The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : The Call

Didn't look like a touchdown to me, but the official went with a strict constructionist reading of his duties, and refused to overturn in the absence of overwhelming evidence against the original call. Good for him.

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Paul Beston is associate editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal.

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The American Spectator

The Spectacle Blog

The Call

About the Author

Special Feature

A Time for Choosing

James Piereson

Empowering Individuals or Bureaucrats?

Rep. Paul Ryan

The Road from Serfdom

Stephen Moore and Peter Ferrara

The Millennial Perspective

David N. Bass

FLASHBACK TO: 1984

The Fairness Delusion

Media Smears: One Man’s Experiences

Chuck Colson vs. The Fundamentalists

The Reagan Doctrine

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