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IssueVol. 047 Issue 007 (September 1 2015)
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Paid articleAbout This Month
Pleszczynski, Wlady
about this MONTH by WLADY PLESZCZYNSKI The Defiant Ones WE thought we had some breaking news. Shortly after the calamitous November 4 elections, the Washington Post quoted a top aide as telling a...
Paid articleThe Continuing Crisis
Jr, R. Emmett Tyrrell
the CONTINUING CRISIS by R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR. He is eating pizza far from the White House. He is downing Starbucks, slurping ice cream, and munching on burgers across America. Yet he is...
Paid articleThe Bootblack Stand
Plunkitt, George Washington
the BOOTBLACK STAND Dr. George Washington Plunkitt, our prize-winning political analyst, has recently retired from a staffposition with the House Ethics Committee and is working on volume seventeen...
Paid articleSketchbook
SKETCHBOOK Obamacare Architect: Let’s All Die at 75 by DAVID CATRON IF george Washington was the father of our country, Benjamin Franklin was its grandfather. While the former was fighting the...
Paid articleTen Paces
Pleszczynski, Larry Thornberry, Wlady
ten PACES Does interest in the World Cup show that Americans are finally taking to soccer? Football vs. Futbol— No Contest in El Norte by LARRY THORNBERRY It’s never as bad an experience, and I...
Paid articleIn the Colosseum
Elliott, Amanda C
in the COLOSSEUM by AMANDA C. ELLIOTT The Negotiator Raul Labrador on government shutdown, voter outreach, andJohn Boehner’s honor. Washington is a city full of dueling egos, a kind of bubble of...
Paid articleRick the Reformer
Cassidy, Jon
Rick The Reformer by JON CASSIDY The Texas governor has a solid record. But can he make voters forget 2012? Three years ago, a Texas reporter named Jay Root set out to chronicle the...
Paid articleWhy Israel Won't Listen to Critics
Tobin, Jonathan
Why Israel WOnt Listen to Critics The war in Gaza leaves the Jewish state united against its enemies and righteously indifferent to international opinion. by JONATHAN S. TOBIN At the end of weeks...
Paid articleDeath by Pension
Greenhut, Steven
Death by Pension California offers a case study of what happens when public employee unions control everything. by STEVEN GREENHUT When the November election was still a long way off,...
Paid articleIn Defense of Liberal Arts
Mcclay, B.D.
BACK TO CAMPUS BONANZA In Defense of Liberal Arts Who will speak upfor Socrates? by B.D. Mc CLAY writers point out the need for global leadership or an “adaptable and creative workforce.”...
Paid articlePop the Student Loan Bubble?
Mcmorris, Bill
BACK TO CAMPUS BONANZA Pop the Student Loan Bubble? Then overturn Griggs v. Duke Power Co. by BILL McMORRIS Business reporters and talking heads are tripping over themselves to predict the next...
Paid articleAmericana
Tushnet, Eve
AMERICANA by EVE TUSHNET The Gift Shop ofthe Dead A visit to D. C. s Museum of Crime and Punishment. For the past twelve years I’ve volunteered at a crisis pregnancy center serving mainly...
Paid articlePolitics
Moore, Stephen
POLTTTCS by STEPHEN MOORE Can’t We All Get Along ? We have to if we’re going to, you know, win. At a recent small dinner at the end of the fabulous Freedomfest gathering at the Paris Hotel in...
Paid articleThe Law and Economy Spectator
Buckley, F.H.
law and economy SPECT AT O R by F.H. BUCKLEY The Lois Lerner Curve Corrupt countries, where the rule of law is weak and political pilfering is common, are poor countries. Entrepreneurs and...
Paid articleLetter From Paris
Harriss, Joseph A.
letterfrom PARIS by JOSEPH A. HARRISS Racist, Moi? Excuse me Marianne, but your anti-Semitism is showing. Israel’s summer offensive against Hamas in Gaza sparked the predictable pro-Palestinian...
Paid articlePresswatch
Taranto, James
PRESSWATCH by JAMES TARANTO The Times’s Little Saint Nick Evaluating the error-prone Nicholas Kristof. WE often assume that racism or sexism is primarily about in-your-face bigots or...
Paid articleCampaign Crawlers
Norquist, Grover G.
campaign C R AW LERS by GROVER G. NORQU 1ST Governors Under Seige Scott Walker and Sam Brownback must win re-election. The math looks good. Very good. One can presume that when the American...
Paid articleBen Stein's Diary
Stein, Benjamin J.
ben stein’s DIARY by BENJAMIN J. STEIN In the Time We Have Left Tuesday This cannot be happening. Just can’t be. I am in my condo at the Shoreham Towers getting my toenails cut by my manicurist,...
Paid articleConservative Tastes
Bowman, James
conservative TASTES by JAMES BOWMAN There’s No Breaking Away This year for the eighth summer in succession I presented—along with free pizza—a collection of old movies on a theme. The theme of...
Paid articleA Lady With the Spark of Wit
Sherwood, Lydia
arts & LETTERS A Lady With the Spark of Wit The Informed Air: Essays By Muriel Spark (New Directions, 352 pages, $24.95) Reviewed by Lydia Sherwood How do you do it?” asked Evelyn Waugh in a...
Paid articleMini-Me to the Man Who Would Not Die
Bakshian, Aram Jr.
Mini-Me to the Man Who Would Not Die The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority By Patrick J. Buchanan (Crown Forum, 392 pages, $28) Reviewed by <Aram...
Paid articleReading the Reformist Manifesto
Antle, W. James III
Reading the Reformist Manifesto Room to Grow: Conservative Reforms For a Limited Government and a Thriving Middle Class By Peter Wehener, Yuval Levin, et al. (YG Network, 121 pages, Free) By W....
Paid articleDoes Language Shape Thought?
Derbyshire, John
Does Language Shape Thought? The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language By John H. McWhorter (Oxford, 208 pages, $19.95) Reviewed by John Derbyshire Chinese has an...
Paid articlePublic Nuisances
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
public NUISANCES by R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR. Paul Ryan’s Mysterious Way WASHINGTON There is a mystery about Congressman Paul Ryan’s new and very good book, The Way Forward: Renewing the American...
Paid articleCurrent Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
current W ISDOM New York Times Paul Krugman,filled with laughing gas, as he reads of President Barack Obama slippingon yet another banana peel: The truth is that these days much of the commentary...
Paid articleLast Call
Peterson, Kyle
last CALL by KYLE PETERSON Shopper’s Delight Few things can buoy the human spirit more than a trip to the local store. There, on endless shelves, stacked ceiling high, sit the progressive fruits...
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