THE MEDIA  11/08 3:00 A.M.
NPR’s Liberal Overlords

 The directors of the NPR and the NPR Foundation boards are almost uniformly left-wing.Matthew Shaffer
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
Rule by Regulation

 The president’s agenda will be advanced by the more subterranean means.
Charles Krauthammer12/31 12:00 A.M.
2011
Predictions
What’s in store for the new year? NRO writers place their bets.
NRO Symposium NEW YEAR’S ON NRO

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BIG LABOR
Snowmageddon Snit Fit
Public-sector unions politically exploited the blizzard. It’s time to privatize.
Michelle Malkin 12/31 12:00 A.M.

THE U.S. & THE WORLD
American 21st Century
Fear of American decline is misplaced.
Victor Davis Hanson12/30 12:00 A.M.
POLITICAL CULTURE
A Truce in the Culture Wars
The “so-called social issues” have taken a backseat to the economy.
Michael Barone 12/30 12:00 A.M.
DEFENSE
After New START
Obama should demonstrate his commitment to missile defense.
Clifford D. May 12/30 12:00 A.M.
THE MILITARY
The Moral Mush of Pacifism
The repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is quite inconvenient for the pacifist Left.
Jonah Goldberg 12/30 10:11 A.M.
Hanson: I, I, Me, Me, My, My — for Pacifism!
RUSSIA
Khodorkovsky’s Fate
Russian leaders are openly contemptuous of the opinion of the civilized world.
David Satter 12/30 1:30 P.M.
Goldberg: Re: Khodorkovsky’s Fate
CONGRESS
Who Is Ron Paul?
The incoming chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy explains himself.
An NRO Interview12/28 4:00 A.M.

THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Big Nannies of 2010
A look back at the year’s busiest busybodies.
Michelle Malkin 12/29 12:00 A.M.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
Traver Off Target
President Obama nominates an anti-gun zealot to the BATF.
Kevin D. Williamson 12/29 4:00 A.M.
SPENDING
Promises and Riots
The real “party of no”? Economists.
Thomas Sowell 12/29 12:00 A.M.
MARRIAGE
Future of an Illusion
Chronicle of a gay-marriage flip-flop foretold.
The Editors12/29 4:00 A.M.
CULTURE WATCH
As Gay Becomes Bourgeois
The rise of the homosexual bourgeoisie strikes me as good news.
Jonah Goldberg 12/29 12:00 A.M.
CULTURE WATCH
What Do Women Want?
The answer is not taught at college.
Dennis Prager 12/28 12:00 A.M.
Prager: What Do Men Want?

