STATE OF THE UNION
Can-Do Collectivism
Where he was not vague, Obama was wrong.   The Editors01/25 12:00 P.M.
THE GOP
‘We Made a Promise and We Should Keep It’

 Fiscal conservatives like Virginia Foxx buck the House leadership, push for more cuts.
Robert Costa02/09 11:05 P.M.
Lowry: House Republicans in Revolt
Lopez: Leadership Agrees to $100 Billion Cuts
EGYPT
Do the Protesters Want Democracy?
Egypt is a complex country of 80 million. There is no “the people.”
Andrew C. McCarthy02/09 4:00 A.M.

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GUN CONTROL
More Guns? Fewer? Meh
Relaxing gun control succeeds in arming mainly those who are at little risk of becoming victims.
Robert VerBruggen 02/09 1:28 P.M.
Krikorian: Bureaucracy Hurts the Defenseless
EGYPT
Cairo Ironies
Obama, Biden, and Clinton are as confused about Egypt as they were about the surge.
Victor Davis Hanson 02/09 4:00 A.M.
Shea: More about Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Rubin: Egyptian Security ‘Disappearing’ Critics?
Hot Blog: Egypt Watch
2012
Told Ya So
Sen. Jim Webb makes his early retirement official.
Jim Geraghty02/09 11:36 A.M.
Foster: VA-SEN Through Sabato’s Crystal Ball

 HEALTH CARE
Scalia’s Take
Justice Scalia’s interpretation of the commerce clause is surprisingly ambiguous.
Robert VerBruggen 02/09 4:00 A.M.
SPENDING
Weak on Farm Subsidies
A “fiscal conservative” cannot support such a wasteful program.
Michael Tanner 02/09 4:00 A.M.
CONGRESS
Entitlement Politics, Again
Bill Kristol proposes an odd test of seriousness for Republicans on entitlements.
Ramesh Ponnuru 02/09 8:46 A.M.
SPENDING
Budget Showdown
The GOP’s intramural fight over the budget.
Andrew Stiles 02/09 4:00 A.M.
HIGH-SPEED RAIL
Fast Train to Nowhere
Another Obama-Biden boondoggle.
Michelle Malkin 02/09 12:00 A.M.
THE U.N.
A $180 Million Debt
The Obama administration refuses to let the United Nations pay us back.
Brett D. Schaefer 02/09 4:00 A.M.

2012
Lugar: ‘Get Real’ Tea Party
“[I’m] trying to take warheads of Russia [out of circulation] so they won’t hit Indiana.”
Katrina Trinko02/08 3:27 P.M.
Video: Tea Party Punches Back at Lugar
Whelan: Senator Lugar’s Unreality
2012
Huntsman: Weak-Kneed?
Don’t pigeonhole Jon Huntsman as a moderate.
Katrina Trinko 02/08 4:00 A.M.
THE DEMOCRATS
The Late, Great DLC
Dem insiders have the autopsy: the spirit is willing, but the organization is weak.
Brian Bolduc 02/08 1:01 P.M.
THE BUDGET
First Blood
The Ryan budget deserves support.
The Editors 02/08 4:00 A.M.
THE BUDGET
The First $58 Billion
Congressional spendthrifts, meet the minus sign.
Rich Lowry 02/08 12:00 A.M.

HEALTH CARE
Responsible Resistance?
Why is Mitch Daniels extending an olive branch with Obamacare mortally wounded?
John R. Graham02/08 10:16 A.M.
Troy: A New Path in the Fight
HEALTH CARE
Unconstitutional Waivers?
The Constitution does not authorize the president to grant dispensations.
Philip Hamburger 02/08 4:00 A.M.
Foster: The Medicaid Cavalcade
Thiessen: Repeal ‘Plank by Plank’?
HEALTH CARE
The ‘Judicial Activism’ Ploy
The Obama administration is slandering judges who adhere to the Constitution.
Thomas Sowell 02/08 12:00 A.M.
EUROPE
Muddy Multiculturalism
Against multiculturalism, David Cameron speaks of “British values.” What are those?
Anthony Daniels 02/08 6:32 A.M.
Foster: ‘Canadian Multiculturalism Has Failed’
Pipes: My Optimism about Europe
FOREIGN POLICY
Undermining Allies
Obama’s foreign policy threatens to make being a U.S. ally less attractive.
Thomas Sowell 02/08 12:00 A.M.
THE U.S. & THE WORLD
The Economy and Security
If we don’t fix the economy, our rivals will grow in power.
Zalmay Khalilzad 02/08 4:00 A.M.

