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Obama's Last-Minute Gifts by George Neumayr

The undemocratic nature of liberal "victories."

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

The Obama Watch

Off the Ropes

Ross Kaminsky | 12.23.10 @ 6:08AM

Behind the Obama comeback in lame-duck season.

The Current Crisis

Dishonest Services

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.23.10 @ 6:08AM

Judge Richard Posner's derelictions in the Conrad Black case.

At Large

Celebrating Christmas

Mark Tooley | 12.23.10 @ 6:08AM

The most despotic tyrannies typically do not do so.

Eminentoes

Spectral Voices

Jay D. Homnick | 12.23.10 @ 6:07AM

Arlen Specter's shameful -- shameless-- farewell.

Among the Intellectualoids

More Grit? -- Geez, Yah.

Larry Thornberry | 12.23.10 @ 6:07AM

Hold on to your Bridges -- he's no match for John Wayne in the Coen remake of True Grit.

The Nation's Pulse

An Authentic Christmas

Christopher Orlet | 12.23.10 @ 6:07AM

In praise of real Christmas trees.

Feature

Can Civilization Survive Without God?

David Aikman | December 2010 - January 2011

In Washington, the Hitchens Brothers disagree, but with a poignant friendliness.

Another Perspective

A Liberal Carol, Part II

Lisa Fabrizio | 12.23.10 @ 6:05AM

No more Dickens around: A ghostly story in two parts.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Political Hay

One Mississippi

William Tucker | 12.22.10 @ 6:09AM

The race hounds at the New York Times out Haley Barbour as a racist.

Special Report

The Unrepentant Terrorist

Ron Kolb | 12.22.10 @ 6:09AM

Oscar Lopez-Rivera was offered clemency by Bill Clinton but refused to show remorse. Now he's up for parole.

The Nation's Pulse

Texas Just Got Bigger

William Murchison | 12.22.10 @ 6:08AM

Four new congressional seats, in a Republican census year.

The Public Policy

The Death Panel's First Murder

Peter Ferrara | 12.22.10 @ 6:08AM

The political logic of socialized medicine becomes colder and crueler in its display.

Feature

Books for Christmas

TAS Symposium Contributors | December 2010 - January 2011

Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers.

The Tax and Spend Spectator

Supply-Side, the Next Generation

W. James Antle, III | December 2010 - January 2011

Tax cuts aren't enough.

A Further Perspective

Second Front Alliances

RiShawn Biddle | 12.22.10 @ 6:07AM

Republican divisions on education reform will make for some strange bedfellows in the next Congress.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Special Report

Christmas with Clarence

Paul Kengor | 12.21.10 @ 6:09AM

Progressives love Clarence Darrow this time of year, as did communists for reasons of their own.

Political Hay

Requiem for a Columnist's Dam

Jeffrey Lord | 12.21.10 @ 6:08AM

Tom Wicker's Christmas rage at Reagan over a private dam and public dollars.

A Further Perspective

Obamacare and the Broccoli Mandate

David Catron | 12.21.10 @ 6:08AM

Can the federal government make America eat its vegetables?

Eminentoes

Merry Christmas, Julian

George H. Wittman | 12.21.10 @ 6:07AM

Just kidding (though something tells us Mr. Assange doesn't celebrate Christmas).

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