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Vol. 043 Issue 003 (April 1 2010)
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ABOUT THIS MONTH: Thinking Ahead
Pleszczynski, Wlady
ABOUT THIS MONTH Thinking Ahead by Wlady Pleszczynski All rise for the rehnquist court" was the headline to our cover story announced in October 1986. It's nice to have Justices Rehnquist...
FREEDOM WATCH: Out of Control
Armey, Dick
FREEDOM WATCH Out of Control by Dick Armey ack when i was an economics professor, I Was always amazed to hear faculty members complain that the United States was not more like Europe. They...
THE CONTINUING CRISIS
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
THE CONTINUING CRISIS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. February was Winter Olympics month. It concluded with Canada winning the most gold medals while the United States accounted for the largest...
ON THE PROWL
ON THE PROWL Nice RNC Work If You Can Get It In early March, Republican National Committee finance chief Rob Bickhart became the poster boy for all that was wrong with the RNC led by...
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Regnery, Alfred S.
The Good Old Days How William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia set the stage for a conservative turnaround on the U.S. Supreme Court. By Alfred S. Regnery Paul clement, George W. Bush's...
THE MAN WITH THE PLAN
Klein, Philip
The Man With the Plan Paul Ryan's "Roadmap" to save America from its looming fiscal collapse. By Philip Klein In late January, President Obama dazzled political reporters when he addressed a...
UP FROM IDEOLOGY
jr., r. emmett tyrrell
Up From Ideology A conservative's definition of conservatisman excerpt from RET's new book, After the Hangover. By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. EVER SINCE THE REAGAN PRESIDENCY, the Smokestacks...
HOW TO CLEAN UP WASHINGTON'S MESS
MELLOAN, GEORGE
How to Clean up Washington's Mess Republicans— and the Fed—have no time to waste. By George Melloan It was a sadder and wiser America that entered the year 2010. Voters had learned that the...
THE PROBLEM WITH PALIN
Hillyer, Quin
The Problem with Palin It's been quite a ride. But what has she learned? By Quin Hillyer "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience." — Patrick...
THE CAMPAIGN SPECTATOR: The Brad Ellsworth
Test, W. James Antle III
THE CAMPAIGN SPECTATOR The Brad Ellsworth Test Can this Indiana Blue Dog still hunt? by W. James Antle III The 2006 midterm elections were ahead and Rahm Emanuel was thinking big. George...
EMINENTOES: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Bakshian, Aram Jr.
EMINENTQES Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Gore Vidal versus Christopher Hitchens. by Aram Bakshian, Jr. As literary feuds go it has all the hallmarks of a classic. In one corner, the...
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE: Gratitude and Grace
Scruton, Roger
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE Gratitude and Grace by Roger Scruton In the religions that are familiar to us, the idea of grace is of fundamental importance. The term (Latin gratia) translates...
PRESSWATCH: Censorship Inc.
Taranto, James
PRESSWATCH Censorship Inc. by James Taranto The majority is deeply wrong on the law," according to a critic of January's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election...
CAPITOL IDEAS: My Country Right or Left
Bethell, Tom
CAPITOL IDEAS My Country by Tom Years ago, i asked Michael Kinsley, then the editor of Harper's, if liberals ever think the state has grown large enough. This was in the early 1980s, so a...
POLITICS: Blowing Up Hawaii
Fund, John H.
POLITICS Blowing Up Hawaii by John H. Fund America's motto is "e pluribus unum," Latin for "Out of many, one." But Congress is in danger of reading it backward, as the Senate prepares to vote...
HIGH SPIRITS: An American Church in Paris
Aitken, Jonathan
HIGH SPIRITS An American Church in Paris by Jonathan Aitken The first u.s. church to be established on foreign soil is having a surprising renaissance. It is the American Church in Paris,...
BEN STEIN'S DIARY: In and Out of the Snow
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY In and Out of the Snow by Benjamin J. Stein WEDNESDAY Now, this is what i call work. I am in Las Vegas. I am not feeling at all well. Food poisoning, I think. My suitcase...
CONSERVATIVE TASTES: The Laughs Keep Coming
Bowman, James
CONSERVATIVE TASTES The Laughs Keep Coming by James Bowman Sad as the sudden death by drowning of Dawn Brancheau at SeaWorld in Orlando undoubtedly was, it could also be seen as a terrible...
JOSEPH A. HARRISS: Heavy Lifting for Berlin Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift, June 1948-May 1949
Reeves, Richard
BOOKS IN REVIEW Heavy Lifting for Berlin General lucius dubignon clay, West Point '18, descendent of Senator Henry (the Great Pacificator) Clay, commander in chief of U.S. forces in Europe...
JOHN R. COYNE, JR.: History as Gossip Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark
BOOKS IN REVIEW History as Gossip For many of us, Theodore White's Making of the President volumes—1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972—set and defined the gold standard for political reporting and...
MATTHEW KENEFICK: An American Master Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Teachout, Terry
BOOKS IN REVIEW An American Master Several years ago, I gave a talk on the importance of male friendship to a group of high school seniors at a prestigious all-male school. In my...
MARK FALCOFF: Get Rielle The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down
Young, Andrew
BOOKS IN REVIEW The Slaughterhouse Get Rielle Can there be anyone left on the planet who has not yet heard of the sex-and-money scandal involving the former North Carolina senator and...
PUBLIC NUISANCES: Hamid Karzai (D-Chicago)/The Male of the Species (American)
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
PUBLIC NUISANCES R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Hamid Karzai (D-Chicago) WASHINGTON am beginning to think of President Hamid Karzai as Hamid Karzai (D-Afghanistan). The way he inveighs against...
CURRENT WISDOM: Assorted Jackasses
CURRENT WISDOM PoliticsDaily.com The charmless David Corn continues in the grip of the Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) long after the Menace has shipped off to the Lone Star...
LAST CALL: Staying Alive
Eastland, Katherine
LAST CALL Staying Alive by Katherine Eastland Ancient tongues like latin tend to enter our daily lives in small ways. There is the quick phrase sitting like an italicized island lending...
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