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Saturday, March 16, 2013
Breaking News
Ted Cruz Sends CPAC Home Happy
Kyle Peterson | 3.16.13
CPAC organizers could hardly have picked a better closing speaker than the affable junior senator from Texas.
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Not a Dark Age, Just 50 Shades of Gray
James Srodes | from the March 2013 issue
Oil prices will only continue to rise, says Canadian economist Jeff Rubin. What happens when we hit the gas ceiling?
Letter From Paris
Kerry Chéri
Joseph A. Harriss | from the March 2013 issue
Finally the French have one of their own as secretary of state.
Breaking News
Sarah Palin Steals the Show
Kyle Peterson | 3.16.13
Say what you want about the Mama Grizzly, she knows how to rile up a crowd.
Conservative Tastes
Selective Moralism
James Bowman | from the March 2013 issue
Today’s culture still reminds us that moral development is possible.
Politics
Term Limits Are Back
John H. Fund | from the March 2013 issue
There is a legitimate debate to be had over term limits.
The C.S. Lewis Spectator
Screwtape Gets Real
F.H. Buckley | from the March 2013 issue
“Progressives” are socialists hiding under another name.
Capitol Ideas
An Assist from the Press
Tom Bethell | from the March 2013 issue
The media becomes increasingly biased as Obama emerges as an openly leftist president.
Breaking News
Scott Walker 2016?
Kyle Peterson | 3.16.13
The Wisconsin governor won’t rule out a White House run and tells CPAC that “we have a moral cause.”
Feature
Duped at Foggy Bottom
Paul Kengor | from the March 2013 issue
John Kerry reporting for duty.
In Memoriam
The Optimistic Pessimist
Donald Boudreaux | from the March 2013 issue
James Buchanan taught us the danger of romanticizing government.
In the Colosseum
The Next Showdown
Jim Jordan | from the March 2013 issue
Conservatives must win concessions for a debt ceiling hike.
Constitutional Opinions
Null and Void?
Seth Lipsky | from the March 2013 issue
The question of nullification, though, is going to be difficult to avoid in the months ahead. Talking Points Memo puts at 20 the number of states mulling legislation to resist federal gun controls.
The Public Policy
The Only Prophylactic Against Voter Fraud
Grover G. Norquist | from the March 2013 issue
Several states have discussed changing their method of allocating electoral votes, much to Democrats’ chagrin.
The Bootblack Stand
Of Steroids and Semiautomatics
George Washington Plunkitt | from the March 2013 issue
Dr. George Washington Plunkitt, our prize-winning political analyst, has recently retired from a staff position with the House Ethics Committee and is working on volume two of his memoirs, tentatively titled Derision Points. But he has graciously consented to once again advise American statesmen in these times of trouble.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Political Hay
A Conservative Budget for America
Grover G. Norquist | 3.15.13
Conservatives should be proud to support Paul Ryan’s budget. (UPDATED)
Special Report
Boy Scouts Renew Debate Over Sex
Mark Tooley | 3.15.13
New pressure is being applied on church-sponsored scout troops to get with the times.
The Nation’s Pulse
St. Patrick’s Day Scrooge
Daniel J. Flynn | 3.15.13
Will it be any less of a debauch falling on a Sunday?
With the Tea Partiers
Main Street Deserves a Level Playing Field
Ned Ryun | 3.15.13
It is fundamentally conservative to subject online and brick-and-mortar retailers to the same taxes.
The Obama Watch
A Grand Old Party
Jay D. Homnick | 3.15.13
The president tells Republicans they know where they can find him — at WhiteHouse.gov.
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The Church of Somewhere
John Derbyshire | from the March 2013 issue
Sympathetic unbeliever John Derbyshire visits Dover Beach with Roger Scruton.
The Public Policy
Intellectuals and Race: Part IV
Thomas Sowell | 3.15.13
Saving the worst for last: multiculturalism.
Flashback
Pope Culture: July 1995
George Sim Johnston | 3.15.13
(Editor’s Note: As we consider how Pope Francis will lead the Catholic Church further into the 21st century, we reflect upon Pope John Paul II’s influence on the 20th. Francis, like John Paul II, will have to confront the “dictatorship of relativism” spreading through the world — even in his own Argentina.)
Feature
Pope Culture
George Sim Johnston | from the July 1995 issue
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Special Report
Who Is Pope Francis?
George Neumayr | 3.14.13
Neither liberals nor conservatives know what they are getting.
The Nation’s Pulse
America’s New Theocracy
Jeffrey Lord | 3.14.13
Liberals and the Gospel of Banning.
