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April 2009

Note From the Publisher

Freedom Watch

  • Political Greed

    "Freedom is a fragile thing," Reagan said. Introducing Freedom Watch, a new monthly column in which a prominent public figure addresses growing threats to our freedom and what's being done to defend it -- "for it comes only once to a people"

    Jim DeMint

The Continuing Crisis

On the Prowl

Features

  • There's Plenty of Energy at the Bottom

    Everyone's looking for energy fixes in all the wrong places.

    William Tucker

  • Scientific Pretense vs. Democracy

    Arrogance and intolerance in the name of superior expertise are antithetical to popular governance and the requirements of honest argument. But that hasn't stopped them from becoming a central feature of our political life.

    Angelo M. Codevilla

  • Wrestling With Capitalist Pigs

    When capitalists are held to the same low standards as government, what kind of future can capitalism possibly have?

    Philip Klein

  • Obama's Global "Narrative"

    Fuzzy feelings and a confused grasp of the human condition.

    David Aikman

The Congressional Spectator

  • Blue Dogs Roll Over

    But the House Democratic leadership wants them to play dead.

    W. James Antle, III

The Pursuit of Knowledge

  • The Long Run

    Muhammad, Keynes, and the avoidance of personal responsibility.

    Roger Scruton

Economics

  • Demand and Supply

    There are two types of economists -- make that two types of people -- in the world.

    Brian Wesbury

Capitol Ideas

The Public Policy

Presswatch

  • A Times Leader

    What do Maureen Dowd, Thomas Friedman, Paul Krugman, and Muammar Qaddafi have in common?

    James Taranto

Letter From Paris

  • Girl Trouble

    In French politics, one never knows what to expect -- or who is expecting.

    Joseph A. Harriss

Politics

High Spirits

  • National Prayer Bazaar

    America's National Prayer Breakfast is in danger of becoming an empty social ritual.

    Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

Conservative Tastes

Books in Review

  • Up From Diplomacy

    Machiavelli could not have written a better book.

    Fred Iklé

  • The Towering London

    A brief but telling account of the soup of moral and intellectual confusion into which a significantly telling number of us Americans have currently gotten ourselves.

    Midge Decter

  • Lincoln's Decisive Switch

    An indispensable study on Lincoln's rise to greatness.

    Jason Emerson

  • Taking a Walk on the Supply Side

    The timing of this book's publication is peerless.

    Nick Schulz

The Slaughterhouse

  • Frozen in Time

    Pictures from a four-day exhibition.

    Wlady Pleszczynski

Last Call

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Macho, Macho Man

Philip Klein

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Boyd Says Yes, Altmire Says No

Philip Klein

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Voicing Your Opinion to Congress Is Harassment?

Robert P. Kirchhoefer

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Did Schlussel Smear Hannity?

John Tabin

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A Founding Paleocon

Rev. Michael P. Orsi

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Darkness at Noon and Night

Jerry Brennan

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There He Blows Again

John R. Coyne, Jr.

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Reality Without Rohmer

James Bowman

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Two Days in Washington

Ben Stein

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In Search of Lost Identity

Joseph A. Harriss

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Why Are We in Afghanistan?

Tom Bethell

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