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Assorted Jackasses | from the February 2011 issue
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Another Perspective
Will the Middle East Go MAD?
William Tucker | 2.4.11
As Egypt prepares us for a New Middle East, thank goodness for nuclear weapons and mutually assured destruction. But then there’s Iran.
The Obama Watch
Michelle Obama’s Barbecue Hypocrisy
Andrew Cline | 2.4.11
The first rule of political pandering: Know what you’re talking about.
A Further Perspective
Religious Left Despised Ronald Reagan
Mark Tooley | 2.4.11
A nice reminder of a no-holds-barred detestation.
Political Hay
Repeal Appeal
Ross Kaminsky | 2.4.11
Senate Democrats seal their fate for 2012 by voting against repeal of Obamacare.
Special Report
Reagan vs. the Progressives
Paul Kengor | 2.4.11
Remembering Ronald Reagan at 100 — and what he learned from his “progressive” friends.
At Large
Propaganda of the Deed
George H. Wittman | 2.4.11
The riots in Egypt have been a boon for post-Domodedovo Russia.
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Poured Concrete for the Soul
Dan Peterson | from the February 2011 issue
Why are we now not surprised when architecture is ugly and inhuman? Nancy Pearcey offers answers to this and many other questions about our aggressively secular age.
Movie Takes
The King’s Speech
James Bowman | 2.4.11
Maybe here is a heroism we can believe in again.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Streetcar Line
Why the Black Panther Case Matters
Quin Hillyer | 2.3.11
Holder team tramples civil rights — by enforcing left-wing view that civil rights law exists only to protect certain minorities, the heck with everyone else.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Murray State Bliss
Ben Stein | 2.3.11
Not far from Nashville, a long way from Egypt.
The Current Crisis
Conservatives, Liberals, and Obamacare
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.3.11
Judge Roger Vinson would have made an excellent zoologist.
Lifestyles Left and Right
Evicting Jesus?
Lisa Fabrizio | 2.3.11
The bishop of Phoenix upsets the New York Times and its collective of Planned Parenthood Catholics.
The Nation’s Pulse
Reality for the Devil
Christopher Orlet | 2.3.11
The devil is alive and active in the world and maybe up for a Grammy.
Movie Takes
True Grit
James Bowman | 2.3.11
There’s much to praise in the Coen Brothers’ remake — except for a key missing ingredient.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Special Report
My Week at Sundance
Happy Jack Feder | 2.2.11
Was there anyone here who was not a budding filmmaker?
The Right Prescription
The Legal Future of Obamacare
Peter Ferrara | 2.2.11
Officially, it is no longer the law of the land. That means more than anyone is letting on.
The Public Policy
Better Choices
RiShawn Biddle | 2.2.11
Punishing desperate parents who want better schools for their children.
The Obama Watch
Getting Serious About Regulations — NOT!
Daniel Oliver | 2.2.11
Who does our president take us for?
At Large
Why Israel Worries About a Post-Mubarak Egypt
Aaron Goldstein | 2.2.11
Thirty-three years of cold peace was better than four wars over a quarter century.
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An American Hero Remembered
John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the February 2011 issue
David Eisenhower’s excellent and incisive memoir of his grandfather.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Special Report
Ronald Reagan’s America
Jeffrey Lord | 2.1.11
Obama’s socialist fantasy shattered as Centennial birthday arrives.
The Right Prescription
Obamacare Unconstitutional? Roger That!
David Catron | 2.1.11
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson invokes severability to strike down entire reform law.
A Further Perspective
Obamacare’s Final Chapter
Robert M. Goldberg | 2.1.11
Overturning Judge Vinson’s ruling would expand Congress’s power to politically unacceptable heights.
Another Perspective
The Media ‘Protests’ Too Much
Nicholas Thimmesch, II | 2.1.11
Egypt’s protesters enjoy coverage never extended to, say, Tea Partiers.
Another Perspective
Egypt Crisis and Oil
Herman Cain | 2.1.11
A reminder of the urgency of energy independence.
The Nation’s Pulse
Congress? Barristers, Pits, and Sugar
Ralph R. Reiland | 2.1.11
The new atmospherics of medical malpractice reform.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Political Hay
Rand’s Reductions
W. James Antle, III | 1.31.11
Senator Paul introduces a $500 billion spending cuts package.
Special Report
Egypt and the Realpolitik of Violence and Freedom
Daniel Oliver | 1.31.11
Mr. Obama’s sloppy thinking on the subject is alarming.
Loose Canons
A Lenny Skutnik Sputnik Moment
Jed Babbin | 1.31.11
Big government evacuations, Washington, D.C. style.
The Obama Watch
Sotto Voce — Going Along with Mr. Obama in Imagining the Future
Andrew B. Wilson | 1.31.11
It all began with his little “pat-down” witticism.
The Nation’s Pulse
Everybody Loves Reagan
Ryan L. Cole | 1.31.11
On the eve of his 100th birthday, liberals don’t just revise the 40th president’s record — they practically claim him as one of their own.
At Large
Egyptian Intransigence Ominous
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 1.31.11
The causes for concern predate the protests.
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