Presswatch
Actual Malice
James Taranto | from the April 2011 issue
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Breaking News
Foolish Thoughts
Ben Stein | 4.1.11
Who is President Barack H. Obama trying to kid with his Middle East policy?
Special Report
Pass the Plutonium
William Tucker | 4.1.11
Fukushima is not the end of nuclear power — just the opposite. Even Dick Durbin might agree.
Another Perspective
PBS Hires Ann Coulter: Levin and Lohan to Co-Host Series
Jeffrey Lord | 4.1.11
David Brock revealed as Fox spy at Media Matters; Ailes tapped for NPR in “Tea Party Media Coup.”
Political Hay
Go Ahead, Make Their Day
Ross Kaminsky | 4.1.11
Republicans should know why Democrats are bluffing on the budget.
Special Report
Suzan Johnson Cook’s Second Chance
Doug Bandow | 4.1.11
The Obama administration’s opportunity to promote religious liberty.
The Hell-Hole Spectator
Syria’s Day of Martyrs
Reid Smith | 4.1.11
President Bashar al-Assad doesn’t intend to be among them.
A Further Perspective
The Jews, Again
Roger Kaplan | 4.1.11
Questions that will need to be put to Moussa Koussa, a prize catch if fileted properly.
At Large
The Brotherhood
George H. Wittman | 4.1.11
The absence of clarity about its politics may be its greatest strength.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
The Current Crisis
I Stand With Max
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.31.11
Sorry, Mr. President, there’s no such thing as a world community. But there is, as Gov. Pawlenty notes, American exceptionalism.
Special Report
Selling Career Colleges Short
Mark Hyman | 3.31.11
Recently revealed information suggests there may have been a financial motive involved in the Department of Education’s rulemaking.
Another Perspective
Here’s the Deal
Lawrence A. Hunter | 3.31.11
There’s a preferable alternative to shutting the government down — ask Sens. DeMint and Toomey.
Feature
Who’s Afraid of America’s Constitution?
Seth Lipsky | from the March 2011 issue
Anyone, it appears, who would be driven up the wall by a reading of its enumerated powers.
The Nation’s Pulse
Local Hero
Christopher Orlet | 3.31.11
It is probably best we don’t make stupidity a crime.
Among the Intellectualoids
Extinction?
Lisa Fabrizio | 3.31.11
According to a recent study, religion is on the way out.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Special Report
The American Association for Retiree Plunder
David Catron | 3.30.11
The House Ways and Means Committee brings AARP to book for betraying its members.
The Obama Watch
A Big Question for 2012
Peter Ferrara | 3.30.11
Do federal spending, deficits, and debt promote economic growth and prosperity?
The Congressional Spectator
Radicalization Lessons
Ben Lerner | 3.30.11
The good use to which Peter King’s and even Dick Durbin’s hearings can be put.
The Public Policy
Unionization by Regulation
Russ Brown & Ivan Osorio | 3.30.11
To stop this Obama power grab, Congress will need to fix the Railway Labor Act.
Capitol Ideas
Afghanistan: The Futile Conflict
Tom Bethell | from the March 2011 issue
Now in its 10th year, it could drag on a lot longer.
Buy the Book
Creating the Best Government in the World
John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the March 2011 issue
Pauline Maier has written the first coherent account of our Constitution’s ratification debates.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Obama Watch
Mission Unaccomplished
Ross Kaminsky | 3.29.11
The kindest thing that can be said about last night is that our president showed he can be budget-conscious.
The Congressional Spectator
Red Ink Rumble
W. James Antle, III | 3.29.11
The budget talks don’t look promising, but who is really to blame for being unrealistic about federal spending?
Political Hay
Patricia Harrison and the 2012 Republican Divide
Jeffrey Lord | 3.29.11
Bush CPB appointee and NPR defender is symbol of GOP fight between Conservatives and Statists.
A Further Perspective
Obama Congratulates Himself
Jeremy Lott | 3.29.11
Perhaps the wrong speech got loaded onto his teleprompter.
The Public Policy
Return of the One-Room Schoolhouse
RiShawn Biddle | 3.29.11
Even in Detroit, bureaucratically bloated, educationally failing school districts are giving way to charter schools.
Ben Stein’s Diary
A Smile on My Face
Ben Stein | from the March 2011 issue
People in Washington were never friendly, but now they are really, really unfriendly. But then there’s Charleston.
The Obama Watch
Wrecking a Nation
Ralph R. Reiland | 3.29.11
Oil, dependency, and redistribution, Obama, Dilma, and Dohrn.
Conservative Tastes
The Art of Discrimination
James Bowman | from the March 2011 issue
How casually our age compares Bach and Beethoven to Lady Gaga.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Feature
NATO Reconsidered
Joseph A. Harriss | from the April 2011 issue
Is it still our indispensable alliance? From our new April issue.
Loose Canons
Charlie Foxtrot Over Libya
Jed Babbin | 3.28.11
There are no facts to support any explanation Obama will give tonight.
Washington Prowler
Obama Arming Al Qaeda?
The Prowler | 3.28.11
That’s the likely outcome of his Libya war.
Special Report
Meanwhile, in Israel…
James B. Brinton | 3.28.11
It’s come under fire again from Gaza. Why weren’t its defense systems ready? (Updated, March 28, 2:05 p.m.)
Political Hay
Redistricting Reform, California Style
Peter Hannaford | 3.28.11
The right hand giveth; the left hand taketh away.
A Further Perspective
Fixating on Rep. Peter King’s ‘Islamophobia’
Mark Tooley | 3.28.11
The Religious Left does what it’s always done.
Last Call
Switching Off, Switching On
Paul Beston | from the March 2011 issue
Do we spend too much time watching sports?
Reader Mail
In Fairness to John Dewey
3.28.11
His show trials commission and Sidney Hook. Also: Ben Stein and Obama’s latest war. Pawlenty and Franken. Plus more.
