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Friday, May 20, 2011
The Obama Watch
A Borderline Case
Roger Kaplan | 5.20.11
The most appalling foreign policy betrayal in the history of the U.S. Presidency.
Special Report
It Was No Tea Party
Mark Tooley | 5.20.11
Forty years ago this month, 200,000 yippies and hippies tried to shut down Washington on behalf of North Vietnam.
Campaign Crawlers
The Cain Train Picks Up Steam
Robert Stacy McCain | 5.20.11
The self-described “dark horse” is gaining momentum.
Political Hay
Condiments From Mitch
David N. Bass | 5.20.11
How not to bridge a rift with social conservatives.
A Further Perspective
The Kaleidoscopic GOP Primary
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 5.20.11
Still, the field is shaping up at last.
Among the Intellectualoids
The War of the Words
William Murchison | 5.20.11
The non-sexist dismantler of English has died.
Reader Mail
Center of Attention
5.20.11
Mitch Daniels, Eli Lilly, and the Center for Public Integrity: an exchange. Plus: Church organ production.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Political Hay
Mitch Over Mitt
Ross Kaminsky | 5.19.11
Why the first should jump in, why the second doesn’t jump out.
Streetcar Line
Newtonian Politics
Quin Hillyer | 5.19.11
Conservatives should not give a fig for Gingrich.
Another Perspective
Sex Marks the Spot
Gerald Nachman | 5.19.11
Democrats are terrified they’re losing their touch.
The Current Crisis
The Facts Keep Changing
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.19.11
At this rate, DSK may never get out of jail.
The Nation’s Pulse
Something Is Sacred
Christopher Orlet | 5.19.11
In praise of old timey church music.
Reader Mail
Presumptions of Guilt
5.19.11
A reader posse responds to Ben Stein’s treatment of DSK. Plus: What about that second helicopter?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Letter From Paris
‘I Like Women’
Joseph A. Harriss | 5.18.11
Strauss-Kahn’s libidinous fall from grace.
Special Report
Newt’s Economic Recovery Plan
Peter Ferrara | 5.18.11
This isn’t just campaign rhetoric.
Eminentoes
Will Ferrell Isn’t Funny Either
Aaron Goldstein | 5.18.11
The Kennedy Center owes Mark Twain a huge apology.
The Congressional Spectator
Class War
W. James Antle, III | from the May 2011 issue
The Republican freshmen try to keep the House majority on track.
The Public Policy
Has Subsidy-Scrapping Time Arrived?
Peter Hannaford | 5.18.11
As the man from Exxon said, repeal them for everybody.
Political Hay
Smearing Mitch
Robert M. Goldberg | 5.18.11
The Center for Public Integrity displays all the integrity of the Huffington Post.
High Spirits
Working One’s Faith
Jonathan Aitken | from the May 2011 issue
Championing the idea that it is possible to be just as influential a Christian leader in the workplace as in the pulpit.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Breaking News
Presumed Innocent, Anyone?
Ben Stein | 5.17.11
Now for a few humble thoughts about Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
The Obama Watch
Woodrow Obama: Jon Stewart Gets Played
Jeffrey Lord | 5.17.11
From Birth of a Nation to Common: comedian snookered by president hits Fox instead.
Special Report
An Inconvenient Truth: A Fifth Anniversary Tribute
Mark Hyman | 5.17.11
Al Gore’s manmade disaster remains a monument to arrogance, folly, and hypocrisy.
Freedom Watch
Fighting Off Power Grabs
Marsha Blackburn | from the May 2011 issue
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is threatening to intervene in the maintenance of the very architecture of the Internet.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Cars Ride a New Wave
Daniel J. Flynn | 5.17.11
So how does a band that hasn’t released an album since 1987 sound so 2011?
Another Perspective
Journal of the Plague Years
Gerald Nachman | 5.17.11
Some leaked excerpts from an unimpeachable Taliban source.
Last Call
Advice for Eulogists
Paul Beston | from the May 2011 issue
What to say? What mood to strike?
Buy the Book
All Those Gin Joints
John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the May 2011 issue
Ward Farnsworth, author of Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric, is on a scholarly rescue mission.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Political Hay
The Federalism Dodge
W. James Antle, III | 5.16.11
Why Romney’s state experiment in health care necessarily has national implications.
Loose Canons
Perfidious Pakistan
Jed Babbin | 5.16.11
It’s time to tell the truth about our supposed ally in the war on terror.
Campaign Crawlers
Sunday’s Disqualifiers
Ross Kaminsky | 5.16.11
Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich removed themselves from any serious consideration yesterday.
Feature
Achieving the Impossible
Jonathan Schanzer | from the May 2011 issue
Toward a coherent policy on Middle East unrest.
A Further Perspective
Pacifism and the Bin Laden Killing
Alan F.H. Wisdom | 5.16.11
The absolutist convictions of today’s neo-pacifists may never again face such a test.
Eminentoes
Randi’s Tangled Vine Garden
RiShawn Biddle | from the May 2011 issue
As teachers unions come under fire, the AFT’s combative Randi Weingarten is happy to play triangulation to stay in the game.
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The Spectacle Blog
Democrat Dan Maffei Blames Budget Cuts for Girl’s Rape, Mother’s Murder
Robert Stacy McCain | 4:12PM
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Pope Culture
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Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
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Dames at Sea
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In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
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The Metaphysical Martini
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Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
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Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
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The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
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It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
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The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
