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Friday, August 19, 2011
Political Hay
Putting America Back to Work — the Republican Way
Green Lantern | 8.19.11
Hey Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, here’s your chance to lead well before Labor Day.
Another Perspective
What Would Reagan Cut?
Robert W. Patterson | 8.19.11
Social Security and Medicare are not the problem.
Special Report
Waste Not, Want Not
Andrew B. Wilson | 8.19.11
Life lessons from a Swiss entrepreneur in Big Sky country.
The Nation’s Pulse
My Day in Food Court
Gerald Nachman | 8.19.11
Our man in San Francisco offers a taste of the near future.
A Further Perspective
Obamacare Heads to the Supreme Court
Doug Bandow | 8.19.11
Do any substantive powers remain beyond the federal government? We will soon enough find out.
The Environmental Spectator
Suing NASA and UVA
Paul Chesser | 8.19.11
Scientific distrust necessitates academic transparency — and overcoming resistance from squanderers of public monies.
At Large
An Old Man’s Island
George H. Wittman | 8.19.11
Walk down any street in contemporary Cuba, and all you will see is failure.
The Great American Saloon Series
A Guy’s Place
Christopher Orlet | 8.19.11
And the search for the perfect hangout.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Special Report
Neoconservatism Interrupted
Neal B. Freeman | 8.18.11
Once our president embraced its main tenets, our foreign policy was doomed.
Political Hay
A Big Black Cloud
George Neumayr | 8.18.11
Fears over Rick Perry’s entrance into the race.
Streetcar Line
Don Casper, Solid as a Rock
Quin Hillyer | 8.18.11
The world is the poorer for his passing.
The Current Crisis
The Michelle Garden Strategy
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.18.11
Obama’s team is all clowns and small gestures.
The Marital Spectator
For the Kids
James M. Thunder | 8.18.11
Maryland governor Martin O’Malley introduces a new argument for gay marriage.
A Further Perspective
Jerusalem Is Real
Jay D. Homnick | 8.18.11
Why is most everyone — starting with the White House and State Department — terrified to call it Jerusalem, Israel?
Car Guy
Bald Tires and Worn Out Brakes
Eric Peters | 8.18.11
The safety inspection racket at an Officially Authorized service station near you.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Right Prescription
Obamacare Is Going Down
Peter Ferrara | 8.17.11
Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, death panels.
The Great American Saloon Series
Tampico’s Kickback Saloon
Christopher Orlet | from the July/August 2011 issue
Remembering good times in Ronald Reagan’s birthplace.
Another Perspective
A Broken David Cameron
Robert Taylor | 8.17.11
An Obama-like tendency to appear as an empty suit.
The Nation’s Pulse
Where’s My Mail?
Ralph R. Reiland | 8.17.11
“The check is in the mail” isn’t what it used to be.
At Large
Don’t Forget Paris
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 8.17.11
The City of Lights shines in bookstores and cinemas across the U.S.
Buy the Book
When Baseball Was Number One
Larry Thornberry | 8.17.11
And Ike was President and girls were still over the horizon.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Streetcar Line
Palin Cheap-Shots a Good Reporter
Quin Hillyer | 8.16.11
A weekend contretemps ginned up, for publicity’s sake, by Sarah Palin’s camp. From our blog.
Eminentoes
It’s Easy for You to Say
Ross Kaminsky | 8.16.11
Warren Buffett is making sure no one ever gets as rich as he became — or as ridiculous.
Political Hay
What Is a Republican President?
Jeffrey Lord | 8.16.11
Bachmann’s conservative victory puts spotlight on question roiling the GOP.
A Further Perspective
No Tea in England
Aaron Goldstein | 8.16.11
The Left seems to prefer British rioters to American Tea Partiers.
Special Report
The Return of No Child Left Behind
RiShawn Biddle | 8.16.11
Bush education reforms will live to see a new day — despite the Republican field’s silence on school reform.
The Nation’s Pulse
Atheists Attack 9/11 Cross
Joseph Infranco & Byron Babione | 8.16.11
A group called American Atheists is suing to alter an extraordinary 9/11 memorial.
At Large
Argentina’s Illegal Antics
Jaime Daremblum | 8.16.11
Argentine president Cristina Kirchner is bilking Americans out of billions of dollars.
What’s Still Great
Driving Across America
Mark Tooley | 8.16.11
The only way to rediscover its beauty and greatness.
Movie Takes
Tabloid
James Bowman | 8.16.11
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris proves no match for the former beauty queen Joyce McKinney.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
President Perry?
William Murchison | 8.15.11
America is more than ready for this Texas governor.
Feature
He Called Me Friend
Michael Novak | from the July/August 2011 issue
John Paul II was a Pope both blessed and great. A special memoir.
Another Perspective
Pawlenty, Paul, and the Press
W. James Antle, III | 8.15.11
The media and a paper candidacy.
The Right Prescription
Obamacare Loses Another One
David Catron | 8.15.11
But the long twilight struggle with the forces of “reform” goes on.
Political Hay
The Hard Truth About Pawlenty
Nicole Russell | 8.15.11
He simply wasn’t what the Republican nominating electorate was looking for.
The Obama Watch
Grading the Teacher’s Pet
Green Lantern | 8.15.11
A campaign primer for a winning party.
Among the Intellectualoids
The New Yorker and Evangelicalism
Barry Hankins | 8.15.11
Is the liberal elite out of touch with evangelical America, or willfully ignorant?
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Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
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Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
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Dames at Sea
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In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
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The Metaphysical Martini
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Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
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Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
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The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
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It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
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The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