 SCHOOL LUNCHES
S’more, Please
Sarah Palin serves up healthy skepticism of federal menu-planning.
The Editors 12/28 4:00 A.M.
HEALTH CARE
The Rule of Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius “shall” do all manner of things to complete Obamacare.
Rich Lowry 12/28 12:00 A.M.
THE CONSTITUTION
Political End-Runs
Roscoe Pound’s “enlightened caste” tries to get around the people’s representatives.
Thomas Sowell 12/28 12:00 A.M.
AT WAR: THE COURTS
No Prosecutor
Obama and Holder demand unilateral control. The Constitution does not give it to them.
Andrew C. McCarthy12/28 4:00 A.M.
THE U.S. & THE WORLD
Back to Declinism
If America declines, the world becomes a more dangerous place.
Michael Auslin 12/28 4:00 A.M.
NRO RADIO: BETWEEN THE COVERS   12/28 04:00 A.M.
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David Feith: HSBC's moral bankruptcy on Iran.  Wall Street Journal
WSJ Editors: Let's postpone tax day.  Wall Street Journal
Byron York: How Dems turned a 134-day supermajority into Obamacare - and the years it will take to clean up the mess.  Washington Examiner
Mallory Factor: How Deng Xiaoping, architect of China's rise, defined the decade  NY Daily News
C. Boyden Gray C.: Dodd-Frank, the real threat to the Constitution.  Washington Post
Michael Gerson: The decline of religious institutions does not mean the end of belief.  Washington Post
Washington Times Editors: Likely and not so likely news of 2011.  Washington Times
Monica Hesse and Dan Zak: What's out, what's in as 2011 dawns.  Washington Post
Kathryn Lopez: Not that innocent.  Headline Bistro
Chris Patti: The military's next step after 'DADT': Equal rights for gay service members.  Washington Post
WSJEditors: Maliki's troop mistake.  Wall Street Journal
Harold Ford Jr.: Here's how the next Congress can do right by constituents, family and country.  Washington Post
Anne Hendershott: Catholic Hospitals vs. the Bishops.  Wall Street Journal
Charles Clotfelter: Isn't it time for major college athletic programs to get by without tax-deductible gifts?  Washington Post
Steve Moore: Can Rick Scott put Florida to work?  Wall Street Journal
Michael Ramirez: The debt and 'Baby New Year.'  Investor's Business Daily
Rich Lowry: Yes, the Greatest Country Ever
Michelle Malkin: Big Labor’s Snowmageddon Snit Fit
Deroy Murdock: Three Simple Reaganite Ideas for the New Congress
Charles Krauthammer: Government by Regulation
Clifford D. May: After New START
Michael Barone: A Truce in Culture Wars as Voters Focus on Economy
Victor Davis Hanson: The American 21st Century
The Editors: The Future of an Illusion
Kevin D. Williamson: Traver Off Target
Michelle Malkin: Big Nannies of the Year
Thomas Sowell: Promises and Riots
Jonah Goldberg: As Gay Becomes Bourgeois
The Editors: S’more, Please
Michael Auslin: Back to Declinism
Andrew C. McCarthy: The President Is No Prosecutor
Interview: Who Is Ron Paul?
Fred Schwarz: A Farewell to 2010
NRO Symposium: 2011 Predictions
Dennis Prager: What Do Women Want?
Rich Lowry: The Rule of Sebelius
1. Symposium: 2011 Predictions
2. Hanson: The American 21st Century
3. Interview: Who Is Ron Paul?
4. Editors: The Future of an Illusion
5. Malkin: Big Nannies of the Year
6. Williamson: Traver Off Target
7. Goldberg: As Gay Becomes Bourgeois
8. Prager: What Do Women Want?
9. Lopez: Tea Party Burlesque
10. Krauthammer: Government by Regulation
11. Sowell: Promises and Riots
12. Hanson: Two Californias
13. Barone: A Truce in Culture Wars as Voters Focus on Economy
14. Editors: S’more, Please
15. Malkin: Big Labor’s Snowmageddon Snit Fit
16. McCarthy: The President Is No Prosecutor
17. Lowry: The Rule of Sebelius
18. Sowell: Political End-Runs
19. Goldberg: Unsportsmanlike
20. Lowry: Yes, the Greatest Country Ever
THE U.S. & THE WORLD
Yes, the Greatest Ever
What other countries deserve this designation?
Rich Lowry 12/31 12:00 A.M.
CONGRESS
Three Reaganite Ideas
Republicans must break with the big-government, Bush-Obama years.
Deroy Murdock 12/31 12:00 A.M.
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
A Farewell to 2010
A look back, in verse.
Fred Schwarz NEW YEAR’S ON NRO

THREE MARTINI LUNCH    PODCAST #51   12/31
Three Martini’s Person of the Year
Who had the biggest impact on 2010? Geraghty and Corombos make their picks — and more.

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Over a Hundred Years Old???
Ezra Klein says we can’t understand the Constitution because it’s old and stuff. 01:17

RICOCHET PODCAST #50   12/30
Speed the Plow
Rob Long, Peter Robinson, James Lileks, and Pat Sajak cover the great blizzard of 2010, the topless president, and more.  > DISCUSS


Something lighter
Barone Sanitation to the Rescue
James Gandolfini helps shovel out motorist on an un-plowed NYC street.
The Feed 12/29 7:01 A.M.

2011
Meet the New Stamps
Ronald Reagan, Pixar, and a series honoring the Chinese “Year of the Rabbit,” among others.
The Feed 12/29 8:07 A.M.

quote of the day
No Labels or No Clue?
NYC Councilman Peter Vallone, ‘[Mayor Bloomberg] needs to stop acting like Baghdad Bob and saying everything’s okay.’
The Feed 12/29 8:46 A.M.

ELECTION 2010
AP: Feds Probing Christine O’Donnell
Multiple, albeit thin, reports that Christine O’Donnell is under investigation.
Daniel Foster 12/29 4:30 P.M.
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Obama and Vick
The obligatory Taiwanese animation treatment. 01:03

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Luke, These Are Your Tax Dollars at Work
The Empire Strikes Back, Saturday Night Fever and Airplane among 25 films added to the Library of Congress.
The Feed 12/28 8:04 A.M.

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