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Friday, January 25, 2013

Special Report

Hollywood Squares

Daniel J. Flynn | 1.25.13

Our president’s coronation attracted Super Bowl quality entertainment and unmatched sychopancy.

The Obama Watch

The Reagan-Obama Presidential Olympics

Jeffrey Lord | 1.25.13

A test of conservative and progressive presidencies: who is Michael Phelps?

Campaign Crawlers

Inside the Israeli Elections

Matthew RJ Brodsky | 1.25.13

Netanyahu remains on top, and well positioned to form a coalition to his liking.

Political Hay

Hillary’s Little Helpers

Matt Purple | 1.25.13

The cult of Clinton is alive and well.

At Large

Hardball in Ukraine

George H. Wittman | 1.25.13

One woman has turned out to be the prime victim of this combat.

A Further Perspective

A Battle Conservatives Need to Fight 


Larry Thornberry | 1.25.13

Yes, Dear, I Mean Yes, Sir, I mean Yes Ma’am, I mean Yes, Ms., I mean… 

Another Perspective

Shill Game

Jay D. Homnick | 1.25.13

The great cooptation of our children by the president.

Movie Takes

Django Unchained

James Bowman | 1.25.13

Taranteenies love their Tarantino. Those who think for a living may not.

Flashback

Dames at Sea: Aug. 1996

John Corry | 1.25.13

(Editor’s Note: Here it is, just as we predicted: Not just dames at sea, but gals with grenades, maidens with M-16s, chicks with claymores, madams with mortars, Frauen mit Flammenwerfern, hens with howitzers, belles with bayonets… Congratulations, feminists. You win. But the armed forces — and American security — lose.)

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Dames at Sea

John Corry | from the August 1996 issue

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Loose Canons

The Blood-Smeared Glass Ceiling

Jed Babbin | 1.24.13

For cowardice beyond the call of duty, Leon Panetta has shamed himself and his country.

Ben Stein’s Diary

The Inauguration Left Me Cold

Ben Stein | 1.24.13

And then along came Hillary.

The Current Crisis

A Penalty for Harry

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 1.24.13

Will hard labor be too cruel and unusual for the budget saboteur?

Special Report

Guns and Freedom

Doug Bandow | 1.24.13

Evidence from 59 countries that gun control is a threat to human liberty.

At Large

Anti-Islamism in an Islamic Civil War

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 1.24.13

Why do pro-Assad Alawite soldiers insult Islam as they torture Sunni detainees in Syria?

Another Perspective

Obama’s Forced Collectivism

Matt Purple | 1.24.13

His nonsense inauguration speech and why Tocqueville would think he’s French.

The Nation’s Pulse

Love It and List It

Lisa Fabrizio | 1.24.13

What makes the Home & Garden Television network irrestible viewing?

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Political Hay

The Peaceful Transfer of Mobocracy

George Neumayr | 1.23.13

Not all revolutions involve coups.

Special Report

Political Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Ross Kaminsky | 1.23.13

Heroic officials willing are defending our Constitution and rule of law. But what about the rest?

The Obama Watch

More Calculated Deception

Peter Ferrara | 1.23.13

Obama’s empty inaugural address offers nothing but more blind leadership.

Streetcar Line

Conservatives Underperform Our Issues

Quin Hillyer | 1.23.13

The political right communicates wrong(ly).

Another Perspective

Let’s Pay Women Not to Abort

Daniel Allott | 1.23.13

The conditions are ripe in America for such an experiment.

A Further Perspective

A Transcendentalist Moment

Barton Gingerich | 1.23.13

America’s favorite heresy enters the Inauguration tradition.

Campus Scenes

Where Four Years Will Not Be Wasted

Larry Thornberry | 1.23.13

Liberal arts are alive and well at Hillsdale.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Political Hay

From Kill Romney to Kill the Constitution

Jeffrey Lord | 1.22.13

An Orwellian inaugural address and a backwards march to another failed utopia.

Special Report

Aborting ‘Pro-Choice,’ Promoting ‘Nuance’

Janice Shaw Crouse & Mario Diaz | 1.22.13

Forty years after Roe, Planned Parenthood is calling for changes in its PR strategy.

The Obama Watch

Second Inaugural Blues

Aaron Goldstein | 1.22.13

The next four years are going to be even longer than the last four.

The Sixties Spectator

Obama’s Declaration of Political War

John R. Guardiano | 1.22.13

In his second inaugural address, Obama makes clear that it’s fight night in America.

The Nation’s Pulse

The Millennial Divide

Daniel Allott | 1.22.13

What explains young Americans’ divergent views on homosexuality and abortion?

A Further Perspective

Inaugural Prayer Controversies

Mark Tooley | 1.22.13

Today we’ll see more “diversity” sameless on display at the National Cathedral’s inaugural faith service for the Obamas.

Sports Arena

The Harbaugh Bowl

W. James Antle, III | 1.22.13

The two most balanced teams in football have made it to the big game.

At Large

Fun Down Under

Roger Kaplan | 1.22.13

Fine form in the first week of the Australian Open.

The Public Policy

Do Gun Control Laws Control Guns?

Thomas Sowell | 1.22.13

Or are they the real killer?

A Further Perspective

How Green Activists Target the Military and Endanger Our Security

Kevin Mooney | 1.22.13

Politically fashionable plans could undercut military readiness.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Ben Stein’s Diary

Hot Dog

Ben Stein | 1.21.13

In DC, for Inauguration Weekend.

Political Hay

The End of the Reagan Era?

Paul Kengor | 1.21.13

Yes and no, mainly because of the self-contradictory nature of the American voter.

Loose Canons

Coronation Day

Jed Babbin | 1.21.13

Less hope, more change, and a lot more confrontation in Obama’s second term.

Special Report

Want to Stop Violence? Start in Hollywood

William Tucker | 1.21.13

The disgraceful movie treatment of Paul Lieberman’s Gangster Squad.

Eminentoes

Seat of Liberalism

Jeff Walton | 1.21.13

Gary R. Hall’s Washington National Cathedral is becoming the happening place.

Another Perspective

Ryan the Prudent

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 1.21.13

Hitting the reset button on the budget.

In Memoriam

Sad Weekend for Baseball

Larry Thornberry | 1.21.13

The nation loses two Hall of Famers.

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