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Between Mubarak and a Hard Place by Ben Stein

I just don't see the story the way it's being played on TV. (Read)

Monday, February 7, 2011

Loose Canons

Sleeping in the Tank

Jed Babbin | 2.7.11 @ 6:09AM

Egypt goes the way of Turkey, while the administration is asleep even as it keeps switching positions.

Washington Prowler

Obama's Canossa Moment

The Prowler | 2.7.11 @ 6:08AM

The humbled president speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today.

A Further Perspective

The New America Firsters

Daniel Oliver | 2.7.11 @ 6:08AM

As opposed to the Government Firsters (and Lasters).

Political Hay

Ryan's Opening Pitch

Ross Kaminsky | 2.7.11 @ 6:07AM

His proposal is not the final word on budget cuts, just a first step.

The Pursuit of Knowledge

Measure for Measure

Roger Scruton | February 2011

Old weights and measures have lasted in America because they grew from the free transactions between people.

Car Guy

Diesel Delivers

Eric Peters | 2.7.11 @ 6:06AM

So why can't government stand real fuel efficiency?

Friday, February 4, 2011

Another Perspective

Will the Middle East Go MAD?

William Tucker | 2.4.11 @ 6:10AM

As Egypt prepares us for a New Middle East, thank goodness for nuclear weapons and mutually assured destruction. But then there's Iran.

The Obama Watch

Michelle Obama's Barbecue Hypocrisy

Andrew Cline | 2.4.11 @ 6:09AM

The first rule of political pandering: Know what you're talking about.

A Further Perspective

Religious Left Despised Ronald Reagan

Mark Tooley | 2.4.11 @ 6:08AM

A nice reminder of a no-holds-barred detestation.

Political Hay

Repeal Appeal

Ross Kaminsky | 2.4.11 @ 6:08AM

Senate Democrats seal their fate for 2012 by voting against repeal of Obamacare.

Special Report

Reagan vs. the Progressives

Paul Kengor | 2.4.11 @ 6:08AM

Remembering Ronald Reagan at 100 -- and what he learned from his "progressive" friends.

At Large

Propaganda of the Deed

George H. Wittman | 2.4.11 @ 6:07AM

The riots in Egypt have been a boon for post-Domodedovo Russia.

Books in Review

Poured Concrete for the Soul

Dan Peterson | February 2011

Why are we now not surprised when architecture is ugly and inhuman? Nancy Pearcey offers answers to this and many other questions about our aggressively secular age.

Movie Takes

The King's Speech

James Bowman | 2.4.11 @ 6:04AM

Maybe here is a heroism we can believe in again.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Streetcar Line

Why the Black Panther Case Matters

Quin Hillyer | 2.3.11 @ 6:09AM

Holder team tramples civil rights -- by enforcing left-wing view that civil rights law exists only to protect certain minorities, the heck with everyone else.