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Vol. 044 Issue 008 (October 1 2011)
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Balancing Acts
Regnery, Alfred S.
Note From The Publisher Balancing Acts by Alfred S. Regnery "Tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect," Harry Hopkins, FDR's most trusted adviser, allegedly told Arthur Krock, veteran...
Trust But E-Verify
Smith, Rep. Lamar
Freedom Watch Trust but E-Verify by Rep. Lamar Smith For centuries, immigrants have come to America seeking the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Some came fleeing religious...
The Continuing Crisis
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
The Continuing Crisis R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. The world's most wanted man and the world's most unwanted man were scurrying for cover in August. The world's most wanted man, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi,...
Betting on Rick Perry
Fund, John H.
Betting on Rick Perry He's a winner in a Republican year, with no need in the world to win liberal approval. By John H. Fund In 2006, country music singer and satirist Kinky Friedman was in such...
The Answer is a Balanced Budget Amendment
Calabresi, Steven G.
The Answer Is a Balanced Budget Amendment The question is how to solve our problem of unsustainable debt. by Steven G. Calabresi The united states of america is on the road to bankruptcy, with a...
Going North
Buckley, F. H.
Going North In a parliamentary system, we would easily solve our debt crisis. By F. H. Buckley After the standard & poor's downgrade in early August, it didn't take long for the blame game to...
Fogged in
Nachman, Gerald
Fogged In By Gerald Nachman San Francisco, back when it was beautiful and not the world capital of political correctness, never had to go out of its way to attract attention. San Francisco Maybe...
Andrew Jackson: Tea Party President
Merry, Robert W.
Andrew Jackson: Tea Party President For starters, he was principled, fearless, and astute. And Washington, D.C., never trusted him, because he knew the real source of America's greatness. By...
How Super?
Antle, W. James III
The Congressional Spectator How Super? by W. James Antle III Can anything good come out of the super com-mittee? It's a question frequently being asked in Washington and conservatives are unsure...
Is Keynes Finally Dead?
Moore, Stephen
The Nation's Pulse Is Keynes Finally Dead? by Stephen Moore In the immediate aftermath of the debt ceiling deal in August, liberal Democrats on Capitol Hill felt as though they had been flattened...
Riots of Passage
Scruton, Roger
The Pursuit of Knowledge Riots of Passage by Roger Scruton The riots in british cities over the summer have been assimilated by our opinion-formers into the easy categories that govern their...
Who do You Really Believe?
WESBURY, BRIAN
Economics Who Do You Really Believe? by Brian Wesbury What a weird world we live in. The leading business pundits (in print, television, and the blogosphere) have convinced themselves, along...
Pledge Allegiance
Norquist, Grover G.
Politics Pledge Allegiance by Grover G. Norquist In 1986, the taxpayer Protection Pledge was created. The pledge is a written and signed commitment from a candidate for office to his...
The Great Seducers
Harriss, Joseph A.
Letter From Paris The Great Seducers by Joseph A. Harriss In fine old american families where tradition holds an honored place, the wisdom of the ages is passed down from father to son. One early...
The British Riots: An Object Lesson
Bethell, Tom
Capitol Ideas The British Riots: An Object Lesson by Tom Bethell I happened to be in england shortly before the riots, which erupted in copycat fashion all over the coun-try. No one saw them...
Jittery in Jerusalem
BERMAN, ILAN
Spectator's Journal Jittery in Jerusalem In Israel, well-founded worries over the "Arab Spring." by Ilan Berman When the "arab spring" unexpectedly broke out late last year, Natan Sharansky...
Breaking the Ruling Class
Ryun, Ned
With The Tea Partiers Breaking the Ruling Class by Ned Ryun During the american revolution, roughly a third of all colonists supported King George III, and, for the most part, Parliament. Though...
After Osama
Taranto, James
PressWatch After Osama by James Taranto It was early may, and the president was riding high. Politico reported: "Killing Osama bin Laden isn't just an important moment in Barack Obama's...
Return to Grace
Aitken, Jonathan
High Spirits Return to Grace by Jonathan Aitken The George w. bush presidency has found its Samuel Pepys. This chronicler is Timothy S. Goeglein, who, by his own endearingly modest...
Before Sunset
Stein, Benjamin J.
Ben Stein's Diary Before Sunset by Benjamin J. Stein Friday I awakened about noon at the fabulous Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Last night I gave a short talk and then a longer...
Monuments to Lost Meaning
Bowman, James
Conservative Tastes Monuments to Lost Meaning by James Bowman All culture begins with commemoration of the past and honor rendered to the dead. The oldest literary monuments in the Western...
Return to Lepanto
Norwich, John Julius
Books In Review Return to Lepanto Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy By John Julius Norwich (Random House, 528 page, $30) Reviewed by Philip F. Lawler In his eccentric history of the...
The Life and Times of a Well-Spoken Speaker
Grant, James
The Life and Times of a Well-Spoken Speaker Mr. Speaker! The Life and Times of Thomas B. Reed, the Man Who Broke the Filibuster By James Grant (Simon & Schuster, 426 pages, $28) Reviewed by...
Master Diplomat and Statesman
Kissinger, Henry
Master Diplomat and Statesman On China By Henry Kissinger (Penguin Press, 586 pages, $36) Reviewed by John R. Coyne, Jr. Henry Kissinger, Bill Buckley once observed, taught a course at...
The Long War and the Budget/Ryan Withdraws
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
Public Nuisances R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. The Long War and he Budget WASHINGTON e are engaged in a long war-actually two long wars. The first and most commonly accepted of our wars is the long...
Assorted Jackasses
Current Wisdom New York Review of Books (NYRblog) A fictional excursus from Prof. Timothy Snyder: Taxation without representation is not exactly a problem for wealthy Americans. They are...
A New Normal
Pleszczynski, Wlady
Last Call A New Normal by Wlady Pleszczynski Back in the day, when the good citizens of Poland finally found a way to overthrow the Communist yoke, a common refrain, born of decades of...
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