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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Washington Prowler

A Lebanese Charm Offensive

The Prowler | 1.12.13

Can George Mitchell’s lobbying allays concerns about a central banking system’s ties to the Assad regime and Hezbollah?

Friday, January 11, 2013

Spectator’s Journal

Paradise Island

Ross Kaminsky | 1.11.13

Sri Lanka sure can seem that way once you’ve explored it over a long stretch. A special winter vacation report.

The Right Prescription

A Pimp for Obamacare Feels the Pain

David Catron | 1.11.13

Next time, be more careful what you wish for.

In Memoriam

James Buchanan, 1919-2013

F.H. Buckley | 1.11.13

A colleague recalls the great Nobel prize winning economist who died on January 9.

The Great American Saloon Series

All the King of Beers’ Men

Daniel J. Flynn | 1.11.13

Does anyone still drink real American beer?

Special Report

Trendy Episcopalians and the Dakota War

Mark Tooley | 1.11.13

Romanticizing a grisly time and some ugly atrocities.

At Large

Africa Mission Creep

George H. Wittman | 1.11.13

The Obama administration, among other things, wants to put Benghazi behind it.

Car Guy

The New Dart, in Light of the Old

Eric Peters | 1.11.13

The new Dodge Dart is heavy, and it’s a bother.

Flashback

In the Absence of Guns: June 2000

Mark Steyn | 1.11.13

(Editor’s Note: Americans continue to be informed by the news media that they will soon be embroiled in an impending debate over gun control. Which ignores the fact that such a debate has been ongoing for decades. To modify an old proverb: “The more things stay the same, the more they stay the same.” Thus, we shall answer old arguments will old rejoinders. Like this one from 2000, in which Mark Steyn concludes that an America without guns would look terrifyingly like… Britain.)

Feature

In the Absence of Guns

Mark Steyn | from the June 2000 issue

In Britain, defending your property can get you life. 

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Ben Stein’s Diary

Far From the Rotten Crowd

Ben Stein | 1.10.13

Celebrating the great Richard Nixon at the Mayflower.

Loose Canons

Neo-Conning Us Again

Jed Babbin | 1.10.13

In Afghanistan, we cannot recommit ourselves to a “counterinsurgency” strategy that has already failed.

Political Hay

Obama Tainted Heading Into Debt Ceiling Debate

Betsy McCaughey | 1.10.13

It’s not too late for Boehner to seize the moral high ground.

The Current Crisis

What Crime Has Harry Reid Committed?

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 1.10.13

Is it a felony or a misdemeanor? The betting is on the former.

Special Report

Joy Behar Does Sharia

Jeffrey Lord | 1.10.13

So do Jennifer Granholm, Al Gore, the N.Y. Times, Media Matters’ David Brock, and the Color of Change.

The Hell-Hole Spectator

Love Among the Missiles and Gulags

Peter Hannaford | 1.10.13

The more North Korea changes, the more it stays the same.

Sports Arena

PMS at ESPN

Larry Thornberry | 1.10.13

In the United States of Offense, Brent Musburger is a major miscreant.

Another Perspective

High Marks for The Hobbit

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 1.10.13

Peter Jackson brings Middle-Earth to life again.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Ben Stein’s Diary

Al Jazeera Gore

Ben Stein | 1.9.13

Thank you, Karl Rove, for saving us from him.

The Obama Watch

Muzzling Military Chaplains

George Neumayr | 1.9.13

Obama forces them to bow to his agenda.

Eminentoes

Paul Krugman as Pontius Pilate

Andrew B. Wilson | 1.9.13

And maybe the next U.S. Treasury Secretary.

Special Report

If They Would Just Think Anew

Peter Ferrara | 1.9.13

Conservatives can win on entitlement reform.

A Further Perspective

Groupthink America

Lisa Fabrizio | 1.9.13

Why has everything turned out so wrong?

Another Perspective

So, What to Do? Ask Lady Houston

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 1.9.13

Many authors have documented the Islamist threat but when it comes to responding to it they fumble for words.

Conservative Tastes

Unreal Realities

James Bowman | from the December 2012 - January 2013 issue

The only thing now that is real is the propaganda that the trendies feed us.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Political Hay

The Conservative Anschluss Moment

Jeffrey Lord | 1.8.13

The time to fight arrives.

Another Perspective

Dereliction of Coaching Duty

John R. Guardiano | 1.8.13

A call to suspend Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan.

Among the Intellectualoids

Exile On Sixty-Fifth Street

Matthew Walther | 1.8.13

An Obamaesque performance from a literary darling, Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie.

2065: America Fifty Years After Obama

Brandon in the Basement

William Tucker | 1.8.13

Chapter 12 of 2065, Mr. Tucker’s novel in progress, as China has just seized Pearl Harbor and imposed new demands on its major debtor.

Sports Arena

Oh, Those Baseball Writers

Aaron Goldstein | 1.8.13

Tomorrow we find out who — if anyone — from the steroids era gets into Cooperstown.

A Further Perspective

The Cliffs of 1984

Ralph R. Reiland | 1.8.13

“Slavery Is Freedom” and “Tax Hikes Are Tax Relief” are the new mantras.

Campus Scenes

The Role of ‘Educators’

Thomas Sowell | 1.8.13

Creating a mindset that undermines American society.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Ben Stein’s Diary

Dropping the Hagel Bomb

Ben Stein | 1.7.13

Obama, Israel, and Chuck Hagel’s nomination.

Loose Canons

Bridge to a Higher Cliff

Jed Babbin | 1.7.13

The coming fight on the debt ceiling and gun control is an ideological one, one Republicans need to fight or else face oblivion.

Sports Arena

Out of Luck

W. James Antle, III | 1.7.13

A storybook season ends for two high-profile rookie quarterbacks.

Political Hay

Sandy Republicans Pig Out

Doug Bandow | 1.7.13

Political extortion as humanitarian assistance should have no place in our politics.

Streetcar Line

A Feat of Congressional Bipartisanship

Quin Hillyer | 1.7.13

It’s gone unreported but the House Ethics Committee has done a remarkable job.

A Further Perspective

Religion Predictions for 2013

Mark Tooley | 1.7.13

Not just in America, the religious left will increasingly be left behind.

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Debt Limit Game

Peter Hannaford | 1.7.13

The sky’s the limit for his ceiling and spending plans.

Buy the Book

My Orwell, Right or Left

Matthew Walther | from the December 2012 - January 2013 issue

Conservative can embrace his “socialism,” or at least some of it.

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