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Friday, July 22, 2011

Political Hay

The Deal That Dare Not Speak Its Name

W. James Antle, III | 7.22.11

Obama and Boehner are reluctant to celebrate their grand bargain because many obstacles remain.

Special Report

Inhibiting an Oil and Gas Boom

Paul Chesser | 7.22.11

The fossil fuel shale extraction industry is under attack.

Campaign Crawlers

Is It Miller Time?

Larry Thornberry | 7.22.11

One in, one out in Florida Senate race.

A Further Perspective

Fatal Flaws of Keynesian Economics

Ron Ross | 7.22.11

The stimulus has failed, and John Maynard Keynes is to blame.

Another Perspective

Go Man, Young West

Jay D. Homnick | 7.22.11

Is there any point of getting along with Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz?

Eminentoes

The Girl Can’t Help It

Robert Stacy McCain | 7.22.11

How a Christian Republican starlet scandalized Hollywood.

At Large

Wintry Spring

George H. Wittman | 7.22.11

Recent Arab revolutions have been marked by the same old politics with the same old characters.

A Further Perspective

The Phaeton Liberal

Bill Croke | 7.22.11

There is one thing left to say about Mark Twain.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Obama Watch

An Intransigent President

George Neumayr | 7.21.11

He is willing to risk default rather than pass up a chance to enact tax hikes.

Streetcar Line

How to ‘Gang’ Up Against Obama

Quin Hillyer | 7.21.11

Conservatives have an opening for victory.

Special Report

McLuhan’s Centennial

Joseph P. Duggan | 7.21.11

Marshall McLuhan was born 100 years ago today. He lives on through Mark Zuckerberg.

The Current Crisis

Bachmann and the Pope

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 7.21.11

I do not know what President Obama thinks about papal infallibility, but I have my suspicions.

At Large

Gillard Smears Murdoch

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 7.21.11

Australia’s leftist prime minister attacks with innuendo and prejudice

Another Perspective

Sue to Protect Your Marriage

James M. Thunder | 7.21.11

Ever feel like suing your husband’s weekend lover? You might have a case.

The Nation’s Pulse

Casino Reparations

Ralph R. Reiland | 7.21.11

You’d have to be a Crazy Horse to take advantage.

Buy the Book

The College Racket

Christopher Orlet | 7.21.11

A comical and bittersweet romp through the Republic of Absurdistan.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Ben Stein’s Diary

The Hostess With The Mostest

Ben Stein | 7.20.11

The catastrophe of losing Barbara Duke.

Feature

Computers Are Weapons of War

Jed Babbin | from the July/August 2011 issue

Consequently, cyber attacks should be construed as acts of war. Are we prepared to respond accordingly?

Another Perspective

Cut, Cap, Balance Is a Moral Duty

Tony Perkins | 7.20.11

It is easy to lose sight of the spiritual and moral implications of our current debt crisis.

Another Perspective

What David Might Say

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 7.20.11

A response to the Murdoch witch-hunt one would wish the British Prime Minister would deliver.

The Obama Watch

2012: The End of the World As We Know It

Peter Ferrara | 7.20.11

Next year, Middle America will rise up and end the madness, once and for all.

Special Report

Among the Pie-Throwers

Patrick Howley | 7.20.11

Rupert Murdoch almost got a face-full yesterday. He’s not the first or the last.

The Energy Spectator

Energy Independence Now

Travis Korson | 7.20.11

The energy deficit needs to be fixed, and it will take some common sense to do it.

Sports Arena

Runs, Hits, and Errors

Lisa Fabrizio | 7.20.11

Can’t anyone here field this game?

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Obama Watch

Gorby Obama and the Collapse of the American Left

Jeffrey Lord | 7.19.11

Liberalism in America is going the way of Communism. Obama just might be our Gorbachev.

Political Hay

McConnell Is Handing Obama a Rope, Not a White Flag

Aaron Goldstein | 7.19.11

Pundits, rest assured: Mitch McConnell is not one to surrender.

Another Perspective

Harry’s Plotters and the Debt So Hallowed

David Boze | 7.19.11

Evil is afoot on Capitol Hill.

At Large

Downfall: Europe’s Failed Political Class

Samuel Gregg | 7.19.11

Its inbreeding puts the Daleys, Bushes, and Cuomos to shame.

The Nation’s Pulse

The President’s House Wreck

Peter Hannaford | 7.19.11

George Washington’s “re-imagined” house in Philadelphia will never replace Mount Vernon.

A Further Perspective

Cameras in the Courtroom

Russ Ferguson | 7.19.11

Trials and soap operas are two very different things. It’s time to learn the difference.

With the Tea Partiers

Whither the Tea Party?

Ned Ryun | from the July/August 2011 issue

When rallies are no longer enough — that’s when things get serious.

Movie Takes

Page One: Inside The New York Times

James Bowman | 7.19.11

A documentary that endorses every last ounce of the Times’ self-importance.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Loose Canons

Don’t Fumble the Debt Ceiling

Jed Babbin | 7.18.11

If you try to pass “Cut, Cap and Balance,” you’ll fail. You’ll strengthen Obama’s hand and take the blame for any downgrade or default.

Another Perspective

How to Call Obama’s Bluff

Green Lantern | 7.18.11

Otherwise, Republicans are playing a losing hand.

The Obama Watch

Pre-Existing Prevarication

David Catron | 7.18.11

Obama finally surpasses even Bill Clinton on phony childhood anecdotes.

Eminentoes

Kennedy Family Feud

Daniel J. Flynn | 7.18.11

Now that no Kennedy holds political office in Washington, they’re fighting each other.

A Further Perspective

It’s About Jobs

Ken Blackwell | 7.18.11

The president’s endless deficits will only continue to crush economic activity.

Buy the Book

A Romp Through History

Michael Johnson | 7.18.11

Alexander Motyl’s comic novel with half-serious underpinnings

Movie Takes

The Tree of Life

James Bowman | 7.18.11

Pretentiousness never had it so good.

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