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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Politics

We’re Tackling Trillions Now

Grover G. Norquist | from the June 2011 issue

Friday, June 17, 2011

Political Hay

Farewell to Weiner

Robert Stacy McCain | 6.17.11

His three-week scandal reaches its pathetic conclusion.

Feature

A Less Perfect Union

Andrew J. Coulson | from the June 2011 issue

How the NEA and AFT play Monopoly with your kids.

A Further Perspective

Shakespearean Tragedy, Talmudic Comedy

Jay D. Homnick | 6.17.11

Two overlooked players in the sorry Weiner episode.

Special Report

Unconstitutional Authority

Doug Bandow | 6.17.11

The president is in noncompliance with the War Powers Resolution about a war everyone knows is a war except the one calling the shots.

The Obama Watch

Overdrawn at the Ideas ATM

Iain Murray | 6.17.11

The president’s Luddite moment.

Streetcar Line

Yes, We Still Have a Prayer

Quin Hillyer | 6.17.11

The right kind of politics of faith.

The Nation’s Pulse

Ghetto Love

Christopher Orlet | 6.17.11

Not everyone wants to join the middle class.

At Large

Neo-Islam Stalls

George H. Wittman | 6.17.11

Still, Turkey’s President is well-positioned to move his country further in the wrong direction.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Current Crisis

The Pulchritudinous Michele Bachmann

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.16.11

She is charismatic and eloquent — and astute.

Special Report

Attack Ad Goes Gangsta in California

Robert Stacy McCain | 6.16.11

Controversy highlights Democrat’s soft-on-crime record and championing of “gang intervention.”

Campaign Crawlers

Media Games

George Neumayr | 6.16.11

Opportunistic coverage of the GOP race.

The Public Policy

Chartered Into Unions

RiShawn Biddle | 6.16.11

Unlike the NAACP the AFT is happy to back charter schools — if it can unionize them.

A Further Perspective

The Kaleidoscopic GOP Primary, Part Deux

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 6.16.11

You still have to show up and play the game — well.

Car Guy

Bigger Is Still Safer

Eric Peters | 6.16.11

So what else is new? About that IIHS SUV safety report…

Another Perspective

The Dark Horse With a Bright Future

Herbert London | 6.16.11

Rick Santorum is the David competing against several Goliaths.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Campaign Crawlers

Improving His Odds

Ross Kaminsky | 6.15.11

Mitt Romney has emerged as the one to beat — or maybe to like.

Special Report

Positively Shermanesque

Ryan L. Cole | 6.15.11

It’s okay if top Republicans follow the example of William Tecumseh Sherman and decline to run for president.

Political Hay

Christie’s Blind Spot

Paul Chesser | 6.15.11

Could they be sun spots?

The Obama Watch

America’s Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb

Peter Ferrara | 6.15.11

Throwing the book  — a new book — at Obamanomics.

Eminentoes

Split Wide and Disarmed

Daniel J. Flynn | 6.15.11

NFL-er Plaxico Burress falls victim to gun violence prevention.

The Nation’s Pulse

GLAAD To Be Here

Patrick Howley | 6.15.11

Tracy Morgan lands in PC trouble — and Nick DiPaolo is there to bail him out.

Sports Arena

Stan Musial Deserves a Better Biography

Aaron Goldstein | 6.15.11

George Vecsey strikes out, big time.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Special Report

Is Mitt Romney the New Nelson Rockefeller?

Jeffrey Lord | 6.14.11

RomneyCare, global warming stances casting candidate as Lord Voldemort of GOP race.

Another Perspective

Rumble Foreign Policy

W. James Antle, III | 6.14.11

Wars once again divide Republicans, restarting a conservative debate.

Washington Prowler

National Public Internet

The Prowler | 6.14.11

The Obama plan to create a government-run “competitor” to private broadband companies.

The Nation’s Pulse

It’s a Jungle Out There

Thomas J. Craughwell | 6.14.11

Our deer problem and yours — and the mountain lion’s.

A Further Perspective

Undercounting the Joblessness

Ralph R. Reiland | 6.14.11

Those numbers aren’t a bump in the road — they’re a Mt. Whitney.

Sports Arena

Miami Overcome By Heat

Jay D. Homnick | 6.14.11

Another fainting spell by King LeBron.

Buy the Book

My Ecumenical Summer

Patrick O'Hannigan | 6.14.11

Two recent books of advice for Christian fathers of young teens with all the usual attitudes.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Campaign Crawlers

My Governor, Rick Perry

William Murchison | 6.13.11

Do I want him to run for President?  

Loose Canons

China Plays Reagan to Our Gorbachev

Jed Babbin | 6.13.11

Beijing has us over a barrel — until and unless our budget is brought under control. Are GOP hopefuls listening?

Political Hay

WeinerGate Stalemate

Robert Stacy McCain | 6.13.11

Can shame force the shameless Democrat out of Congress?

Washington Prowler

This Property Is Condemned

The Prowler | 6.13.11

Democrat leaders want to seize Weiner’s hard drives. Plus: Those TARP-tainted GOP presidential hopefuls.

The Obama Watch

Brain-Dead Economy

Andrew B. Wilson | 6.13.11

With nothing to offer but the harvesting of a few remaining vital organs.

Special Report

Conscripts in a Ponzi Scheme

Daniel Oliver | 6.13.11

The upending truth about Social Security that no one — no one — is willing to face.

A Further Perspective

Detector Nannies

Peter Hannaford | 6.13.11

The Golden State’s latest efforts to choke its citizenry.

Movie Takes

Everything Must Go

James Bowman | 6.13.11

For once, a meaty role for Will Ferrell.

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