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Friday, August 3, 2012

Special Report

No, YOU Didn’t Build That!

Ross Kaminsky | 8.3.12

The truth is the opposite of what our campaigner-in chief claims.

Special Report

The New Ugly Americans

William Tucker | 8.3.12

Naturally, Chuck Schumer is one of them, sabotaging America’s energy security and world standing.

Political Hay

DeMint Condition

W. James Antle, III | 8.3.12

Why Ted Cruz’s primary win matters.

Another Perspective

You Didn’t Win That

Daniel J. Flynn | 8.3.12

Michael Phelps has a thing or two to learn about Olympic fairness.

A Further Perspective

All in the (Political) Family

Paul Kengor | 8.3.12

Obama’s Marxist Mentor and Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod.

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Coercive Secular State

George Neumayr | 8.3.12

“It’s a scary time to be a Christian,” to paraphrase his ads.

At Large

Wild World of Pakistan Politics

George H. Wittman | 8.3.12

A devious mess like no other.

Sports Arena

Baron Coubertin and 16th Street Tennis

Roger Kaplan | 8.3.12

It’s not if you win or lose, etc. — or isn’t it?

Flashback

Gore Vidal’s The Second American Revolution: June 1982

Mitchell S. Ross | 8.3.12

(With the passing of Gore Vidal, we do our best to remember the prohibition against speaking ill of the dead. But republishing an essay from 1982 doesn’t technically count as “speaking.”)

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Review: Gore Vidal’s The Second American Revolution

Mitchell S. Ross | from the June 1982 issue

Thursday, August 2, 2012

A Further Perspective

The Great Rediscovery of American Values

Jeffrey Lord | 8.2.12

Cruz in Texas, Walker in Wisconsin, Romney on Palestine and Poland.

The Current Crisis

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.2.12

Now the Liberals covet the corpses of Milton Friedman and Ronald Reagan.

Special Report

An Intifada in Fatah’s Future

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 8.2.12

Except it will be directed by islamist Palestinians against what they perceive as the Palestinian Authority’s accommodationists.

Among the Intellectualoids

All the News That’s Fit to Pimp

Bill Zeiser | 8.2.12

In case you didn’t know, Aaron Sorkin’s HBO Newsroom is all about saving Republicans from conservatism.

Another Perspective

Coexisting With Our Forefathers

Lars Walker | 8.2.12

Will young people ever again try to understand the mindset of their ancestors?

The Nation’s Pulse

Liberal Enablers

Christopher Orlet | 8.2.12

Inner-city gang violence hits home.

Sports Arena

Gritty Girls

Roger Kaplan | 8.2.12

The gentlemen are cruising while the ladies are battling.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Political Hay

Inheritance

Emil W. Henry, Jr. | 8.1.12

When Mr. Obama points blame at his predecessor he is pointing in the wrong direction.

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Calculated Deception

Peter Ferrara | 8.1.12

How the Obama campaign is trying to deceive you on the economy.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Up On the Roof

Ben Stein | 8.1.12

When this old world is getting you down — but how can it be?

Eminentoes

Abortion’s Holy Worker


Jeff Walton | 8.1.12

Meet the religious leader of abortion of demand.

Media Matters

Obama’s Mamas

Lisa Fabrizio | 8.1.12

Protecting their wondrous child at every turn.

The Public Policy

Milton Friedman’s Centenary

Thomas Sowell | 8.1.12

A former Marxist student of the great economist and professor recalls a true liberal.

Sports Arena

Meanwhile in Washington

Roger Kaplan | 8.1.12

A great summer of sports continues on 16th Street.

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The Moral Case Against Serfdom

Stephen Moore | from the July - Aug 2012 issue

Arthur Brooks makes the winning case for free enterprise.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Feature

Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Peace

W. James Antle, III | from the July - Aug 2012 issue

The gay marriage debate nears its conclusion.

Special Report

The Olympics: Freedom Adrift

Jeffrey Lord | 7.31.12

The force behind Bond, Potter, the Beatles; Of murdered Israeli athletes and the banned Greek.  

Political Hay

Has Obama Peaked?

J.T. Young | 7.31.12

His campaign must know that that’s a rhetorical question.

A Further Perspective

Religiously Claiming Jefferson

Mark Tooley | 7.31.12

Scholars and activists on both left and right continue to think he is one of them.

At Large

My ‘Israeli’ Roots

P. David Hornik | 7.31.12

A record of folk songs by Theodore Bikel did the trick.

Political Hay

Big Lies in Politics

Thomas Sowell | 7.31.12

The Nazi philosophy of lying to the public prevails in the current administration.

Another Perspective

When All Goes Swimmingly

Aaron Goldstein | 7.31.12

What a dozen laps can mean.

Monday, July 30, 2012

The Right Prescription

Another Obamacare Mandate Runs Afoul of the Courts

David Catron | 7.30.12

Federal judge issues injunction barring enforcement of contraception mandate.

Loose Canons

Romney’s Road Trip

Jed Babbin | 7.30.12

A capital performance, once he got out of London.

Special Report

Will the LIBOR Scandal Help Re-Elect Obama?

James Srodes | 7.30.12

It could also give regulators even more power to misuse.

Letter From Paris

All The President’s Women

Joseph A. Harriss | 7.30.12

Oh, la-la! There they go again. Or, Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

A Further Perspective

The Obamacare Decision and Its Electoral Consequences

Jack Park | 7.30.12

How Congress will put its new taxing powers to good Democratic use.

Campaign Crawlers

Romney in the Launch Position

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 7.30.12

He is well positioned with less than 100 days to go — and among Catholic voters in key states.

Streetcar Line

More on Sports — The Hits I Missed

Quin Hillyer | 7.30.12

Sports’ greatest moments and achievements are too numerous for the record books.

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