11/16/2009: Vol. 015, # 09

11/9/2009: Vol. 015, # 08

11/2/2009: Vol. 015, # 07

10/26/2009: Vol. 015, # 06

 Issue Date: 11/16/2009 -  Volume 015, Number 09

Editorial

The Future Is Bright
A three-part plan for taking advantage of the Obama-Pelosi agenda.
by Fred Barnes

Scrapbook

Pelosi's Victory, and Other Election News

Articles

Painting Virginia Red
Anatomy of a GOP victory.
by Jennifer Rubin

Barack Obama's Leading Indicator
Deval Patrick's fizzle bodes ill for the White House.
by Jules Crittenden

Next, Locusts?
The abject failure of the Obama administration's Middle East policy.
by Elliott Abrams

Dictatorships and Double Standards
Tough on Fiji, soft on Iran.
by Stephen F. Hayes

The Swedish Way
A surprising model for Chicago's crackdown on prostitution.
by Mark P. Lagon

Features

As We Stand Down, Can They Stand Up?
Iraq still needs close attention from the United States.
by Max Boot

France on the Hudson
It's 1973 all over again, as New York enters the ninth year of the reign of Michael Bloomberg.
by Fred Siegel and Harry Siegel

The Palin Persuasion
A case for the new populism.
by Matthew Continetti

Books & Arts

The Ayn and Only
Cult-empress or great thinker?
by Katherine Mangu-Ward

Closing Time
The Irish country pub is thriving everywhere except Ireland.
by Martin Morse Wooster

Paint By Numbers
New Deal art and the problems of public patronage.
by Martha Bayles

Ghost Patrol
The curious mythology of the Vietnam war.
by Andrew Nagorski

Unthriller
The aging King of Pop prepares for his final appearance.
by John Podhoretz

Casual

Keep Hope Alive
by Victorino Matus

Parody

Headlines amid GOP victories
A parody.

 Issue Date: 11/9/2009 -  Volume 015, Number 08

Editorial

The Pelosi Plan
... and the Swine Flu Democrats.
by William Kristol

Scrapbook

Sycophancy in Our Time
... from the Scrapbook.

Articles

Hark! the Heralded Dylan Sings
Bob Dylan fans are the battered wives of the music industry.
by Andrew Ferguson

Obama's Fight to Win or Lose
Mitch McConnell takes a shrewd tack in the battle over Obamacare.
by Fred Barnes

When Pro-Israel Is Not Very Pro-Israel
Meet the J Street gang.
by Michael Goldfarb

The Flying Imams Win
And the rest of us lose.
by Scott W.  Johnson

McChrystal Lite
How to lose a war by splitting the difference.
by Tom Donnelly and Tim Sullivan

Features

Too Small To Fail
The brutal realities of Latvia's response to the economic meltdown.
by Andrew Stuttaford

The Two-Front War
Pakistan is finally doing its part. Now we need to do ours.
by Frederick W. Kagan

Books & Arts

The Good Doctor
Samuel Johnson, writer and sage.
by Edward Short

A Fine Mess
Even E.L. Doctorow can't spoil the saga of the Collyer brothers.
by Terry Teachout

Case by Case
The new Oxford edition of decisions that made history.
by Terry Eastland

Cool Gone Cold
Old hipsters now need hip replacement.
by Ann Marlowe

Atrocity Road
In the Philippines, a Japanese assault on civilization.
by Victorino Matus

Big Talker
The reputation of Isaiah Berlin rests on words and letters, not books.
by James Grant

Polk's Empire
The president who did what he said he would do--and in one term.
by Edward Achorn

Annuals of Crime
The Choice of 'Best' can be a Mystery, too.
by Jon L. Breen

Great Reformer
Is freedom of conscience indebted to John Calvin?
by Barton Swaim

Casual

The Age of Innocence
by Philip Terzian

Parody

Amb. Holbrooke Dodges The Question
A parody.

