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Assorted Jackasses | from the October 2010 issue
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
The Public Policy
The Next Leap Forward on the Road to Serfdom
Grover G. Norquist | from the October 2010 issue
Feature
Why Not the Worst?
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the October 2010 issue
Obama Has Surpassed Carter
Friday, October 8, 2010
Special Report
The Stimulus Spending: Trust the Numbers, Not the Politicians
Betsy McCaughey | 10.8.10
Figures don’t lie. But politicians are another story.
The Right Prescription
The Criminal Intent of ObamaCare
David Catron | 10.8.10
PPACA undermines a core principle of the American justice system.
Another Perspective
Boston’s French Table
Michael Johnson | 10.8.10
France is back but la différence remains.
Feature
Can Dino Do It?
Jeremy Lott | from the October 2010 issue
If this isn’t the twice-defeated Dino Rossi’s year in Washington state, it’s because he’s running scarred.
Media Matters
The Objective Truth
Ross Kaminsky | 10.8.10
Liberal media still think they own the copyright to it.
At Large
Terror in the Caucasus
George H. Wittman | 10.8.10
The Obama administration now sees things Moscow’s way — but in return for what?
The Nation’s Pulse
Flaming Conservatives
Jay D. Homnick | 10.8.10
What child in South Fulton, Tennessee, will want to become a fireman now?
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Streetcar Line
The Election Doomsday Scenario
Quin Hillyer | 10.7.10
Why conservatives shouldn’t count before hatching time.
Eminentoes
CNN’s Love Potion No. 9
George Neumayr | 10.7.10
The “chemistry” of Parker Spitzer. Oh, and Rick Sanchez owes Puerto Ricans an apology.
Another Perspective
Nader Unfrocked as Lead Times Columnist
Andrew B. Wilson | 10.7.10
Not bad for a vegetarian who just turned 107.
The Nation’s Pulse
Fair Trades
Christopher Orlet | 10.7.10
Urban poor need vocational education not Maya Angelou novels.
A Further Perspective
What Can Rahm Be Thinking?
Ken Blackwell | 10.7.10
The ideas Mr. Emanuel expressed in his farewell remarks are really over the top.
Another Perspective
Religious Science Fiction?
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 10.7.10
Since when do atheism and science fiction go hand in hand?
Movie Takes
Get Low
James Bowman | 10.7.10
Supposedly based on a real incident that took place in Tennessee in the 1930s.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Obama Watch
President Obama’s Tax Piracy
Peter Ferrara | 10.6.10
A double-dip recession policy worthy of Baghdad Bob and Jonestown’s Jim Jones.
Special Report
Assault on Career Colleges
Mark Hyman | 10.6.10
Behind the Obama Administration’s effort to cut off federal aid to non-elite colleges that have profit motives.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
Politics as a Profession
Roger Scruton | from the October 2010 issue
Is America safe from the European disease?
A Further Perspective
Independence for the Constitution State?
Lisa Fabrizio | 10.6.10
Connecticut voters may just overthrow the Democratic tyranny that has gripped them.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Special Report
The Coons 12: Terrorism, Communist Ties
Jeffrey Lord | 10.5.10
Media ignores; Candidate’s allies link themselves to Hamas, Hezbollah, Marxism supporters.
A Further Perspective
The Fairness Initiative
Neal B. Freeman | 10.5.10
It’s about time government employees learned they work for taxpayers.
The Public Policy
Postal Bankruptcy
Doug Bandow | 10.5.10
Washington is broke: why a monopoly government post office?
Another Perspective
Porsche Politics
Frank Schell | 10.5.10
Illinois governor preaches automotive and condo restraint.
Political Hay
Politically Frail Democrats — Even on Social Issues
David N. Bass | 10.5.10
They misfired on more than just “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Among the Intellectualoids
Environmental Endgame
Matt Purple | 10.5.10
Green religion explodes spectacularly.
The Obama Watch
Irrational Flip-Floppin on Jobs
Ralph R. Reiland | 10.5.10
The White House radically changed its rhetoric.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Streetcar Line
Panther Case: No Shot in the Dark
Quin Hillyer | 10.4.10
A guided tour to the Department of Justice’s perfidy on the Black Panthers.
Loose Canons
Diagnosing British Defense
Jed Babbin | 10.4.10
British defense secretary Liam Fox remains in our foxhole.
The Obama Watch
An Isolated President Sings to the Choir
Andrew B. Wilson | 10.4.10
Time is eerily standing still at the Obama White House.
Media Matters
A Free Press Means Free From Government Control
L. Brent Bozell III & Dan Gainor | 10.4.10
If journalism needs “government help,” it’s not journalism.
Political Hay
The Tipping Point
James P. Gannon | 10.4.10
The election next month is not about returning the Republican Party to power. It is about stepping back from a precipice.
The Nation’s Pulse
Mennonite Takeover?
Mark Tooley | 10.4.10
The days of Anabaptists as a small, persecuted minority are clearly over.
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