DETROIT
LaHood Should Resign
DOT admits it has no evidence to back up its irresponsible claims about Toyota.
Henry Payne 02/08 9:20 P.M.
LIFE
‘We Don’t Need to Know’
That’s what an investigator posing as a pimp was told at a Bronx Planned Parenthood.
Kathryn Jean Lopez 02/08 6:03 A.M.
IMPROMPTUS
Beware cynicism, &c.
Jay Nordlinger on the Middle East, Rumsfeldian snowflakes, Chinese ABCs, and more.
Go 02/08 12:00 A.M.
POLITICAL CULTURE
On Visiting My 100th Country
What’s better than traveling?
Dennis Prager 02/08 12:00 A.M.
EGYPT
Dictators and Hedgehogs
Obama has discarded Bush’s “freedom agenda.”
Douglas J. Feith 02/08 4:00 A.M.
EGYPT
America and Autocrats
The U.S. has had to deal with the world as it is.
Mona Charen 02/08 12:00 A.M.
EGYPT
Inconvenient Sphinx
The international community should stop recognizing illegitimate regimes.
Mario Loyola02/07 4:00 A.M.
EGYPT
The Egyptian Bargain
Were 30 years of peace worth the price?
Michael Barone 02/07 12:00 A.M.

2012
Bush 2012
If Jeb feels a call to run for president, it has to be 2012, not 2016.
Rich Lowry 02/07 4:00 A.M.
2012
Bush: Not a 4-Letter Word
Success isn’t a liability.
Kathryn Jean Lopez 02/07 12:00 A.M.

