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Friday, January 18, 2013

The Right Prescription

Is Obamacare Socialism or Fascism?

David Catron | 1.18.13

The CEO of Whole Foods can’t seem to make up his mind.

Special Report

The Moveable Mali Front

Roger Kaplan | 1.18.13

A high (and retired) U.S. official offers clarity — into why we lose. Plus: Is Algeria lost too?

The Nation’s Pulse

Scary, Scary Guns

Daniel J. Flynn | 1.18.13

The entire conversation is cartoonish and farcical.

Streetcar Line

New Conservative Strategy, Part Two

Quin Hillyer | 1.18.13

Take small victories; engage the grassroots; go viral before the State of the Union.

Political Hay

The Myth of the Conservative Monolith

Matt Purple | 1.18.13

The right needs more unity, not more diversity.

At Large

Capitalist Excess, Communist Style

George H. Wittman | 1.18.13

No place does it as crudely and coldly as Vietnam.

The Napoleon Watch

This Day in Art History

Judd Magilnick | 1.18.13

Media-savvy advice for a New Emperor.

Flashback

Grits and Glitz: March 1993

Aram Bakshian, Jr. | 1.18.13

(Editor’s Note: If you’re a conservative preparing for the presidential inauguration next week, use Aram Bakshian’s account of the 1993 spectacle as a guide. Here’s about the best you can hope for: to have a strong drink, to dream of scandals to come, and to avoid running into Barbra Streisand on L Street.)

Politics

Grits and Glitz

Aram Bakshian, Jr. | from the March 1993 issue

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Letter From Paris

Flanby’s War

Joseph A. Harriss | 1.17.13

Is François Hollande saving the world from Islamic extremists, or his presidency?

A Further Perspective

Quentin Tarantino Stars in Obamaquences

Jeffrey Lord | 1.17.13

Hollywood, medicine, taxes, guns, and Harry Reid: consequences and double standards.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Meaninglessness of Opinion Polls on Roe v. Wade

Daniel Allott | 1.17.13

There’s more to the Pew numbers released yesterday than the headlines will tell you.

The Obama Watch

Scoundrel Time

Larry Thornberry | 1.17.13

Everybody out of the pool — it’s not safe for the children.

The Current Crisis

The Hagel Case

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 1.17.13

What makes him useful to President Obama?

Special Report

Religious Prohibition for Guns

Mark Tooley | 1.17.13

The Religious Left is all fired up — and half-cocked — about its new opportunity.

Another Perspective

Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and Assisted Suicide

James M. Thunder | 1.17.13

What advice would the young Helen Keller receive if she were alive today?

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Letter From Paris

More Liberal Than France?

Joseph A. Harriss | 1.16.13

Maybe a little French-style conservatism is the antidote to four more years of Obama.

The Obama Watch

Disinviting God to the Inauguration

George Neumayr | 1.16.13

The left demands an event without the Bible or prayers.

Special Report

The Blackmailer’s Paradox

Joseph Shattan | 1.16.13

President Obama plays politics like a Palestinian — which should leave Republicans with no choice but to act Israeli.

Political Hay

Overcoming Obama’s Obduracy

Peter Ferrara | 1.16.13

On the debt ceiling: stop talking and legislate. It will clear the air he’s befouled.

Among the Intellectualoids

Mr. Fix It and the Whiz Kids

Matt Purple | 1.16.13

They didn’t come here to cut spending.

A Further Perspective

Hiding Behind the Children

Aaron Goldstein | 1.16.13

Why Obama is exploiting them to gain support for gun control.

The Public Policy

Off Target

Luca Gattoni-Celli | 1.16.13

The White House’s gun control agenda would not have prevented the Sandy Hook Massacre.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Special Report

Roe v. Wade: Four Decades of Tragedy

Doug Bandow | 1.15.13

A bitter conflict that continues unabated.

Ben Stein’s Diary

This Is My Potomac Life

Ben Stein | 1.15.13

Then comes the ending, at Sunset and San Vicente.

Political Hay

Joe Scarborough: Skincolor Liberal

Jeffrey Lord | 1.15.13

Colin Powell, MSNBC host buy into the tie between progressives and racism.

Streetcar Line

New, McGood Strategery for Conservatives

Quin Hillyer | 1.15.13

How to legislate and communicate for the imminent battles.

Reader Mail

A Reply to My Commenters

Arnold S. Trebach | 1.15.13

Why tear down an Obama critic who acknowledged voting for him?

The Public Policy

Liberalism Versus Blacks

Thomas Sowell | 1.15.13

Liberals take positions that make them look good and feel good — and show very little interest in the actual consequences.

Buy the Book

A Mighty Thirst

Bill Croke | 1.15.13

Where would the American West be without the Colorado River?

Monday, January 14, 2013

Sports Arena

Tom Terrific

W. James Antle, III | 1.14.13

The Brady era isn’t over just yet.

Loose Canons

The Unserious Gun Control Debate

Jed Babbin | 1.14.13

The fix is in that won’t fix anything.

Special Report

Beau Geste in Mali

Roger Kaplan | 1.14.13

It’s not the French Foreign Legion, but it’s drama just the same.

The Obama Watch

Despair Inside the Beltway

Arnold S. Trebach | 1.14.13

Reflections on the upcoming second inauguration of President Obama.

A Further Perspective

Punking the President

Jeremy Lott | 1.14.13

“We the people” are not helping to form a more perfect presidency.

Another Perspective

Hagel’s Problem? He’s ‘Mainstream’

John R. Guardiano | 1.14.13

The American defense and foreign policy establishment has a long record of failure.

The Pursuit of Knowledge

The Noble Savage

Matthew Walther | 1.14.13

And you thought today’s writers are a low, unprincipled bunch?

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