Feature
Betting on Rick Perry
John H. Fund | from the October 2011 issue
He’s a winner in a Republican year, with no need in the world to win liberal approval.
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Feature
Andrew Jackson: Tea Party President
Robert W. Merry | from the October 2011 issue
For starters, he was principled, fearless, and astute. And Washington, D.C., never trusted him, because he knew the real source of America’s greatness.
Political Hay
Currency Cretinism
Ross Kaminsky | 10.7.11
What is Mitt Romney doing siding with Chuck Schumer in his protectionist pandering against China and the American consumer?
A Further Perspective
The Importance of Seeming Earnest
Windsor Mann | 10.7.11
The Wall Street protests ramble on, but is there a unifying theme to any of it?
Special Report
Live From Wall Street
Bill Zeiser | 10.7.11
One clean-cut journalist goes undercover with the protesters.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Go Occupy Yourselves, My Darlings
Ben Stein | 10.7.11
Or to put it another way, Babies, the rain must fall.
The Right Prescription
Applying Paul Ryan
Matt Naugle | 10.7.11
The Health Care Compact Alliance is picking up where Paul Ryan left off.
At Large
We Can’t Go Home Again
George H. Wittman | 10.7.11
Ron Paul-style isolationists are dead wrong on America’s place in the world.
Last Call
A New Normal
Wlady Pleszczynski | from the October 2011 issue
Thirty-three years can make all the difference.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
Sarah Says ‘No’
Robert Stacy McCain | 10.6.11
Palin finally ends speculation about 2012 — and wins new scorn from the derangement syndrome crowd.
In Memoriam
Jobs’ Creation
W. James Antle, III | 10.6.11
Steve Jobs reminded us that making money can also make other people’s lives better.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Solyndra Complex
George Neumayr | 10.6.11
He takes pride in his inferior administration.
The Current Crisis
The Book on Obama
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.6.11
No reporter has better captured the smallness of this man’s modest gifts than Ron Suskind.
Ben Stein’s Diary
I Am a Camera
Ben Stein | 10.6.11
And not everything out there is as perfect as Julie.
Among the Intellectualoids
What, Me Worry?
Christopher Orlet | 10.6.11
Steven Pinker says the modern world is a remarkably peaceful place.
The Nation’s Pulse
Is Keynes Finally Dead?
Stephen Moore | from the October 2011 issue
One would think so — yet under this presidency he will never be allowed to rest in peace.
Movie Takes
Moneyball
James Bowman | 10.6.11
Everything you thought it knows about baseball is wrong.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Right Prescription
The Supreme Arbiter of Your Liberty
David Catron | 10.5.11
The fate of Obamacare, and your individual liberty, could be decided by Anthony Kennedy.
Article
Reflections on Amanda Knox
Patrick Howley | 10.5.11
The Lifetime movie certainly didn’t do her justice.
Political Hay
Newt’s New Contract
Peter Ferrara | 10.5.11
As previewed at the last debate, he’s delivered a product “far bolder, far deeper, far more profound” than 1994’s Contract, not to mention 1980’s.
A Further Perspective
Friedman’s Four Ways
Ron Ross | 10.5.11
Who’s spending whose money? That’s the crucial question.
At Large
Freedom of Speech on Trial
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 10.5.11
In Australia, talking about race is now a thoughtcrime.
Among the Intellectualoids
Mother Knows Best?
Nicole Russell | 10.5.11
Mother Jones investigates the billionaire Koch Brothers. Hypocrisy and stupidity ensue.
Movie Takes
The Help
James Bowman | 10.5.11
Liberal-mindedness at its most condescending and self-regarding.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Special Report
Capable of Honor: Fox at 15
Jeffrey Lord | 10.4.11
The network that saved honest journalism celebrates triumph over liberal media.
The Environmental Spectator
Warmists Think We’re Stupid
Ross Kaminsky | 10.4.11
But they’re not so hot themselves, as a Reason Foundation study delicately points out.
Another Perspective
What the Heck, Let’s Tax the Rich
Green Lantern | 10.4.11
It will mean taxing New York and California — and exposing the president’s bicoastal, parasitical elite.
Streetcar Line
Confronting Injustice
Quin Hillyer | 10.4.11
In his new book, available today, J. Christian Adams chronicles lawlessness in the Obama machine.
Campaign Crawlers
Nine Reasons Why Republicans Ought to Nominate Herman Cain
Aaron Goldstein | 10.4.11
As a mathematician he would teach the incumbent a thing or two about “simple math.”
Politics
Pledge Allegiance
Grover G. Norquist | from the October 2011 issue
Thanks to the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, “taxes are off the table” — and the president can’t stand it.
At Large
Pakistan and China: Strengthening Ties
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 10.4.11
Pakistan and China are bonding over a common enemy: the United States.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Special Report
Craig Becker and Boeing
W. James Antle, III | 10.3.11
Critics see more conflicts for Obama’s go-to guy on the National Labor Relations Board.
Loose Canons
The War on Terror Drones On
Jed Babbin | 10.3.11
A whack-a-mole strategy is hardly enough — especially if Republicans continue sitting this one out.
The Environmental Spectator
Clean Air’s Dirty Residue
Iain Murray | 10.3.11
The EPA is a case study in just how broken our system is.
The Obama Watch
Choking on Obamaspam
Michael Johnson | 10.3.11
Yet one more way he’s polluting our politics.
The Congressional Spectator
Reconciliation Is Back
J.T. Young | 10.3.11
And just in time, giving the Bipartisan Committee a unique Social Security opportunity.
Another Perspective
Churches Debate Troy Davis
Mark Tooley | 10.3.11
Capital punishment again faces much religious opposition — and renewed support.
The Nation’s Pulse
SpongeBob and His Enemies
Daniel J. Flynn | 10.3.11
Our friends in academia have a new target. And he lives in a pineapple under the sea.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Late July
Ben Stein | from the September 2011 issue
Sandpoint, Idaho, was never more glorious than this past summer.
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