 Issue Date: 11/2/2009 -  Volume 015, Number 07

Editorial

The Inevitability Myth
Health care reform is not a fait accompli
by Matthew Continetti

Scrapbook

The Muhammad Cartoons & Yale
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

Virginia Turns Back to Red
Obama's slide leaves Democrats floundering.
by Fred Barnes

Dede's Losing, Call the Cops
A wild three-way race in upstate New York.
by John McCormack

Corzine'$ La$t $tand
The New Jersey governor can't buy love, but he still has a chance to win.
by Jonathan V. Last

Obama's Minions Are Ingrates
The Bush administration did leave a plan for Afghanistan.
by Stephen F. Hayes

Keeping Up with the Hoosiers
Ohio comes down with a case of casino envy.
by David Wolfford

Absolutism in Disguise
Yes, Obamacare does mean federally funded abortion.
by Ivan Kenneally

All Crisis, All the Time
The American addiction to overreaction.
by Irwin Savodnik

Features

Give McChrystal a Fighting Chance
The war effort is succeeding in parts of Afghanistan-with time and troops the gains can be consolidated.
by Max Boot

Unfortunately, Failure Is an Option
Barack Obama faces a choice in Afghanistan. The safe middle ground may be the most treacherous.
by Lawrence B. Lindsey & Reuel Marc Gerecht

Books & Arts

Getting Underway
The bumpy road to nationhood.
by James M. Banner Jr.

A Master's Stroke
America checks out at the Bates Motel.
by Sonny Bunch

Sour Notes
Exile from Europe to Southern California wasn't all sun and fun.
by John Simon

Forever Green
A dreamer's voyage, a voyage of dreams, between two continents.
by Michael Dirda

Signs of Decay
This is what happens when the medium is the message.
by Lance Esplund

Boy Gone Wild
Beautiful scenery but no story equals cinematic Sominex.
by John Podhoretz

Casual

Funny Papers
by Joseph Epstein

Parody

Bill Clinton Abandons Charity Work
A parody.

 Issue Date: 10/26/2009 -  Volume 015, Number 06

Editorial

Cut the Payroll Tax
It's the real pro-growth measure.
by Matthew Continetti

Scrapbook

A Rush to Slander
From the Scrapbook.

Articles

Mr. Salazar, Tear Down This Cross
The government is paying the ACLU to knock down our war memorials.
by Jonathan V. Last

New Nukes!
A rallying cry for the 21st century
by Spencer Abraham

Obama's Stealth Energy Policy
If Congress won't make your electricity rates skyrocket, the EPA will.
by Michael Goldfarb

The Persecution of Belmont Abbey
Obama's EEOC doesn't believe in religious liberty.
by Charlotte Allen

A Dynamite Prize
The Nobel Prize for peace that passeth understanding.
by P. J. O'Rourke

We Have Met the Enemy . . .
And it is Iran.
by Michael Ledeen

Features

The Nobel-Hollywood Complex Implodes
Polanski, Letterman, and the Norwegians make conservatives' day
by Noemie Emery

Worthwhile Canadian Initiative--Really
An answer to America's energy problems lies in Alberta's oil sands.
by Fred Barnes

Books & Arts

Good Queen Mary
Another look at the misunderstood Tudor.
by J.J. Scarisbrick

Laughter in Red
Humor as a weapon against Soviet Communism.
by Thomas Swick

Reagan in Retrospect
Recapturing the 'counterrevolution'-- now three decades old.
by Vincent J. Cannato

Wacky Wiki
The "people's encyclopedia" strives to be doofus-free.
by Joe Queenan

Girl Gone Wild
Put a handsome face on the saddest of tales.
by John Podhoretz

Speaking Freely
The language of the Supreme Court on the subject of words.
by Kevin R. Kosar

Casual

Shingler on the Roof
David Skinner, handyman.
by David Skinner

Parody

Will the Reids rule the galaxy as one?
A parody.