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Friday, April 20, 2012

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Snipe Hunt

William Tucker | 4.20.12

Our president goes on a wild goose chase against “speculators.”

Political Hay

Will Harry Reid Elect Mitt Romney?

Jeffrey Lord | 4.20.12

Should Democrats’ Mormon Senate leader resign? MSNBC’s O’Donnell questions Romney’s faith.

The Nation’s Pulse

Boulder Holidaze

Ross Kaminsky | 4.20.12

Today’s annual Colorado gathering of mile-high stoners can expect to face a “conciliatory” crackdown.

Campaign Crawlers

None of the Above

Joseph A. Harriss | 4.20.12

Disgusted with politics as usual, the French turn increasingly to populist parties.

Special Report

Borders and Peoples

Roger Kaplan | 4.20.12

The crisis in Mali abates — the calm before a storm?

The Public Policy

The Mustang Becomes an Obamamobile

Daniel J. Flynn | 4.20.12

The greening of a classic car makes it unrecognizable to drivers.

At Large

Chavez’s Last Stand

George H. Wittman | 4.20.12

Hugo Chavez is dying — what does this mean for his scheduled October reelection?

Flashback

The Woman Problem: Dec. 1970

George Will | 4.20.12

(Editor’s Note: Political rubberneckers are buzzing these days about the Republicans’ egregious “War on Women,” as if GOP candidates are flying sorties over hair salons and dousing stacks of romantic movies with Agent Orange. It’s helpful, when confronted with such hyperventilating, to remember that farcical feminism is a decades-old phenomenon, as George Will’s essay from our December 1970 issue reminds us.)

Politics

Human Rights Without Borders

John H. Fund | from the April 2012 issue

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Streetcar Line

Let the Veepstakes Begin

Quin Hillyer | 4.19.12

Starting with creative long shots — the Crazy Eight!

Public Nuisances

All the Angry Liberals

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the June 2012 issue

The experience of losing does not agree with them.

A Further Perspective

The Trayvon Martin Nightmare

Arnold S. Trebach | 4.19.12

A shameful moment in civil rights history. 

Letter From Paris

Where’s Joan When We Need Her?

Joseph A. Harriss | from the April 2012 issue

In an election year, the French remember a 600-year-old national heroine.

The Nation’s Pulse

Life After Television

Christopher Orlet | 4.19.12

There is no end to the things one can do without.

The Public Policy

Compulsory ‘Free’ Speech

F. Vincent Vernuccio | 4.19.12

Anti-Right to Work unions turn the meaning of words upside down.

Another Perspective

Smoker’s Pride

Lars Walker | 4.19.12

A parable.

A Further Perspective

My Country Diss of Thee

Jay D. Homnick | 4.19.12

What’s this about taxpayers renouncing their citizenship and moving away?

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Energy Spectator

A Dark Day for Solar Power

Ross Kaminsky | 4.18.12

“Renewable” energy subsidies have become an unaffordable feel-good luxury.

Political Hay

Big Hate

Daniel Allott | 4.18.12

Liberal attacks on Mitt Romney’s Mormonism begin to intensify.

Special Report

Challenging America’s Bad Religion

Mark Tooley | 4.18.12

The admirable Ross Douthat is definitely not post-Christian, as the National Press Club found at yesterday.

Eminentoes

Sharpton Should Have Been Shunned Long Ago

Aaron Goldstein | 4.18.12

We’ll know who to thank if Florida explodes.

Another Perspective

Stand Your Ground, America

Peter Ferrara | 4.18.12

A sober look at the case against George Zimmerman.

A Further Perspective

Buffetted by Obama’s America

Brandon Crocker | 4.18.12

If you want to be a winner it’s going to cost you — and everyone else.

Political Hay

Past Presidential Punditry

Lisa Fabrizio | 4.18.12

How earlier presidents might have been treated like Mitt Romney.

Movie Takes

Boy

James Bowman | 4.18.12

An excellent successor to The 400 Blows and E.T.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Political Hay

Economic Ignorance and the Buffett Rule

Ross Kaminsky | 4.17.12

As Obama’s class war is endorsed by 51 U.S. senators, polls suggest it’s a political winner.

Special Report

Hyatt Hotel Money Funds War on Free Speech

Jeffrey Lord | 4.17.12

ALEC newest target as Rush attack fails: Leaked MoveOn Memo threatened radio station.

The Tax and Spend Spectator

Marching Toward Taxmageddon

Doug Bandow | 4.17.12

Tax Freedom Day is today — next year it could come a month later.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Miami Beach Rhapsody

Ben Stein | 4.17.12

The new show Magic City that is stunningly on target.

A Further Perspective

Robin Hood Had It Easy

J.T. Young | 4.17.12

The Buffett Rule, when seen through a tax lens, has nothing to do with “fairness.”

Spectator’s Journal

Lost in the Prado

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 4.17.12

In Madrid art by day, flamenco by night.

Buy the Book

When Baseball Was More Than a Game

James Srodes | from the April 2012 issue

That’s when someone like Bill Veeck was around and indispensable.

The Public Policy

Mixing and Matching

Thomas Sowell | 4.17.12

Is it up to government to tell you who should be living in your neighborhood?

Monday, April 16, 2012

Political Hay

The Buffet Rule

W. James Antle, III | 4.16.12

Promising all the entitlements you can eat at a low middle-class tax rate.

Loose Canons

Pentagon Forecast: The Perfect Storm

Jed Babbin | 4.16.12

Sequestration, scheduled for January 2013, is already shutting down America’s defenses.

The Right Prescription

Will the Supreme Court Let the Death Panel Stand?

David Catron | 4.16.12

Unless Obamacare is struck down in its entirety, IPAB will remain.

Media Matters

Neutral Objective Facts

Robert Stacy McCain | 4.16.12

Why have the major media become more liberal than ever?

Ben Stein’s Diary

Rough Landing in Fargo

Ben Stein | 4.16.12

A long way from the decent folks of Wall Street.

TAS Live

Thomas Sowell Live, Part II

David Hogberg | 4.16.12

We conclude our interview with the author of Intellectuals and Society, now out in a new edition.

In Memoriam

Mike Wallace: Cheesy or Riveting or Both?

Michael Johnson | 4.16.12

More than his share of compromises will taint his reputation as a no-holds-barred interviewer.

The Inside Dope

Lefties at Work and Play

4.16.12

Who’s afraid of the American Legislative Exchange Council? Plus more on Obama re-election shakedowns.

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