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Beran: G-Men and the Arts
Posted on May 28, 2009Rocco Landesman, President Obamas choice to head the National Endowment for the Arts, has been greeted with wild acclaim. But he is unlikely to be able, even if he wanted to, to reform the agencys misdirected model of creativity.
Hemingway: Speaking Bluntly
Posted on May 28, 2009Harry Reid vacillates between outright spite toward his political enemies and unwarranted fawning over his political allies.
Nordlinger: To be gracious, c.
Posted on May 28, 2009Jay Nordlinger on Obama and abortion, the meaning of Hispanic, the wonder of the American language, and more.
May: The War Against Modernity
Posted on May 28, 2009Islamists believe the destruction of modernity is necessary if Islam is to regain the power to which it is entitled.
Hanson: Israels Cuban Missile Crisis -- All the Time
Posted on May 28, 2009Within a decade or two, a nuclear Iran could so demoralize the Israelis by such psychological intimidation that it could unravel Israel demographically without dropping a bomb.
Allitt: The Conservative Founders
Posted on May 28, 2009The document we now know as the Federalist papers was the new nations first conservative classic.
Hatch: What Kind of Judge?
Posted on May 27, 2009Does Judge Sotomayor share President Obamas ideas about administering justice?
Gallagher: Redefining Religious Liberty
Posted on May 27, 2009Liberals who support gay marriage may understand what their movement is willing to endorse and where it draws the line. The rest of us have to sit back and wonder.
Kavulla: Colonial Inheritances
Posted on May 27, 2009The trial was about murder, but the issue is power.
Black: Crisis President
Posted on May 27, 2009President Obama, facing a fraction of the problems that greeted Roosevelt, began by fanning fears, not calming them.
McCarthy: Rule of Law, or Rule of Lawyers?
Posted on May 27, 2009Our real governing standard is the one made infamous by the legendary litigator Roy Cohn: Dont tell me what the law is. Tell me who the judge is.
Franck: Presidents, Senators, and Judicial Philosophy
Posted on May 27, 2009Defer to the president on Supreme Court nominees? Thats not the Senates job.
Goldberg: Empathy vs. Impartiality
Posted on May 27, 2009What Obama calls "empathy" means bending the law to favor certain groups.
Sowell: Empathy in Action
Posted on May 27, 2009Empathy for particular groups can be reconciled with equal justice under law only with smooth words. But not in reality.
Charen: Are We at Peace?
Posted on May 27, 2009A major lesson from Iraq is that the path of diplomacy only leads to ruin.
Lopez: Danger Zone
Posted on May 26, 2009Canceling the D.C. school-choice program will endanger students' safety.
Novak: All the Confusion Fit to Print
Posted on May 26, 2009The Vatican newspaper fails to grasp the full threat Obama poses for the American Catholic conscience.
Nordlinger: Davos in the Desert, Part VI
Posted on May 26, 2009Jay Nordlinger on a challenging Israeli, a well-disguised Dane, the perfect EU envoy, and more.
Vassiliev: Their Man in Havana?
Posted on May 26, 2009The mere fact that Ernest Hemingway toyed with Soviet intelligence is one of the more surprising revelations in the KGB files.
Interview: Let Them Speak English
Posted on May 26, 2009John J. Miller talks bilingual education with author and activist Rosalie Pedalino Porter.
Sowell: Our Confused Age
Posted on May 26, 2009Our society is moving steadily in the direction where no one is responsible for what he himself did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.
Editors: Advice on Consent
Posted on May 26, 2009Judge Sonia Sotomayor is female, Hispanic, liberal, and mediocre.
Lowry: A Bad Day for Impartiality
Posted on May 26, 2009Impartiality has been supplanted by empathy.
Steyn: What Are We Stimulating?
Posted on May 23, 2009The stimulus will do nothing for the economy, but it will advance the cause of statism.
Murdock: Loose Lips Seal Lips
Posted on May 23, 2009Todays U.S. blabocracy impedes foreign intelligence sharing.
Freddoso: Out of Touch
Posted on May 22, 2009Polls indicate that Obamas views on abortion and the Supreme Court are to the left of the American publics.
Gunlock: Honoring American Heroes
Posted on May 22, 2009On Monday, leave a flower on the grave of a soldier known or unknown to you. Take your children and explain the meaning behind this important national holiday.
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