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Vol. 045 Issue 007 (September 1 2012)
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Signs of Desperation
Pleszczynski, Wlady
ABOUT THIS MONTH Signs of Desperation by Wlady Pleszczynski I see no reason not to reconfirm that Mr. Obama is going to lose on November 6. The best that can be said about him is that he's...
More Medicaid? No Thanks
Scott, Gov. Rick
IN THE COLOSSEUM More Medicaid? No Thanks. Florida can't afford Obamacare's expansion. by Gov. Rick Scott The federal government is out of money. Everyone knows this. President Obama knows it,...
Culture Trumps Politics
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
SPECIAL EDITORIAL R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Culture Trumps Politics On November 6, conservatives are going to win big in the elections, but not in the war for our political culture. Why? Culture...
Mistaken Or Messiah?
ODDS & ENDS Mistaken or Messiah? Correspondence John Derbyshire has a strange way of seeing the world, to put it mildly ("Heavens to Betsy!" TAS, June 2012). He dismisses the argument put forward...
The Continuing Crisis
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
THE CONTINUING CRISIS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. As July slipped away, the 2012 Olympic Games began in London with a four-hour opening ceremony that included the Queen wearing a very tasteful hat and...
The Wages Of Crying 'Restraint'
Barnett, Randy E.
The Wages of Crying 'Restraint' How John Roberts ended up as : America's Big Chief. by Randy E. Barnett HERE IS WHAT 30 YEARS OF "judicial conservatism" have gotten us: John Roberts' decision...
Romney, Bain, And Me
Gilder, George
Romney, Bain, and Me Mitt Romney's experience with the remarkable supply-sider Bill Bain is reason enough to expect big things from his presidency. by George Gilder In the early 1980s, soon after...
Hell No, We Won't Go! Hell No, That's Our Dough!
Peterson, Kyle
Hell No We Won't Go! Hell No, That's Our Dough! by Kyle Peterson For Publishers, the "youth manifes-— to" is a familiar formula. At regular intervals, an editor will gather up a few thoughtful...
Cap And Frown
Foster, Daniel
Cap and Frown Today's university graduates are paying more for less, and cheap credit is partially to blame. by Daniel Foster God, what a mess / on the ladder of success / When you take one step...
The Social Security Hangover
Purple, Matt
The Social Security Hangover Young people will wake up to intergenerational theft... eventually. by Matt Purple I met a friend of mine at a bar one day during my senior year of college. The...
Moral Relativism, R.I.P.
Rittelmeyer, Helen
Moral Relativism, R.I.P. Virtue and authority are back in fashion, as Bruce Wayne and Harry Potter can attest. by Helen Rittelmeyer Any conservative who expends energy denouncing relativism is...
Obama's Hipster Hell
Mccormack, John
Obamas Hipster Hell From economics to health care, the president s policies hammer young people most of all. by John McCormack On OCTOBER 13, 2008, just one month after the collapse of Lehman...
When France Lost Its Crown Jewel
Harriss, Joseph A.
LETTER FROM PARIS When France Lost Its Crown Jewel Fifty years on, it's still struggling to get over the horror and shame of the Algerian War. by Joseph A. Harriss When I disembarked from an Air...
Whatever Happened to Sam Tanenhaus?
McCain, Robert Stacy
EMINENTOES Whatever Happened to Sam Tanenhaus? The author of a conservative "autopsy" is mysteriously silent. by Robert Stacy McCain Has anyone heard from Sam Tanenhaus lately? Many weeks have...
Beer On Tap
Lipsky, Seth
CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS Beer on Tap by Seth Lipsky THIS IS A DECIDEDLY MINORITY OPINION, but the case with the biggest potential impact before the federal courts this year is not the saga of...
Every Governor A Walker
Norquist, Grover G.
THE TAX & SPEND SPECTATOR Every Governor a Walker Republicans control 24 states. Where are the rest of our Scott Walkers and Bobby Jindals? by Grover G. Norquist In less than two years, the...
Liberalism Explained
Buckley, F.H.
THE LAW & ECONOMY SPECTATOR Liberalism Explained by F.H. Buckley The hottest book this summer is Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind, on how liberals and conservatives see the world differently....
Mediscared Silly
Moore, Stephen; Ferrara, Peter
THE PUBLIC POLICY Mediscared Silly Seniors will fare better under Paul Ryan's reforms than they will under Obamacare. by Stephen Moore & Peter Ferrara If one were to find a stray copy of the...
When The Luck Runs Out
Bethell, Tom
CAPITOL IDEAS When the Luck Runs Out A trip to the hospital has a way of clarifying the problems in our health care. By Tom Bethell I don't believe i ever wrote an article about medical care....
God Save This Voluble Court
Taranto, James
PRESSWATCH God Save This Voluble Court by James Taranto ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL ASPECTS of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding Obamacare was the speed with which journalists punctured the...
A Little Less Conversation and a Lot More Action
Ryun, Ned
WITH THE TEA PARTIERS A Little Less Conversation and a Lot More Action by Ned Ryun By now we've heard the convention speeches, watched countless hours of cable news, viewed political commercial...
Advice For Septuagenarians
Aitken, Jonathan
HIGH SPIRITS Advice for Septuagenarians by Jonathan Aitken The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor...
Obama's America-and Mine
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY Obama's America—and Mine By Benjamin J. Stein TUESDAY Tatyana terasova sedlar, rest in peace. Alex and I are up in a blazing hot Portola Valley, California, a rural, tony...
All is Fakery
Bowman, James
CONSERVATIVE TASTES All Is Fakery by James Bowman Supposedly, with The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan has finally arrived at the end of his "Batman Trilogy," which began with Batman Begins...
W. James Antle III
Douthat, Ross
BOOKS IN REVIEW Down and Up From Secularism Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics By Ross Douthat (Free Press, 352 pages, $26) Reviewed by W. James Antle III Meet the two faces of...
John R. Coyne, Jr.
Caro, Robert A.
BOOKS IN REVIEW All the Way with LBJ, Almost: Rolling the Dice The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power By Robert A. Caro (Knopf, 714 pages, $35) Reviewed by John R. Coyne, Jr. This...
Joseph Lawler
Manzi, Jim
BOOKS IN REVIEW The Modest Researcher Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of Trial-and-Error for Business, Politics, and Society By Jim Manzi (Basic Books, 320 pages, $28.99) Reviewed by Joseph...
Assorted Jackasses
CURRENT WISDOM Parade An intellectual review that is the Bible of the faculty at Harvard State University asks President George H. W Bush to slander a great American and, alas, he takes the...
Heart To Heart To Heart
Lott, Jeremy
LAST CALL Heart to Heart to Heart by Jeremy Lott After several expensive and bothersome tests, modern medical science has determined that I do, in fact, have a heart. Figuring out what went wrong...
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