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The Birth of a Notion
James Taranto | from the July/August 2011 issue
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
The Continuing Crisis
The Continuing Crisis
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the July/August 2011 issue
Friday, July 1, 2011
Streetcar Line
Declaration of Admiration
Quin Hillyer | 7.1.11
Two little-celebrated Founders teach key lessons.
The Nation’s Pulse
Our First Salutary Tax Revolt
Roger Kaplan | 7.1.11
All that was needed was cultural tradition that made any thing less than self-government feel like oppression and tyranny.
The Public Policy
FDA Decision Dooms Cancer Patients
Robert M. Goldberg | 7.1.11
Two senior Public Citizen operatives now set policy for the FDA.
Political Hay
Jerry Brown’s Phony Budget, Broken Promises
Peter Foy | 7.1.11
A lesson in how an aging pol soils his image for good.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Deaths in the Family
Ben Stein | from the June 2011 issue
Can any drug, any food compare with the feel of a trusting big old dog against your stomach?
At Large
Vlad and Dimi Play Nice
George H. Wittman | 7.1.11
The two top Russian candidates have a big problem: they actually like each other.
Special Report
50 Years of To Kill a Mockingbird
Mark Tooley | 7.1.11
The novel, the movie, and now a documentary about its reclusive author.
A Further Perspective
Declaration of Independents
Jay D. Homnick | 7.1.11
Success is the one thing that won’t spoil Republicans.
Reader Mail
Purgatory’s Appeal
Patrick O'Hannigan | 7.1.11
A letter about Tom Bethell’s “The Decline of Faith.”
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The Right Prescription
Obama’s Medical Mystery Shoppers
Ross Kaminsky | 6.30.11
Big Brother Obama and Big Sis Sebelius tighten the noose on America’s doctors.
The Obama Watch
An Obsession With Corporate Jets
Andrew Cline | 6.30.11
Our president was against taxing them before he was for it.
The Current Crisis
J. Gordon Coogler Award Rescinded, Shawcross Forgiven
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.30.11
In tribute to a rare, honorable public intellectual.
Political Hay
Evolutions in Obama’s America
George Neumayr | 6.30.11
He has long signaled his support for gay marriage.
Special Report
Celebrating the Creation of a Single Job
Andrew B. Wilson | 6.30.11
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon does a job-creation victory dance.
Feature
Meet the Suburban Parents
Lewis M. Andrews | from the June 2011 issue
The other obstacle to public school reform.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Keyboard Anarchists
Christopher Orlet | 6.30.11
Hacktivists of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your pajamas.
Sports Arena
Tie Breaking
James M. Thunder | 6.30.11
Man’s ingeniousness on the playing fields of life.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Another Perspective
Teacher of the Year
Sean Higgins | 6.29.11
Bad Teacher knows what teachers’ unions have done to our schools — and this time the message is getting out.
Feature
That '90s Show
W. James Antle, III | from the June 2010 issue
A Republican House bets this isn’t the Clinton years all over again.
The Public Policy
Block Grant Welfare to the States
Peter Ferrara | 6.29.11
Cutting benefits for seniors and the poor won’t solve the entitlement crisis. Fundamental structural reforms will.
Special Report
Illinois Fights Back
Peter Hannaford | 6.29.11
Ronald Reagan’s home state has done a great job asserting its claim to our 40th president this centennial year.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Eternal Quest
Bill Croke | 6.29.11
Check out the wilderness trash operations of the Bureau of Landfill Management.
Capitol Ideas
The Decline of Faith
Tom Bethell | from the June 2011 issue
It is caused by something more pervasive than non-judgmental liberalism.
Politics
Rule of Lawlessness
John H. Fund | from the June 2011 issue
Is the Age of Obama ushering in an Era of Thuggery by his left-wing supporters?
Sports Arena
Cardinal Virtue
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 6.29.11
A venerable team, a new ballpark and that certain knowledge.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Letter From Paris
The Power of Le Pen
Joseph A. Harriss | from the June 2011 issue
Two cheers for Marine Le Pen, the new president of France’s National Front party.
Political Hay
A Question of Ethics: A Common Lie in a Common Cause
Jeffrey Lord | 6.28.11
“Nonpartisan” Soros groups undertake preemptive strikes to save Obamacare.
A Further Perspective
Libya: Liberals’ Last Straw?
J.T. Young | 6.28.11
Obama had enough problems without bringing this one on himself.
The Obama Watch
Redistribution via Price Discrimination
Ralph R. Reiland | 6.28.11
Obamacare is just another way for President Obama to achieve his goal of redistributing income and wealth.
Conservative Tastes
In Our Bitter World
James Bowman | from the June 2011 issue
As our esteemed editor has pointed out, “the condition of our political discourse” today is worse than “rancorous” or “toxic” — it’s nonexistent.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Special Report
Shut Down the Wasteful IMF
Doug Bandow | 6.27.11
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, or who will replace him, are minor matters compared to scandal of the IMF’s very existence.
Loose Canons
Pinch Happened
Jed Babbin | 6.27.11
Under its diminutive publisher the New York Times has become a vocal tool of the left — and now it’s made its final move to secure Obama’s reelection.
Another Perspective
Everybody’s Going to the Moon
Green Lantern | 6.27.11
Anonymous advice for the current political scene.
The Public Policy
Paycheck Protection, John Chiang Style
Peter Hannaford | 6.27.11
California’s controller has state Democrats between a rock and a hard place.
Car Guy
R.I.P. Tesla
Eric Peters | 6.27.11
Tesla Motors struck out big with its electric sports car. Now it’s preparing to strike out on a different pitch.
A Further Perspective
Same-Sex Marriage for Methodists?
Mark Tooley | 6.27.11
A surprising turn in the Rev. Amy DeLong saga.
Buy the Book
BSU and the Troll in the Basement
John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the June 2011 issue
What’s the point of trying so hard to get into college?
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