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Joseph Bottum | from the March 2011 issue
This is the autobiography of “Mark Twain,” not the self-revelations of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the real man who used that riverboat pseudonym.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Feature
A Wonk in Sheep’s Clothing
Philip Klein | from the April 2011 issue
For Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, the road to beating President Obama runs through public policy. Our April 2011 cover story. Read it now!
Washington Prowler
Power Plays
The Prowler | 3.25.11
How Obama took control over the Internet. Bachmann makes Boehner-Cantor’s day.
A Further Perspective
War Is a Three-Letter Word
Roger Kaplan | 3.25.11
Syria’s brutal Bashir al-Assad understands — we should as well.
The Right Prescription
Obamacare and the Law’s Delay
David Catron | 3.25.11
The DOJ asks the Supreme Court to abet its delay strategy on Obamacare litigation.
Special Report
Dewey’s Disciples: From Madison to Maryland and Beyond
Paul Kengor | 3.25.11
The Soviets loved John Dewey and they still love him in Madison, Wisconsin, and wherever else public employee teachers have taken to the streets.
Political Hay
Jerry Brown’s Dilemma
Peter Hannaford | 3.25.11
How to get away with raising taxes and avoiding budget cuts?
The Realignment Spectator
The Battle Moves to the States
Grover G. Norquist | from the March 2011 issue
Government in Washington may be divided, but not in the rest of the country.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Littlest Conductor
Michael Johnson | 3.25.11
This Sunday, four-year-old Jonathan Okseniuk will direct Arizona’s Chandler Symphony in a lively rendition of Strauss.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Streetcar Line
Policy Proposals Promised for President
Quin Hillyer | 3.24.11
Figuring who is worthy to carry the message.
Feature
Sam’s Club President
Nicole Russell | from the March 2011 issue
Runner-up to Sarah Palin in 2008, blue-state budget-balancer Tim Pawlenty has his eyes on a bigger prize.
Political Hay
Evasion of the Body Snatchers
Ken Blackwell | 3.24.11
Ronald Reagan held hostage by his countless new liberal fans.
The Public Policy
Whose Clean Energy Standards?
Paul Chesser | 3.24.11
Answers for Sens. Bingaman and Murkowski.
The Environmental Spectator
Dark Weddings and Purposeful Mice
Ralph R. Reiland | 3.24.11
Life is good for the turtles of central Florida.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Breaking News
We Have an Illegal War
Ben Stein | 3.23.11
What will tomorrow bring from this third-rate crowd?
A Further Perspective
Obama’s Tomahawk Chop
Ross Kaminsky | 3.23.11
The futile gestures of a reckless and leaderless foreign policy.
The Obama Watch
America’s Accelerating Downward Spiral
Peter Ferrara | 3.23.11
The stagflation of the 1970s was chicken feed compared to what Obama has concocted.
At Large
Democracy and Islam
George H. Wittman | 3.23.11
Military rule is about the best one can hope for.
Media Matters
As Easy As Handing Out Candy
Aaron Goldstein | 3.23.11
The mainstream with nothing to say about an atrocity in the West Bank.
The Right Prescription
An Obamacare Anniversary Bridge
Robert M. Goldberg | 3.23.11
If not for its waivers, including the very corrupt Bridges to Reform for California, it would have no accomplishments.
Movie Takes
A Somewhat Gentle Man
James Bowman | 3.23.11
An amusing Norwegian film about revenge — or the lack of it.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Obama Watch
One World Government Obama
Ben Stein | 3.22.11
Wasn’t that the Constitution that we just laid to rest?
Political Hay
The First Casualty of War
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.22.11
Obama’s attack on Libya leaves liberals wounded.
Special Report
Living With Three Mile Island
Jeffrey Lord | 3.22.11
Everyday life with an infamous symbol, as Obama sends nuclear carrier Reagan to Japan.
Another Perspective
Mr. Manifest Destiny
Bill Croke | 3.22.11
James Clyman was a mountain man who lived many American lives.
Car Guy
Why I Didn’t Renew My Sirius-XM
Eric Peters | 3.22.11
Here’s one you can’t blame on General Motors.
Eminentoes
Nobody Messes Like Joe
Ken Blackwell | 3.22.11
A fitting monument to a bad joke of a train rider.
High Spirits
The Greatest Book in the English Language
Jonathan Aitken | from the March 2011 issue
The King James Bible celebrates its 400th anniversary this year.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Political Hay
Obama Goes to War
W. James Antle, III | 3.21.11
Indecisiveness meets interventionism. But don’t call it a dumb war.
Special Report
Moving On With Moammar
Roger Kaplan | 3.21.11
Now that we’re in, how do we prevent a long-term guerrilla war in Libya?
Letter From Paris
Sarko’s War
Joseph A. Harriss | 3.21.11
France’s little big man gets his away on Libya to revive his shaky presidency.
Loose Canons
Obama’s Unstable Middle East
Jed Babbin | 3.21.11
Subordinating American military power to the whims and caprices of the UN crowd.
The Obama Watch
Ryan Takes the Battle to Obama
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 3.21.11
Will the President sally forth or not?
The Energy Spectator
America’s Last Nuclear Hope
William Tucker | from the March 2011 issue
Small reactors may save us yet.
In Memoriam
Farewell to America’s Last WWI Vet
Mark Tooley | 3.21.11
The great Frank Buckles is in storied company.
Reader Mail
George VI in Hindsight
3.21.11
The King’s Speech vs. History: an exchange. Plus much more.
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