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Assorted Jackasses | from the February 2012 issue
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Special Report
Access This
Ross Kaminsky | 2.10.12
In the end, Obama’s mandates come down to someone getting something for free at taxpayer expense.
The Obama Watch
Bigoted Barack, Red in Tooth and Clause
George Neumayr | 2.10.12
The deformed heart of monstrous Obamacare is sick and secularist social engineering.
Campaign Crawlers
The Show Me State’s No Show Primary
Andrew B. Wilson | 2.10.12
They called a Missouri election for last Tuesday — and no one came. (No offense intended, Sen. Santorum.)
At Large
Putin’s Challenge
George H. Wittman | 2.10.12
He has bigger things in mind for Russia than the inconvenience posed by a hundred thousand protesters.
A Further Perspective
No Double Play
Peter Hannaford | 2.10.12
The Obama administration sets off religious wars even as if fights its own.
Car Guy
Unsafe at Any Smoke
Eric Peters | 2.10.12
You didn’t think they’d stop at just buckle up laws, right?
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Neo-Disarmament
John C. Wohlstetter | 2.10.12
Five Cold Warriors who’d like to ban nuclear weapons.
Reader Mail
UNESCO: Love It and Don’t Leave It
2.10.12
In defense of the UN’s “rogue agency” — letters from the U.S. ambassador, and others, with a reply by Joseph A. Harriss.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Special Report
Into the European Fold
Matthew Omolesky | 2.9.12
Croatia’s EU referendum was to be its ticket from the miserable Balkans. Instead, it’s just joined a Balkanized Europe.
A Further Perspective
Religiously Supporting Obama’s Mandate
Mark Tooley | 2.9.12
Expressions of solidarity with the anti-Catholics — but also signs of pro-Catholic solidarity from leading Evangelical figures.
The Current Crisis
The Delousing of a Movement
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the April 2012 issue
This health hazard and social menace is what the Left regards as America’s next great political cause?
Eminentoes
The Pearls of Pauline
Gerald Nachman | from the February 2012 issue
They don’t make movie critics likes this anymore.
A Further Perspective
The Contraception Edict: An Assault on Liberty
Robert M. Goldberg | 2.9.12
We’re seeing Obamacare’s future and how it works.
The Nation’s Pulse
Middle-Aged Man Takes a Holiday
Christopher Orlet | 2.9.12
In which the author repeatedly asks the question: Why must everything be so difficult?
What’s Still Great
Midnight Train to Georgetown
Jeremy Lott | 2.9.12
Traveling cross-country to CPAC in style.
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An '80s Edsall
Gerald J. Russello | 2.9.12
Thomas Edsall thinks he’s saying something new — but it’s nothing more than a return to a tired liberal argument about the right.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Special Report
Justice Ginsburg Should Resign
William Tucker | 2.8.12
If she can no longer support and defend the Constitution, as she is sworn to do, she should leave — and take the New York Times with her.
Political Hay
The Best CPAC Ever
Robert Stacy McCain | 2.8.12
Presidential candidates and protesters will enliven conference.
The Right Prescription
Coulter Care
Peter Ferrara | 2.8.12
Schooling Ann Coulter on the individual mandate.
Another Perspective
Thank Him, Santorum!
Jay D. Homnick | 2.8.12
A Limbaugh endorsement has been the secret weapon of yesterday’s big winner.
The Obama Watch
Obama and the Dictatorship of Relativism
Samuel Gregg | 2.8.12
There is no moral truth and Rawls is his prophet.
The Environmental Spectator
Obama’s Amazing Energy Spin Machine
Iain Murray & David Bier | 2.8.12
By now he’s out of control.
Capitol Ideas
A Monstrosity, Not a Monument
Tom Bethell | from the December 2011 - January 2012 issue
Frank Gehry’s design for the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington is an insult to all concerned.
At Large
Britain Puts All Its Eggs in Two Baskets
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 2.8.12
Can a single destroyer and submarine defend the Falklands?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Feature
The United Nations’ Rogue Agency
Joseph A. Harriss | from the February 2012 issue
With the admission of Palestine, UNESCO shows again it is over-politicized and running out of control. The U.S. should head for the exit.
Special Report
The Audacity of Obama’s Secularism
George Neumayr | 2.7.12
God has no rights in a culture dominated by fashionable bigots.
Political Hay
Santorum Rejects Reagan Space Legacy
Jeffrey Lord | 2.7.12
Conservative stumbles in bid to hit Gingrich as late president, Challenger remembered.
The Obama Watch
Let Mrs. Obama Eat Red Velvet Cake
Aaron Goldstein | 2.7.12
Americans will find Michelle Obama’s obesity prescriptions — and her zucchini pizza — hard to digest.
A Further Perspective
Beware the Election Year Populist
Brandon Crocker | 2.7.12
A losing proposition for all concerned, starting with our country itself.
The Nation’s Pulse
Plains Plutarch
Bill Croke | 2.7.12
Mari Sandoz authored 18 books on America’s least inviting region.
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Five Minutes That Changed the World
Jack Park | 2.7.12
A riveting history of the Battle of Midway, 70 years ago this June.
The Public Policy
Keystone and the Unions
F. Vincent Vernuccio & Matt Patterson | 2.7.12
Killing the first is killing jobs for the latter.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Loose Canons
Pushing Israel to War
Jed Babbin | 2.6.12
When one ally abandons another, the latter is left with no choice.
Another Perspective
Romney Can Be the Next Reagan
William Tucker | 2.6.12
The temperament is there, as is the natural appeal of a friendly, modest, handsome leader.
Special Report
Demography Is Destiny in Syria
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi & Oskar Svadkovsky | 2.6.12
The “peripheralism” and Malthusian underpinnings of an unexpected uprising.
Political Hay
Who Castrated Ann Coulter?
David Catron | 2.6.12
She once had cast iron… well… courage. Now she’s backing the “safe” GOP candidate.
Feature
Cloudy With a Chance of Weapons and Gold
Dan Peterson | from the December 2011 - January 2012 issue
A report from a semi-annual machine gun festival, held just this side of Fort Knox.
The Obama Watch
Caesar Overreaching Once Again
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 2.6.12
Catholic Bishops draw a line in the sand.
Sports Arena
The First and the Last
Larry Thornberry | 2.6.12
A different kind of Sunday double-header.
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