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Friday, November 16, 2012

The Nation’s Pulse

Exploding Daisy-Cutter Hot

Daniel J. Flynn | 11.16.12

Welcome to the United States of TMZ.

The Obama Watch

Blame It on the American People

Andrew B. Wilson | 11.16.12

They screwed up in re-electing Obama, America’s new Samson.

Media Matters

There We Went Again

Matthew Sheffield & Noel Sheppard | 11.16.12

Confronting a huge yet ignored lesson of Election 2012 — the Obama media’s enduring power. 

Special Report

Religiously Commemorating El Alamein

Mark Tooley | 11.16.12

The Church of England can still rise to the occasion.

The Nation’s Pulse

Inferno Redux

Bill Croke | 11.16.12

Another long hot burning summer across the American West.

Letter From Paris

Epitaph for Le Grand Charles

Joseph A. Harriss | from the November 2012 issue

De Gaulle loved France above all. The French themselves were another matter.

At Large

Not Quite Inscrutable China

George H. Wittman | 11.16.12

The 18th Party Congress sends clear new signals.

Car Guy

85 MPH: Almost a Speed Limit

Eric Peters | 11.16.12

A lonely exception on a lonely stretch of Texas highway.

Flashback

A Principled Maverick: Nov. 1999

Brian Doherty | 11.16.12

(Editor’s Note: Retiring Texas Republican Ron Paul gave what’s being billed as his last speech before the House of Representatives this week, an address that many are describing as sprawling, scatterbrained, and absolutely principled. We would expect from Rep. Paul nothing less. A look back at one of the most interesting, polarizing, and — yes — popular figures in the modern GOP.)

Eminentoes

A Principled Maverick

Brian Doherty | from the November 1999 issue

Can an exception rule? The case of Rep. Ron Paul.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Another Perspective

The Biggest Reasons

Ross Kaminsky | 11.15.12

Mitt Romney lost because the Republican Party couldn’t overcome how it is defined – but there are bigger reasons still.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Master of Ceremonies

Ben Stein | 11.15.12

First, the National Gallery. Then, the Spectator’s 45th anniversary dinner.

The Current Crisis

Sex and the Generals

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 11.15.12

Beyond the sexapades there is something deadly serious going on.

Political Hay

A Letter to Sarah Westwood

Jeffrey Lord | 11.15.12

Advice from a former Lonely College Republican to the latest Lonely College Republican.

Media Matters

Dispatches From the Alley

Larry Thornberry | 11.15.12

A report from Mrs. Kelley’s neighborhood, where a clearly pointless vigil continues. 

A Further Perspective

The General and The West Wing

Matt Purple | 11.15.12

Remembering to be skeptical of government again.

At Large

The Deadly Crusade Against E-Cigarettes

Gilbert Ross, M.D. | 11.15.12

Experts meeting in Seoul this week want to ban a sure-fire way to prevent death from smoking.

The Public Policy

The Need to Explain

Thomas Sowell | 11.15.12

If Republicans can’t expose Democrats’ lies, how are they to compete?

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Ben Stein’s Diary

Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom

Ben Stein | 11.14.12

The Petraeus/Holder/Obama super scandal just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Smug America

George Neumayr | 11.14.12

It is always going “forward” no matter how much it declines.

Breaking News

‘Extraordinary Incompetence’

Robert Stacy McCain | 11.14.12

Will the Petraeus scandal expose the truth about Benghazi?

Streetcar Line

Does Obama Doom America?

Quin Hillyer | 11.14.12

The question so many people are asking.

The Tax and Spend Spectator

California Jumps Off a Cliff

Peter Hannaford | 11.14.12

Dr. Jerry Brown is the new Kevorkian.

Special Report

Should We Raise Taxes on the Rich?

Peter Ferrara | 11.14.12

None of this makes any economic and moral sense — unless one is as ideologically blind as our re-elected president.

A Further Perspective

Don’t Give Up

Aaron Goldstein | 11.14.12

As if you were going to.

The Grassroots Spectator

Is Demography Destiny?

Thomas Sowell | 11.14.12

That destiny could be Democratic administrations as far out as the eye can see.

Last Call

Survey Says…

Jeremy Lott | from the November 2012 issue

An American town enjoys its run on Family Feud.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Ben Stein’s Diary

Covering Up Petraeus

Ben Stein | 11.13.12

Eric Holder is light years ahead of John Mitchell.

Political Hay

Scott Walker for Speaker of the House

Jeffrey Lord | 11.13.12

It’s time for a change: a Reagan not a Ford should lead the House GOP. Clearly John Boehner is not up to it.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Diving Off the Fiscal Cliff

Ben Stein | 11.13.12

Even with hugely higher taxes we’ll still be marching toward default — and the military cuts will make war more likely.

Loose Canons

Why Romney Lost

Jed Babbin | 11.13.12

Countless facts can be cited — but it all comes down to six basic reasons.

A Further Perspective

The Democrats’ White-Male Problem

Paul Kengor | 11.13.12

Among others, too numerous to list in a headline.

Special Report

The Straight Dope: A Telephone Conversation with Peter Hitchens

Matthew Walther | 11.13.12

After Colorado and Washington, an authoritative case against drug legalization.

Another Perspective

The Timely Tragedy of David Petraeus 


Earl Tilford | 11.13.12

Why was it convenient to have him resign now?

A Further Perspective

The Puzzle of Petraeus

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 11.13.12

So much here is not adding up.

The Campaign Spectator

Nice Losers

Thomas Sowell | 11.13.12

Someone once said that it is amazing how long the rotten can hold together, if you don’t handle it roughly.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Ben Stein’s Diary

An Embarrassment to the Nation

Ben Stein | 11.12.12

How did Obama and Petraeus keep their scandal secret?

Loose Canons

The Petraeus Affair

Jed Babbin | 11.12.12

His infidelity with his biographer is the least of it.

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Brilliant Victory

Daniel Mandel | 11.12.12

Whatever else he may be, he does play to win.

Special Report

Take a Victory Lap, Ed Feulner

Neal B. Freeman | 11.12.12

After 35 years as president of the indispensable Heritage Foundation, Edwin Feulner will soon be stepping down.

The Right Prescription

The Five Stages of a Conservative’s Grief

David Catron | 11.12.12

A painful adjustment to last Tuesday’s election.

Another Perspective

Time Heals All Republicans

Brandon Crocker | 11.12.12

Is there something fundamentally wrong with the Republican Party?

Constitutional Opinions

Al Gore’s College Days

Seth Lipsky | from the November 2012 issue

George Mason likened a popular vote to referring “a trial of colors to a blind man.”

A Further Perspective

Europe’s Jerry Sandusky?

Peter Hannaford | 11.12.12

The only difference is that he wasn’t the justice minister in charge of his case.

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