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Friday, August 26, 2011
The Public Policy
Gay Marriage Meets Immigration
Ross Kaminsky | 8.26.11
For better or worse, deportation will have to wait.
Special Report
Hubert Humphrey’s Centennial
Mark Tooley | 8.26.11
He shared his birth year with another idealistic, small town Midwesterner similarly renowned for charm and optimism.
Political Hay
The GOP Kaleidoscope Goes Into Overdrive
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 8.26.11
Perry is now the man to beat.
Another Perspective
An Alternative to Unemployment
Gary Shapiro | 8.26.11
Why do we pay the jobless not to work? Why not tie benefits to voluntary service?
The Borderline Spectator
Arming the Cartels
George H. Wittman | 8.26.11
Why was the U.S. government arming Mexican drug dealers?
The Nation’s Pulse
Oh, the Games People Play
Bill Zeiser | 8.26.11
Is there an appropriate age to stop playing video games?
Ben Stein’s Diary
Shore Patrol
Ben Stein | from the July/August 2011 issue
Our Diarist’s summer issue installment.
A Further Perspective
Two-Headed State Department?
Peter Hannaford | 8.26.11
Mrs. Clinton intervened nicely to secure the release of an American businessman held captive in Russia. Why won’t she do the same in a similar case in Dubai?
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Obama Watch
The Laborer in the Vineyard
George Neumayr | 8.25.11
Obama’s working vacation isn’t working.
The Current Crisis
Ryan Withdraws
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.25.11
Yet we know he was not happy with the current crop of candidates.
Another Perspective
Either-Or Conservatism
David N. Bass | 8.25.11
An unfortunate fallacy enters the same-sex marriage debate.
The Investor
The Fed’s Philosopher King
Victor Sperandeo | 8.25.11
Ben Bernanke is arguably the most powerful man in the world. And he answers to no one.
The Public Policy
Rekindling the Dream
Alex Nowrasteh & David Bier | 8.25.11
The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. should not end with his new statue on the National Mall.
The Nation’s Pulse
The War on Adulthood
Christopher Orlet | 8.25.11
Who needs the love which passeth all understanding when you have kickball?
Buy the Book
Malcolm X: All-American
RiShawn Biddle | from the July/August 2011 issue
Whatever you may think of him, he was an American original.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
At Large
Once in Love With Anne Sinclair
Michael Johnson | 8.24.11
My brief love affair with DSK’s wife.
Special Report
Why Government Doesn’t Create Jobs
Green Lantern | 8.24.11
Because everyone in the bureaucracy demands to have a say and so nothing is done.
The Obama Watch
The Downward Spiral
Peter Ferrara | 8.24.11
Obama’s America is coming unglued. Chaos in the streets isn’t far off.
A Further Perspective
Kaleidoscopic GOP Primary Still Turning
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 8.24.11
Perry in. Ryan out. But what about Palin?
The Right Prescription
Preventive Care, Obamacare Style
Robert M. Goldberg | 8.24.11
Preventing cancer patients from getting the new treatments they need.
Freedom Watch
Give This Tax Credit Its Due
Trent Franks | from the July/August 2011 issue
A Supreme Court ruling overturns the notion that private contributions are government property.
Editor’s Desk
After the Quake
Wlady Pleszczynski | 8.24.11
What it was like to experience the Washington area’s historic earthquake.
Reader Mail
Ron Paul and Conservatism: An Exchange
8.24.11
Jack Hunter, the Ron Paul 2012 campaign blogger, responds to Jeffrey Lord’s Tuesday column. With a reply by Mr. Lord.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The Obama Watch
Professor Obama Holds Forth on the Mandate
David Catron | 8.23.11
Anyone who paid tuition to attend this guy’s course on constitutional law deserves a refund.
Political Hay
Ron Paul and the Neoliberal Reeducation Campaign
Jeffrey Lord | 8.23.11
The bad ideas that keep Paulists from winning over the Party of Lincoln and Reagan.
A Further Perspective
The Liberals’ Reality Problem
Ron Ross | 8.23.11
A primer in the politics of denial.
Political Hay
Did Liberals Choose the Wrong Messiah?
Aaron Goldstein | 8.23.11
In 2008, Democrats were looking for the Chosen One. Now many wish they’d settled for the Devil in the pants suit.
Another Perspective
A Day on the River
Bill Croke | 8.23.11
What’s more American than a lazy float on a summer afternoon?
The Nation’s Pulse
The State of the Smoker
Patrick Howley | 8.23.11
Ghoulish government scare tactics naturally make smoking more appealing to teens.
At Large
Simple Minded
Jay D. Homnick | 8.23.11
In remarks directed at Moammar Gaddafi, our president has nothing more to offer than another dollop of condescension.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
Still Waiting for Sarah
Robert Stacy McCain | 8.22.11
Is Palin finally ready to announce a White House run?
Political Hay
The Search for a Consensus Conservative
W. James Antle, III | 8.22.11
The demand for Perry, Ryan, and Christie.
Streetcar Line
If Only Obama Would Abdicate
Quin Hillyer | 8.22.11
This man’s act is stale and counterproductive.
Loose Canons
Barry’s Failing Blame Game
Jed Babbin | 8.22.11
From the golf courses of Martha’s Vineyard to the shores of Tripoli and beyond.
The Nation’s Pulse
Reflections on the Lynden Fair Shootings
Jeremy Lott | 8.22.11
“Gang-related” youths in northwest Washington state go at it — one last slap at American innocence.
A Further Perspective
He Could Always Admit He Was Wrong
Ralph R. Reiland | 8.22.11
If he wants economic improvement, there’s only one thing he can say.
Movie Takes
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
James Bowman | 8.22.11
The sad, deluded life of an eco-terrorist.
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