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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Friday, December 14, 2012

Ben Stein’s Diary

Zero Interest

Ben Stein | 12.14.12

Bob Bartley still has Ben Bernanke figured out.

Special Report

We Cheer for Michigan

Ivan Osorio | 12.14.12

The expected surprise of Michigan right to work.

A Further Perspective

Feeding Obama’s Government Class

Paul Kengor | 12.14.12

Tax increases are its lifeblood, which is why Republican must just say no.

The Nation’s Pulse

Nothing Is Real

Daniel J. Flynn | 12.14.12

At least not on reality TV — and Boob Tubus Americanus loves it that way.

The Energy Spectator

Energy to Spare

Doug Bandow | 12.14.12

North America is abundant with energy sources and clean technology — all that’s missing is the political and cultural will to free ourselves from the Middle East.

At Large

Syria Backstory

George H. Wittman | 12.14.12

If Assad is to be replaced, who will replace the Alawites?

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It Isn’t Easy Being Green

John C. Goodman | 12.14.12

The case of the missing 100 watt light bulb — just for starters as we begin to face the next four years.

Movie Takes

Silver Linings Playbook

James Bowman | 12.14.12

Even in our therapeutic times, love and madness do go hand in hand.

Flashback

It’s the Best Time of the Year: Dec. 1995

Mark Steyn | 12.14.12

(Editor’s Note: Christmas truly is a wonderful time of year. But over time, some objected to its traditions — and to the very idea of a shared American culture. Now you can hardly say “Merry Christmas” in some circles without being labeled a heteronormative, patriarchal theocrat in favor of mass elf slavery.)

Feature

It’s the Best Time of the Year

Mark Steyn | from the December 1995 issue

The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Special Report

Analyzing Egypt

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 12.13.12

Mohammed Morsi and the Islamists have the upper hand heading into Saturday’s referendum.

Political Hay

Speaker George H.W. Bush?

Jeffrey Lord | 12.13.12

Will 16 House GOP members keep John Boehner from a 1990 replay? Losing the base — and the House.

The Hell-Hole Spectator

North Korea’s Rocket Man

Doug Bandow | 12.13.12

Kim Jong-un is also proving his regime is unreformable.

The Current Crisis

Save the Middle Class… and Everyone Else

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.13.12

There’s no escaping it: the problem is spending.

The Nation’s Pulse

Romance in the Ruins

Bill Croke | 12.13.12

Life as a single seems to have become the American norm.

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A City in Heaven

Matthew Taylor | 12.13.12

Reagan pushed “a city on a hill” into our political lexicon, to the point where the metaphor’s Biblical and Puritan roots lie mostly forgotten.

Another Perspective

Autumn Leaves

Reid Collins | 12.13.12

Smoke-free leaf removal leaves something to be desired.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Ben Stein’s Diary

He’s Discouraging

Ben Stein | 12.12.12

Slicker than an oil slick when he needs to be.

Special Report

Replacing Speaker Boehner

Peter Ferrara | 12.12.12

Here’s how and why it has to be done.

Political Hay

Countdown to Capitulation

George Neumayr | 12.12.12

The GOP has already accepted that its role is to follow, not lead.

Feature

Prepare for the Worst

Ross Kaminsky | from the December 2012 - January 2013 issue

We will soon suffer the death, or at least the crippling, of a thousand regulatory cuts.

Capitol Ideas

Fifty Years in America

Tom Bethell | from the December 2012 - January 2013 issue

Our longtime Capitol Ideas columnist looks back.

Another Perspective

The Person of the Year Can Be a Thing

Frank Schell | 12.12.12

Time magazine has a final option before tomorrow’s big announcement.

Conservative Tastes

Christmas Books

Thomas Sowell | 12.12.12

Holiday reading for the conservative shopper.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Political Hay

Obama Scam Admitted: Bush Tax Cuts Worked

Jeffrey Lord | 12.11.12

Geithner report signed by President details tax cut success: Rich Google ally evades taxes.

The Obama Watch

Why Rice?

J.T. Young | 12.11.12

In sticking by Susan Rice, Obama has the most to lose.

The Tax and Spend Spectator

Taxing the Wealthy Will Never Suffice

Aaron Goldstein | 12.11.12

Which is why our president is wedded to the idea.

A Further Perspective

Susan Rice for Secretary of State?

Roger Kaplan | 12.11.12

The candidate to succeed Hillary Clinton has whose interests in mind?

Special Report

Historic Home or Grassy Strip?

Peter Hannaford | 12.11.12

The University of Chicago is about to demolish Ronald Reagan’s early childhood home. Can it be stopped?

Media Matters

More Pants Than Fire

Jay D. Homnick | 12.11.12

PolitiFact’s Lies of the Year fall short in any mental fact check.

The Public Policy

Taxing the Poor

Thomas Sowell | 12.11.12

Inflation is the meanest tax — and it even affects welfare benefits in cruel ways.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Ben Stein’s Diary

Skyfall Times Seven

Ben Stein | 12.10.12

Engaging the world on a Rancho Mirage Sunday.

Loose Canons

Throwing Conservatives Off the Fiscal Cliff

Jed Babbin | 12.10.12

Will conservatives tolerate Speaker Boehner sacrificing them to make a bad deal?

Political Hay

Time for Some Ju-Jitsu

William Tucker | 12.10.12

A way out for Republicans tired of being bullied by Obama and goons.

Special Report

The New Government Class

Paul Kengor | 12.10.12

The more dependent this group becomes, and the more it enlarges — to the benefit of its Democrat benefactors.

Another Perspective

The Great Secession

Doug Bandow | 12.10.12

Would it really be the highest form of patriotism?

Feature

Recovering From Electoral Disaster

Quin Hillyer | from the December 2012 - January 2013 issue

Step one: acknowledge it was a disaster.

Car Guy

You’re in the AutoZone

Eric Peters | 12.10.12

An effort is afoot to boycott the automotive parts giant for firing a heroic employee.

The Environmental Spectator

The Scaremongers’ Ball

Peter Hannaford | 12.10.12

The Global Warmists have concluded their annual fundraising vacation.

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