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History’s Smallest Monster
James Taranto | from the November 2011 issue
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
Public Nuisances
Liberalism Always Goes Too Far
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the November 2011 issue
Public Nuisances
Twenty Percent, Si. Twenty-Five Percent, No.
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the November 2011 issue
Note From the Publisher
My One-Night Stand With a Real Pig
Alfred S. Regnery | from the November 2011 issue
Feature
Victory in the Desert
Roger Kaplan | from the November 2011 issue
The Libyan campaign is over — to whose benefit? It’s a question probably better directed to Nicholas Sarkozy.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Political Hay
Gingrich Rises Up to Glass Ceiling
Ross Kaminsky | 11.4.11
He’s gone about as far as he can go — but he might be ideal in a more ceremonial role.
Another Perspective
Herman, We Hardly Knew Ye
Green Lantern | 11.4.11
What a difference a week can make on the character of a candidacy.
Special Report
Your Taxpayers’ Money at Work
Andrew B. Wilson | 11.4.11
Big bucks on offer for new speechwriter at Fannie Mae.
Campaign Crawlers
An Opportunity Wasted?
Larry Thornberry | 11.4.11
Incumbent Bill Nelson may have an easy time of it next year if Republicans don’t get over their lethargy in Florida’s U.S. Senate race.
A Further Perspective
If Israel Strikes…
Ken Blackwell | 11.4.11
When Ehud Barak joins this conversation, you know it’s serious.
The Obama Watch
Obama Orders Drug Shortages
Robert M. Goldberg | 11.4.11
He wants increased production of life-saving drugs while looking to punish any price increases. Good luck to us all.
The Borderline Spectator
Mexican Cartel 2.0
George H. Wittman | 11.4.11
The cartels’ greed and love of violence undercuts even their insatiable desire for profit.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
Cain’s Shadow War
Robert Stacy McCain | 11.3.11
Finger-pointing and anonymous accusers tangle the story.
Political Hay
Cained to the Ground
George Neumayr | 11.3.11
The left judges black conservatives by the content of their ideology.
Letter From Paris
There You Go Again
Joseph A. Harriss | 11.3.11
UNESCO’s admission of Palestine recalls the bad old days.
The Current Crisis
Scandal in the White House in Times Past
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 11.3.11
A reading from the much underesteemed George Jean Nathan.
Special Report
Failed Social Engineering in the Balkans
Doug Bandow | 11.3.11
Intervening in the Balkans always was a mistake for the U.S.
The Nation’s Pulse
When Teens Attack
Christopher Orlet | 11.3.11
Why do our urban youth lack a respect for human life?
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Special Report
Bad Economists and Good Capitalists
Ross Kaminsky | 11.2.11
Obama and his minions notwithstanding, we’re again seeing the amazing resilience of American entrepreneurialism.
A Further Perspective
Occupying My Time
Gerald Nachman | 11.2.11
It’s never too late for a non-protester to change his tune.
The Obama Watch
Ryan Schools Obama on America
Peter Ferrara | 11.2.11
Saving the American Idea, alas, is the last thing on our president’s closed mind.
At Large
Obama’s UNESCO Fiasco
Robert M. Goldberg | 11.2.11
A reluctance to defend Israel against the latest pro-Palestinian Authority power grab.
The Nation’s Pulse
Getting to Know the City of Angels
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 11.2.11
A tourist in America’s second largest city.
The Public Policy
Unsettling Claims
Jay D. Homnick | 11.2.11
On suing the federal government over the anthrax attacks.
Buy the Book
A Lifetime of Sowell-Full Thought
Larry Thornberry | 11.2.11
Buy yourself and everyone you know an early Christmas present.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
‘Sources Say’
Robert Stacy McCain | 11.1.11
Herman Cain meets the D.C. media’s scandal factory.
Political Hay
Lincoln’s “Living Dog”
Jeffrey Lord | 11.1.11
Herman Cain’s a threat to both the left and the GOP Establishment.
Special Report
When Hope Fails Dopes
David N. Bass | 11.1.11
Is there any hope for Generation Y, the first likely to be worse off financially than its parents?
At Large
Sudan in Crisis
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 11.1.11
South Sudan is now independent, but its northern neighbor continues to press in an Islamist direction.
The Environmental Spectator
Man vs. Beetle
Mark Hyman | 11.1.11
The Puritan tiger beetle has better lawyers than homeowners at Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Estates.
The Nation’s Pulse
Now It’s All About Endurance
Michael Johnson | 11.1.11
Real runners have found a new thrill in a strictly American challenge, the 24-hour relay race through historic sites.
Sports Arena
So Long, Tony
Aaron Goldstein | 11.1.11
Tony La Russa may be retired, but now he can go back to practicing law.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Political Hay
Doubting Thomas
W. James Antle, III | 10.31.11
The latest liberal campaign to discredit the most conservative Supreme Court justice.
A Further Perspective
Organized Ignorance
Robert Stacy McCain | 10.31.11
“Occupy Wall Street” mobs know so much that isn’t so.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Left Has Become Comfortably Dumb
David Catron | 10.31.11
Our lips are moving, but they can’t hear what we’re saying.
Another Perspective
Obama’s New War in Uganda
Doug Bandow | 10.31.11
How to explain his formation of his own Afrika Korps?
In Memoriam
Bill Niskanen, Trinitarian
Jeremy Lott | 10.31.11
The Cato Institute’s long-time chairman was a man and economist in full.
At Large
In Perth With the Queen
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 10.31.11
Do CHOGM meetings advance the cause of the English-speaking world?
Ben Stein’s Diary
Before Sunset
Ben Stein | from the October 2011 issue
Our monthly Diarist’s print magazine installment.
Buy the Book
Master Diplomat and Statesman
John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the October 2011 issue
In Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon found his foreign minister.
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