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Vol. 045 Issue 010 (December 1 2012)
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We've Survived Worse
Pleszczynski, Wlady
ABOUT THIS MONTH We've Survived Worse by Wlady Pleszczynski As I type, a Washington Post online headline announces, I assume gleefully, "Romney becomes persona non grata to a shellshocked...
Lessons Learned
Kyl, Sen. Jon
IN THE COLOSSEUM Lessons Learned by Sen. Jon Kyl As I prepare to retire from 26 years of public life, I've been asked to offer some advice to newly elected senators and to comment on the Senate...
Grenades and Guts
ODDS & ENDS Grenades and Guts Correspondence: For a former United States marine, Daniel J. Flynn makes a surprising error in the November issue ("The Battle of Gangjal," TAS, November 2012)....
The Continuing Crisis
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
THE CONTINUING CRISIS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. October closed, but we thought we ought to hold this department open until November 6, Election Day, to tell you the good news: President Barack Obama...
Picking up the Pieces
Antle, W. James III
Moving Forward from Disaster Picking up the Pieces By W. James Antle III Barack obama took the Republicans' best shot and won a second term. In an even stronger tribute to his campaign team's...
Recovering From Electoral Disaster
Hillyer, Quin
Recovering From Electoral Disaster By Quin Hillyer Republicans and conservatives in the 2012 elections got less bang for the buck, and for their time and effort, than they have ever achieved in...
Waiting for the Gods
Buckley, F.H.
Waiting for the Gods By F.H. Buckley Well, that was a bummer. Still, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. The good news is it's...
Prepare for the Worst
Kaminsky, Ross
Prepare for the Worst By Ross Kaminsky The public debate over the "fiscal cliff," the combination of automatic spending cuts and tax rate increases that our nation is about to careen into in 2013,...
Redistricting to the Rescue
Norquist, Grover G.
Redistricting to the Rescue By Grover G. Norquist Obama won the white house. Republicans won the House of Representatives. The U.S. Senate remained majority Democrat, though Republicans retained...
O'Malley's Tin Whistle
Neumayr, George
O’Malley’s Tin Whistle The ambitious governor of Maryland stumbles toward 2016. By George Neumayr Martin O'Malley arrived at this year's Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a...
Losing Mali
Kaplan, Roger
Losing Mali The administration will not avoid further involvement in an African tribal war. BY ROGER KAPLAN Americans aren't paying much attention to Africa right now. Eclipsed by the violent...
Christmas Books
Christmas Books Books Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers. Matthew Continetti The post-election holidays are a good time for conservatives to lick...
Money and Oil
Lehrman, Lewis E.
THE ECONOMIC SPECTATOR Money and Oil One hundred years of monetary disorder. by Lewis E. Lehrman "Theproblems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created...
Slouching Toward Dhimmitude
Harriss, Joseph A.
LETTER FROM PARIS Slouching Toward Dhimmitude What rough beast is being born in France? by Joseph A. Harriss France's latest bout of jihad jitters came in September when two small homemade bombs...
Into the Wilderness
Lipsky, Seth
CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS Into the Wilderness by Seth Lipsky As republicans lick their wounds after the election just ended, the person of whom I find myself thinking is Robert Bartley. He was...
Pollice Versoand Pigskins
Friel, Nina
CAMPUS SCENES Pollice Verso and Pigskins by Nina Friel James Madison, to my knowledge, never played tackle football. I doubt he would have made the JV squad: a slim 5'4", he lacked the taurine...
Fifty Years in America
Bethell, Tom
CAPITOL IDEAS Fifty Years in America by Tom Bethell The Cuban Missile Crisis erupted soon after I arrived in America. I was teaching at an excellent school in Virginia, Woodberry Forest, which...
Taranto's Revenge
Taranto, James
PRESSWATCH Taranto s Revenge by James Taranto Prior to election day, I had been planning a triumphal column explaining how Mitt Romney's victory vindicated the Taranto Principle, but events...
At Work and at Prayer
Aitken, Jonathan
HIGH SPIRITS At Work and at Prayer by Jonathan Aitken We are approaching the season of New Year's resolutions. Alas, for me and many others this ritual is embarrassingly like the old joke that...
Once There Were Greenvilles
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY Once There Were Greenvilles by Benjamin J. Stein THURSDAY—GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA What a great town this is. It is very roughly two-thirds of the way between Charleston...
Unreal Realities
Bowman, James
CONSERVATIVE TASTES Unreal Realities by James Bowman The new film SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden appeared on the National Geographic Channel on November 4 and on Netflix the following...
On Knowing When to Shut Up
Coyne, John R. Jr.
BOOKS IN REVIEW On Knowing When to Shut Up This Living Hand: And Other Essays By Edmund Morris (Random House, 500 pages, $32) Reviewed by John R. Coyne, Jr. In a piece appearing in TAS in...
My Orwell, Right or Left
Walther, Matthew
My Orwell, Right or Left George Orwell: Diaries Edited by Peter Davison, Introduction by Christopher Hitchens (W.W. Norton, 597 pages, $39.95) Reviewed by Matthew Walther I Suspect That George...
The Great Bill Rusher
Hannaford, Peter
The Great Bill Rusher If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the Conservative Movement By David B. Frisk (ISI Books, 517 pages, $34.95) Reviewed by Peter Hannaford Today many...
The Election...The Election of 2014/Sex and the Generals
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
PUBLIC NUISANCES R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. The Election...The Election of 2014 WASHINGTON Jimmy carter is redeemed! The grinning dunce of yesteryear, who grew into the anile doddering figure of...
Assorted Jackasses
CURRENT WISDOM FoxNews.com Fox News captures Chris Matthews explicating the conservative mind in a rare moment ofdiabolical infestation: I think they hate Obama. They want him out of the White...
Sorry for Your Gain
Flynn, Daniel J.
Last Call Sorry for Your Gain by Daniel J. Flynn News of my 71-year-old crippled father’s passing saddened but didn’t surprise. The afternoon update that the man pronounced dead that morning...
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