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Friday, June 22, 2012

Ben Stein’s Diary

Destination Sandpoint

Ben Stein | 6.22.12

It’s that time of year again, as Goldman Sachs toys with the market.

Political Hay

Principled Compromise

Andrew Cline | 6.22.12

Marco Rubio on taxes and the elusive balanced budget.

A Further Perspective

The Grinches of Gastronomy

Ross Kaminsky | 6.22.12

Big Mommy is watching you… swallow.

Campaign Crawlers

It’s Still Romney’s to Lose

William Tucker | 6.22.12

 But he really needs to work on his delivery.

The Nation’s Pulse

Cable Copycats

Daniel J. Flynn | 6.22.12

Basic cable’s basic problem is that it’s afraid to walk on a tightrope.

Special Report

A House Full of Stories

Mark Tooley | 6.22.12

Green Spring is off the beaten tourist path but a Northern Virginia sight not to be missed.

At Large

A Money Laundering Tutorial

George H. Wittman | 6.22.12

Brought to you — to the U.S. — by the Mexican drug cartel.

The Obama Watch

Random Thoughts

Thomas Sowell | 6.22.12

Liberal logic has become a contradiction in terms.

Feature

Heaven Is Overrated

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | 6.22.12

Earth is where the action is.

Flashback

Delectations: Vermillion (with two ll’s), South Dakota: Dec. 1970

John R. Coyne, Jr. | 6.22.12

(Editor’s Note: On a hot summer day like today, nothing beats putting an old Ernest Tubb record on the jukebox, cracking a Grain Belt beer, and enjoying the sights, sounds, and stenches of Vermillion, S.D.)

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Delectations: Vermillion (with two ll’s), South Dakota

John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the December 1970 issue

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Political Hay

Holder Has Long Been Contemptible

Aaron Goldstein | 6.21.12

Just don’t let him resign before November 6.

Campaign Crawlers

Mitt’s Simon Cowell Moment

Jeffrey Lord | 6.21.12

Stumble over Rubio vetting highlights opportunity in VP selection process.

The Current Crisis

God and Man and FDR

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.21.12

Could an American President offer a prayer on behalf of all Americans today?

Feature

The Road to Heaven

Jonathan Aitken | 6.21.12

It is full of mystery and foreshadowings.

The Obama Watch

Not in ‘Our House’ You Don’t

J.T. Young | 6.21.12

Just whose White House is it, Mr. Matthews?

The Nation’s Pulse

Jury Duty

Christopher Orlet | 6.21.12

They also serve who only sit and wait.

The Campaign Spectator

Political Babble-on Revisited

Gerald Nachman | 6.21.12

Reveling in the clichés of the campaign season.

The Nation’s Pulse

Riptide Season

Ralph R. Reiland | 6.21.12

A summer warning about offshore killers.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Feature

Heavens to Betsy!

John Derbyshire | 6.20.12

A severe empiricist reveals his deepest longings. From our June “Does Heaven Really Exist?” symposium.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Losing Cleo

Ben Stein | 6.20.12

 Just too damn sad. Now she is heaven.

Among the Intellectualoids

Chains of Austerity

Thirsty McWormwood | 6.20.12

Paul Krugman and friends struggle to take back the American Dream.

The Right Prescription

Priceless John Goodman

Peter Ferrara | 6.20.12

The health-care consumer’s best friend continues his path-breaking work.

Political Hay

Romney’s Poll Numbers Surprise

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 6.20.12

Is this a trick?

A Further Perspective

Dimon on Display

Luca Gattoni-Celli | 6.20.12

Our ad hoc Congress is out of its depth again going after JPMorgan.

Special Report

Show-Me State Blues

Andrew B. Wilson & Joseph Haslag | 6.20.12

How unlucky for the state of Missouri that it can’t join the Southeastern Conference too. 

Another Perspective

The Diversity of Ingiald

Lars Walker | 6.20.12

We’re living on blissful borrowed time.

Feature

Heaven: A Symposium

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.20.12

An Introduction.

Feature

Heaven: A Symposium

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

An Introduction

Feature

Heaven Is Overrated

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | from the June 2012 issue

Earth is where the action is.

Feature

The Road to Heaven

Jonathan Aitken | from the June 2012 issue

It is full of mystery and foreshadowings.

Feature

Heavens to Betsy!

John Derbyshire | from the June 2012 issue

A severe empiricist reveals his deepest longings.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Political Hay

Obama’s Post-Constitutional Wingmen

Jeffrey Lord | 6.19.12

Access, bias, herd mentality in Munro incident — the corruption of the White House press corps.

Streetcar Line

Jack Nicklaus, Still the Champion

Quin Hillyer | 6.19.12

Why Tiger’s record falls just short.

At Large

No Confidence in Maliki?

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 6.19.12

There’s more to Iraqi politics than sectarian rivalries — much more.

Special Report

Songbun Communism

Doug Bandow | 6.19.12

Equal discrimination against all in North Korea’s vile caste system.

In the Colosseum

Why I Voted ‘No’ on Ryan

Rep. Tim Huelskamp | from the June 2012 issue

The GOP needs to make good on its promise for tax reform.

A Further Perspective

The Immigration Ploy

Thomas Sowell | 6.19.12

This is all about getting the Hispanic vote this November — but what about after November?

The Public Policy

Sour Grapes Over BPA

Henry I. Miller | 6.19.12

When activists don’t get their way at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Sports Arena

Restructuring the Olympics — For Fun and Profit

James M. Thunder | 6.19.12

This way Rio may not run out of hotel rooms.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Political Hay

Fast and Furious Breeds Contempt

W. James Antle, III | 6.18.12

Might a bestselling book finally blow the lid off the gun walking scandal and the administration’s underlying gun control designs?

Loose Canons

Obama’s Stuttering Covert War

Jed Babbin | 6.18.12

As Iran happily knows, covert operations are worthless if their substance and sponsor are made public.

Another Perspective

A Million New ‘Americans’

Larry Thornberry | 6.18.12

Obama’s crass immigration politics just got crasser.

The Obama Watch

Barack O’Gobbledygook

Andrew B. Wilson | 6.18.12

A President who can’t be bothered with basic grammar (or mere coherence).

Ben Stein’s Diary

Perchance to Dream

Ben Stein | 6.18.12

A week in Washington — ending up in Century City.

A Further Perspective

Midwest Unions’ Desperate Last Stand

F. Vincent Vernuccio | 6.18.12

In Michigan, a post-Wisconsin effort to protect government union jobs in perpetuity is underway.

Special Report

Renaissance of Faith

Jay D. Homnick | 6.18.12

Pictures from the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s exhibiton.

Movie Takes

For Greater Glory

James Bowman | 6.18.12

An admirable conservative film that’s just not very well made.

Editor’s Desk

We need your help!

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.18.12

Ever since Al Gore invented the Internet, the Left has held the advantage online. Well, no longer.

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