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IssueVol. 041 Issue 009 (November 1 2008)
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Paid articleIn With the New
Regnery, Alfred S.
NoTe from THe PublIsHer In With the New by Alfred S. Regnery Throughout the campaign for the White House, it was increasingly apparent that according to media elites, Barack...
Paid articleCorrespondence
corresPoNdeNce Positive Pause Bob Tyrrell’s lecture on the overarching virtues of candidate McCain was the single best-written argument I’ve read with respect to voting for this guy...
Paid articleThe Continuing Crisis
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
THe coNTINuING crIsIs R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. september proved to be a month of frightful economic turbulence, rudely distracting the electorate from the delightful amusement provided by...
Paid articleOn the Prowl
oN THe ProWl bailout fallout While many conservative Republicans viewed the Wall Street bailout bill as a disaster, others were privately pleased with the way the politics played...
Paid articleLearning From The Bush Legacy
Klein, Philip
16 THe amerIcaN sPecTaTor November 2008 Learning From the Bush Legacy Conservatives sold their soul to back George W. Bush. Eight years later, can they get it back? By Philip...
Paid articleGoodbye To Most of That
Freeman, Neal B.
Goodbye to Most of That On the road in a changing America. By Neal B. Freeman Y ork, maine—I’ve been down this road before. I first made the drive from York to San Francisco...
Paid articleFreedom and the Nation-State
Rabkin, Jeremy
Freedom and the Nation-State The nation-state is the best insurance for liberty. By Jeremy Rabkin In the past, freedom was often conceived as an attribute of persons. The...
Paid articleThe Energy Spectator
MILLS, MARK P.
THe eNerGy sPecTaTor Will Exxon Get Googled? by Mark P. Mills T he image of the oil industry is captured (admittedly, deliciously) by Bruce Willis playing the rough-and-ready...
Paid articleThe Campaign Spectator
Hillyer, Quin
THe camPaIGN sPecTaTor When Elections Aren’t a Perfect ‘10’ Election Night 2000 in Austin by Quin Hillyer A t the news from the tv networks that Al Gore had called George...
Paid articleCapitol Ideas
Bethell, Yom
caPITol Ideas Crediting the Uncreditworthy by Tom Bethell I bought my condo in Washington, D.C., 25 years ago, for a little over $100,000; two bedrooms, two baths, in a “good”...
Paid articleThe Nation's Pulse
Antie, W. James III
THe NaTIoN’s Pulse Republicans Spent Is the GOP finally an antispending party? by W. James Antle III I n the waning days of the Republican congressional majority, there...
Paid articleThe Pursuit of Knowledge
Scruton, Roger
THe PursuIT of KNoWledGe The Forbidding of England by Roger Scruton I attended an ordinary english state school in the late 1950s. In our history lessons we were taught that...
Paid articleIn memoriam
Fund, John H.
IN memorIam Pat Rooney, RIP by John H. Fund P at rooney was a special kind of businessman. He did far more than merely provide jobs for employees and services for his...
Paid articleLetter From Paris
Harriss, Joseph A.
leTTer from ParIs May 1968: Something Happened (But What? ) by Joseph A. Harriss I t was a balmy spring evening in paris and, as a young correspondent in the Time bureau, I was...
Paid articlePresswatch
Taranto, James
PressWaTcH TheWarAgainst the Normal by James Taranto I had the privilege of living most of my life in a small town,” Sarah Palin told the Republican National Convention. “I...
Paid articleHigh Spirits
Aitken, Jonathan
HIGH sPIrITs Godless Capitalism by Jonathan Aitken W hat spiritual lessons should be learned from the world’s white-knuckle ride into, but not yet out of, financial meltdown?...
Paid articleBen Stein's Diary
Stein, Benjamin J.
beN sTeIN’s dIary Heroes and Traitors by Benjamin J. Stein frIday T his is what it’s all about. I am here at the national convention of the Congressional Medal of Honor...
Paid articleConservative Tastes
Bowman, James
coNservaTIve TasTes Culture Benders by James Bowman A new book by professor marjorie garber of Harvard, Shakespeare and Modern Culture, is coming out next month to show us,...
Paid articleTom Charles Huston
Peristein, Rick
booKs IN revIeW Nixonland Revisited “Any fool can write history; and many do.” —Clyde Wilson, Professor of History University of South Carolina Rick perlstein’s nixonland has...
Paid articleShawn Macomber
Bowman, James
booKs IN revIeW Perlstein claims that Nixon “exploited” the angers, anxieties, and resentments that arose out of the Johnsonian chaos. What Perlstein means is that Nixon sided with those...
Paid articleIain Murray
Friedman, Thomas L.
booKs IN revIeW Let Friedman Reign? Thomas friedman has come up with a grand unifying theory for combating existential threats. The left worries about global warming and 14 inches of...
Paid articleJ. Peter Freire
Krull, Kathleen
booKs IN revIeW The Slaughterhouse Presidential Material Parents, you may be worried about all the time your 30-something kids spend “trying to figure it all out” while they live in...
Paid articlePublic Nuisances
Tyrell, R. Emmett Jr.
PublIc NuIsaNces R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. The democrats’ sham energy bill WASHINGTON When house democrats appeared to reverse their long-standing ban on offshore oil drilling, the...
Paid articleCurrent Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
curreNT WIsdom larry King live (CNN) Joy Behar, co-host of ABC’s The View, impersonating a cute little girl for the master of the late-night interview, Larry King: You know the...
Paid articleLast Call
Pleszczynski, Wlady
lasT call Shades of Blue by Wlady Pleszczynski A t some point during the shrill and shameless attacks on Sarah Palin, I didn’t bite when I read that on top of everything else...
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