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Back on the Mound
William Murchison | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Spectator’s Journal
The Russian Mind Today: A Geopolitical Guide
Herman Pirchner | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
The Campaign Spectator
Sweet Victory and Bitter Irony
Robert Stacy McCain | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
The Continuing Crisis
The Continuing Crisis
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
Note From the Publisher
Repudiations and Recommendations
Alfred S. Regnery | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
Feature
The Meaning of It All
TAS Symposium Contributors | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
Our panel of experts reports on the first national elections of the Tea Party era.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Special Report
America’s Reality Check
Philip Klein | 12.3.10
Fiscal commission proposals offer Americans a chance to decide what type of future they want.
Political Hay
Lameduck Chickens
Ross Kaminsky | 12.3.10
They’re laying their rotten eggs, but Republicans are holding strong.
Another Perspective
Let’s Invade North Korea — With the Chinese
William Tucker | 12.3.10
And once Korea is reunited, there’ll be no need for us to stay.
Eminentoes
Caught at Three A.M. With the Secretary
Jay D. Homnick | 12.3.10
How did this WikiLeaks star ever become Madame Secretary?
At Large
Who’s On First?
George H. Wittman | 12.3.10
Afghanistan and Costello — and don’t leave out Pakistan.
The Energy Spectator
Alternative Energy and the Academy at Lagado
Iain Murray | 12.3.10
The first academic Swift’s Gulliver met at the Academy was working on a new source of energy.
The Nation’s Pulse
At Home in Murder City
Christopher Orlet | 12.3.10
It’s no picnic being the most dangerous city in America.
Capitol Ideas
Interregnum — and a Transition
Tom Bethell | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
RIP, Joe Sobran, who died on September 30, age 64.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Special Report
Basic Cable
George Neumayr | 12.2.10
WikiLeaks and an administration with low ratings.
The Current Crisis
Resident Rahm
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.2.10
Is there any competing with his 90,000 signatures?
Sports Arena
London Town Tennis
Roger Kaplan | 12.2.10
Sportsmanship and fair play prove to be real masters.
A Further Perspective
Security Screening and Probability Denial
Ron Ross | 12.2.10
We know what we need to do to make ourselves safer but we’re in denial about what we know.
Another Perspective
Happy Holydays
Lisa Fabrizio | 12.2.10
The religious underpinnings of our secular Christmas.
Buy the Book
The Politics of Humanity
David L. Tubbs | from the November 2010 issue
Martha Nussbaum’s unusual argument about opposition to gay rights.
The Nation’s Pulse
Years Ago
Reid Collins | 12.2.10
It was probably unhealthful, the smoke from burning leaves.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Political Hay
Polling’s Station
Daniel Allott | 12.1.10
Opinion polls are pervasive. But can we trust them?
Buy the Book
Christmas with Churchill and FDR
Mark Tooley | 12.1.10
A surprise Christmas visit to Washington in 1941.
Special Report
Elitism at the Department of Ed
Mark Hyman | 12.1.10
The Obama administration intensifies its war on career colleges.
The Obama Watch
Obama to Voters: Drop Dead
Peter Ferrara | 12.1.10
He is not interested in political strategy. He is interested in left-wing ideology, and the New Revolution.
Ben Stein’s Diary
One of Eight Billion
Ben Stein | from the November 2010 issue
I cannot countenance raising taxes in the midst of a severe downturn.
In Memoriam
This Is Our Hill and These Are Our Beans
Aaron Goldstein | 12.1.10
Life will be less funny without Leslie Nielsen.
Another Perspective
The Patriot Priest
Bill Croke | 12.1.10
Meet Thomas William Croke (1824-1902), Archbishop of Cashel among other titles.
The Nation’s Pulse
Getting the Right Grope
Ralph R. Reiland | 12.1.10
The transgendered never had it so good.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Political Hay
Is Sarah Palin Too Dumb to Be President?
Jeffrey Lord | 11.30.10
Elites play game used on presidents from Washington to Bush.
The Borderline Spectator
DREAMs Are Made of This
W. James Antle, III | 11.30.10
Everybody is looking for something. If it’s amnesty, the lame-duck Congress could help them find it.
The Obama Watch
Listening to Obama
Robert Stacy McCain | 11.30.10
When the perils of presidential oratory cannot be avoided.
Politics
Tea Timing Republicans
Grover G. Norquist | from the November 2010 issue
The Tea Party is the latest wave of new energy and activism and voters into the Republican Party.
A Further Perspective
Linings: Silver and Not So
Peter Hannaford | 11.30.10
Once again California leads the way — and it’s the state’s Democrats who’ll have to rise to the occasion.
The Nation’s Pulse
Reason to Doubt
Jay D. Homnick | 11.30.10
Was justice done in the Chandra Levy case?
Conservative Tastes
Legislating the Art World
James Bowman | from the November 2010 issue
What passes for artistic work these days.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Loose Canons
What Does North Korea Want?
Jed Babbin | 11.29.10
This may be news to the Obama administration, but there are ways to deter Korea’s black hole.
Special Report
Building ‘Frankenstein’ in the Middle East?
P. David Hornik | 11.29.10
U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority trains security forces who torture other Palestinians in the West Bank.
Another Perspective
Latest Mad Muslim Would-Be Bomber Blows It
Jeremy Lott | 11.29.10
For better or worse, is there a pattern?
Ben Stein’s Diary
No Songs About Stalin
Ben Stein | 11.29.10
At PBS they always pledge to blame America first and last.
A Further Perspective
Sixty Years Is Enough
Doug Bandow | 11.29.10
It’s time for South Korea to defend itself.
Political Hay
Motown Philly
RiShawn Biddle | 11.29.10
Is Philadelphia on its way to being another Detroit?
A Further Perspective
The Unreported Merkel
Samuel Gregg | 11.29.10
Europe, immigration, and the German Chancellor’s Christian values.
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