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Friday, February 25, 2011
The Tax and Spend Spectator
A Budget of Outlandish Foolishness
Andrew B. Wilson | 2.25.11
Mr. Obama’s misery index is of Dickensian proportions.
Special Report
Bush’s Middle East ‘March of Freedom’
Paul Kengor | 2.25.11
In the most important address of his presidency, he promised to extend Reagan’s “march of freedom” into the Middle East.
Special Report
Prerequisites to True Freedom in the Middle East
Ron Ross | 2.25.11
Without economic freedom, what’s the point?
A Further Perspective
Obama Abandons Marriage
Janice Shaw Crouse | 2.25.11
From now on, it’s anything goes — and who cares if the world is falling apart.
The Public Policy
Beyond Collective Bargaining
RiShawn Biddle | 2.25.11
Regardless of Wisconsin, the NEA and AFT still have many cards to play.
At Large
Cleaning Up Moscow
George H. Wittman | 2.25.11
Was its ousted mayor as dirty as Medvedev claims?
The Obama Watch
Meeting With the Masterminds
Nicole Russell | 2.25.11
Wining and dining with those he would only exploit, not help make possible.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Current Crisis
Remembering Clinton and the Episodic Apologists
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.24.11
Welcome to Softball, with Chris Matthews, episodic apologist extraordinaire.
A Further Perspective
Sorry, Norma Rae
Lisa Fabrizio | 2.24.11
Pubic employee unions just aren’t in your league.
The Congressional Spectator
The Democrats’ Left Turn
W. James Antle, III | from the February 2011 issue
The survivors of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid wreck are more liberal than ever before.
The Marital Spectator
It’s Not Its Business
Aaron Goldstein | 2.24.11
The federal government shouldn’t defend marriage.
Another Perspective
Our Menu Has Recently Changed
Larry Thornberry | 2.24.11
Good luck getting anyone to answer the phone at Consolidated Bolts and Screws.
The Nation’s Pulse
Get a Job
Christopher Orlet | 2.24.11
Are we really going to pay for slackers’ health insurance?
Conservative Tastes
Taking “Offense”
James Bowman | from the February 2011 issue
Not that anyone is shocked anymore, but the transgressive crowd which aims to shock gets upset if someone is actually shocked by their productions.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Eminentoes
Once a Mad Dog
Roger Kaplan | 2.23.11
Muammar al-Gaddafi will not be missed — but his durability remains a reproach to the West.
Special Report
Wisconsin Showdown
Peter Ferrara | 2.23.11
Newt Gingrich and Jeb Bush are right about state bankruptcy as one way to deal with rapacious government unions.
Washington Prowler
Obama’s Disengager
The Prowler | 2.23.11
Tom Donilon, as the last two weeks have confirmed, lacks foreign policy vision.
At Large
Britain’s Defense Collapse Continues
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 2.23.11
David Cameron will soon be traveling without a military escort.
The Tax and Spend Spectator
Spend Rifts
Grover G. Norquist | from the February 2011 issue
A new addition to the Reagan Republican list of non-negotiables.
A Further Perspective
Public Sector Unions and Basic Morality
Manon McKinnon | 2.23.11
If words having meaning, public employee unions do not.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Political Hay
Dracon for President?
Daniel Oliver | 2.22.11
Nothing, nothing is as important as the financial health of the United States.
Special Report
Howard Dean and the $100,000 Wisconsin Slush Fund
Jeffrey Lord | 2.22.11
Money to “back” AWOL Wisconsin state senators as teachers, doctors lie — fraud committed?
Eminentoes
Gray Matters
RiShawn Biddle | 2.22.11
Vincent Gray, Washington’s new mayor, is turning out as bad as predicted — which is great news for old cronies and lousy teachers.
Another Perspective
Christian-Muslim Fraternity
John W. Kiser | 2.22.11
Why did the Algerian government honor a group of slain Trappist monks with all the pomp of a state funeral?
A Further Perspective
Unsustainable — Do the Math
Ralph R. Reiland | 2.22.11
It’s come down to John Boehner vs. Pete Seeger.
Capitol Ideas
Culture versus Economy
Tom Bethell | from the February 2011 issue
Conservatives prevail when the economy is the issue — but not when it comes to what used to be called “social issues.”
Letter From Paris
The Dark Side of the Enlightenment
Joseph A. Harriss | from the February 2011 issue
Atheism was especially chic in 18th century Paris.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Feature
Liberalism Is Dead
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the February 2011 issue
An intellectual autopsy of the movement.
Feature
Is Liberalism Dead?
James Piereson | from the February 2011 issue
No, not yet, not so long as it has the run of government and the programs it created to keep itself in power.
Feature
The Decline of Liberalism
Conrad Black | from the February 2011 issue
A history of past greatness at home and abroad, and, since 1960, of growing weakness, hubris, and failure.
Washington Prowler
The White House and Wisconsin
The Prowler | 2.21.11
It’s all about union reelection money for 2012. Also: Huckabee. Countywide.
The Nation’s Pulse
Never the Train Shall Meet
Larry Thornberry | 2.21.11
Amazingly, Florida Republicans are determined to ignore all the lessons of Wisconsin.
Loose Canons
Oh, Happy Day
Jed Babbin | 2.21.11
There will be only one way to turn the Mideast turmoil to America’s advantage.
A Further Perspective
Sick Democrats and Mob Rule
Peter Hannaford | 2.21.11
No doubt Jerry Brown is watching.
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