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Friday, September 23, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
Perry’s Slide Continues
Robert Stacy McCain | 9.23.11
The Texan endures another rough debate performance.
The Obama Watch
Obamacare’s Last Best Hope
David Catron | 9.23.11
Maybe the “reform” law can still be saved if the DOJ can prove the President a liar.
Another Perspective
Reflections on Lethal Injection
Roger Kaplan | 9.23.11
Albert Camus had no misunderstanding of the death penalty.
Streetcar Line
Alabama Tea Partiers Go Local
Quin Hillyer | 9.23.11
The principle of federalism, in glorious practice.
At Large
Tehran Follies
George H. Wittman | 9.23.11
Observers of the Iranian scene agree on one thing: it’s very hard to come up with a definitive view on anything.
The Public Policy
The Good Life, Greek Style
Douglas Murray | from the September 2011 issue
You maybe thought Greece was reformable?
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Risk Responsibly
James Srodes | from the September 2011 issue
The risky behavior of bankers was not the proximate cause of our financial crisis.
Reader Mail
In the Heat of the Right
9.23.11
This week’s Reader Mail, Commenters of the Week, and The American Spectator’s favorite Facebook friend.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Special Report
Markets Shout at Operation Twist
Ross Kaminsky | 9.22.11
Or maybe they shrieked, as the Fed yesterday confirmed it’s helpless to prevent a double-dip recession.
The Obama Watch
A Frivolously Destructive Presidency
George Neumayr | 9.22.11
Toying with ideological larks defines it.
The Nation’s Pulse
Long Live Suburbia
Christopher Orlet | 9.22.11
The death of Suburban America has been greatly exaggerated.
The Current Crisis
Twenty Percent, Si. Twenty-Five Percent, No.
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.22.11
No, Mr. President, not everything Americans earn belongs to you.
At Large
The David Norris Show
Patrick Howley | 9.22.11
Sex and intellectualism mark the Irish presidential race. And one morally bankrupt candidate is putting on a show for the ages.
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Taking a Good Look at World War II
Aram Bakshian, Jr. | from the September 2011 issue
There’s no better one-volume history of the war than Andrew Roberts’ latest masterpiece.
Last Call
The Labrador Doctrine
Jed Babbin | from the September 2011 issue
Meet Bogey, who though much like Gus isn’t Gus the Second.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
Rick Perry, Evangelical
Mark Tooley | 9.21.11
His appearance at Liberty University last week was very much in keeping with the direction of his religious life.
A Further Perspective
Obama Can’t Trade Places
Green Lantern | 9.21.11
The costs of being willfully clueless about the private sector.
The Obama Watch
His Biggest Big Lies
Peter Ferrara | 9.21.11
Good morning, suckers: President Obama is playing you.
The Nation’s Pulse
Wards of the State
RiShawn Biddle | from the September 2011 issue
Michigan is seizing control of failed local governments.
Another Perspective
A Corny Tale
Peter Hannaford | 9.21.11
We have China to thank for a decline in U.S. farm subsidies.
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Comanche Moon
Bill Croke | 9.21.11
S.C. Gwynne has written a fine book for those interested in the Plains Indian Wars — or in Texas history in general.
In Memoriam
End of the Mainline
Jeff Walton | 9.21.11
Walter Righter, the Episcopalian bishop once charged with heresy, has died.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Another Perspective
Liberals Embrace Perry’s Christian Values
Jeffrey Lord | 9.20.11
ACLU, Shriver, Cuomo, Yoko Ono, Reid, Obama stand up for Texan’s beliefs.
At Large
Do Palestinians Really Want Their Own State?
Aaron Goldstein | 9.20.11
With Mahmoud Abbas applying to the UN for Palestinian statehood, we have to ask: is he bluffing, or is he bluffing brilliantly?
Letter From Paris
Sex, Lies, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Joseph A. Harriss | 9.20.11
A brazen DSK strains credulity as he tries to get back in the game.
The Obama Watch
Obama the Greek
Iain Murray | 9.20.11
His jobs plan is the Greek option — and there’s no Germany to bail us out.
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Catholic Controversies
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 9.20.11
Intellectuals keep creating them. The public keeps spreading them. Now author Stephen Gabriel is sorting them out.
A Further Perspective
Toll Roads to Obamaville
Ralph R. Reiland | 9.20.11
Your cost: about $3 million per jobless mile.
Car Guy
Why the Majors Love Mandates
Eric Peters | 9.20.11
Once you’re “too big to fail,” you’re on Easy Street.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Loose Canons
Obama’s Palestinian Extravagance
Jed Babbin | 9.19.11
Barry’s chickens are coming home to roost.
Special Report
Welcome to the Carbon Cult
Ross Kaminsky | 9.19.11
Hot-headed they may be, but the Thomas Friedmans of our world aren’t exactly “on fire.”
At Large
Instability Spreading
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 9.19.11
The aftershocks of Gaddafi’s downfall are spreading south — and spreading fast.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
The Importance of Culture
Roger Scruton | from the September 2011 issue
It is culture that creates economics, and not the other way around.
Political Hay
Feinstein Swindled
Peter Hannaford | 9.19.11
Some 200 California Democrat clients have fallen victim to a Madoff in their midst. Could it turn the state light blue?
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The W. Writers Workshop
Nicholas G. Hahn III | 9.19.11
A new literary genre has emerged: the Bush Administration Memoir. And it’s not so bad.
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Blonde Ambition
Patrick O'Hannigan | 9.19.11
Ann Coulter is not one to tolerate mob rule.
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