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Vol. 042 Issue 005 (June 1 2009)
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NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Up from Obama
Regnery, Alfred S.
NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER Up from Obama by Alfred s. Regnery We have heard more than we needed to know about the First 100 Days, not to mention the Next 100 Days, and the Next, and the...
FREEDOM WATCH: Freedom Can't Be Rationed
Pence, Mike
FREEDOM WATCH Freedom Can't Be Rationed by Mike Pence "If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!" As congress prepares to consider...
CORRESPONDENCE
CORRESPONDENCE Wrestlemania It's easy for conservatives and libertarians to agree that those who profit through fraud should be punished and that one of the few proper functions of...
THE CONTINUING CRISIS
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
THE CONTINOUS CRISIS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. As April bid adieu, and our 44th president continued to swank across the country and around the globe, it began to appear that he is not so much...
ON THE PROWL
ON THE PROWL Hatching a Plot Given that Justice David Souter made his seat on the Supreme Court a liberal one, Republicans are raring for a fight on principles and for political points, if...
TIANANMEN TWENTY YEARS LATER
Aikman, David
Tiananmen Twenty Years Later In this year of awkward anniversaries, the Chinese Communist regime is finding it impossible to suppress the memory of the massacre of June 4, 1989. By...
THE GATES BUDGET
ZAKHEIM, DOV S.
The Gates Budget It is less risky than the strategy upon which it is based. By Dov S. Zakheim Bob Gates has been around Washington for many years, and it showed in the way he unveiled the...
THE SALVAGING OF NOTRE DAME
Lawler, Joseph
The Salvaging of Notre Dame If it's not a credible Catholic university, what's the point? By Joseph Lawler On March 20, the University of Notre Dame proudly announced that President...
PRO-MEXICO
Codevilla, Angelo M.
PRO MEXICO U.S. policy toward our southern relative and neighbor is deeply flawed-and the smallminded right has been no more enlightened. By Angelo M. Codevilla For better, for worse, for...
THE MARITAL SPECTATOR: Judges Not
Antle, W. James III
THE MARITAL SPECTATOR Judges Not Vermont and the new Democratic push for same-sex marriage. by W. James Antle III Since 1993, when hawaii's state supreme court began threatening to inflict...
CAPITOL IDEAS: Hazardous Times Ahead
Bethell, Tom
CAPITO IDEAS Hazardous Times Ahead by Tom Bethell I worry that by the time Obama is through with us, the U.S. will be a second-class country. A lot of people feel the same way. A similar...
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE: Farewell to Judgement
Scruton, Roger
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE Farewell to Judgment by Roger Scruton The sciences aim to explain the world: they build theories that are tested through experiment, and which describe the workings...
THE GRASSROOTS SPECTATOR: After the Tea Parties
Hillyer, Quin
THE GRASSROOTS SPECTATOR After the Tea Parties Meet some of the conservative grassroots organizations that are coming into their own this year. by Quin Hillyer What do conservatives do...
ECONOMICS: Obama's Rock Is Not capitalism
WESBURY, BRIAN
ECONOMICS Obama's Rock Is Not Capitalism by Brian Wesbury In mid-april, at georgetown university, President Barack Obama said he wanted to "rebuild" our (economic) house upon a biblical...
THE RECESSION SPECTATOR: A Ladder to Nowhere
Wilson, Andrew B.
THE RECESSION SPECTATOR A Ladder to Nowhere Why WWII-level deficits won't work today. by Andrew B. Wilson The story is told of three scientists stuck at the bottom of a deep well. The...
POLITICS: Senator Survivor
Fund, John H.
POLITICS Senator Survivor by John H. Fund Political analyst stuart rothenberg once said of Arlen Specter: "He's an intimidating senator and very successful at any game of `Survivor.'"...
PRESSWATCH: Nuance and Nazis
Taranto, James
PRESSWATCH Nuance and Nazis by James Taranto It appeared in the april 1 edition, but otherwise there was no reason to think David Leonhardt's New York Times column was a joke. It was,...
LETTER FROM PARIS: The Most Exclusive Club in Paris
Harriss, Joseph A.
LETTER FROM PARIS The Most Exclusive Club in Paris by Joseph A. Harriss Maurice druon finally ran out of immortality. That apparently happens to us all, but what made his case special was...
HIGH SPIRITS: Rowan Williams Rebounds
Aitken, Jonathan
HIGH SPIRITS Rowan Williams Rebounds by Jonathan Aitken This time last year, shares in Archbishop Rowan Williams on the imaginary stock exchange of spiritual leadership were plunging with...
BEN STEIN'S DIARY: Not Cambridge
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY Not Cambridge by Benjamin J. Stein Tuesday Here i am at washington, d.c.'s Reagan National Airport. It is a drizzly, cool day. I am heading off to fly to Knoxville,...
CONSERVATIVE TASTES: Irony Without Irony
Bowman, James
CONSERVATIVE TASTES Irony Without Irony by James Bowman When my oldest son was a Boy Scout in England 20 years ago, I once watched his troop play a game in which the boys formed a circle...
WLADY PLESZCZYNSKI: Father and Sons
Buckley, Christopher
BOOKS IN REVIEW Father and Sons As long as i've known of him, Christopher Buckley has struck me as an odd piece of work. In early 1981, shortly after I joined this magazine, Bob Tyrrell...
Washington and Rome
ORSI, REV. MICHAEL P.
BOOKS IN REVIEW Washington and Rome Two recent books attempt to explain the relationship between the Vatican and the United States. Each has a different agenda, and thus they reach opposite...
Hart to Hart
Srodes, James
BOOKS IN REVIEW Hart to Hart At the start of the one unsatisfactory year I labored at Duke Law School in the early 1960s, our criminal law professor passed out two mimeographed supplements to...
JEFFREY LORD: The Gospel According to Mark Levin
Levin, Mark R.
BOOKS IN REVIEW The Gospel According to Mark Levin I first encountered mark levin when our respective bosses, Drew Lewis (mine) and Ed Meese (Levin's), were leading figures and friends in...
PUBLIC NUISANCES: Mencken and Me/Now That We've Won
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
PUBLIC NUISANCES R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Mencken and Me WASHINGTON Can you believe it? In the public prints, I have been called a "pipsqueak," and a "self-important pipsqueak" at that....
CURRENT WISDOM: Assorted Jackasses
CURRENT WISDOM The Herald (Sharon, Pennsylvania) On the howl page of a great American daily, echoes of the Obama economic plan, also known as the Economics of the Magic Wand: Why would...
LAST CALL: Density Is Destiny
Klein, Philip
LAST CALL Density Is Destiny by Philip Klein Was it really worth dealing with? We were pulling out of the parking lot of a White Castle in Nashville, and my college friend Mike had just...
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