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Tom Bethell | from the March 2012 issue
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Feature
Generation Twit: Revenge of the Professional Left
Charles C. Johnson | from the March 2012 issue
The Occupiers’ real goal is to take down America as we know it.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Special Report
Obama’s Oily Desperation Redux
Ross Kaminsky | 3.16.12
A trial balloon that failed to rise above the president’s rhetorical gutter.
Special Report
NBC News ‘Punk Faggot’ Scandal Erupts
Jeffrey Lord | 3.16.12
Phil Griffin, Brian Williams, Al Sharpton, and Comcast: Nightly News anchor and “Reverend Al.”
Ben Stein’s Diary
The Beautiful Pat Nixon
Ben Stein | 3.16.12
Centennial birthday wishes, as delivered today at the Nixon Library.
A Further Perspective
U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy at Risk
Roger Kaplan | 3.16.12
In Mali’s north, Tuareg forces advance and a major Saharan junction is now in rebel hands.
The Obama Watch
Cheapening the Peace Prize Eight Days a Week
Patrick O'Hannigan | 3.16.12
Our president-laureate loves to wage war on disfavored groups of citizens.
Another Perspective
When Is a Drug a Drug?
Josh Bloom | 3.16.12
“Dietary supplements” aren’t necessarily drug free or safe, let alone “nutritional.”
At Large
It’s Not a Movie
George H. Wittman | 3.16.12
A real-life hostage rescue that lacked a Hollywood ending.
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The Book on Hollywood Hypocrisy
Daniel J. Flynn | 3.16.12
Produced and directed by Jason Mattera, and starring a cast of some lousy liberal actors and Obama fronters.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Streetcar Line
Why Newt’s Narrative Is False
Quin Hillyer | 3.15.12
If Newt Gingrich wants to prevent Romney from racking up delegates, he should exit the race now.
Political Hay
Election Year Math
William Tucker | 3.15.12
It’ll all come down to three states that went for Obama last time.
The Public Policy
Social Security by Choice
Merrill Matthews | 3.15.12
Three Texas counties have a model for reform that proves personal retirement accounts are more than just a conservative pipe dream.
The Current Crisis
Talk Radio Matters
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.15.12
Liberalism is dead, and it wants talk radio to suffer the same fate.
The Tax and Spend Spectator
Tax Hikes in 2011: The Dog That Didn’t Bark
Grover G. Norquist | from the March 2012 issue
The Taxpayer Protection Pledge alllowed Republicans to protect themselves and taxpayers alike.
State Watch
True Confessions in Wisconsin
Matt Naugle | 3.15.12
Teachers’ unions admit Gov. Walker’s reforms are working.
The Nation’s Pulse
Mixing It Up
Christopher Orlet | 3.15.12
Mixed-income housing doesn’t work in theory or in practice.
A Further Perspective
The Incredible Shrinking Postal Service
Peter Hannaford | 3.15.12
It didn’t have to end this way.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Campaign Crawlers
Go Ask the Experts
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.14.12
Why are Rick Santorum’s victories always so surprising?
Special Report
Holder Upholds Voter Fraud
Ross Kaminsky | 3.14.12
Dirty, cynical politics corrupts the rule of law.
The Obama Watch
The Worst Economic Recovery Since the Great Depression
Peter Ferrara | 3.14.12
And all of it a preview of the Great Reelection Crash of 2013.
Constitutional Opinions
Wickard v. Filburn: Time for It to Go!
Jack Park | 3.14.12
What the Supreme Court will need to overturn in the Obamacare case.
A Further Perspective
An Unprecedented Two-Track Move
Ken Blackwell & Ken Klukowski | 3.14.12
The NAACP joins in to take voter-ID insanity to the United Nations.
The Public Policy
The Regulatory Path to Full Employment
Ryan Young | 3.14.12
Who will regulate the regulators who regulate the regulators?
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Special Report
MSNBC’s Goose and Rush’s Gander
Jeffrey Lord | 3.13.12
Shocking audio tapes of MSNBC star Sharpton surface.
Streetcar Line
Drenched in Campaign Silliness
Quin Hillyer | 3.13.12
Romney, off the rails at the Whistle Stop.
Campaign Crawlers
Newt’s Last Stand
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.13.12
Gingrich may face doom today in the Deep South.
At Large
Report From an ‘Asymmetrical’ War
P. David Hornik | 3.13.12
Once again, Iran’s proxies in Gaza set off an early sign of something much bigger.
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A Stand-Up Guy
W. James Antle, III | from the March 2012 issue
Arlen Specter was a party-switcher and political opportunist like no one in living memory.
A Further Perspective
There Is Nothing Rational About Iran’s Regime
Aaron Goldstein | 3.13.12
When Tehran — which wants to wipe Israel off the map — is considered “rational,” who’s left to be irrational?
The Obama Watch
The Chu Plan
Ralph R. Reiland | 3.13.12
The administration’s pie-in-the-sky energy planning is working exactly as one might have predicted.
Movie Takes
Coriolanus
James Bowman | 3.13.12
Ralph Fiennes heroic updating of Shakespeare’s late study of military honor.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Loose Canons
Leon Panetta: Clueless or Brazen?
Jed Babbin | 3.12.12
If not for Sen. Jeff Sessions, who would protect our Constitution from assault by Obama, Panetta & Co.?
The Nation’s Pulse
The Hush Rush Syndrome
W. James Antle, III | 3.12.12
The new liberal censoriousness and its growing list of targets.
The Energy Spectator
Nuclear Since Fukushima
William Tucker | from the March 2012 issue
One year later, there have be no casualties from radiation. But will the worldwide Nuclear Renaissance revive?
Another Perspective
Americans for Permanent War: Target Syria
Doug Bandow | 3.12.12
The case against U.S. military intervention in Syria.
The Marital Spectator
The Church of England and Same Sex Marriage
Mark Tooley | 3.12.12
Prime Minister Cameron finds himself at odds with leading figures of the established church.
At Large
America: Russia’s Afghan Cat’s Paw
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 3.12.12
Every wonder why Putin allows U.S. overflights into Afghanistan?
A Further Perspective
Jerry Brown’s Toy Train
Peter Hannaford | 3.12.12
California’s aging governor still believes in the taxpayer as Santa Claus.
Sports Arena
The NFL Goes Bounty Hunting
Michael Johnson | 3.12.12
Will the league rewrite the rules of America’s greatest contact sport? Let’s hope not, girls.
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