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Friday, January 28, 2011

Ben Stein’s Diary

Promises, Promises

Ben Stein | 1.28.11

A few more humble notes for Mr. Obama about where we are today.

Streetcar Line

The Presidential Naysayers Guide

Quin Hillyer | 1.28.11

Eeyore says nobody can win, or serve well.

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Robust Defense of Statism

Andrew Cline | 1.28.11

The hero of the SOTU was not “innovation,” but big government.

Special Report

Stop Trying to Pick Winners and Losers, Mr. President

Andrew B. Wilson | 1.28.11

Riding on high-speed rail to an empty future in Nowheresville.

Washington Prowler

The Obama Carnival’s Carney

The Prowler | 1.28.11

The situation must be dire if you have to hire Joe Biden’s flack.

A Further Perspective

Happy Talk

Peter Hannaford | 1.28.11

Mr. Obama, charm is as charm does.

At Large

The Colonel and I

George H. Wittman | 1.28.11

A true story from Africa in the early sixties.

Another Perspective

Civil Rites

Jay D. Homnick | 1.28.11

Civility is the last refuge of an aggressor.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Political Hay

Texas Tea

W. James Antle, III | 1.27.11

Michael Williams wants to be Kay Bailey Hutchison’s Tea Party replacement.

The Current Crisis

Rahm Seen His Opportunities and He Took ‘Em

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 1.27.11

And thanks to him Chicago is now a laughingstock.

Campaign Crawlers

Why I’m Running for the U.S. Senate in Virginia

George Allen | 1.27.11

The former governor and senator explains his candidacy.

A Further Perspective

The Real State of the Union

Daniel Oliver | 1.27.11

It’s probably as bad as Obama’s speech.

The Nation’s Pulse

Sticks and Stones

Christopher Orlet | 1.27.11

Do we need politicians and the media telling us how to behave?

Another Perspective

Solutions

Reid Collins | 1.27.11

Going to the well once too often.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The Obama Watch

Obama Builds Bridge to Clinton

Philip Klein | 1.26.11

The State of the Union is 1996.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Obama and the Bodysnatchers

Ben Stein | 1.26.11

Anyone see a leader last night?

Political Hay

A Tepid Obama

John Tabin | 1.26.11

Beholden to union bosses and Hosni Mubarak.

Eminentoes

Won’t Somebody Please Help Frances Fox Piven?

William Tucker | 1.26.11

Glenn Beck is the least of her problems.

Another Perspective

Why Today Is 1979, Not 1995

Peter Ferrara | 1.26.11

It will be harder to pull the wool over American eyes this time around regarding Mr. Obama. The rotten state of the economy will see to it.

The Nation’s Pulse

Bad Math

RiShawn Biddle | 1.26.11

American students are getting worse in math at a time when science and math skills are essential even in blue-collar jobs.

Special Report

Child Porn at MTV

Ken Blackwell & Ken Klukowski | 1.26.11

The Obama Justice Department must investigate.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Obama Watch

Beware the Jabberwock

Andrew B. Wilson | 1.25.11

A President who will gyre & gimble in a quasi-capitalist wabe.

Special Report

Religiously Demanding Obamacare Abortion Funding

Mark Tooley | 1.25.11

Just in time for the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

At Large

Religious Persecution by Muslims? Perish the Thought!

Doug Bandow | 1.25.11

Relgious dialogue has to be based on truth. Otherwise, it’s a sham.

Another Perspective

Animal Farm Comes to Arizona

Jeffrey Lord | 1.25.11

Ruling Class medicine: Gabby Giffords as symbol of move to repeal Obamacare.

Political Hay

Does Obama Really Admire Reagan?

Aaron Goldstein | 1.25.11

Just the way he did in 2008, right?

Buy the Book

Small Government’s Last Hurrah

Rev. Michael P. Orsi | 1.25.11

You have to go back to the election of 1924.

A Further Perspective

Thoughts on the Dawn Treader

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 1.25.11

You’ll be discussing dragons with your child all the way home. 

Monday, January 24, 2011

Loose Canons

Jordan’s Trillions

Jed Babbin | 1.24.11

Obama will compromise only if cornered — and a rising Ohio congressman’s House Republican Study Committee knows it.

The Public Policy

All That Gold

Daniel Oliver | 1.24.11

Mountains and mountains of federal regulations wait to be attacked by Republican politicians as they move to save American from financial ruin.

The Obama Watch

Snubbed

Frank Schell | 1.24.11

How special is the Special Relationship?

The Nation’s Pulse

Classic Collapse

Michael Johnson | 1.24.11

The market for classical music in the U.S. is in deep trouble.

Special Report

A Cathedral Wedding

Jeff Walton | 1.24.11

Will priestly lesbian nuptials by Massachusetts Episcopal bishop accelerate Anglican schism? 

A Further Perspective

Unbenign Neglect

Ralph R. Reiland | 1.24.11

It gets nuts when the sane are crazy too.

Movie Takes

Black Swan

James Bowman | 1.24.11

Black and white and camp all over.

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