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Friday, May 25, 2012
Another Perspective
How About the Record of DOE Capital?
William Tucker | 5.25.12
A abysmal record of defrauding investors and rewarding cronies.
Streetcar Line
Age and Kyl
Quin Hillyer | 5.25.12
The way to beat Obama’s youth and (strange) enthusiasms.
In Memoriam
In a Class of His Own
Daniel J. Flynn | 5.25.12
Paul Fussell was status-conscious when he didn’t have to be.
Buy the Book
In Search of Muhammad
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 5.25.12
A special review and examination of Robert Spencer’s Did Muhammad Exist?
At Large
A Test of National Honor
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 5.25.12
So what is the U.S. going to do about the sentencing of Dr. Shakil Afridi?
The Nation’s Pulse
Meet the Flukes!
F.H. Buckley | from the May 2012 issue
Too many Americans today are “born without a skin.”
The War on Terror Spectator
Terrorism à la Carte
George H. Wittman | 5.25.12
What makes a terrorist group a global “player”?
Special Report
Follow Me
Jay D. Homnick | 5.25.12
A new documentary captures the life of Yoni Netanyahu, whose heroism may not appeal to our liberal friends.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Ben Stein’s Diary
We Have To Do Something
Ben Stein | 5.24.12
Finding a way out of the economic doldrums.
Campaign Crawlers
Greg Sowards Battles Queen RINO
Jeffrey Lord | 5.24.12
New Mexico Senate race: Rand Paul opposes Heather Wilson, Christie supports: Obamacare repeal opposed.
Special Report
Big Party in a Desert
Oskar Svadkovsky | 5.24.12
The lurking reality of absurd borders and impossible ethno-sectarian configurations — and the fun has just started.
Campaign Crawlers
Big Mack Attack
Larry Thornberry | 5.24.12
Can Eric Holder straighten out Florida Republicans?
The Current Crisis
The Great Debate
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.24.12
Zombie Liberals would rather sit this one out.
The Great American Saloon Series
The Farmer’s Inn
Christopher Orlet | 5.24.12
A haunted landmark gets a new lease on life.
Car Guy
The Problem With High-Mileage Cars
Eric Peters | 5.24.12
How will government replace all that lost revenue?
Buy the Book
All in the Family
John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the May 2012 issue
Jason Emerson’s new biography of Robert Todd Lincoln captures a man of impressive achievement in his own right.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Special Report
Nobody Pushed Tyler Clementi
Ross Kaminsky | 5.23.12
The growing injustice of hate crime jurisprudence.
Campaign Crawlers
Ted Kennedy’s Anti-Mormon Moment
Daniel Allott | 5.23.12
What happened the last time an incumbent Democrat faced the prospect of losing to Mitt Romney.
State Watch
The Wisconsin Turning Point
Peter Ferrara | 5.23.12
The coming vindication of Gov. Scott Walker.
Another Perspective
Take Nothing for Granted
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 5.23.12
The political classes should never assume that voters are ever in the know.
The Tax and Spend Spectator
A Book for Republicans
Thomas Sowell | 5.23.12
The “tax cuts for the rich” demagoguery collapses like a house of cards when you subject it to logic and evidence.
Movie Takes
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
James Bowman | 5.23.12
British geriatrics with sex on the brain in neo-colonial India.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Campaign Crawlers
Mitt’s Mistake
Jeffrey Lord | 5.22.12
Obama’s relationships, just like Reagan’s, are relevant: Will Romney fight like Truman — or wimp out like Dewey?
The Right Prescription
Catholic Institutions Revolt En Masse Against HHS Mandate
David Catron | 5.22.12
Forty-three Catholic organizations launch coordinated legal challenge to contraception mandate.
The Obama Watch
The Irish Sue the Feds
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 5.22.12
Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame.
Eminentoes
A Facebook Marriage
Russ Ferguson | 5.22.12
Why did Mark Zuckerberg marry the day after the largest IPO in U.S. history?
Another Perspective
Why I Won’t Sign Up for Facebook
Aaron Goldstein | 5.22.12
Seven-eighths of the world can’t be wrong.
The Public Policy
Big Lies in Politics
Thomas Sowell | 5.22.12
Nothing is easier for a politician than promising government benefits that cannot be delivered.
High Spirits
God Saves the Queen
Jonathan Aitken | from the May 2012 issue
Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee is something to celebrate indeed.
Sports Arena
The Good Ol’ Clay Country Boys
Roger Kaplan | 5.22.12
A complex rivalry is in full swing.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Feature
Mormons and Demons
Jeremy Lott | from the June 2012 issue
Mitt Romney’s religion is the best thing he has going for him.
Loose Canons
Losing the World to Win Reelection
Jed Babbin | 5.21.12
That’s the secret to Mr. Obama “mastery” of foreign policy.
The Obama Watch
You Say You Want An Evolution?
J.T. Young | 5.21.12
The president will live to regret his premature coming out for gay marriage — it’s all in the polling numbers.
Eminentoes
America’s Most Overrated Banker
Andrew B. Wilson | 5.21.12
Jamie Dimon, the president’s favorite banker, cries a river for himself.
Campaign Crawlers
A Pig’s Breakfast
Larry Thornberry | 5.21.12
Florida Republicans are finding a way to lose a Senate seat that was theirs for the taking.
Special Report
So Much For Human Rights
Peter Hannaford | 5.21.12
Dubai’s ongoing outrage against an American citizen.
Movie Takes
Margaret
James Bowman | 5.21.12
From the director of You Can Count on Me, a mess of a movie with a splendid cast and worth watching.
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