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Friday, November 18, 2011
Special Report
$15 Trillion and Counting
Ross Kaminsky | 11.18.11
It can’t go on forever so when will it stop?
The Right Prescription
A Rationing Advocate to Head Social Security Advisory Board?
David Catron | 11.18.11
If Donald Berwick was a bad dream, Henry J. Aaron is a nightmare.
Another Perspective
Confessions of a K Street Freeloader
Thirsty McWormwood | 11.18.11
There are better ways to sponge in D.C. than by hanging out in McPherson Square.
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Revisionist History That Matters
Tom Bethell | 11.18.11
Herbert Hoover’s long buried assessment of Franklin Roosevelt and “The Good War.”
A Further Perspective
Can’t Face Economic Reality
Samuel Gregg | 11.18.11
Europe refuses to address the root causes of its unending crisis.
The Pursuit of Knowledge
Curiouser and Curiouser
Roger Scruton | from the November 2011 issue
Gadgets have taken over our lives — particularly among the young, who have no defenses against them.
Streetcar Line
Clapton and Marsalis Make ‘Blues’ a Joy
Quin Hillyer | 11.18.11
Fabulous musical collaboration in the CD of the year.
With the Tea Partiers
Ohio Rising
Ned Ryun | from the November 2011 issue
Meet the folks who shot down Obamacare in Ohio earlier this month.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Special Report
The Two Months War
Andrew Cline | 11.17.11
Occupy Wall Street’s failed reversal of American society.
Political Hay
Chu Him Out
George Neumayr | 11.17.11
The “Nobel Prize-winning physicist” pleads stupidity on Solyndra.
The Current Crisis
Who Was Fred Iklé?
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 11.17.11
America has lost a great hero of the Cold War.
The Nation’s Pulse
The New Welfare Swindle
Christopher Orlet | 11.17.11
SSI has replaced AFDC as the New Welfare.
Campus Scenes
Bailout U.
David N. Bass | 11.17.11
A college degree certainly doesn’t mean what it used to.
The Obama Watch
Trust, Don’t Verify
Ken Blackwell | 11.17.11
Trust the Russians to take Obama for a ride.
A Further Perspective
Who’s Lazy?
Peter Hannaford | 11.17.11
Not all Americans are, and they’re returning home to prove it.
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Rumpole at His Best
Larry Thornberry | 11.17.11
How better the world would be if all liberals were like John Mortimer and Horace Rumpole.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Political Hay
Newt Checks and Balances Liberal Judges
Peter Ferrara | 11.16.11
Presenting the most powerful challenge to the liberal establishment in this campaign.
Constitutional Opinions
Caitlin Halligan Need Not Apply
Jack Park | 11.16.11
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals does not require her services.
The Campaign Spectator
Obama’s Tax Reform Trick
Grover G. Norquist | from the November 2011 issue
He’s all for it if it increases taxes by $1.5 trillion — and he expects corporate America to go along.
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Boning Up on Beijing
Brett M. Decker | 11.16.11
Ten books you need to read about the Chinese threat.
Another Perspective
My Job Creation Proposal
Ryan Young | 11.16.11
It will involve beating regulations into plowshares.
Special Report
Spiritual Decay
Jeff Walton | 11.16.11
Washington’s new Episcopal bishop is candid about the church’s decline, but won’t acknowledge the cause.
Car Guy
Avoiding the Corn Con
Eric Peters | 11.16.11
It is once again legal to purchase real gasoline! But is it cost-effective?
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The Right Prescription
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear ‘Frivolous’ Obamacare Case
David Catron | 11.15.11
The justices will hear arguments on four distinct constitutional issues.
Political Hay
Is Newt Gingrich America’s Churchill?
Jeffrey Lord | 11.15.11
Debate performances, rising polls recall Britain’s turn to a leader once spurned.
A Further Perspective
Herman’s Just Not Ready
Ross Kaminsky | 11.15.11
As confirmed yet again yesterday, the knowledge and experience simply aren’t there.
The Energy Spectator
Paul Krugman Flunks Moore’s Law
William Tucker | 11.15.11
He apparently has spent too much time in the sun.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Crude Chutzpah
Aaron Goldstein | 11.15.11
Our president’s ideological and intellectual laziness is a job killer.
Special Report
Colby and Hoover on Film
Mark Tooley | 11.15.11
Two enigmatic public servants whose importance may be beyond contemporary America’s ken.
Last Call
Bully Pulpit
Gerald Nachman | from the November 2011 issue
Is it still okay to put bullying in some kind of historic context?
Monday, November 14, 2011
Campaign Crawlers
Debating the Deciders
Robert Stacy McCain | 11.14.11
Are media moderators playing favorites among Republicans?
Loose Canons
COIN Fatigue Disease
Jed Babbin | 11.14.11
The firing of Major General Peter Fuller underscores growing U.S. military disillusion with its counterinsurgency — nation-building — efforts in Afghanistan.
Political Hay
Judges Clash with Voters on Mandate
W. James Antle, III | 11.14.11
A death panel for limited government, brought to you by the living Constitution.
Streetcar Line
Condi Rice, on Target in Mobile
Quin Hillyer | 11.14.11
Would that others could rise above politics the way she does so naturally.
A Further Perspective
Big Mack Attack in Florida
Larry Thornberry | 11.14.11
The new Republican in the Florida Senate race is not a no-name.
A Further Perspective
The Euro Was Always a Bad Bet
Iain Murray | 11.14.11
But Greece, Italy, and Spain will be better off without it.
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True Achievers
Jeremy Lott | 11.14.11
The ever smart Daniel Flynn’s all-American team of great independent intellectuals.
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It’s the Best Time of the Year
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The Bush Crack-Up
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