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IssueVol. 042 Issue 007 (September 1 2009)
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Paid articlenote from the publisher: Losing the Battle-But Winning the War
Regnery, Alfred S.
NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER Losing the Battle—But Winning the War by Alfred S. Regnery Sonia Sotomayor will probably provide Barack Obama what he wanted on the Supreme Court: a reliable...
Paid articleFREEDOM WATCH: What's Your Metric?
Oliver, Daniel
FREEDOM WATCH What’s Your Metric? by Daniel Oliver How do you watch freedom? How do you watch it grow? How do you watch it shrink? What’s the metric? What’s your metric? What do you think...
Paid articleTHE CONTINUING CRISIS
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
THE CONTINUING CRISIS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. July has been put in a jar and placed on a shelf, the same fate that might befall the Obama administration presently. The Prophet, who began his...
Paid articleA LONG SHOT: ONE-TERM OBAMA
Srodes, James
A Long Shot: One-Term Obama Americans love to create president-heroes—only to turn on them once they acquire too much power. By James Srodes I miss the late Henry Simmons, the legendary...
Paid articleEMPTYING RESERVOIRS IN THE MIDDLE OF A DROUGHT
SCHULZ, MAC
Emptying Reservoirs in the Middle of a Drought California’s privileged species lord it over the endangered farmer. By Max Schulz Anyone doubting that our nation’s environmental and...
Paid articleFROM CITIZENS TO "STAKEHOLDERS": THE NEW AMERICAN CONSTITUTION
Codevilla, Angelo M.
From Citizens to "Stakeholders": The New American Constitution Or just call it the New Obama Constitution. By Angelo M. Codevilla “I’m going to get everybody concerned around a big table...
Paid articleTHE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE: Dealing With Iran
Scruton, Roger
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE Dealing With Iran There’s a reason why paranoids have enemies: they create them. by Roger Scruton It is nearly 30 years since Islamist students and Revolutionary...
Paid articleEMINENTOES: Three Little Piggies
Friedman, Abu M.
EMINENTOES Three Little Piggies …go against the market in trucking with the government. by Abu M. Friedman Oink, says Jeff Immelt, smacking his lips. While his company’s stock has shed...
Paid articleTHE CONGRESSIONAL SPECTATOR: Blue Dogs Turn Red
Antle, W. James III
THE CONGRESSIONAL SPECTATOR Blue Dogs Turn Red by W. James Antle III Before congress adjourned for the summer recess, Republicans stood on the House floor, faced C-SPAN’s cameras, and asked...
Paid articleTHE NATION'S PULSE: News of the Weak
Murchison, William
THE NATION’S PULSE News of the Weak by William Murchison Ex-newspaperman that i am, the saga of “old” media decline in the ultra-high-tech 21st century engages every nerve ending, every tear duct....
Paid articleTHE OBAMA WATCH: The War on Watchdogs
McCain, Robert Stacy
THE OBAMA WATCH The War on Watchdogs Inspectors general fight for independence, while Obama brings the “Chicago Way” to Washington. by Robert Stacy McCain House oversight committee chairman...
Paid articleTHE PUBLIC POLICY: Taking Health Savings Into Account
Ferrara, Peter
THE PUBLIC POLICY Taking Health Savings Into Account HSAs are already solving our health policy problems. by Peter Ferrara Back off, Barack Obama. A conservative, free market health policy...
Paid articleCAPITOL IDEAS: Can We Do Without Relativity?
Bethell, Tom
CAPITOL IDEAS Can We Do Without Relativity? by Tom Bethell Something tells me that my new book—Questioning Einstein: Is Relativity Necessary?—is unlikely to be reviewed. So I shall say something...
Paid articlePRESSWATCH: Now They Tell Us
Taranto, James
PRESS WATCH Now They Tell Us by James Taranto The bad news came in an Associated Press dispatch July 8 titled “PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama Tax Pledge Unrealistic.” Candidate Barack Obama had...
Paid articlePOLITICS: Toxic Nancy
Fund, John H.
POLITICS Toxic Nancy by John H. Fund Growing up in San Francisco, I met Nancy Pelosi when I was a young reporter. She was then chair of the California Democratic Party, and I will always...
Paid articleHIGH SPIRITS: Kazakh Hospitality
Aitken, Jonathan
HIGH SPIRITS Kazakh Hospitality by Jonathan Aitken Welcome to the great pyramid, not of ancient Egypt but of 21st-century Kazakhstan. Towering over the surrounding steppes, this 290foot...
Paid articleBEN STEIN'S DIARY: Plugging Away
Stein, Benjamin J.
BENSTEIN’S DIARY Plugging Away by Benjamin J. Stein MONDAY It’s summer. Wifey and I are up at Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho, Bonner County. We are in our condo and we’re both...
Paid articleCONSERVATIVE TASTES: Rotten Apples
Bowman, James
CONSERVATIVE TASTES Rotten Apples by James Bowman In an article in a recent edition of the London Daily Telegraph titled “More Sex Please, We’re Grownups,” Josa Young, a novelist, writes...
Paid articleHe Did It His Way
BLACK, CONRAD
BOOKS IN REVIEW He Did It His Way This is a very worthwhile book, whose title incites hopes for a vast plot confected and executed in all its intricacy by a much more complicated figure...
Paid articleBlown Away
Peterson, Dan
BOOKS IN REVIEW Blown Away When I learned that Dr. Stephen Meyer had written a new book on the evidence of design displayed in living cells, I expected to be impressed by it. I wasn’t...
Paid articleBrief Thoughts From Think Tanks
Bethell, Tom
BOOKS IN REVIEW Brief Thoughts From Think Tanks A sampling of new offerings. by Tom Bethell The publishing trend in think tanks is brevity. This makes sense, for thin books are both less expensive...
Paid articleA Failure of Reason
Lott, Jeremy
BOOKS IN REVIEW The Slaughterhouse A Failure of Reason Is richard posner too big to fail? That term of art usually refers to companies that are too politically paid up to go down without...
Paid articlePUBLIC NUISANCES: Saving Liberty / Consequences of the Liberal's Death Wish
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
PUBLIC NUISANCES R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Saving liberty WASHINGTON A few months back, at the dawn of the Obama administration, I was at dinner with a very bright woman of middle years...
Paid articleCURRENT WISDOM
Jackasses, Assorted
CURRENT WISDOM The Nation Historian Eric Alterman avails himself to the sagacious E. J. to explain the frightful rightward imbalance of American media that so troubles his readers’ paranoid...
Paid articleLAST CALL: To the Santa Barbara Station
Pleszczynski, Wlady
LAST CALL To the Santa Barbara Station by Wlady Pleszczynski Riding over them on my way to church that September Sunday in 1959, I looked down at the railroad tracks beneath my bike’s...
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