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4.13.11
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
Father, Son, Which One Will Run?
Fred Lucas | 4.15.11
Who’ll be the right Paul for President in 2012?
Political Hay
Thank You, CBO
Ross Kaminsky | 4.15.11
The CBO’s report on the actual $352 million saved in this year’s budget is a blessing for conservatives.
Special Report
Planned Parenthood and the Soviet Model
Paul Kengor | 4.15.11
On Margaret Sanger, Stalinist Russia, and Democrats and their Holy Grail.
Eminentoes
A Religious Left Dinosaur
Mark Tooley | 4.15.11
Maryknoll priest Roy Bourgeois was fighting his old fights this week, the times having passed him by.
At Large
Glory on the Cheap
George H. Wittman | 4.15.11
French Field Marshal Sarkozy is no Napoleon or de Gaulle.
Buy the Book
Love That Dirty Water
Larry Thornberry | 4.15.11
A beautifully illustrated tribute to Fenway and the Sawks.
Movie Takes
In a Better World
James Bowman | 4.15.11
The brilliant Susanne Bier’s Oscar-winning movie is very much about men and the things that matter to men.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
The Public Policy
The Obama Tax Hike Machete
John Berlau | 4.14.11
Innovation and entrepreneurship take the bloodiest hits.
The Obama Watch
Washington and Deficits
George Neumayr | 4.14.11
Joe Biden’s dozing provided the most eloquent rebuttal to Barack Obama’s speech yesterday.
The Right Prescription
Supreme Court to Consider Obamacare Case Friday
David Catron | 4.14.11
Justices scheduled to discuss Virginia’s petition for certiorari at April 15 conference.
Political Hay
Trump the Protectionist
Ross Kaminsky | 4.14.11
The real problem with a Donald Trump candidacy.
The Current Crisis
The Boone Pickens Bill
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.14.11
To end dependence on foreign oil, we can depend on natural gas. Now it’s up to Congress.
A Further Perspective
He’s Kidding, Right?
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 4.14.11
Obama to raise taxes, leave entitlements untouched.
The Nation’s Pulse
Too Loud, Too Old
Christopher Orlet | 4.14.11
The incessant noise of everyday life is damaging our health and our IQs.
Sports Arena
It Isn’t About the Uniform
Aaron Goldstein | 4.14.11
Blaming the victim of a heinous crime.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Feature
Hispanic Conservatives
William Murchison | from the April 2011 issue
Yes, Senator Reid, there are many of them, and the right will be a fool if it fails to take advantage of their availability.
Political Hay
Death Trap Democrats
Peter Ferrara | 4.13.11
Obamacare means premature death for Americans, as Nancy P. and Debbie W-S will learn soon enough.
A Further Perspective
Rediscovering Hamilton — and Hernando de Soto
Roger Kaplan | 4.13.11
The non-development of the developing world can lead to Hamiltonian conclusions.
The Public Policy
What’s Wind Got to Do With It?
Paul Chesser | 4.13.11
Putting “renewable” sources of energy on trial.
Another Perspective
Christians in a Post-Welfare State World
Samuel Gregg | 4.13.11
How will they realize their obligations to the poor?
Among the Intellectualoids
E.J. the Clown
Patrick O'Hannigan | 4.13.11
Post columnist sings at the budget circus.
The Nation’s Pulse
Men and Women of a Certain Age
Jay D. Homnick | 4.13.11
What a way to end the winter-ball season.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Energy Spectator
So Happy Together
William Tucker | 4.12.11
The New York Times and the anti-nuclear movement.
Political Hay
The Charlie Sheen Republicans
Jeffrey Lord | 4.12.11
House GOP struggles to kick spending addiction.
The Nation’s Pulse
Not Afraid to Fight
Robert Stacy McCain | 4.12.11
Fort Sumter’s historic place in the American tradition.
A Further Perspective
Compromising to Win
Peter Hannaford | 4.12.11
Perhaps Speaker Boehner had Reagan’s example in mind when he negotiated with Senator Reid and President Obama.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Muddle East
Ken Blackwell | 4.12.11
We thought a Mideast policy could not be more confused, more feckless than Jimmy Carter’s. Now we know better.
Eminentoes
Democratizer Dean
Bill Croke | 4.12.11
Howard Dean, on special covert assignment for his party.
Buy the Book
Happiness Happens
Deal W. Hudson | 4.12.11
Father Jonathan Morris’s new book will change lives.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Washington Prowler
Shut the People Down
The Prowler | 4.11.11
Obama planning during the budget standoff. Also: Romney recruitment blunders.
The Congressional Spectator
Open for Business
W. James Antle, III | 4.11.11
But avoiding a government shutdown is only one step toward outdoing Newt Gingrich.
Loose Canons
Are We Staying in Iraq?
Jed Babbin | 4.11.11
What’s behind Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s pleas to Iraqi leaders last week?
The Nation’s Pulse
The NEA Strikes Back
RiShawn Biddle | 4.11.11
Adopting confrontational tactics out of sheer desperation, and not only in Wisconsin.
Special Report
Tax Freedom Day – Not
Doug Bandow | 4.11.11
Nominally it falls tomorrow. But to cover just this year’s federal spending, taxpayers would have to turn all their earnings over through May 23.
The Public Policy
A Tale of Two Bridges
F. Vincent Vernuccio | 4.11.11
Why build a new bridge when there’s already a perfectly fine one? Because the new one would be paid for by taxpayers.
Movie Takes
Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton
James Bowman | 4.11.11
Tonight on PBS, from Michael Pack and Richard Brookhiser.
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