents
David Catron | 9.16.10
The chattering class chafes at the electorate’s insistence on actual results.
The Public Policy
The Difference Between Thine and Mine
J.T. Young | 9.16.10
Government keeps forgetting that the money it spends doesn’t belong to it.
Sports Arena
Diversity Tennis
Roger Kaplan | 9.16.10
A special report on this year’s U.S. Open, killer instincts and lack thereof, eateries and politics on Washington’s east side, and more.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Lawn Mower Man
Christopher Orlet | 9.16.10
Waiting in the alley for enlightenment.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Political Hay
Crossing the Delaware
W. James Antle, III | 9.15.10
Conservatives break new ground in their hunt for RINOs.
Campaign Crawlers
‘This Changes Everything’
Robert Stacy McCain | 9.15.10
A win for “We the People.”
Special Report
The Murky Florida Three-Way
Larry Thornberry | 9.15.10
The last name Florida Republicans need in the news-cycle right now is Jim Greer.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s War on America’s Seniors
Peter Ferrara | 9.15.10
To him it’s payback time — and worse.
Eminentoes
The Mosque and the Meaning of Understanding
Aaron Goldstein | 9.15.10
But does Imam Rauf understand why he’s so well understood?
High Spirits
A Saintly Conscience
Jonathan Aitken | from the September 2010 issue
John Henry Newman’s beatification is the focal point of Pope Benedict’s visit to Britain, which begins today.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Another Perspective
The Prosecution of Nancy Pelosi
Jeffrey Lord | 9.14.10
Ruling Class author urges Bill of Attainder against Speaker over health care: the Constitution.
Political Hay
A Referendum, Not an Election
Geoffrey Norman | 9.14.10
On the last two years, on the last fifty years.
Special Report
California’s Union War
Ivan Osorio & F. Vincent Vernuccio | 9.14.10
Voting began Monday in one of the most disputed union elections in years — with stealth card check a common goal.
Freedom Watch
Less Could Be More
Tom Coburn | from the September 2010 issue
Government today is so big it is almost impossible to measure how wasteful and incompetent it has become.
A Further Perspective
Rescue At Sea! — Now And Then
James M. Thunder | 9.14.10
Before dawn on January 23, the outgoing White Star Line ship Republic had collided with the incoming Italian Florida near Nantucket in dense fog.
The Nation’s Pulse
What Obama Should Tell the Kids
Perry L. Glanzer | 9.14.10
It’s time for tetherball — and much else.
Buy the Book
Good Show to All That
Mark Falcoff | from the September 2010 issue
The great Paul Johnson has penned a sort of counter-autobiography.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Special Report
A Real Small Business Assist
John Berlau & Andrew Kwiatkowski | 9.13.10
Obama-Reid are “siding with the banks” in blocking credit union liberalization, which would create billions of new loans and thousands of new jobs.
Political Hay
Will They Remember in November?
Robert Stacy McCain | 9.13.10
The Tea Party movement vows to get results on Election Day.
Washington Prowler
Driving in Reverse
The Prowler | 9.13.10
What comes after Emanuel? Soros-Sandler progressives target new mortgage industry devils.
A Further Perspective
America’s Unjust Revolution: What British Tyranny?
John Keown | 9.13.10
A third and final response to Mark Tooley from Georgetown’s Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics.
The Obama Watch
Willful Ignorance
Ralph R. Reiland | 9.13.10
Bashing the rich and keeping the poor poor.
Eminentoes
Ms. Henny-Penny Meets Mr. Comb-Over
Peter Hannaford | 9.13.10
The UN’s leading climate changeling in disarray.
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Counting the Costs of Clintonism
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It’s the Best Time of the Year
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The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
