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Vol. 044 Issue 010 (December 1 2011)
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OBAMA CAN'T GET PAST THE PAST
Regnery, Alfred S.
Obama Can’t Get Past the Past by Alfred S. Regnery Religion and american politics are intertwined in many ways, and there is unending concern, largely among his opponents, that a...
JOB CREATION IS NO MYSTERY
McClintock, Rep. Tom
Job Creation Is No Mystery by Rep. Tom McClintock The government’s continuing failure to address our nation’s gut-wrenching unemployment stems from a fundamental disagreement over how...
THE CONTINUING CRISIS
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
THE CONTINUING CRISIS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. October has become a ghost, as is always the case on Halloween, and with October’s passing Mr. Herman Cain resided atop most Republican...
FDR'S CLASS WARFARE: A TUTORIAL FOR OBAMA
Folsom, Burton W. Folsom, Jr.,Anita
FDR’s Class Warfare: A Tutorial for Obama Not that he needs any further lessons from the master of confiscatory taxation. By Burton W. Folsom, Jr. and Anita Folsom It’s only right that we ask...
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF WEAPONS AND GOLD
Peterson, Dan
Cloudy With a Chance of Weapons and Gold A report from a semi-annual machine gun festival, held just this side of Fort Knox. By Dan Peterson The machine guns roared, pouring tens of...
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO WRIGHT
Johnson, Charles C.
The Gospel According to Wright How much of Pastor Jeremiah Wright’s race-based “theology” does Barack Obama really share? By Charles C. Johnson In 2008 america elected a president whose...
THE TEENING OF AMERICA
Nachman, Gerald
The Teening of America It used to be we couldn’t wait to grow up. Now we strive for permanent adolescence. By Gerald Nachman Acurrent fad tickling the nation’s palate—comfort or “mommy”...
BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS
Books for Christmas Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers. Doug Bandow What is a Washington Christmas without receiving a few policy books as...
ROCKWELL OF AGES
Johnson, Paul
Rockwell of Ages by Paul Johnson The best exhibition held in London in 2011 was at the Dulwich Picture Gallery and featured the works of Norman Rockwell. The show was also at the National...
NOT WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
Antle, W. James III
Not What the Doctor Ordered Romney isn’t the only Republican who paved the way for Obamacare. by W. James Antle III In her opening remarks at the Western Republican Leadership Conference...
STEVE JOBS VS. BILL GATES
Skovgard, Andrew B. Wilson,Robert O.
Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates The hare wins in the end (and gives a far superior speech). by Andrew B. Wilson & Robert O. Skovgard As young men born in the same year (1955), they set out from the...
PAYING THE PRICE
Scruton, Roger
Paying the Price There’s no question but that Greece should be “allowed” to default. by Roger Scruton The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully...
A BALANCED BUDGET CONSENSUS
Norquist, Grover G.
A Balanced Budget Consensus by Grover G. Norquist It is central to a free society that every man owns his own soul. Thus the First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion. A free society...
WHAT IS YOUR SIGN?
Harriss, Joseph A.
What Is Your Sign? The all-important answer will tell the French who you are. by Joseph A. Harriss What kind of year will 2012 be? To be sure, for news junkies, policy wonks, and the...
ACORN TO THE RESCUE
Fund, John H.
ACORN to the Rescue by John H. Fund Remember acorn? Well, the original left-wing “community organizing” group may be back in a new guise as a key behind-the-scenes ally of the Occupy Wall...
A MONSTROSITY, NOT A MONUMENT
Bethell, Tom
A Monstrosity, Not a Monument by Tom Bethell You may have heard that an Eisenhower Memorial is on the drawing boards. Or maybe you haven’t—there has been little publicity. It will occupy a...
IRAQ IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR
Babbin, Jed
Iraq in the Rearview Mirror by Jed Babbin Historians may someday conclude that the most curious incident of Barack Obama’s presidency occurred in October 2011. When Obama announced that the...
OCCUPY THE MEDIA
Taranto, James
Occupy the Media by James Taranto Nicholas krist of of the New York Times was dazzled when he visited Occupy Wall Street in early October. “The protest reminded me a bit of Tahrir Square in...
PRE-OCCUPIED WITH THE TEA PARTY
Ryun, Ned
Pre-Occupied With the Tea Party by Ned Ryun With the occupy wall street (ows) movement cropping up in locations both foreign and domestic, the mainstream media, President Obama, and others...
SOARING DOWN UNDER
Aitken, Jonathan
Soaring Down Under by Jonathan Aitken e pride ourselves in punching above our weight here,” said the Australian minister of justice at a recent seminar in Hobart, Tasmania, on prisoner...
SEARCHING FOR A WAY OUT
Stein, Benjamin J.
Searching for a Way Out by Benjamin J. Stein TUESDAY It was a dreary, drizzly day in Los Angeles. My wife and I and all of our dogs decided to go down to Rancho Mirage. Before we left, I had...
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Bowman, James
Behind the Headlines by James Bowman Here in washington, it is hard to go anywhere where tourists also go, such as the Metro, without seeing advertising for one of our capital city’s most...
PRETTY WOMAN
Kaplan, Roger
Pretty Woman Born into abject poverty and raised in an orphanage, she had a life-long love and hate relationship with a fabulously rich and creative Jewish businessman, but she was...
CRIME, PUNISHMENT, AND POLITICS
Coyne, John R. Jr.
Crime, Punishment, and Politics Strange, how little real discussion there has been of foreign policy in the current presidential campaign. Four years ago, with George W. Bush still in office,...
FOR HE'S (MOSTLY) A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW
Bakshian, Aram Jr.
For He’s (Mostly) a Jolly Good Fellow “This book,” author Roger Scruton claims in his preface, “is not a guide to drinking wine, but a guide to thinking it. It is a tribute to pleasure, by a...
A GUIDE TO LAY HOLINESS
Kenefick, Matthew
A Guide to Lay Holiness How does a Christian layman who takes his faith seriously, indeed as a matter of (eternal) life and death, answer Christ’s call to imitate him in everyday life, in...
PUBLIC NUISANCES
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
P u b l i c N u i s a n c e s R . E m m e t t T y r r e l l , J r . Scandal in the White House in Times Past Washington A presidential election looms on the horizon, and already the...
CURRENT WISDOM
Jackasses, Assorted
C u rr e n t Wi s d o m Washington Post A very unfortunate lapse into racial insensitivity from Herman Cain, capitalist of color, as pointed out by the moral colossus Colbert I. King: Was it...
HOLIDAY HOME-GOING
Hillyer, Quin
Holiday Home-Going by Quin Hillyer Fifteen christmases ago I prepared to leave Washington, D.C., and a five-year stint in politics, to return to journalism. It was a perilous journey. The...
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