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Saturday, November 3, 2012

About This Month

On the Eve

Wlady Pleszczynski | from the November 2012 issue

In the culture of political correctness, rank cynicism can pass as the most moral of acts.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Campaign Crawlers

Butler County, U.S.A.

Robert Stacy McCain | 11.2.12

Suburban Cincinnati could decide the nation’s future.

Political Hay

Of Fear & Fraud

Shawn Macomber | 11.2.12

Our souls already lost, we elect our president out of desperation (or at least they do).

Special Report

Media Bias 101: Benghazi vs. Watergate and Iran-Contra

Paul Kengor | 11.2.12

Who’d have thought that hyenas could turn into lambs.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Rape World

Daniel J. Flynn | 11.2.12

All it takes is a toothbrush to expose the vileness of reality TV.

A Further Perspective

Media Favoritism May Be Hurting Obama

J.T. Young | 11.2.12

Someone is going to be very much surprised by the results of November 6.

With the Tea Partiers

The Real Choice

Ned Ryun | from the October 2012 issue

Let’s face it: We’re hanging by a thread on the very edge of a cliff.

Ben Stein’s Diary

So Much Sadness

Ben Stein | from the October 2012 issue

Love among the ruins — from Ben’s monthly print edition Diary.

Another Perspective

Maxwell Smart Was Right

Judd Magilnick | 11.2.12

Islamism and Leftism may just be frenemies — but behind them lurks “KAOS.”

Flashback

Open Season on Bill Gates: July 1998

William Tucker | 11.2.12

(Editor’s Note: As Microsoft releases Windows 8, the next version of its popular operating system software, we reflect on the pace of life in the tech sector. A decade and a half ago, Bill Gates was a public enemy pursued by a horde of government officials led by Janet Reno — and Apple stock sold for $8 a share. My how things change.)

Feature

Open Season on Bill Gates

William Tucker | from the July 1998 issue

Bill Gates and Microsoft have committed the crime of understanding the Information Age better than anyone else. Now the Reno Justice Department has joined forces with Gates’s competitors to teach him a lesson, ignoring what his brilliant career could teach them.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Special Report

Pennsylvania and the Reagan Pivot

Jeffrey Lord | 11.1.12

Is the Keystone State doing what it did in 1980 — and is it alone?

The Current Crisis

Au Revoir, Mr. President

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 11.1.12

We shall be getting a new government next week.

Political Hay

The Morning After the ‘War on Women’

Daniel Allott | 11.1.12

A partial transcript from November 7.

Special Report

Anger Mismanagement on the Ballot

Chris Reed | 11.1.12

Will San Diego elect a gay libertarian or a snarling misanthrope as mayor?

The Obama Watch

Benghazi Obama’s Core Deceit

Peter Ferrara | 11.1.12

Is anyone really going to vote for this?

Political Hay

Religiously Returning to 2004

Mark Tooley | 11.1.12

While the president may have rediscovered religion this year the religious vote is not moving his way.

The Public Policy

Calorie Cops

Ralph R. Reiland | 11.1.12

Bad lunches cooked up by the central planners.

Another Perspective

Alien Voices

Lisa Fabrizio | 11.1.12

A very useful viewing of Advise and Consent.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Special Report

The Gospel According to Joe

George Neumayr | 10.31.12

Clownish final pitches from the Obama campaign.

Campaign Crawlers

Ground Troops in Ohio

Robert Stacy McCain | 10.31.12

A volunteer army could make the difference in this battleground.

Political Hay

Defying the Death Watchers

Matt Purple | 10.31.12

The Tea Party’s remarkable victory in the House.

A Further Perspective

When to Choose Sides

Roger Kaplan | 10.31.12

The administration could have clinched a second term by being on the front lines of two fronts.

Spectator’s Journal

Are You — and Donald Trump — Obama’s Brother’s Keeper?

Paul Kengor | 10.31.12

Charitable giving is not exactly the President’s strong suit — better to rely on Dinesh D’Souza.

The Obama Watch

Cheap Dates

Aaron Goldstein | 10.31.12

How one night with Obama led to four years of regret.

At Large

I Left the Theater Shrugging

Matthew Taylor | 10.31.12

The second movie in the Atlas Shrugged trilogy fails precisely because it succeeds.

Buy the Book

Whose Rule of Law?

James Srodes | from the October 2012 issue

The global legal standard has far more to do with imposing others’ cultural norms on Americans than with fostering Anglo-Saxon precedents abroad.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Ben Stein’s Diary

He Called You a ‘B**ch,’ Gov. Romney

Ben Stein | 10.30.12

Is it too late for Mitt Romney to talk like man?

Political Hay

Tyrone and Lena

Jeffrey Lord | 10.30.12

The Two Americas of Tyrone Woods and Obama commercial’s Lena Dunham.

Another Perspective

The Historic Winston vs. Barack Debate

Andrew B. Wilson | 10.30.12

Winny wins big — Demos cry foul.

At Large

Civil War in Lebanon?

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 10.30.12

What’s par for the course doesn’t mean a return to 1975-1990.

The Nation’s Pulse

Stormy Weather

Larry Thornberry | 10.30.12

Sandy must be real, if our president is hunkered down at the White House, watching the Weather Channel.

Capitol Ideas

Taxes Won’t Save Us

Tom Bethell | from the October 2012 issue

Chop-logic from Wonderland.

The Obama Watch

‘Cooling Out’ the Voters

Thomas Sowell | 10.30.12

On Benghazi, Obama’s confindence men think Americans are an easy mark. 

Movie Takes

Argo

James Bowman | 10.30.12

Ben Affleck’s naïveté is Hollywood’s, not America’s.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Campaign Crawlers

Is the Ohio Trend Romney’s Friend?

Robert Stacy McCain | 10.29.12

The Republican campaign sees encouraging signs in the Buckeye State.

Loose Canons

Benghazigate: Chapter Two

Jed Babbin | 10.29.12

Treachery and betrayal were the Administration’s response, as the media gives Obama cover.

A Further Perspective

From Firestorm to Perfect Storm

Ray V. Hartwell, III | 10.29.12

The mainstream media’s shameful role in the Benghazi scandal.

Streetcar Line

Romney Soars in Pensacola

Quin Hillyer | 10.29.12

Mitt-mentum becomes him, as he elevates his game.

The Obama Watch

A Cure for Obama Disillusionment Syndrome

David Catron | 10.29.12

The secret ballot allows progressives to vote for Romney and claim they didn’t.

The Public Policy

Dodd-Frank’s Mystery SIFI Theater

Iain Murray | 10.29.12

New evidence of the banking law’s gross unconstitutionality.

In Memoriam

McGovern’s Methodism and Prairie Progressivism

Mark Tooley | 10.29.12

George McGovern’s anti-war earnestness echoed the progressive Methodism of his youth.

Buy the Book

Hustlers, Hucksters, and the Betrayal of American Education

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

The poisonousness of identity studies.

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