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Friday, June 29, 2012

Special Report

Roberts Too Clever By Half

Ross Kaminsky | 6.29.12

And his supporters by more than half.

A Further Perspective

Obamatax Apologists

John Berlau & Mark Beatty | 6.29.12

Obamacare and the 5-4 illegitimacy of liberal pundits.

Eminentoes

The Boss’s Governor Groupie

Daniel J. Flynn | 6.29.12

Bruce Springsteen has lost touch with his audience.

The Nation’s Pulse

Religiously Celebrating Obamacare Ruling

Mark Tooley | 6.29.12

Thursday’s ruling was step one. The real goal remains single-payer social justice.

The Energy Spectator

Hey America! Are You Ready to Go Back to Work?

William Tucker | 6.29.12

How much more bureaucracy can we stand before we’re all unemployed?

At Large

Deutschland, Deutschland

George H. Wittman | 6.29.12

Good Germany remains on its best behavior, but it’s not about to play the sap for anyone.

The Public Policy

A Political Glossary: Part IV

Thomas Sowell | 6.29.12

“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important.”

Conservative Tastes

Laughing on the Wrong Side

James Bowman | from the June 2012 issue

Reminders that human nature doesn’t change.

Flashback

High Court Nonsense: Dec. 1984

Jeremy Rabkin | 6.29.12

(Editor’s Note: On days such as today, it’s helpful to remember that the Supreme Court is an institution to be watched — and won — over terms, years, and decades… not single decisions.)

Feature

High Court Nonsense

Jeremy Rabkin | from the December 1984 issue

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Breaking News

Supreme Court Wimps Out on Obamacare

David Catron | 6.28.12

In a craven decision written by the Chief Justice, the Court upholds most of PPACA.

Political Hay

Barack Bilbo

Jeffrey Lord | 6.28.12

Race is the base, the rich are the hitch: Obama and the Party of the Klan go Latino.

The Current Crisis

Another Olympic Blah

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.28.12

I have slapped a boycott on this year’s summer Olympics.

The Obama Watch

Barack Obama: Socialist or Nouveau Fascist?

Howard Rich | 6.28.12

Which “-ism” is America under his rule?

The Campaign Spectator

United Faiths of America

Grover G. Norquist | from the June 2012 issue

Obama and the secular left are creating an ecumenical right — again.

Another Perspective

Home Made

Christopher Orlet | 6.28.12

In praise of stay-at-home moms.

The Nation’s Pulse

In Midst of Poverty, an Educational Oasis

Quin Hillyer | from the June 2012 issue

“Miss Ruby’s” school outside Mobile, Alabama, gives underprivileged kids a chance.

The Public Policy

A Political Glossary: Part III

Thomas Sowell | 6.28.12

Making a distinction between cosmic justice and social justice is more than just a semantic fine point.

Car Guy

The Aging Hot Rod Scene

Eric Peters | 6.28.12

Why are younger kids no longer interested vintage cars? Could it be because of government?

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Special Report

Egypt’s Hard Slog Toward Democracy

Andrew B. Wilson | 6.27.12

It lacks the needed capitalist underpinning, to say the least.

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Perverse Plan for Permanent Recession

Peter Ferrara | 6.27.12

Perpetual increases in government spending is all that he has on his agenda.

A Further Perspective

The Liberal Naysayers vs. The Federalist Papers

J.T. Young | 6.27.12

Will the Constitution be further marginalized tomorrow — or revived?

Ben Stein’s Diary

Scary and Sad

Ben Stein | 6.27.12

There’s snow in the economic forecast.

With the Tea Partiers

Texas in Turmoil

Vivien Chang | 6.27.12

Ted Cruz may be the Tea Party choice, but can he overcome David Dewhurst’s connections?

The Public Policy

A Political Glossary: Part II

Thomas Sowell | 6.27.12

What does it mean to be denied “access”?

Buy the Book

Rating the Presidents and Their Raters

John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the June 2012 issue

Robert W. Merry explores American history “through the prism of presidential performance.”

Movie Takes

Moonrise Kingdom

James Bowman | 6.27.12

Wes Anderson, in good familiar form.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Feature

Murder Allegation Most Foul

Quin Hillyer | from the July - Aug 2012 issue

The remarkable life and imprisonment of Stephen Nodine.

Special Report

Small Victories in Arizona Immigration Decision

Ross Kaminsky | 6.26.12

But immigration remains unmistakably under federal authority — and a political football this election year.

Buy the Book

The Great Destroyer

Jeffrey Lord | 6.26.12

David Limbaugh writes the definitive 2012 handbook on Obama.

The Obama Watch

More Demagoguery and Disingenuousness

Aaron Goldstein | 6.26.12

He’s back on a racial profiling kick.

At Large

Climate Carnival in Rio

Peter Hannaford | 6.26.12

Ms. Henny-Penny is sure to spoil the Doomsayers’ fun.

The Public Policy

A Political Glossary

Thomas Sowell | 6.26.12

Racism is like ketchup. It can be put on anything.

Last Call

Capital Bound

Kyle Peterson | from the June 2012 issue

A far cry from Fargo, North Dakota.

Sports Arena

Yook Changes His Sox

Larry Thornberry | 6.26.12

Baseball delivers another knockdown pitch.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Political Hay

Immigration Breakdown

W. James Antle, III | 6.25.12

Barack Obama has made amnesty an issue again, and Mitt Romney responds uncertainly.

Loose Canons

Obama’s Watergate

Jed Babbin | 6.25.12

A brazen, unprecedented claim of executive privilege in Fast and Furious.

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Infrastructure Charade

James Piereson | 6.25.12

Demanding Republican funding for projects that will never be “shovel ready.”

Ben Stein’s Diary

Sunrise at Sandpoint

Ben Stein | 6.25.12

A vacation interrupted by very sad news about a great economist, Dr. Anna Schwartz.

The Public Policy

Heading Toward National Insolvency

Doug Bandow | 6.25.12

Welcome to America’s rocky budget horrow show.

The Pursuit of Knowledge

P Is for Poison

Roger Scruton | from the June 2012 issue

As in political correctness, pornography, and plastic, the three great public poisons of our time.

The Environmental Spectator

Coal Matters — Even in Manhattan

Ken Blackwell | 6.25.12

Michael Bloomberg leads a mayoral crusade against “dirty” energy.

Another Perspective

We’ll Always Have Rosslyn

Peter Hannaford | 6.25.12

Why Washington should remain like Paris.

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