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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Feature

I’d Like To Give The World a Koch

Quin Hillyer | from the September 2011 issue

Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch joined the Tea Party movement. They didn’t create it.

Current Wisdom

Current Wisdom

Assorted Jackasses | from the September 2011 issue

Public Nuisances

London Honors Reagan

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the September 2011 issue

Public Nuisances

Adolf and Anders

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the September 2011 issue

Freedom Watch

The Biggest Threat To Our National Security

Rand Paul | from the September 2011 issue

The Continuing Crisis

J. Gordon Coogler Award Rescinded, Shawcross Forgiven

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the September 2011 issue

Capitol Ideas

The Vanity of Modern Liberalism

Tom Bethell | from the September 2011 issue

Friday, September 2, 2011

Breaking News

Obama’s Zero Economy

Ross Kaminsky | 9.2.11

The dismal August employment report is a particularly depressing way to go into the Labor Day weekend.

Feature

They’re All in This Together

Alfred S. Regnery | from the September 2011 issue

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ayers, and their friend, the president. Our September cover story.

Special Report

The Fury Behind Bill Keller’s Anti-Religious Rant

Deal W. Hudson & Matt Smith | 9.2.11

Certainly there are questions to ask a candidate about his religious beliefs — non-Inquisitionally.

The Obama Watch

Achieving Top Prank

Jay D. Homnick | 9.2.11

Our Commander-in-Chief reverted this week to his previous rank of Chief Petty Officer.

Live From New York

I’d Like a Table By the Dumpster

Bill Zeiser | 9.2.11

The New York media has a new set of darlings: the voluntarily homeless.

At Large

Vacationing With Dear Leader

George H. Wittman | 9.2.11

Have you heard? All the right people summer in Siberia.

Car Guy

An Ode to the American Driver

Eric Peters | 9.2.11

American drivers are on Quaaludes. Every last one of them.

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America’s Fannie Pack

Joseph Lawler | from the September 2011 issue

Just how guilty are Fannie and Freddie for the financial crisis? Read Reckless Endangerment and decide.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Political Hay

Open Season

George Neumayr | 9.1.11

“Saving America from Rick Perry” is now the media’s mission.

The Current Crisis

Joe Biden, Presidential Candidate

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.1.11

Now seems to be the ideal time for the gaffable one to give it another try.

Special Report

The Unsustainable Cost of Local Pensions

RiShawn Biddle | 9.1.11

Wisconsin and New Jersey are just the starting point in the escalating war to clean up this mess.

The Nation’s Pulse

Fear, Loathing, and Airport Cocktails

Bill Zeiser | 9.1.11

One journalist’s tribute to the glories of Cold War Las Vegas.

At Large

Back to Nature in Europe

Lars Walker | 9.1.11

It isn’t often that human excrement brings clarity.

The Hell-Hole Spectator

Utopia Revisited

Christopher Orlet | 9.1.11

Some billionaire intellectuals never learn.

A Further Perspective

Joe Misunderstands

Ken Blackwell & Bob Morrison | 9.1.11

The author of the Violence Against Women Act is slow to react to violence against Chinese women.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Special Report

Compounding Disaster

Ross Kaminsky | 8.31.11

Once nature has done its ugly work the federal goverment invariably piles on.

The Nation’s Pulse

Retromania!

Daniel J. Flynn | 8.31.11

Hawaii Five-O, Apes, psychobilly, and why we’re addicted to the past.

Ben Stein’s Diary

End of Summer

Ben Stein | 8.31.11

Sandpoint is emptying, like my account.

Political Hay

Redeeming Newt

Peter Ferrara | 8.31.11

Gingrich is framing the issues for 2012. Will Republicans listen?

Another Perspective

Blown Away

Lisa Fabrizio | 8.31.11

So how was your Saturday?

At Large

Singapore Rising

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 8.31.11

Signs of democracy but still no chewing gum in Asia’s oddest little dictatorship.

Conservative Tastes

Can You Wiig It?

James Bowman | from the July/August 2011 issue

New breakthroughs in tastelessness in the world of glass ceilings.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Political Hay

Why Perry Can Beat Obama and Romney Can’t

David Catron | 8.30.11

The former has credibility on jobs and health care to which the latter can make no claim.

Another Perspective

The Party of Stars

Jeffrey Lord | 8.30.11

The GOP talent pool of 2012 — the Democrats of 1960?

The Obama Watch

Lest We Forget the Abortion Issue

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 8.30.11

President Obama hasn’t.

The Nation’s Pulse

A Billion per Mile

Ralph R. Reiland | 8.30.11

It’s the spending, stupid, the stupid spending!

Special Report

A World Spinning Backward

Doug Bandow | 8.30.11

All over the world, religious persecution is on the rise. You can probably guess where it’s hitting now.

A Further Perspective

Courting Irene

Aaron Goldstein | 8.30.11

For many East Coasters, Irene was just another one-night stand.

Movie Takes

Our Idiot Brother

James Bowman | 8.30.11

Do you sometimes get the feeling that a nice fellow like Paul Rudd is being typecast?

Monday, August 29, 2011

Loose Canons

Lew’s Lewd Letter

Jed Babbin | 8.29.11

Obama’s OMB director will pretend to attack the deficit in order to re-elect his boss.

The Borderline Spectator

Discretion Is Advised

W. James Antle, III | 8.29.11

On administrative amnesty, the Obama administration tells La Raza, “Yes, we can!”

Political Hay

Quadrangulation in 2012?

J.T. Young | 8.29.11

The 2012 presidential race offers Republicans a rare “fourth way” to the White House.

Eminentoes

Adventures in Timesland

Green Lantern | 8.29.11

The paper’s new “Sunday Review” section is beyond parody. Yet every once in a while it produces a gem.

Feature

Remembering Ireland and Fighting for the Union

Thomas J. Craughwell | from the July/August 2011 issue

The Irish Brigade during the Civil War.

Among the Intellectualoids

Rape Victims Inc.

Patrick Howley | 8.29.11

The Huffington Post sinks to a new low in its DSK coverage.

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A Wonderful Life

Larry Thornberry | from the July/August 2011 issue

A New York Timesman joins in to pay tribute to the great Stan Musial.

Movie Takes

One Day

James Bowman | 8.29.11

Anne Hathaway’s Yorkshire accent has all of Britain up in arms.

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