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Friday, December 17, 2010

The Nation’s Pulse

For Crying Out Loud

Daniel J. Flynn | 12.17.10

Oh, no, John Boehner’s tears are falling again.

The Obama Watch

The Young Pharaoh and the Hipocritic Oath

Andrew B. Wilson | 12.17.10

With the help of his billionaire friends, Obama wages war on the un-wealthy “rich.”

Washington Prowler

Pelosi-Like Republicans

The Prowler | 12.17.10

Playing hardball against critics of the “Compromised Tax Bill.”

Constitutional Opinions

Does the Constitution Mean Anything?

Doug Bandow | 12.17.10

Not really, certainly not to the defenders of Obamacare.

At Large

Corruption and Leadership in Russia

George H. Wittman | 12.17.10

Putin has his priorities in order — but who would charge him with a traffic infraction?

A Further Perspective

A Fatwa on Liam Neeson?

Ken Blackwell | 12.17.10

He didn’t know one doesn’t publicly compare Mohammed to an animal.

Ben Stein’s Diary

It’s Poetic

12.17.10

Letter in response to an e-mail from Ben Stein that he was about to go for a swim.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

TAS Live

Long Live Larry King

Ben Stein | 12.16.10

Good-bye, at least for a short while.

A Further Perspective

A Tax with Teeth and Clause

George Neumayr | 12.16.10

The Obamacare penalty and the Constitution.

The Current Crisis

Antsy Liberalism

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.16.10

The arts must be free — except for the rich.

Feature

Not Triangulation but Regulation

Quin Hillyer | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue

Obama’s answer to a GOP Congress. 

The Nation’s Pulse

Kids Are Reading… Junk

Nicole Russell | 12.16.10

Book sales for the young may be up, but parents shouldn’t delude themselves.

The Nation’s Pulse

Billions for Charity

Christopher Orlet | 12.16.10

But not a dime of real change.

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The Long Journey Home

John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue

How atheism led Peter Hitchens to faith.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Political Hay

The New Big Picture

Peter Ferrara | 12.15.10

The ball is now in Paul Ryan’s court to produce a dramatic, shock therapy budget. The grassroots are expecting nothing less.

The Obama Watch

Can You Dig It?

Ross Kaminsky | 12.15.10

Mr. Obama has made sure the hole he finds himself in is deeper than any Mr. Clinton experienced.

A Further Perspective

Kennedy Catholicism and Palin

Patrick O'Hannigan | 12.15.10

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend isn’t much of a theologian.

At Large

Capitalism’s Gift of Peace

J.T. Young | 12.15.10

The Korean peninsula demonstrates the fundamental differences between free and fettered markets.

The Nation’s Pulse

Uncle Sam Makes a Killing

Jay D. Homnick | 12.15.10

The death tax creates its own death panels.

In Memoriam

A Special Place

Ralph R. Reiland | 12.15.10

Elaine Kaufman, RIP.

Another Perspective

A Liberal Carol

Lisa Fabrizio | 12.15.10

Liberalism was dead — a ghostly story in two parts.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Breaking News

ObamaCare’s Legal Setback

Philip Klein | 12.14.10

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli talks about his victory for liberty, and the next steps in the Constitutional battle against national health care.

Constitutional Opinions

A Teachable Moment

W. James Antle, III | 12.14.10

How the Obamacare lawsuits can raise consciousness about the Constitution.

The Obama Watch

Jack Kemp Warned Obama: Don’t Raise Taxes

Jeffrey Lord | 12.14.10

A last open letter predicted policies would fail; Lincoln, arson attack on rich.

Special Report

Who Is Auditing the Auditors?

Mark Hyman | 12.14.10

The GAO joins in the Obama administration’s dirty war against career colleges.

The Nation’s Pulse

The ACLU’s Not-So-Holy Trinity

Paul Kengor | 12.14.10

There’s a reason why the Christmas season always brings out the atheist in the ACLU.

The War on Terror Spectator

Pity the Poor Terrorist

Aaron Goldstein | 12.14.10

Is the FBI guilty of entrapment?

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Engaging Israel

Joseph Shattan | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue

Yehuda Avner’s engaging memoir of service to four prime ministers.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Editorial Cartoon

Fine Examples

Yogi Love | 12.13.10

Special Report

Still a Non-Starter

Ilan Berman | 12.13.10

New START effectively stops America’s development of missile defenses. 

Loose Canons

Give ‘em Hell, Barry

Jed Babbin | 12.13.10

The lame-duck Congress is there for the Republicans’ taking.

Campus Scenes

God and Man at Columbia

Robert Stacy McCain | 12.13.10

A disturbing case shows how far the rot has gone.

Another Perspective

A Desperate Call From Gibby

Andrew B. Wilson | 12.13.10

Getting Barack ready for Oprah.

The Nation’s Pulse

Religiously Battling for Pacifism

Mark Tooley | 12.13.10

Must all Christians be pacifists? Increasingly among Protestant and Evangelical elites the answer is yes.

A Further Perspective

A Spine Transplant for the GOP

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 12.13.10

Sarah Palin embraces Paul Ryan’s Roadmap.

Car Guy

A Two-Wheeled Hedge Against Inflation

Eric Peters | 12.13.10

Your Christmas present from Ben Bernanke — $3 per gallon gas — is coming a few weeks early. But there’s something you can do.

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