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Iain Murray | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Moral Universe
Philip Klein | 12.10.10
This week, Obama affirmed why he is always the noble man in an ignoble world.
Special Report
Wasting Away in Margaritaville
Andrew B. Wilson | 12.10.10
They called a global climate summit but nobody came (except Ted Turner).
Political Hay
Adios, Charlie
Larry Thornberry | 12.10.10
Lameduck Crist slams the Door on his political future.
At Large
The Dogs Are Loose
George H. Wittman | 12.10.10
Perhaps Iran’s nuke program can be stopped without resorting to attacks by sea or air.
Another Perspective
All in the Family
Bill Croke | 12.10.10
Living in a small town has its charms — but anonymity isn’t one of them.
The Nation’s Pulse
Flat Out Wrong
Jay D. Homnick | 12.10.10
The stench of a daytime cultural cesspool.
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Beyond the Basics
Michael Brendan Dougherty | 12.10.10
A new collection of intelligent and thoughtful essays on the dilemmas of American conservatism.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
The Obama Watch
The Obama-Stockholm Syndrome
George Neumayr | 12.9.10
He hopes the American people will identify with its political captor.
Political Hay
A Smorgasbord of Schadenfreude
Robert Stacy McCain | 12.9.10
Watching with glee while Democrats eat their own.
The Current Crisis
What Next for Liberals? Friendly Fascism
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.9.10
The Liberals continue to labor under the assumption that nothing very bad happened in early November.
Special Report
Religious Persecution in North Korea
Doug Bandow | 12.9.10
The Kim regime is more than confrontational — it remains brutally repressive and cruel.
The Nation’s Pulse
Book Ends
Christopher Orlet | 12.9.10
High School students don’t need no stinking books.
High Spirits
Hear, Hear
Jonathan Aitken | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
Examination of conscience is always a challenging task — no less so when the issue is the Afghanistan war.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The Borderline Spectator
Deportation Distortions
W. James Antle, III | 12.8.10
Rushing to break records, the Obama administration lets illegal immigrants off the hook in the name of deporting them.
The War on Terror Spectator
Dial TSA for Murder
Mark Hyman | 12.8.10
Time for it to investigate the bigger threat.
Another Perspective
A Hollow Victory
Ross Kaminsky | 12.8.10
The details of the tax deal are fine — but what about its moral underpinnings for economic freedom?
The Obama Watch
The Madness of Obamanomics
Peter Ferrara | 12.8.10
An administration doing all it can to delay economic recovery indefinitely.
Lifestyles Left and Right
Imagine a Less Political Lennon
Daniel J. Flynn | 12.8.10
It’s easy if you try.
A Further Perspective
A Day I Will Never Forget
Aaron Goldstein | 12.8.10
Hearing the news on December 9, 1980.
A Further Perspective
Benedict XVI: Christian Radical
Samuel Gregg | 12.8.10
Those accustomed to cartoon-like depictions of Joseph Ratzinger as a “reactionary” might be surprised by this description.
The Environmental Spectator
Henny-Penny Skips Cancun
Peter Hannaford | 12.8.10
Such a nice conference going to waste.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Political Hay
MoveOn’s Rich Lady in Yellow
Jeffrey Lord | 12.7.10
Obama folds, as MoveOn.org remains silent on rich woman in its anti-tax cut ads begging the government to take her money. Is there such a woman?
The Right Prescription
Of Severability and Sins of Omission
David Catron | 12.7.10
Could ObamaCare fall victim to an oversight by a congressional aide? Judge Henry Hudson might tell us as much before the month is over.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
Multiculturalism, R.I.P.
Roger Scruton | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
Our political class has at last recognized that multiculturalism is a recipe for disaster.
The Obama Watch
Mutually Contradictory
RiShawn Biddle | 12.7.10
How the Obama stimulus bill sabotaged Obama school reform.
Campaign Crawlers
Harry Reid, Your Number Is Up!
Ken Blackwell | 12.7.10
And it comes in at 3,562. Montana Senate candidate Steve Daines will explain.
Special Report
Religious Liberty Lost Worldwide
Doug Bandow | 12.7.10
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has released its annual report.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Ben Stein’s Diary
Mr. Airplane Flies to Washington
Ben Stein | 12.6.10
A few warm moments on a cold stimulus weekend.
Another Perspective
Mixed Messages
Ralph R. Reiland | 12.6.10
The continuing madness of centralized economics.
The Public Policy
Pessimism Revised
Ross Kaminsky | 12.6.10
Latest Federal Reserve predictions suggest a bleaker next two years than anticipated.
Among the Intellectualoids
Diversifying C.S. Lewis
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 12.6.10
A politically correct Narnia, coming soon to a theater or cultural center near you.
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Stagflation’s Veep
Jeremy Lott | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
Every career has a low point, even Walter Mondale’s.
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