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Friday, February 18, 2011

Breaking News

The War in Wisconsin

Ross Kaminsky | 2.18.11

The Democratic assault on democracy.

The Obama Watch

Debt Demagoguery

Joseph Lawler | 2.18.11

Failure to raise the debt ceiling, pace Messrs. Obama-Geithner-Goolsbee, would not cause America to default on its debts.

Special Report

An Arab Spring?

Roger Kaplan | 2.18.11

What’s it all about — an unquenchable thirst for freedom? The Muslim Brotherhood? As Algeria is showing again, this just the start.

The Right Prescription

Dr. Berwick and Mr. Hide

David Catron | 2.18.11

Was that sly creature who visited Capitol Hill last week really the celebrated medical maven?

Among the Intellectualoids

The Religious Left Goes Truthing

Mark Tooley | 2.18.11

Why is Jim Wallis’s Sojourners giving voice to 9/11 conspiracy theories?

Eminentoes

The Jimmy Carter Chronicles

Paul Kengor | 2.18.11

As his record shows, when Jimmy Carter says there’s no reason to be afraid of, say, the Muslim Brotherhood, that’s when there’s every reason to be very much afraid.

At Large

The Lady Survives

George H. Wittman | 2.18.11

Has the great Suu Kyi changed? Or has Burma?

The Nation’s Pulse

Tithing That Works

Jay D. Homnick | 2.18.11

As opposed to philanthropic giving that doesn’t.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Special Report

Dick Durbin Is Stealing Your Free Checking!

John Berlau | 2.17.11

Michigan Democrats and Republicans alike hand the Senate Majority Whip a stinging defeat.

The Current Crisis

Multiculturalism Has Failed

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.17.11

How did it come to this point anyway?

Political Hay

Social Conservatives in the Age of Red Ink

Nicole Russell | 2.17.11

Moral fervor needn’t be their only weapon.

Capitol Ideas

Abortion and Cigars

Tom Bethell | 2.17.11

What kind of a country is it where abortion is subsidized and smoking is criminalized?

The Nation’s Pulse

Egypt and the Death of Argument

Patrick O'Hannigan | 2.17.11

When a Rep. Jan Schakowsky is the best you can hope for in an opponent.

Another Perspective

Amateur Hour

Christopher Orlet | 2.17.11

Coming to terms with one’s “nauseating puerilia.”

Buy the Book

The Heart of Dimness

Aram Bakshian, Jr. | from the February 2011 issue

V.S. Naipaul has a problem, and the problem’s name is God.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Obama Watch

Good Morning, Suckers

Peter Ferrara | 2.16.11

A guide to the most reckless budget in U.S. history.

Feature

The California Green Debauch

George Gilder | from the February 2011 issue

What was once the indispensable state is now an asylum of decline that threatens to drag the rest of America down with it. 

Political Hay

American Love

Lisa Fabrizio | 2.16.11

President Obama has much to learn about President Reagan.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Day That Isn’t

Peter Hannaford | 2.16.11

Happy Washington’s Birthday, America.

Special Report

Play It Again, Stan

Larry Thornberry | 2.16.11

A medal for the Man — from the current President.

Freedom Watch

Unleashing the Freedom to Prosper

Luis G. Fortuño | from the February 2011 issue

What’s making Puerto Rico special?

Movie Takes

No Strings Attached

James Bowman | 2.16.11

Yet another Hollywood attempt to bring the good old rom-com up to date.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Political Hay

Supreme Confidence

Kevin Mooney | 2.15.11

Chris Christie’s showdown with judicial activism in revolutionary New Jersey.

Special Report

Mohamed Atta and the Muslim Brotherhood

Jeffrey Lord | 2.15.11

The 9/11 hijacker was a member of its Engineers Syndicate. The Times and willful blindness.

The Obama Watch

Why Does Obama Support Regime Change in Egypt But Not in Iran?

Aaron Goldstein | 2.15.11

Once again, his predecessor George W. Bush is making him look bad.

The Right Prescription

Obamacare’s Sales Force

Robert M. Goldberg | 2.15.11

How did it escape the House Republicans’ budget axe?

The Public Policy

Money Badly Spent

Russ Ferguson | 2.15.11

Too much funding goes out the door in grants to states.

A Further Perspective

Obama’s Two-Bit Nod to Capitalism

Ralph R. Reiland | 2.15.11

A whiff of Milton Friedman amid the Saul Alinsky.

High Spirits

A Grateful Heart

Jonathan Aitken | from the February 2011 issue

Americans are profuse in their politeness of thanking everyone for everything. But there’s more to it than that.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Campaign Crawlers

The Race for Comparative Advantage

Philip Klein | 2.14.11

CPAC shows why there is no clear frontrunner for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.

Political Hay

Up From Paulism

W. James Antle, III | 2.14.11

How Rand Paul could broaden his father’s message.

Media Matters

New Media, Old Bias

Robert Stacy McCain | 2.14.11

Maureen Dowd came to CPAC but wasn’t treated like royalty.

A Further Perspective

Mitch Daniels and the CPAC Moment

Daniel Oliver | 2.14.11

Is the Indiana governor running for president?

Loose Canons

Stupidity, Intelligence, and Egypt

Jed Babbin | 2.14.11

Leon Panetta is the least of this administration’s problems.

Special Report

Eisenhower’s Religion

Mark Tooley | 2.14.11

In religion, as in so much else, Ike was far more sophisticated than commonly realized.

The Nation’s Pulse

Borders, RIP?

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 2.14.11

A sad turn of events for bibliophiles.

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