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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Special Report
Merry Christmas, Richard Dawkins
Alex B. Berezow | 12.25.10
Not a good day for the New Atheists.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Feature
Books for Christmas
TAS Symposium Contributors | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Political Hay
Obama’s Last-Minute Gifts
George Neumayr | 12.23.10
The undemocratic nature of liberal “victories.”
The Obama Watch
Off the Ropes
Ross Kaminsky | 12.23.10
Behind the Obama comeback in lame-duck season.
The Current Crisis
Dishonest Services
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.23.10
Judge Richard Posner’s derelictions in the Conrad Black case.
At Large
Celebrating Christmas
Mark Tooley | 12.23.10
The most despotic tyrannies typically do not do so.
Eminentoes
Spectral Voices
Jay D. Homnick | 12.23.10
Arlen Specter’s shameful — shameless— farewell.
Among the Intellectualoids
More Grit? — Geez, Yah.
Larry Thornberry | 12.23.10
Hold on to your Bridges — he’s no match for John Wayne in the Coen remake of True Grit.
The Nation’s Pulse
An Authentic Christmas
Christopher Orlet | 12.23.10
In praise of real Christmas trees.
Feature
Can Civilization Survive Without God?
David Aikman | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
In Washington, the Hitchens Brothers disagree, but with a poignant friendliness.
Another Perspective
A Liberal Carol, Part II
Lisa Fabrizio | 12.23.10
No more Dickens around: A ghostly story in two parts.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Political Hay
One Mississippi
William Tucker | 12.22.10
The race hounds at the New York Times out Haley Barbour as a racist.
Special Report
The Unrepentant Terrorist
Ron Kolb | 12.22.10
Oscar Lopez-Rivera was offered clemency by Bill Clinton but refused to show remorse. Now he’s up for parole.
The Nation’s Pulse
Texas Just Got Bigger
William Murchison | 12.22.10
Four new congressional seats, in a Republican census year.
The Public Policy
The Death Panel’s First Murder
Peter Ferrara | 12.22.10
The political logic of socialized medicine becomes colder and crueler in its display.
The Tax and Spend Spectator
Supply-Side, the Next Generation
W. James Antle, III | from the December 2010 - January 2011 issue
Tax cuts aren’t enough.
A Further Perspective
Second Front Alliances
RiShawn Biddle | 12.22.10
Republican divisions on education reform will make for some strange bedfellows in the next Congress.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Special Report
Christmas with Clarence
Paul Kengor | 12.21.10
Progressives love Clarence Darrow this time of year, as did communists for reasons of their own.
Political Hay
Requiem for a Columnist’s Dam
Jeffrey Lord | 12.21.10
Tom Wicker’s Christmas rage at Reagan over a private dam and public dollars.
A Further Perspective
Obamacare and the Broccoli Mandate
David Catron | 12.21.10
Can the federal government make America eat its vegetables?
Eminentoes
Merry Christmas, Julian
George H. Wittman | 12.21.10
Just kidding (though something tells us Mr. Assange doesn’t celebrate Christmas).
The Public Policy
Welcome to Nowhere
Peter Hannaford | 12.21.10
Ray LaHood will be happy to take you there, fast, all expenses taxpayer paid.
The Nation’s Pulse
Expensive Ineptitude
Ralph R. Reiland | 12.21.10
There’s just no getting through to Washington.
Movie Takes
I Love You Phillip Morris
James Bowman | 12.21.10
Jim Carrey in his best role since playing in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Political Hay
Scott Brown’s Dilemma
W. James Antle, III | 12.20.10
Deval Patrick might not strike fear into the hearts of Republicans, but an independent-conservative split should.
Loose Canons
Lame Duck SGO
Jed Babbin | 12.20.10
So many squandered opportunities — where does one begin?
Washington Prowler
Of Me I Sing
The Prowler | 12.20.10
The president is caught unawares in a bit of self-promotion.
Eminentoes
Sunday Opinion, By Thomas L. Friedman
Andrew B. Wilson | 12.20.10
A special to The American Spectator.
Political Hay
Rahm, Roosevelt, and Residency
James M. Thunder | 12.20.10
If Mr. Emanuel were his car, he’d have an easier time establishing his Chicago residency.
Another Perspective
Will the Glastonbury Thorn Survive?
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 12.20.10
Few trees have had such links with high religious mystery.
Buy the Book
Joie de Vivre in a Trench Coat
Larry Thornberry | 12.20.10
The late Robert B. Parker is enjoying a literary life after death.
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The Bush Crack-Up
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