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Whacking Anwar
Jed Babbin | from the February 2011 issue
Should a U.S. president be ordering the assassination of a U.S. citizen-turned-terrorist?
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
The Obama Watch
America’s Amateur Hour
Ross Kaminsky | 2.11.11
On Egypt, the Obama administation’s “intelligence” is about as good as what it hears from CNN. Yesterday’s Mubarak “stepping down” took the cake.
In Memoriam
Peter Yates: The End?
Noel E. Parmentel, Jr. | 2.11.11
Remembering the great director of Bullitt and Breaking Away — and the movie deal he didn’t close.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Shelters in the Storm
Ben Stein | 2.11.11
Between two Hollywoods, earlier this week.
The Nation’s Pulse
Declaring a Sense of Independence
Marilia Duffles | 2.11.11
Has Chicken Soup for the Soul replaced Common Sense? Why has thinking gone to pasture? Have we lost our minds entirely?
With the Tea Partiers
The Real Movement
Ned Ryun | from the February 2011 issue
Despite what you might have been told, the Tea Party movement is not about national groups based in Washington, D.C. or those who arbitarily claim to be its national leaders.
At Large
Talking About the Real China
George H. Wittman | 2.11.11
Mao Tse-tung would admire the underpinnings of its inhumane economic policies.
Another Perspective
Why Are Our Soldiers Dying?
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 2.11.11
The proposed hanging of an Afghan Christian makes one wonder what they are fighting for.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Political Hay
The Center Didn’t Hold
W. James Antle, III | 2.10.11
Jim Webb retires, the DLC dies, and the New Democrat doesn’t look so new anymore.
The Current Crisis
Hits to the Head
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.10.11
Football announcers talk too much. They need to be fined and replaced.
Streetcar Line
‘Bye’ Means Hello to an NFL Solution
Quin Hillyer | 2.10.11
The season can be extended, as the owners wish, without exposing the players to still more wear and tear.
Another Perspective
Another Controversial CPAC
Robert Stacy McCain | 2.10.11
How liberal media cover a conservative conference.
Special Report
Coldlanta
RiShawn Biddle | 2.10.11
“Hotlanta” Atlanta loses its fire, amid political corruption, financial mismanagement, and education scandals.
Another Perspective
Dreambusters: The Fuel That Ignites Riots
Ralph R. Reiland | 2.10.11
On Egypt, Glenn Beck got it all wrong this time.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Streetcar Line
Save the NFL, Now
Quin Hillyer | 2.9.11
A wonderful Super Bowl behind them, owners and players are about to destroy the best thing going.
The Obama Watch
The Opposite of Ronald Reagan
Peter Ferrara | 2.9.11
If only it were a matter of exploiting, for political purposes, President Obama’s youth and inexperience.
Constitutional Opinions
Justice Scalia’s Timely Advice
Ron D. DeSantis & Adam Paul Laxalt | 2.9.11
If heeded by the new Congress, it would represent a healthy change in the priorities of our national legislature.
Special Report
Losing It at Subsidizing Movies
Ross Kaminsky | 2.9.11
Republicans of all people want to bribe movie makers to make movies in their state.
Another Perspective
Tailoring Marriage Law to Satisfy Equal Protection and Due Process
James M. Thunder | 2.9.11
A thought experiment in the wake of the challenge to Proposition 8.
The Nation’s Pulse
Salmon Winter
Bill Croke | 2.9.11
It’s been a Groundhog Day for everyone this year.
Last Call
Angry Birds
Joseph Lawler | from the February 2011 issue
Alfred Hitchcock never had to deal with Baptist church signs.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The Right Prescription
Desperately Seeking Solace
David Catron | 2.8.11
Obamacare’s supporters seek balm in balmy theories about the Vinson decision.
At Large
Obama’s Fantasies, Egyptian Reality
P. David Hornik | 2.8.11
How magnificent will Omar Suleiman turn out to be?
The Obama Watch
Chamber Music in the Key of Big G
Ross Kaminsky | 2.8.11
In yesterday’s speech President Obama proudly came across as a New Deal anti-capitalist “moderate” convinced government has much to teach business.
Ben Stein’s Diary
A Few Oddities
Ben Stein | 2.8.11
They begin — but don’t end — with Mayor Bloomberg.
Special Report
The Meese Effect
Jeffrey Lord | 2.8.11
Obamacare rulings underline continuing influence of Reagan attorney general.
A Further Perspective
Standing With Whom?
Aaron Goldstein | 2.8.11
Will the administration crown Egypt’s good with Muslim Brotherhood?
The Public Policy
Are We Cutting Enough?
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 2.8.11
Republicans talk amongst themselves.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Loose Canons
Sleeping in the Tank
Jed Babbin | 2.7.11
Egypt goes the way of Turkey, while the administration is asleep even as it keeps switching positions.
Washington Prowler
Obama’s Canossa Moment
The Prowler | 2.7.11
The humbled president speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Between Mubarak and a Hard Place
Ben Stein | 2.7.11
I just don’t see the story the way it’s being played on TV.
A Further Perspective
The New America Firsters
Daniel Oliver | 2.7.11
As opposed to the Government Firsters (and Lasters).
Political Hay
Ryan’s Opening Pitch
Ross Kaminsky | 2.7.11
His proposal is not the final word on budget cuts, just a first step.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
Measure for Measure
Roger Scruton | from the February 2011 issue
Old weights and measures have lasted in America because they grew from the free transactions between people.
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