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Friday, May 27, 2011
The Obama Watch
Romancing the Stone
Andrew B. Wilson | 5.27.11
Obama’s outreach to independent voters who hate big government but like the idea of a black president.
The Energy Spectator
Energy Myths of the Left
Ross Kaminsky | 5.27.11
For starters, we don’t use 25 percent of world oil production while holding only 2 percent of world reserves.
Sports Arena
Class
Roger Kaplan | 5.27.11
Spaniards on the court, Spanish whispers in the stands, tennis the way it should be played.
The Nation’s Pulse
Our Hour with Dr. Winfrey Is Up
Gerald Nachman | 5.27.11
Twenty-five years on the couch sure flew by.
At Large
China’s Security Blanket
George H. Wittman | 5.27.11
Whether it’s foreign or domestic, Beijing regards all information as “intelligence.”
The Hell-Hole Spectator
Kim Jong-Il, Criminal Abductor
Peter Hannaford | 5.27.11
Why isn’t North Korea on the list of terrorism-sponsoring states?
The Pursuit of Knowledge
The Ring of Truth
Roger Scruton | from the May 2011 issue
Wrestling with the awesomeness and beauty of Richard Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung.
The Nation’s Pulse
In the Moment
Jay D. Homnick | 5.27.11
Not everyone emerged this week to say they’re perfectly fine.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Political Hay
A Bump in the Roadmap
W. James Antle, III | 5.26.11
But it could get worse if Republicans send Paul Ryan down the road by himself.
Campus Scenes
E.J. Dionne’s Civility
George Neumayr | 5.26.11
His view of commencement speaker John Boehner.
Sports Arena
Poetry in Motion
Roger Kaplan | 5.26.11
The Bryan Brothers play doubles with wonderful American individuality.
The Current Crisis
Newt and Paul Ryan
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.26.11
Gingrich is hopeless, Ryan just the opposite of that — which is why big things are expected from him now.
A Further Perspective
An Auschwitz Borders Tour
Robert M. Goldberg | 5.26.11
Is President Obama using his European trip to pressure Israel to accept a peace deal based on its pre-war borders?
The Public Policy
The Jerry Brown Follies
Peter Hannaford | 5.26.11
Budget gimmickry is the best he’s willing to offer.
The Nation’s Pulse
I, Technophobe
Christopher Orlet | 5.26.11
Standing athwart technology and yelling “enough already.”
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Feature
The Arab World and Its Discontents
Andrew B. Wilson | from the May 2011 issue
The bitter harvest that came from having too much money.
A Further Perspective
Jehovah or Marx?
Peter Ferrara | 5.25.11
On the question of Israel, Obama supporters will have to decide whose side they’re on.
Sports Arena
Eye on the Ball
Roger Kaplan | 5.25.11
The focus on day two of the French championnat was on John Isner, the American who stood tall and played bigger.
The Nation’s Pulse
Career Planning for Dummies
Gerald Nachman | 5.25.11
So much for being able to write, let alone see the handwriting on the wall.
The Public Policy
Unionization via Regulation
Ivan Osorio | 5.25.11
Republicans lawmakers push back on Obama overreach on behalf of private unions.
Political Hay
Enough?
Lisa Fabrizio | 5.25.11
How much more mischief are loyal Democrat constituents still willing to put up with from their leaders?
The Right Prescription
Survival of the Well-Connected
Ralph R. Reiland | 5.25.11
Obamacare is all about winners and the rest of you.
The Slaughterhouse
Monkeying With Gibbon’s
Aram Bakshian, Jr. | from the May 2011 issue
America’s decline and fall — exclusively under center-right Republican administrations.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Sports Arena
We’ll Always Have Tennis — in Paris
Roger Kaplan | 5.24.11
Live from Roland-Garros, after a good dose of Open Skies.
Political Hay
Ford versus Reagan: The Sequel
Jeffrey Lord | 5.24.11
Iconic battle with fanatic moderates, liberals replayed in attacks on Israel, talk radio, Roger Ailes.
Another Perspective
The Republicans’ ‘Zebra’ Field
J.T. Young | 5.24.11
Focus on the GOP’s lack of a 2012 presidential frontrunner overlooks the situation’s real advantages.
The Energy Spectator
A True Energy Policy
Roger Pol | 5.24.11
The president has talked up natural gas — yet he remains silent about the bipartisan NAT GAS Act.
Special Report
An American Saint-Maker
Thomas J. Craughwell | 5.24.11
Katharine of Aragon (1485-1536), the first wife of the much-married Henry VIII, has a new champion.
The Obama Watch
So Much for Those Unbreakable Bonds
Aaron Goldstein | 5.24.11
The incoherence of President Obama’s approach to peace in the Middle East is mind-boggling.
At Large
Robert De Niro Likes Cannes
Michael Johnson | 5.24.11
Fortunately, there was a lot more to this year’s festival.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Political Hay
The Unkindest Cuts
W. James Antle, III | 5.23.11
Is there room for scrutiny of the Pentagon budget in the GOP presidential field?
Loose Canons
Barry’s Bullying Failed With Bibi
Jed Babbin | 5.23.11
The community organizer was no match for the special ops vet.
Special Report
A Reset to Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws?
Doug Bandow | 5.23.11
The country’s problems go much deeper than the shelter in provided Osama bin Laden.
The Nation’s Pulse
Famine to Feast
Bill Croke | 5.23.11
Record snowpack levels will soon result in major flooding through the normally arid West.
Eminentoes
He’s No Teddy
RiShawn Biddle | 5.23.11
Iowa super-lib Tom Harkin remains one very ineffective senator.
Another Perspective
Hooked Phones and Other Fables
Peter Hannaford | 5.23.11
Something to think about for the foreseeable future.
Movie Takes
Win Win
James Bowman | 5.23.11
A movie with some moral seriousness, which is more than we usually get from Hollywood these days.
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The Bush Crack-Up
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