Freedom Watch
Restoring Responsibility
Mike Lee | from the April 2011 issue
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Breaking News
Turnabout in Wisconsin
Ross Kaminsky | 4.8.11
The gloating left tastes stunning, bitter defeat.
What’s Still Great
My Pal, Warren Buffett
Ben Stein | 4.8.11
He may be the classiest act we’ve seen.
The Obama Watch
Losing in Libya?
Robert Stacy McCain | 4.8.11
Obama’s policy has led to a stalemate against Gaddafi.
The Right Prescription
King Barack’s Waivers
David Catron | 4.8.11
Special dispensations from the law of the land would be familiar to any medieval monarch.
Eminentoes
Pay to Play
Daniel J. Flynn | 4.8.11
Authoritarian libertine Hugh Hefner turns 85 this weekend.
Special Report
Exceptional America?
Mark Tooley | 4.8.11
Dinesh D’Souza debated Jim Wallis last night — and Exceptionalism won on both sides.
At Large
Freezing the Bad Guys
George H. Wittman | 4.8.11
Gaddafi’s goons will think twice about defecting if they earlier deposited ill-gotten gains in U.S. banks.
The Nation’s Pulse
Family Deformation
Janice Shaw Crouse | 4.8.11
One in five American mothers have children from different men.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Grassroots Spectator
Too Late for George Allen?
W. James Antle, III | from the April 2011 issue
He wants to be senator again — but before he can take on Tim Kaine he’ll need to win back grassroots voters who were going to make him president.
The Current Crisis
The Race Is On
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.7.11
President Obama is just the latest in a long line of Democratic chronic campaigners.
The Public Policy
‘Card Check’ — A Time to Reflect, But Not Rest
Patrick Pizzella | 4.7.11
Big Labor at its most brazen has been foiled for six years now. But with an ally in the White House, it’s hardly ready to concede defeat.
Special Report
Are the States Different?
James M. Thunder | 4.7.11
You bet they are. The third in a series of essays on our ever under-appreciated federal form of government.
The Nation’s Pulse
My Starfish Story
Christopher Orlet | 4.7.11
An inspirational story reconsidered.
Buy the Book
The More Things Exchange
Joseph F. Johnston, Jr. | from the April 2011 issue
“Barter was the trick that changed the world,” Matt Ridley writes.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Political Hay
Paul Ryan’s Adult Conversation
Peter Ferrara | 4.6.11
The liberal crowd asked for it. Now they can’t deal with it.
The Public Policy
Social Security and the Ghost of Ephram Nestor
Daniel Oliver | 4.6.11
Entitlements? Uncle Sam’s big bait and switch.
A Further Perspective
Business As Usual
Aaron Goldstein | 4.6.11
When isn’t the Muslim world inflamed?
At Large
Ovine Dupes Demand New Carbon Tax
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 4.6.11
The cherished self-image of Australians as tough, rangy, boundary-riders resistant to authority, government, and brainwashing has taken a dive.
Buy the Book
Forever In His Debt
Midge Decter | from the April 2011 issue
With his new memoir, Donald Rumsfeld has cleared the air more than he knows.
With the Tea Partiers
One Woman, One Vote
Ned Ryun | 4.6.11
Catherine Engelbrecht decided to get involved — True the Vote has been, for voters, the happy result.
Movie Takes
Jane Eyre
James Bowman | 4.6.11
How does this beautiful adaptation compare to the great novel?
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Special Report
Ivory Coast’s Tragedy
Roger Kaplan | 4.5.11
An African country falls prey to the tribal wars it had formerly been spared.
Political Hay
Paul Ryan’s Homer Capehart Problem
Jeffrey Lord | 4.5.11
Talk radio and Fox absent in 1962 battle over whether there were missiles in Cuba.
Constitutional Opinions
Seeing Through a Fake Injury
Perry L. Glanzer | 4.5.11
Supreme Court upholds Arizona educational tax credit — and greater school choice.
Political Hay
Thermonuclear Budget Politics
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 4.5.11
Even the Tea Party should be impressed.
A Further Perspective
Goldstone Says Oops!
Ross Kaminsky | 4.5.11
It’s a little late to undo the damage his mendacious report caused.
The Nation’s Pulse
Drink Won’t Save Us
Ralph R. Reiland | 4.5.11
Bankrupt buses, pricey beer, and bad wars.
Buy the Book
A Prophet Against the Empire
Mark Tooley | 4.5.11
America’s “best” theologian may also be its most profane and hardest working.
Another Perspective
Who’re You Calling the ‘Party of the Rich’?
J.T. Young | 4.5.11
“The rich,” it turns out, elect Democrats.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Political Hay
Choices Ahead
W. James Antle, III | 4.4.11
Paul Ryan’s plan and the current spending impasse mean Republicans have some decisions to make.
Special Report
Fierce, Anti-Feminist, and In Your Face
Robert Stacy McCain | 4.4.11
Does Sarah Palin owe anything to the “Women’s Movement”?
Loose Canons
Why Not John Bolton?
Jed Babbin | 4.4.11
The global punk community must feel lucky that he is not our president.
The Obama Watch
Withholding Credit
Ross Kaminsky | 4.4.11
Everyone knows the president deserves no credit for the recent employment gains — but do Republicans?
Sports Arena
Mistresses and Masters
Roger Kaplan | 4.4.11
Tennis has a new champion — but what will his feet be like on clay?
The Tax and Spend Spectator
Derailing Brown’s Tax Plan
Peter Hannaford | 4.4.11
California Republicans refuse to play the role of saps in this production.
Campaign Crawlers
Wisconsin’s Supreme Moment
John Rossomando | 4.4.11
Unions look to “get even” in tomorrow’s election.
Reader Mail
Radiation Consideration
4.4.11
Nuclear power talk. Also: Ben Stein’s service. The Westboro crimes. Honoring Ernie Banks. And more.
