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East and West
Roger Kaplan | from the July/August 2011 issue
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Special Report
Mitt’s Greatest Hits
W. James Antle, III | 8.5.11
A Massachusetts pro-life group reminds us of Romney’s troubles on health care and abortion.
Constitutional Opinions
Thomas Jefferson Warned Us
Andrew Cline | 8.5.11
The debt and our “broken government.”
Ben Stein’s Diary
Taking Stock
Ben Stein | 8.5.11
A drop to 11,383 in the Dow is still way ahead of March 2009 — though it’ll probably get worse.
Campaign Crawlers
Showdown in Corn Country
Robert Stacy McCain | 8.5.11
Republican rivals fight it out in Iowa.
Political Hay
The Zebra’s Focus Group
Shawn Macomber | 8.5.11
Barack Obama can change his rhetorical stripes, but not reality.
Capitol Ideas
A Remarkable Moment in Washington
Tom Bethell | 8.5.11
If the liberals were so angry, something good must have happened.
Eminentoes
The Legacy of Kwame Kilpatrick
Patrick Howley | 8.5.11
Detroit’s former mayor made history by destroying it.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Obama Watch
The One-Termer We’ve Been Waiting For
David Catron | 8.4.11
Unemployment and health costs are going up and Obama’s going down.
Political Hay
Incivility at the Tea Party
George Neumayr | 8.4.11
The establishment’s panic at a broadened debate.
Eminentoes
Sympathy for the Revel
Christopher Orlet | 8.4.11
Will we ever stop sentimentalizing self-destructive boozers?
The Current Crisis
The Long War and the Budget
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.4.11
Get ready for a long war to balance the budget and to bring government spending back to 20 percent of GDP.
A Further Perspective
Kolya on 16th Street
Roger Kaplan | 8.4.11
Nikolay Davydenko plays the match of the tournament in between some much-needed Washington rain.
The Tax and Spend Spectator
Winehouse Government
Ralph R. Reiland | 8.4.11
Here’s what the sober rich are going to have to pay.
The Nation’s Pulse
Red, White & Republican
Lisa Fabrizio | 8.4.11
The latest on conservative personality disorders.
Sports Arena
Can The Pirates Right Their Ship?
Aaron Goldstein | 8.4.11
For a while, it looked like Pittsburgh was heading for the playoffs. What went wrong?
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
The Obama Watch
The Disgrace of Obamanomics
Peter Ferrara | 8.3.11
Our President and all the Krugmans and Ezra Kleins out there refuse to face the fact that Keynesianism is dead.
Feature
There’s Gold in Them Thar Hollywood Hills
Gerald Nachman | from the July/August 2011 issue
Just let me see some of those old black-and-white movies…
Special Report
Is Endless Government Debt Irreligious?
Mark Tooley | 8.3.11
Rendering to the welfare state shouldn’t be the only option available to American believers.
The Energy Spectator
Facts on Frack Attackers
Paul Chesser | 8.3.11
The well-funded effort to poison natural gas.
Another Perspective
Jerry and Me
Bill Croke | 8.3.11
Those were the days, when Jerry Brown was fiscally responsible.
Another Perspective
‘I’ Is for Indoctrination
Lucia Rafanelli | 8.3.11
Polluting our children in the name of “environmental literacy.”
A Further Perspective
Now For a Dozen
Reid Collins | 8.3.11
If you thought it was confusing in the past few weeks, hang on. Get ready for the super-commission.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Political Hay
Cognitive Dissonance
W. James Antle, III | 8.2.11
The clashing and contradictory narratives driving the debt ceiling debate.
The Nation’s Pulse
American Tipping Point
Jeffrey Lord | 8.2.11
The view from Hobbitville as House passes debt ceiling and Tea Party principles are the new Hush Puppies.
Special Report
The Extraordinary Case of Farewell
Richard V. Allen | 8.2.11
Thirty years ago this summer French President Mitterrand made Ronald Reagan an offer he couldn’t resist.
At Large
Military Rule in Burma
Doug Bandow | 8.2.11
The elections meant nothing. There is no democracy. Political prisoners have not been released.
Another Perspective
Can’t Read: The Tea Leaves
Jay D. Homnick | 8.2.11
A “deal” that sinks, probably forever, any chance that the government could ever be reined in meaningfully.
Buy the Book
DeMint Fights the System
Ned Ryun | 8.2.11
Considering the genre, Senator Jim DeMint’s new book is a great and timely read.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Loose Canons
Slippery Weasels, Deals, and Triggers
Jed Babbin | 8.1.11
With Mitch McConnell in the driver’s seat, the president had no choice but to go along on his ride.
The Obama Watch
A Tale of Two Dealmakers
Paul Kengor | 8.1.11
Obama is no Reagan when it comes to negotiating.
Special Report
MTV at 30
Daniel J. Flynn | 8.1.11
Thirty years ago today, MTV launched the 1980s by playing “Video Killed the Radio Star.”
Ben Stein’s Diary
Return to Beverly Hills
Ben Stein | 8.1.11
Easier done than any return to fiscal sanity.
Political Hay
Extremism and the Democratic Party
James M. Thunder | 8.1.11
Extremism in the defense of big government is a vice.
Sports Arena
Lean and Hungry Cats
Roger Kaplan | 8.1.11
Big time tennis comes to Washington again, replete with lean and hungry talent that can stand the heat.
The Public Policy
The Gold Plated Years
Peter Hannaford | 8.1.11
A new focus on public employee pensions.
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