The Tax and Spend Spectator
Government in Full Gallop
Joseph Lawler | from the November 2011 issue
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Special Report
The Harlem Hellfighters
Roger Kaplan | 11.11.11
Setting the stage for Armistice Day — which became Veterans Day.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Veterans’ Jobs Crisis
W. James Antle, III | 11.11.11
Those willing to give all don’t necessarily get jobs.
Loose Canons
Iran on Nuclear Threshold
Jed Babbin | 11.11.11
We told you so, and now there’s only one response — and it isn’t Ron Paul’s.
Another Perspective
Hip, Hip, Hooray, It’s Rhodesia Independence Day!
H. W. Crocker, III | 11.11.11
Ian Smith lived to see all his worst predictions come true.
Sports Arena
Beyond Thunderdome
Bill Zeiser | 11.11.11
This weekend, apocalyptic violence goes mainstream. Finally.
The Public Policy
Jerry Brown Starts to Get It Right
Peter Hannaford | 11.11.11
Finally he’s proposed a public pension reform plan that goes in the right direction.
At Large
Kings of the Mountains
George H. Wittman | 11.11.11
An obscure little mountain clan is quickly becoming the most powerful anti-government force in Afghanistan.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
Campaign Crisis Tests Cain
Robert Stacy McCain | 11.10.11
Did he turn a corner in Wednesday’s debate?
The Investor
Sell First, Ask Questions Later
Ross Kaminsky | 11.10.11
Greece was a blip compared to the havoc Italy is already bringing to our financial markets. Updated 11.10.11 @ 9:20 a.m.
The Current Crisis
William F. Buckley, Still at Yale
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 11.10.11
Celebrating 60 years of God and Man at Yale at the scene of the crime.
Special Report
Retirement Wars
David N. Bass | 11.10.11
The growing “wealth gap” between old and young could get ugly as it dawns on the latter that they won’t have anything to retire on.
A Further Perspective
Sexual Politics and the GOP Kaleidoscope
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 11.10.11
Will we hear from Mrs. Cain? Will it matter?
The Environmental Spectator
EPA Jackboots?
Iain Murray | 11.10.11
Lisa Jackson may not know that property rights under common law offered greater protection from polluters than do diktats from Washington bureaucrats.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The Right Prescription
Supremes About to Decide Which Obamacare Cases Make the Cut
David Catron | 11.9.11
Justices scheduled to discuss five separate ACA petitions on Thursday.
At Large
Libya Heading Towards Islamism
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 11.9.11
That means ever more visible links to al Qaeda.
Special Report
The Texas Tea Party Debate
Peter Ferrara | 11.9.11
Cain vs. Gingrich proved to be less Lincoln-Douglas than Lincoln-Lincoln, particularly on our greatest economic challenge: entitlement reform,
The Nation’s Pulse
The Real Case Against Sexual Harassment
Lisa Fabrizio | 11.9.11
When not busy going after Herman Cain, the media bomards us nonstop with unwanted sexual inuendo, banter, and other forms of lasciviousness.
Car Guy
Why The King Died
Eric Peters | 11.9.11
If not for government, you’d still be riding the ever so fast two-stroke Kawasaki.
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Dearest Jackie
Mark Falcoff | from the October 2011 issue
Jacqueline Kennedy’s delicious tapes reveal her as rather snobby and snide — though maybe that was Arthur Schlesinger egging her on.
In Memoriam
A Great Champion Goes Down
Larry Thornberry | 11.9.11
Smokin’ Joe — great champion, great American.
Another Perspective
Important to Decide
Reid Collins | 11.9.11
A flying lesson for the Supercommittee.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Political Hay
No Harassment Here
Jeffrey Lord | 11.8.11
Racial double standard on display as media forgets Paula Jones case was dismissed.
Special Report
The Problem With Hawaii
Jack Park | 11.8.11
Why give it a free pass for its violations of the Voting Rights Act while continuing to punish select states that abide by it better than most?
Campaign Crawlers
A Win-Win for Republicans
Jeremy Lott | 11.8.11
A general election today pitting two Republicans against each other, with no one else on the ballot.
Capitol Ideas
Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Search for God
Tom Bethell | from the November 2011 issue
There’s got to be life out there, the atheistic view goes, none of it God-caused, of course.
A Further Perspective
The Occupiers’ Corporate Confusion
Ron Ross | 11.8.11
Why this obsession with corporations, which are so much less powerful than government?
Freedom Watch
Economic Freedom for Black Americans
Allen B. West | from the November 2011 issue
When will black Americans finally be “free at last”?
Monday, November 7, 2011
Special Report
The Mob Who Came to Dinner
Robert Stacy McCain | 11.7.11
Eyewitness as Occupy DC attacks the Tea Party summit.
Political Hay
Cain Is Still Able
W. James Antle, III | 11.7.11
To hold onto conservative support, that is.
A Further Perspective
Blame Transfer Day
John Berlau | 11.7.11
The mainstream media gins up a campaign to shift blame for fees away from Obama, Durbin, and Dodd-Frank.
Loose Canons
Sinking of the Euro-Titanic
Jed Babbin | 11.7.11
As the Eurozone collapses, the old continent’s future will only become increasingly bleak.
The Nation’s Pulse
Evangelicals Prepare For 2012
Mark Tooley | 11.7.11
With the now Soros-backed Religious Left angling for votes, will evangelicals stray from the Republican ticket?
At Large
Charlie Hebdo, Free Speech, and Islam
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 11.7.11
French media have shown solidarity with the fire-bombed weekly. Less so the English-speaking press.
The Environmental Spectator
Farmers 1, Smelt 0 — For Now
Peter Hannaford | 11.7.11
Enviros favor the lives of two-inch fish over the livelihood of farmers. A federal judge has finally told them: Enough!
Another Perspective
Under Occupation Friday Night
Laurel Buckley | 11.7.11
An inside look from the Washington Convention Center under criminal attack last Friday night.
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