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Ben Stein | from the July - Aug 2012 issue
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Special Report
An Amazing Public Sector Success Story
Andrew B. Wilson | 8.17.12
Too bad it’s the kind that can’t happen in Barack Obama’s America.
The Right Prescription
The New Face of Health Care — the IRS
Peter Ferrara | 8.17.12
Obamacare has its enforcer in place and ready to roll.
Special Report
This Could Be Its Finest Hour
Mark Tooley | 8.17.12
The Church of England defends traditional marriage reverently, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God.
A Further Perspective
Vouching for Bobby Jindal
Kevin Mooney | 8.17.12
The education establishments wants him recalled, even as as education reforms are felt far beyond Louisiana.
The Energy Spectator
Obama’s Federal Land Grab
William Tucker | 8.17.12
Enviros used to oppose any use of America’s federal lands. Now they want it to be the source of “renewable energy.” Welcome to America’s two economies.
At Large
Travels With Hillary
George H. Wittman | 8.17.12
A secretary of state who’s on a perpetual grand tour.
Sports Arena
Were You Thinking What I Was Thinking?
Michael Johnson | 8.17.12
The sexual undertones of the Olympics are now so blatant that some viewers don’t care who wins — they just stare.
Movie Takes
The Campaign
James Bowman | 8.17.12
The Koch Brothers for the Dumb and Dumber set — Hollywood’s idea of incisive political satire.
Flashback
Helen Dear: April 2000
Florence King | 8.17.12
(Editor’s Note: Helen Gurley Brown, whose life’s work was editing Cosmopolitan magazine, died Monday aged 90. Not to judge a magazine by it’s cover, but featured articles on Cosmo’s website the next day included: “Why Every Woman Needs a Gaggle of Guys,” “Should You Stop Shaving Down There?” and “30 Things to Do to a Naked Man.” We can only conclude that Gurley, somewhere, is smilng down on womankind.)
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Special Report
Leo Gerard and the Chicago Thugs
Jeffrey Lord | 8.16.12
Is Obama appointee the link between the Obama campaign and the Obama SuperPAC?
The Current Crisis
Harry Reid’s Cow and Joe Biden’s Parrot
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.16.12
The Senate majority leader continues to stonewall on a sensitive matter.
Campaign Crawlers
Homecoming Day
Robert Stacy McCain | 8.16.12
Paul Ryan gets a warm welcome at his Ohio alma mater.
The Congressional Spectator
Worst Congress Ever?
Iain Murray & Marc Scribner | 8.16.12
That’s what the evidence points to.
Ben Stein’s Diary
Summer in the Enchanted Kingdom
Ben Stein | 8.16.12
It may include a dark storm and some thoughts about supply side and taxes on the rich.
The Nation’s Pulse
Drought Land
Christopher Orlet | 8.16.12
What happens to the land and water affects us all.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Campaign Crawlers
Buckeye Battleground
Robert Stacy McCain | 8.15.12
In Ohio, Romney fights back against Obama’s campaign of “anger and hate.”
Special Report
A Book That Changed Reality
Samuel Gregg | 8.15.12
Thirty years ago saw the publication of Michael Novak’s The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism — which couldn’t be timelier today.
A Further Perspective
Obama’s Iftar Dinner
George Neumayr | 8.15.12
He touts Islam as a religion that Sandra Fluke could like.
At Large
A Lost Opportunity of Historic Proportions
Daniel Mandel | 8.15.12
Why the British Mandate failed and helped produce an Arab war on Zionism instead.
The Obama Watch
The President’s Snub
Daniel Allott | 8.15.12
Unlike his predecessors, our current president is not one to be clubby with former presidents.
The Campaign Spectator
The Sum of All Fears
Lisa Fabrizio | 8.15.12
Paul Ryan is hardly the only terrifying character in the Republican hall of shame.
Last Call
Gay Like Me
Gerald Nachman | from the July - Aug 2012 issue
Getting on the right side of history can’t wait.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Streetcar Line
Paul Ryan’s Bipartisan Selling Points
Quin Hillyer | 8.14.12
Democrats aplenty have endorsed Medicare grants.
Political Hay
Why Ryan Terrifies the Left
Jeffrey Lord | 8.14.12
Reagan, Kemp, and Mark Levin: Natural Rights and a challenge to moral superiority.
A Further Perspective
Mistaking Target for Culprit
J.T. Young | 8.14.12
Military spending, which has been in relative decline, will be punished further as ever rising mandatory spending goes untouched.
Another Perspective
Needed: Judicial Activism
Ryan Young & David Deerson | 8.14.12
Constitutional restraints trump judicial restraint.
At Large
What Do the Jews Have to Do?
Aaron Goldstein | 8.14.12
Arab/Muslim hatred of the Jews is the Jews’ fault?
The Public Policy
The Paul Ryan Choice
Thomas Sowell | 8.14.12
It will be harder for Mr. Obama to run away from the hard facts of his misrule.
Buy the Book
Bring Out Yer Dead!
Ray V. Hartwell, III | 8.14.12
A new book on voter fraud demonstrates that what’s good for Monty Python is bad for reliable elections.
Movie Takes
The Dark Knight Rises
James Bowman | 8.14.12
Why have some conservatives fallen for this formulaic film?
Monday, August 13, 2012
Campaign Crawlers
Shout It Out Loud
Robert Stacy McCain | 8.13.12
Romney’s bold choice has Republicans ready to rock.
Political Hay
Don’t Look Back
W. James Antle, III | 8.13.12
Choosing Paul Ryan makes it pointless for Mitt Romney to try to return to his Massachusetts ways — except as a fiscal problem-solver.
Loose Canons
Romney-Ryan: The Turnaround Boys
Jed Babbin | 8.13.12
Who else but Paul Ryan for veep, indeed?
The Right Prescription
Paul Ryan as the Great Destroyer
David Catron | 8.13.12
How a young congressional policy wonk was transformed into the Shiva of Medicare.
Another Perspective
Elizabeth Warren Dips into FDR’s Bag of Dirty Tricks
Burton Folsom, Jr. & Anita Folsom | 8.13.12
Buying the votes of welfare recipients in most blatant way.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Labor Theory of Value
Ron Ross | 8.13.12
The Marxian underpinnings of “you didn’t build that.”
Sports Arena
The Great Games
Roger Kaplan | 8.13.12
Extravagance and Sportocracy are not new, and they cannot kill the spirit of sports.
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