Conservative Tastes
All Is Fakery
James Bowman | from the September 2012 issue
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Saturday, September 15, 2012
With the Tea Partiers
A Little Less Conversation and a Lot More Action
Ned Ryun | from the September 2012 issue
Friday, September 14, 2012
Feature
A Road to Prosperity
Lewis E. Lehrman | from the October 2012 issue
The case for a modernized gold standard.
Special Report
Feds Put Target on Filmmaker’s Back
Ross Kaminsky | 9.14.12
A frightening violation of human rights by Eric Holder’s corrupt Justice Department.
The Obama Watch
Obama’s Daily Intelligence Brief… Who Cares?
Paul Kengor | 9.14.12
Our president should have studied Ronald Reagan more closely.
2065: America Fifty Years After Obama
Federer in China
William Tucker | 9.14.12
Chapter 2 of Mr. Tucker’s novel 2065, which we are serializing. Chapter 1, in which we learned of China’s seizure of Pearl Harbor, ran on Thursday.
A Further Perspective
Libyan Horror, the Religious Left, and Free Speech
Mark Tooley | 9.14.12
Liberal religionists express solidarity with the State Department’s party line.
London Calling
The Outing of a Right-Wing Rocker
Daniel J. Flynn | 9.14.12
The Olympics’ opening night star Frank Turner becomes, overnight, a class enemy.
At Large
Troubles on the Horizon
George H. Wittman | 9.14.12
Islamists running amok is hardly the only national security crisis the U.S. is going to face in the coming months.
Media Matters
Truth and Consequently…
Jay D. Homnick | 9.14.12
In this campaign, “random acts of journalism” are disappearing.
Flashback
Why the Rescue Failed: July 1980
Stuart L. Koehl & Stephen P. Glick | 9.14.12
(Editor’s Note: A foreign policy disaster in the Middle East, which cast the U.S. as weak and emboldened our enemies, and which the administration in power handled fecklessly and clumsily… wait — have we heard that before?)
Feature
Why the Rescue Failed
Stuart L. Koehl & Stephen P. Glick | from the July 1980 issue
There was more to Operation Eagle Claw’s failure in the desert of Iran than Jimmy told us.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Ben Stein’s Diary
Mr. President, Mitt Romney Is Not the Enemy
Ben Stein | 9.13.12
Al Qaeda is. Please inform your Ministry of Truth.
Special Report
The Shores of Barbary
Roger Kaplan | 9.13.12
They are murderers and, yes, they are Muslim murderers.
The Current Crisis
The Problem With Obama’s Polls
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.13.12
Do not let them fool you. Previous Democrats led by more and still lost.
Political Hay
Obama or Romney: The Books of November
Jeffrey Lord | 9.13.12
Reading your way through the most important election in American history.
The Hell-Hole Spectator
Democracy Headwinds
Matt Purple | 9.13.12
Free speech and Tuesday’s thuggish attacks.
In the Colosseum
More Medicaid? No Thanks.
Rick Scott | from the September 2012 issue
Florida can’t afford Obamacare’s expansion.
The Nation’s Pulse
Among the Dropouts
Christopher Orlet | 9.13.12
Leftist intellectuals still believe money can buy happiness and success.
A Further Perspective
Pacifism in the Dock
Hal G.P. Colebatch | 9.13.12
The Christian-Pacifist attacks on C. S. Lewis come from a long tradition of leftism.
The Public Policy
God and Jerusalem
Thomas Sowell | 9.13.12
Another reminder of Mr. Obama’s ideological history.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Ben Stein’s Diary
What Romney Should Have Said
Ben Stein | 9.12.12
It’s not too late for him to say it after yesterday’s vicious attacks.
The Obama Watch
A Black Flag Day for America
Ross Kaminsky | 9.12.12
Guaranteed to be so by the official U.S. response. (UPDATED)
Special Report
Not a Neighborly Day in the Brotherhood
Jeri Thompson | 9.12.12
Yesterday’s embassy stoning sets the stage for Egyptian President Morsi’s upcoming visit to the U.S. (UPDATED )
A Further Perspective
At Their Most Brazen
Peter Ferrara | 9.12.12
The real scoop on the Democrats’ desperate fabrications on welfare work waivers.
Political Hay
Popping the Bubble (If Not a Blister)
David Boze | 9.12.12
Republicans haven’t cooperated with Mr. Obama? Someone in authority says they have.
The Campaign Spectator
Convention Intentions
Lisa Fabrizio | 9.12.12
Sometimes Democrats can simply be too brilliant for their own good.
Media Matters
The Plot Thickens
Ron Ross | 9.12.12
The self-destructive behavior of the mainstream media.
The Public Policy
Depending on Dependency
Thomas Sowell | 9.12.12
The left is big on “compassion,” its code word for vote buying.
Last Call
Heart to Heart to Heart
Jeremy Lott | from the September 2012 issue
Medical mysteries of the old ticker far outpace the metaphorical ones.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
2065: America Fifty Years After Obama
The President at Dawn
William Tucker | 9.11.12
Chapter 1 of Mr. Tucker’s novel 2065, which we will serialize in the coming months.
Streetcar Line
Oracle: Obama — Owing to Ohio
Quin Hillyer | 9.11.12
Semi-final analysis: risks for Romney and Republicans.
The Obama Watch
Reflecting on 9/11
Aaron Goldstein | 9.11.12
Obama cannot tell us why Osama killed 3,000 Americans.
A Further Perspective
Barack Said What???
Andrew B. Wilson | 9.11.12
His truest (and falsest) words.
Campaign Crawlers
The Gift Shop Campaign
Daniel Allott | 9.11.12
The presidential candidates’ online stores highlight their contrasting approaches to the campaign.
The Public Policy
The Brass Standard
Thomas Sowell | 9.11.12
Once again, Bill Clinton displayed it with unchallenged brazenness.
Live From New York
Serb and Scot
Roger Kaplan | 9.11.12
Defending champion Djokovic falls to sheer eagerness of rising Murray.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Campaign Crawlers
Omens of Doom?
Robert Stacy McCain | 9.10.12
A statistical wizard gives 4-to-1 odds against a Romney win.
Special Report
Yes on Green But No on Green River
Ross Kaminsky | 9.10.12
How Obama’s environmentalism makes life harder for those who can least afford it.
Political Hay
Ten Things I Learned From the Democrat Convention
Matt Purple | 9.10.12
Three days later, a writer extrapolates, meditates, and self-medicates.
Loose Canons
Who’s Better Off?
Jed Babbin | 9.10.12
Our nation’s enemies are grateful to the Obama administration.
A Further Perspective
Punk Rock in the Cathedral?
Julian Henry Lowenfeld | 9.10.12
Did Pussy Riot really advance the cause of Russian civil liberties?
At Large
Changing Pharaohs
George H. Wittman | 9.10.12
Who is Mohammed Morsi, the Islamist leader of the old new Egypt?
Live From New York
American Queen
Roger Kaplan | 9.10.12
Steel mind, big heart, Serena shows the stuff royalty is made of.
Movie Takes
2016: Obama’s America
James Bowman | 9.10.12
Are there hidden reasons to oppose the president’s re-election — or do we have enough real reasons already?
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