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Vol. 044 Issue 002 (March 1 2011)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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State Of The Presidency
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Pleszczynski, Wlady
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ABOUT THIS MONTH State of the Presidency by Wlady Pleszczynski Let's for a moment posit that patriotism is not the last refuge of a scoundrel. Sometimes it's merely the last refuge of a president...
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In Defense Of American Exceptionalism
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Cain, Herman
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FREEDOM WATCH In Defense of American Exceptionalism by Herman Cain "Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must...
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The Continuing Crisis
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. January, a new month of a new year, is now history, and with Tea Partiers fortifying their numbers a Republican majority took over the U.S. House of...
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Front-Runner Failure
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Antle, W. James III
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Front-runner Failure The early anointment of Mitt Romney or any other presidential candidate ' ~ will repeat a common GOP mistake. By W. James Antle III in recent years, the Republican Party has...
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Who'S Afraid Of America's Constitution?
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Lipsky, Seth
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Whose Afraid of Americas Constitution Anyone, it appears, who would be' driven up the wall by a reading of its enumerated powers By Seth Lipsky when historians look back on the predicament of...
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A Week In The Death Of The New York Times
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Taranto, James
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How a once great paper overdosed on the Tucson massacre. By James Taranto after the horrific shooting spree, the editorial board of the New York Times offered a voice of reasoned circumspection:...
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Sam'S Club President
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Russell, Nicole
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Sam's Club President Runner-up to Sarah Palin in 2008, blue-state budget-balancer Tim Pawlenty has his eyes on a bigger prize. By Nicole Russell then-minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty stumbled into...
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Money Train
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Klein, Philip
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Money Train In California, Obama's grand vision of America's high-speed rail future is confronting reality. By Philip Klein within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to...
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Non-Discrimination
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Scruton, Roger
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THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE Non-Discrimination by Roger Scruton a court in Britain has just awarded damages to a gay couple against the owners of a family hotel who had refused to allow them to...
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America'S Last Nuclear Hope
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Tucker, William
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THE ENERGY SPECTATOR America's Last Nuclear Hope Small reactors may save us yet. by William Tucker Griz deal had been Entrepreneur in Residence at the Los Alamos Laboratory for only six months...
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The Battle Moves To The States
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Norquist, Grover G.
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THE REALIGNMENT SPECTATOR The Battle Moves to the States by Grover G. Norquist the pundits who live in cable TV-land tell us to keep our eyes on the looming battle royale in Washington, D.C. In...
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Portland Going Nowhere
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Epstein, Ethan
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THE NATION'S PULSE Portland Going Nowhere Except broke—light rail will do that to you. by Ethan Epstein last october, Portland, Oregon, played host to an event immodestly called "Rail-Volution."...
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Netflix Politics
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Ryun, Ned
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WITH THE TEA PARTIERS Netflix Politics by Ned Ryun it never ceases to amaze me that, in a nation whose cornerstone is the free market, the political process doesn't respond to market forces. But...
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Afghanistan: The Futile Conflict
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Bethell, Tom
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CAPITOL IDEAS Afghanistan: The Futile Conflict by Tom Bethell the war in Afghanistan, called Operation Enduring Freedom, has proved to be enduring indeed. Now in its 10th year, it could drag on a...
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The Midwestern Three
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Fund, John H.
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POLITICS The Midwestern Three by John H. Fund if the states are laboratories of democracy, three Midwestern states are about to undergo intriguing political science experiments on how to handle...
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The Greatest Book In The
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Aitken, Jonathan
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HIGH SPIRITS The Greatest Book in the English Language by Jonathan Aitken It is received Washington wisdom that nothing great was ever created by a committee. But the rule has one stunning...
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A Smile On My Face
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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BEN STEIN'S DIARY A Smile on My Face by Benjamin J. Stein FRIDAY HERE I AM AT THE ATLANTA AIRPORT. I flew in from LAX this morning. I was so groggy when I awakened in L.A. I literally could not...
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The Art Of Discrimination
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Bowman, James
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CONSERVATIVE TASTES The Art of Discrimination by James Bowman anthony tommasini, music critic of the New York Times, greeted the New Year by ranking, in order, the top 10 dead classical music...
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We Like To Think We Know Him
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Bottum, Joseph
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BOOKS IN REVIEW We Like to Think We Know Him The Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1 Edited by Harriet Elinor Smith et al. (UNiVERSiTY OF CAUFORNiA...
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Creating The Best Government In The World
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Maier, Pauline
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Creating the Best Government in the World Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 By Pauline Maier (Simon & Schuster, 589 pages, $30) Reviewed by John R. Coyne, Jr. This...
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Daddy Dimmest
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Reagan, Ron
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Daddy Dimmest My Father at 100: A Memoir By Ron Reagan (Viking, 228 pages, $25.95) Reviewed by Aram Bakshian, Jr. Chalk up another awesome insight to the Founding Fathers. When, having drafted...
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Among The Miserabilists
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Srodes, James
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Among the Miserabilists The New Vichy Syndrome: Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism By Theodore Dalrymple (Encounter Books, 163 pages, $23.95) Reviewed by James Srodes Among the...
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Public Nuisances
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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PUBLIC NUISANCES R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. More Evidence Liberalism Is Dead WASHINGTON the evidence mounts that Liberalism is dead. The Liberal wizards, working their wonders at the New York Times...
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Current Wisdom
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CURRENT WISDOM Washington Post Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 other innocents are shot by a mentally deranged barbarian who believes in mind control and this is what appears in the Post...
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Switching Off, Switching On
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Beston, Paul
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LAST CALL Switching Off, Switching On by Paul Beston EVERY YEAR AFTER THE SUPER BOWL, I pull the plug On sports. Football is over, baseball has yet to start, and I don't much care about other...
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