Live From CPAC
The Hottest Ticket in Town
Robert Stacy McCain | 3.14.13
CPAC’s ‘Blog Bash’ makes citizen-journalists heroes for a night.
The Current Crisis
Senator Rand Paul Comes of Age
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.14.13
The Tea Party senator has raised the nation’s awareness.
At Large
New Man Musharraf
George H. Wittman | 3.14.13
A resumption of military rule seems in the offing for troubled Pakistan.
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An Irish Methodist Challenges America’s Churchly Pacifists
Mark Tooley | 3.14.13
It is “morally corrupt” to excuse terrorism, the theologian William J. Abraham writes.
The Great American Saloon Series
A Stone’s Throw From the White House
Aram Bakshian, Jr. | from the March 2013 issue
The Off the Record Bar at the Hay-Adams Hotel.
The Public Policy
Intellectuals and Race: Part III
Thomas Sowell | 3.14.13
The disastrous consequences of genetic determinism.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Symposium
We Have a Pope!
TAS Contributors | 3.13.13
What does Francis’ election mean for the Catholic Church? We asked our contributors. (UPDATED)
Special Report
Failing a Generation of American Boys
Ross Kaminsky | 3.13.13
A pervasive anti-boy culture is wrecking our nation’s very future.
A Further Perspective
Blowing Smoke
George Neumayr | 3.13.13
Coverage of the conclave shows journalists want a liberal pope who will pander to the world.
The Obama Watch
Sorry, Mr. Obama, the Falklands Will Stay British
Robert Taylor | 3.13.13
This is no way to treat our closest ally.
Political Hay
The Boys Who Cried Crazy
Matt Purple | 3.13.13
When principles become less important than marginalizing political opponents.
The Tax and Spend Spectator
Understanding the Left’s Demands on What Others Own
J.T. Young | 3.13.13
What it can’t control the left will call unfair and undemocratic.
At Large
Moving Ukraine’s Democracy Forward
Peter Hannaford | 3.13.13
There’s only one way out for this post-Soviet nation.
Loose Canons
Baseball Saints and Sinners
Lisa Fabrizio | 3.13.13
Sinners we will always have with us — but how many Mariano Riveras?
The Public Policy
Intellectuals and Race: Part II
Thomas Sowell | 3.13.13
“Disparate impact” has not basis in historical understanding.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Special Report
We Have a Conclave
John Paul Shimek | 3.12.13
A pilgrim-journalist reports from Rome.
Streetcar Line
Thomas Perez Should Be Blocked
Quin Hillyer | 3.12.13
Panther-case scofflaw merits no cabinet post.
Political Hay
Bolling, Hannity, Trump Battle for ‘#Open Our WH’
Jeffrey Lord | 3.12.13
Carney doesn’t reveal White House is a museum funded by private contributions.
Live From New York
That Tingling Feeling
Aaron Goldstein | 3.12.13
New Yorkers can drink to that — for now. But Nanny Bloomberg will be back.
Eminentoes
Venerating Saint Hugo
Paul Kengor | 3.12.13
Eternal life, Lenin-style, awaits the late, great Chavismo founder.
The Marital Spectator
Stories for the Justices
Anne Hendershott | 3.12.13
What happens when the Court rules on tales of love rather than rules of law.
Another Perspective
History Channel Gets Vikings Precisely Wrong
Lars Walker | 3.12.13
Kirk Douglas would have taken greater care.
The Public Policy
Intellectuals and Race
Thomas Sowell | 3.12.13
There is nothing unusual about different racial and ethnic groups having different achievements.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Loose Canons
Kim Inching Toward War
Jed Babbin | 3.11.13
What does the increased pace of the Norks’ bellicosity mean?
Political Hay
Obstruction Management
Grant Bosse | 3.11.13
Harry Reid’s (not quite) filibuster-proof Senate.
Letter From Paris
Sarko Redux
Joseph A. Harriss | 3.11.13
France’s little big man just can’t leave politics alone.
A Further Perspective
Obama’s Trojan Horse Dinner
Peter Hannaford | 3.11.13
He only needed to snooker half of the senators he fed.
The Right Prescription
Death to Daylight Saving Time
David Catron | 3.11.13
Ditching DST would save billions in medical care and energy costs.
Sports Arena
Will Welker Walk?
W. James Antle, III | 3.11.13
The Patriots and their wide receiver will have to get open quickly.
At Large
Why Ex-Presidents Should Stay Home
George H. Wittman | 3.11.13
Bill Clinton should not be preaching to Nigeria.
Another Perspective
Shakespeare’s Henry V Commands the Stage
G. Tracy Mehan, III | 3.11.13
Was Harry “the mirror of all Christian Kings”?
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