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Assorted Jackasses | from the May 2012 issue
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Streetcar Line
Paul Ryan Outclasses My Profs
Quin Hillyer | 5.4.12
The Georgetown gang that couldn’t think straight.
Special Report
The New Face of Terrorism
William Tucker | 5.4.12
Who are those five young men who wanted to blow up a bridge in Cleveland?
Political Hay
Allen West and His Critics
Paul Kengor | 5.4.12
About those “78 to 81” congressional Democrats who are “communists.”
A Further Perspective
Happy 40th Birthday, Jon Will!
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 5.4.12
Down syndrome and the richness of life.
Politics
Incumbency Shakers
John H. Fund | from the May 2012 issue
Incumbents are more entrenched than ever.
Flashback
The Reagan Doctrine: March 1985
Gregory A. Fossedal | 5.4.12
(Editor’s Note: When our current president let slip over a hot mic that he can offer the Russians more “flexibility” on missile defense after his re-election, we hearkened back to this 1985 essay on Reagan’s doctrine of peace through strength. While others preferred the macabre math of Mutually Assured Destruction, Reagan refused to trade away strategic defenses — even when they were derided as “Star Wars.”)
Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Current Crisis
Osama bin Laden a Year Later
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.3.12
It has been a happy year against terrorism.
The Obama Watch
Obama Steals Mao’s Slogan
Jeffrey Lord | 5.3.12
“Great Leap Forward” is Americanized to “Forward” — a socialist campaign blunders.
Special Report
North Korea: The Gulag State
Doug Bandow | 5.3.12
Breaching the conspiracy of silence surrounding North Korea’s prison camps.
A Further Perspective
Speculators and Manipulators
Ron Ross | 5.3.12
Obama’s latest blame game contestants.
The Nation’s Pulse
The Affections of Wendell Berry
Christopher Orlet | 5.3.12
A true Jeffersonian delivers the Annual Jefferson Lecture.
At Large
Down Mexico Way
George H. Wittman | 5.3.12
Where are the Earp boys and Blackjack Pershing when you need them? Instead we have growing paramilitary units.
Buy the Book
Two Cheers for Tyrannicide
Aram Bakshian, Jr. | from the May 2012 issue
Jonah Goldberg catches liberals cheating again — big time.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Ben Stein’s Diary
Bad Day in Rancho Mirage
Ben Stein | 5.2.12
An extremely bad day, and not just there.
Special Report
Another ‘Green Energy’ Failure?
Mark Hyman | 5.2.12
Another Obama-Biden success story? Mitt Romney blamed.
The Obama Watch
Spiking the Bin Laden Football
Ross Kaminsky | 5.2.12
Barack Obama thinks that the EPA’s relationship to jobs should be the same as the Navy SEAL’s relationship to Osama bin Laden.
The Campaign Spectator
Demography, Destiny, and Delusion
Grover G. Norquist | from the May 2012 issue
Liberals’ focus on race ignores what really drives voter behavior.
A Further Perspective
The Immorality of Obamanomics
Peter Ferrara | 5.2.12
Lying, stealing, and corruption are its fundaments.
Political Hay
Square Deal for America
Lisa Fabrizio | 5.2.12
How many rock star presidents can we survive?
Another Perspective
Glamour of Evil or Glimmer of Hope?
Patrick O'Hannigan | 5.2.12
Assessing reaction to The Hunger Games.
The Public Policy
A Cynical Process: Part II
Thomas Sowell | 5.2.12
Barack Obama may win re-election by turning the United States into Detroit writ large.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Feature
Scott Brown’s Balancing Act
W. James Antle, III | from the May 2012 issue
It’s not easy being Brown in a blue state.
Political Hay
Hunger Games Wisdom
Ross Kaminsky | 5.1.12
President Obama has yet to understand that the next president will be cleaning up his messes.
Breaking News
Soros Election-Rigging Project Dies?
Matthew Vadum | 5.1.12
The mysterious disappearance of the Secretary of State Project.
Eminentoes
Ed Schultz: The Third Least Influential Person Alive
Jeffrey Lord | 5.1.12
Union money, liberal big donor start-up spiced by a bad case of Hannity-envy.
A Further Perspective
The War on Terror Isn’t Over
Aaron Goldstein | 5.1.12
Does our president think the Taliban wouldn’t give safe harbor to al Qaeda if again given the opportunity?
Movie Takes
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope
James Bowman | 5.1.12
From the documentarian of Super Size Me, a rather earnest, unsatirical look at comic book geeks.
The Public Policy
A Cynical Process
Thomas Sowell | 5.1.12
Labor unions have a lot in common with the United Nations.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Special Report
Paul Ryan, the Catfish-Wrestling Cult Leader
Ross Kaminsky | 4.30.12
The New York Times’ latest smear of America’s leading conservative Republican.
Political Hay
The Last Man Standing
W. James Antle, III | 4.30.12
Ron Paul’s under-the-radar delegate pickups are the last obstacle on Romney’s road to the nomination.
Loose Canons
Romney’s Reflexes
Jed Babbin | 4.30.12
Like a jet pilot in an OODA loop, he needs to seize on the opportunities Obama is giving him.
Political Hay
Republicans and Women’s Rights: A Brief Reality Check
David Catron | 4.30.12
The GOP’s longstanding “war on women” includes such horrors as giving them the vote.
Another Perspective
London’s Cool Conservative
Robert Taylor | 4.30.12
Why the delightful Boris Johnson will win re-election this week.
The Obama Watch
President Mini-Me and the 2012 Election
Andrew B. Wilson | 4.30.12
By becoming insufferable our president is becoming his own worst enemy.
Spectator’s Journal
Visiting FDR’s Little White House
Mark Tooley | 4.30.12
America’s 32nd president died here, in a unique presidential home that hasn’t changed since April 1945.
High Spirits
Burma’s New Day
Jonathan Aitken | from the April 2012 issue
President Thein Sein is starting to look like an F.W. de Klerk figure of reconciliation.
Conservative Tastes
Honor Bound
James Bowman | from the April 2012 issue
“Put your pain in a box and lock it down,” we’re instructed — correctly — in Act of Valor.
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