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Friday, March 18, 2011

Special Report

A Great White Fleet for the 21st Century

James B. Brinton | 3.18.11

Disaster relief — and America’s sense of itself — require nothing less.

Streetcar Line

Budget Battles Demand Perspective

Quin Hillyer | 3.18.11

Don’t scoff at small victories.

A Further Perspective

E.J.’s Broken Record

Ross Kaminsky | 3.18.11

We’re not broke. The rich simply aren’t paying enough in taxes. Over to you, Al Franken.

Political Hay

California’s Brown Out

RiShawn Biddle | 3.18.11

The young Jerry Brown would be doing a much better job.

Eminentoes

Michael Mann Goes to the Zoo

Paul Chesser | 3.18.11

Climategate’s hockey-stick man continues to thrive outside the penalty box.

Another Perspective

Splendid Isolation

Michael Johnson | 3.18.11

After six months away, our correspondent finds the U.S. suffocatingly inward-looking — and gauche.

At Large

Turkey Shifts Eastward

George H. Wittman | 3.18.11

A country now happy not to have to live up to Western expectations.  

Political Hay

The Overrated Five

Lisa Fabrizio | 3.18.11

Who needs overrated movies when there are political narratives out there begging to be demystified?

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Political Hay

Scapegoating Mitch Daniels

Philip Klein | 3.17.11

He’s paying the price for a long-standing problem social conservatives have had with the Republican Party.

The Current Crisis

Barbour Out On the Hustings

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.17.11

Time to get serious about 2012.

Breaking News

NPR’s Weak Case for Federal Funding

Andrew Cline | 3.17.11

Attention listeners! The House today is to debate a bill that would strip federal taxpayer funding for National Public Radio.

Special Report

Appeasement’s Oscar

Daniel Mandel | 3.17.11

Silence is not golden on the story behind The King’s Speech.

Another Perspective

Hardcore Lessons

Christopher Orlet | 3.17.11

Who do we want for our role models?

The Nation’s Pulse

Noisy Nights in Paradise

Ralph R. Reiland | 3.17.11

Amazon parrots sure know where to go for spring break.

The Nation’s Pulse

Are Text Messages an Antitrust Issue?

Ryan Young | 3.17.11

Why do networks charge so much for something that costs so little?

Movie Takes

Of Gods and Men

James Bowman | 3.17.11

An immensely moving account of goodness, holiness and Christian martyrdom.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Washington Prowler

Hands Off the Obamacare Slush Fund

The Prowler | 3.16.11

Why has the GOP House leadership blocked Reps. King and Bachmann’s efforts to defund Obamacare implementation?

A Further Perspective

Libya’s Lesson for Europe

Doug Bandow | 3.16.11

You need military power to be a military power.

Campaign Crawlers

Recalling the Good Times

Jay D. Homnick | 3.16.11

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez suffers humiliating recall from overtaxed and put-upon voters.

The Environmental Spectator

Cap and Control the EPA

Larry Thornberry | 3.16.11

The House moves to regulate the global warmist regulators.

The Obama Watch

Slouching Towards Argentina

Peter Ferrara | 3.16.11

Obama’s allies in Wisconsin are a throwback to Juan Peron’s public employee unions.

Political Hay

Has Massachusetts Become a Brown State?

Aaron Goldstein | 3.16.11

Sure looks like it, if Scott Brown holds on to the “people’s seat.”

Another Perspective

Philadelphia’s Long Lent Gets Longer

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 3.16.11

Fallen priests, ashes, and the Resurrection.

The Nation’s Pulse

A Bright Spot

Manon McKinnon | 3.16.11

With thanks to the Foundation for a Better Life.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Another Perspective

Too Big to Fail

W. James Antle, III | 3.15.11

The belief that government can do no wrong.

Political Hay

It Can Be Done

Jeffrey Lord | 3.15.11

Freshman congressman Tim Huelskamp makes himself plain.

A Further Perspective

Obama, Sarkozy, Gaddafi

Roger Kaplan | 3.15.11

What is democracy for if you cannot have big public debates?

The Public Policy

Social Security’s Glimpse Into the Left’s Priority

J.T. Young | 3.15.11

A non-starter in any deficit reduction talks.

Special Report

State Department Is AWOL on Religious Liberties

Ken Blackwell | 3.15.11

Sayeed Mussa has finally been freed, no thanks to the Obama administration.

In Memoriam

Halfway to Hell

Jay D. Homnick | 3.15.11

In Itamar, a bloody act of random cruelty, during the happiest season of the Jewish calendar.

Buy the Book

Seeing the Future Through the Rear-View Mirror

Michael Johnson | 3.15.11

The wars of the ancient world remain a guide to today’s — as does Victor Davis Hanson.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Editorial Cartoon

Underwater

Yogi Love | 3.14.11

At Large

Godzilla Redux

Jed Babbin | 3.14.11

At least that’s the way the knee-jerk anti-nuke media would have it.

Streetcar Line

Serwer in the Sewer

Quin Hillyer | 3.14.11

 Race-baiting accuser should look in mirror.

Washington Prowler

Patriotic Gore

The Prowler | 3.14.11

That’s amore, Newt style. Plus: Manning up at Foggy Bottom.

A Further Perspective

Clash Warfare

Ross Kaminsky | 3.14.11

A misty-eyed challenge to Samuel Huntington’s seminal view.

Special Report

Still Tortured Evangelicals

Mark Tooley | 3.14.11

A Duke conference will highlight the extent to which left-pacifists oppose any resistance to jihadists.

The Nation’s Pulse

It’s Digital Nuisance Time

Peter Hannaford | 3.14.11

Nothing saved, nothing gained.

Movie Takes

Cedar Rapids

James Bowman | 3.14.11

The very funny if not quite morally serious tale of a modern-day Candide.

Reader Mail

By No Means

3.14.11

The trouble with means testing Social Security. Which Bush was right on Iraq? Plus more.

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