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Keep Rockin’
James Taranto | from the September 2011 issue
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Political Hay
Putting Straw Men Back to Work
W. James Antle, III | 9.9.11
Obama pulled out all the campaign stops when laying out his jobs plan before Congress.
Among the Intellectualoids
Devil’s Dictionary, Obama Edition
Ross Kaminsky | 9.9.11
Abraham Lincoln: Not the founder of the Republican Party.
The Obama Watch
All Hail President Blair!
Iain Murray | 9.9.11
Our president is following a jobs creation model already attempted in Britain. It failed miserably.
Streetcar Line
Half-Developed Thoughts
Quin Hillyer | 9.9.11
Musings on three utterly unrelated topics, one of them an outrage, two of them very classy.
Another Perspective
The I-Man’s Last Stand
Patrick Howley | 9.9.11
If you’re not listening to Don Imus, then you’re missing something special: the final act of morning radio’s last great artist.
At Large
There’s No Business Like Russian Business
George H. Wittman | 9.9.11
You thought business regulation in America was bad? Try dealing with Putin’s federal security service.
The Nation’s Pulse
What Does It Mean?
Aaron Goldstein | 9.9.11
After ten years of confusing cultural messages, we now have to remember one thing: who did this to us.
A Further Perspective
Can Israel Save America?
John C. Wohlstetter | 9.9.11
A week in Israel confirms that it could indeed.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
The Obama Watch
Letter to a Liberal Friend
Green Lantern | 9.8.11
The professoriate won’t conceive of it: Barack Obama as a one-term president.
The Recession Spectator
The Job-Killing Effect of the ‘Do Something’ Mentality
Andrew B. Wilson | 9.8.11
Watch out for fiscal conservatives wanting to out-Obama Obama.
At Large
Libya Burning
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 9.8.11
The rebels are taking Libya with brutal violence, racism, and internal strife. Is democracy even possible?
The Current Crisis
What Is to Become of Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.8.11
How cooked is his goose?
The Public Policy
When Gold Turns to Dross
Peter Hannaford | 9.8.11
California’s nanny state is even destroying the babysitter industry.
A Further Perspective
Israeli Exceptionalism
John C. Wohlstetter | 9.8.11
No other country casts such a giant shadow.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
The Right Prescription
Flowers for Obamacare
David Catron | 9.7.11
How Clarence Thomas was turned into a genius by the President’s medical experiment.
Feature
They’re All in This Together
Alfred S. Regnery | 9.7.11
Meet Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ayers, and their friend, the president. Our September cover story.
Political Hay
Santorum’s Moment: The Reagan Library Debate
Jeffrey Lord | 9.7.11
The candidate taking on Ron Paul’s assault on the Reagan legacy.
Letter From Paris
Strauss-Kahn’s Troubling Return
Joseph A. Harriss | 9.7.11
A man may smile and smile…
The Environmental Spectator
Packing Heat
Peter Ferrara | 9.7.11
Long silenced by powerful special interests, a growing number of scientists are standing up to “global warming.” And they have evidence.
At Large
A Sectarian Issue
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 9.7.11
As Gaddafi’s regime crumbles, sectarian violence engulfs Syria. Pundits looking for “the next Iraq” should start here.
Special Report
Challenging the Jefferson-Hemings Orthodoxy
Mark Tooley | 9.7.11
A scholars commission lays a controversy to rest.
The Obama Watch
An Imperial Presidency Revealed
Ken Blackwell & Ken Klukowski | 9.7.11
It involves unleashing the NLRB on a job-killing rampage.
At Large
David vs. Goliaths Galore
John C. Wohlstetter | 9.7.11
Can a small country defeat threats of superpower level — without itself being a superpower?
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Loose Canons
Petraeus Reprises Sisyphus
Jed Babbin | 9.6.11
Gen. David Petraeus will be sworn in today as CIA director — politically his toughest mountain yet.
The Obama Watch
Economic Emetics
Ross Kaminsky | 9.6.11
Democrats celebrate Labor Day and the double recession, while the best — Obama’s speech — is still to come.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Suddenly Last August
Ben Stein | 9.6.11
Back in L.A., achingly missing Sandpoint America.
Campaign Crawlers
The People’s Palin
Robert Stacy McCain | 9.6.11
Are chants of “Run, Sarah, Run!” a populist battle cry?
Streetcar Line
Crediting the Cheney Chronicles
Quin Hillyer | 9.6.11
Dick Cheney pays the price for declining to kiss up to the establishment’s demi-gods and demagogues.
Sports Arena
A Wide Open Week
Roger Kaplan | 9.6.11
Stirrings of hope for American tennis at the great New York tournament.
At Large
Haj Amin’s Jewish Palace
John C. Wohlstetter | 9.6.11
The first of a week-long series of letters and postcards from Israel.
Buy the Book
Freedom Is on the March
W. James Antle, III | from the September 2011 issue
Agreeing and disagreeing with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
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