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Douglas Murray: David Cameron's multicultural wake-up call.  Wall Street Journal
Michael Walsh: Obama's blue dog sham.  New York Post
George F. Will: Maybe America is finally learning about the limits of its influence abroad.  Washington Post
Nicole Gelinas: The hidden costs of TARP.  USA Today
Christopher O. Tollefsen: Truth, love and live action.  The Public Discourse
Mark Landler and Helene Cooper: Allies press the U.S. to go slow on Egypt.  New York Times
Craig Whitlock and Mary Beth Sheridan: Free elections still distant prospect for Egypt.  Washington Post
NYT Editors: Mr. Suleiman's empty promises.  New York Times
Daniel Gordis: Instability in Egypt will push the United States closer to Israel.  New York Times
Washington Times Editors: Political correctness responsible for Fort Hood murders.  Washington Times
Dana Milbank: Did Arianna Huffington just sell out her fellow progressives?  Washington Post
James Taranto: Elite profs answer constitutional arguments by sticking their fingers in their ears.  Wall Street Journal
Jennifer Rubin: What's wrong with Europe?  Washington Post
Michael Milken: When the stock market values companies that make cosmetics and beer far above pharmaceutical companies, you know that incentives are out of whack.  Wall Street Journal
Amir Taheri: Real peace vs. Palestinian 'statehood.'  New York Post
B.R. Myers: Gluttony dressed up as foodie-ism is still gluttony.  The Atlantic
Danny Heitman: Why the Super Bowl gets more attention than science fair winners.  Washington Post
James Bernard Murphy: Childhood takes up a quarter of one's life, and it would be nice if children enjoyed it.  Wall Street Journal
Brett D. Schaefer: The U.S., the U.N., and a $180 Million Debt
Michael Tanner: Republicans Are Weak on Farm Subsidies
Andrew C. McCarthy: Do the Protesters Want Democracy?
Victor Davis Hanson: Cairo Ironies
The Editors: Multiculturalism — Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu
Robert VerBruggen: Scalia and the Commerce Clause
Andrew Stiles: Budget Showdown
Michelle Malkin: Fast Train to Nowhere
Jonah Goldberg: The Real ‘Realism’ on Israel
Katrina Trinko: Huntsman: Weak-Kneed or Rock-Ribbed?
Philip Hamburger: Are Health-Care Waivers Unconstitutional?
Zalmay Khalilzad: The Economy and National Security
The Editors: First Blood
Douglas J. Feith: Dictators and Hedgehogs
Rich Lowry: The First $58 Billion
Jay Nordlinger: Beware cynicism, &c.;
Mona Charen: America and Autocrats
Thomas Sowell: Undermining Allies
Dennis Prager: On Visiting My Hundredth Country
Thomas Sowell: The ‘Judicial Activism’ Ploy
1. Hamburger: Are Health-Care Waivers Unconstitutional?
2. Lowry: Bush 2012
3. Hanson: Cairo Ironies
4. VerBruggen: An Obamacare Roadblock
5. Kahane: The Charnel House of Blackmun
6. Mississippi State Cheerleader in Playboy Controversy
7. McCarthy: Do the Protesters Want Democracy?
8. VerBruggen: Scalia and the Commerce Clause
9. Lopez: Bush Is Not a Four-Letter Word
10. Editors: Multiculturalism — Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu
11. Nordlinger: Beware cynicism, &c.;
12. Foster: Chris Christie FTW
13. Goldberg: The Real ‘Realism’ on Israel
14. Currie: Why Wall Street Collapsed
15. Sowell: The ‘Judicial Activism’ Ploy
16. Trinko: Lugar Tells Tea Party to ‘Get Real’
17. Geraghty: 20 Blue Dog Democrats Meeting with Donald Trump?
18. Feith: Dictators and Hedgehogs
19. McCarthy: Don’t Count on Egypt’s Army
20. Loyola: An Inconvenient Sphinx
MULTICULTURALISM
Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu
Multiculturalism has had its day.
The Editors 02/09 4:00 A.M.
Kirsanow: Multi-culti vs. Exceptionalism
NATIONAL SECURITY
PATRIOT Games
The House GOP splinters, and an extension of the PATRIOT Act fails.
Robert Costa 02/09 11:07 A.M.
THE MIDDLE EAST
The Real ‘Realism’ on Israel
What exactly will the “two-state solution” solve?
Jonah Goldberg 02/09 12:00 A.M.
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Fed Up
Jim Geraghty and Greg Corombos cover Ryan and the Fed, Lugar and the Tea Party, and more.

EUROPE
Is This the End for Berlusconi?
Prosecutors seek charges against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for paying for sex with a minor.
The Feed 02/09 8:25 A.M.

HOLLYWOOD
Meet the New ‘Iron Lady’
American Meryl Streep set to play British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
The Feed 02/09 7:04 A.M.
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2012
Orrin in the Lion’s Den
Sen. Orrin Hatch goes fire-and-brimstone on spending before a Tea Party group.
Robert Costa 02/08 9:30 P.M.

BUSH YEARS
Saddam Targeted Bush Twins
Rumsfeld reveals Hussein had $60 million bounty on his, Bush’s daughters.
The Feed 02/08 4:23 P.M.
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Ryan vs. Maloney on Spending
Not even a fair fight. 08:44
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Christie Gets the Last Laugh
NJ guv explains how he won the day on the Hudson River tunnel. 05:48

ECON 101
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, it’s. . .
Meet the MIT economist who wants to explain Obamacare in a comic book.
The Feed 02/08 8:58 A.M.
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Mitch Daniels Makes a Grown Man Cry
With a spicy shrimp cocktail, that is. 02:30

CULTURE
Halle Berry Endorses ‘One-Drop Rule’
Halle says in an upcoming interview with EBONY magazine, “I feel she’s Black. I’m Black and I’m her mother.”
The Feed 02/09 12:25 P.M.

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