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America As Job

Time Magazine of 1961 had its own, surprisingly spiritual commentary and conclusions to make about some hefty Old Testament offerings on Broadway: Archibald MacLeish’s J.B. and Paddy Chayefsky’s Gideon. Two of the world’s greatest theater directors, Sir Tyrone Guthrie and

Progressive Trolling and … The Real McMurphy?

I have, for weeks, had a mercifully short but accurate metaphor to deliver as an editorial titled America As Job. However, my last two columns had to take precedence over America As Job. Recent headlines demanded I postpone any Biblical

Executive Temperament: Principles Matter

When, in The Federalist, Alexander Hamilton writes that “energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government,” he refrains from asserting that energy in the executive is the leading character in the definition of good

Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Andrew Sullivan

Leave it to Andrew Sullivan. It’s been 24 hours since I offered $100,000 for the full list and contents of the Ezra Klein’s four-year experiment in political-journalist editorial collusion — the on line progressive jazz fusion station known as JournoList.

South Carolina: Outlier or National Precursor?

The great Pat Caddell and Kendra Stewart survey the recent South Carolina elections over at Real Clear Politics: Perhaps nothing better illustrates the historic change brought on in these June elections than the nomination – and all but certain election

Executive Temperament in Evidence: Bobby Jindal

On Wednesday, I posted a piece, drawing attention to what is now obvious even to Maureen Dowd: that, as an executive, Barack Obama is woefully incompetent. In that piece, I noted the propensity of the American people for electing to

Ricochet Podcast #20: The Year of The Spanking

We talk Turkey with Claire Berlinski, baseball with Ursula Hennessey, and California and national politics with Mike Murphy. Plus we answer member questions and ponder a certain candidate’s future. All this and more on this week’s Ricochet Podcast. Join the

The Ass Obama Should Kick Is His Own

The President of the United States is looking for an ass to kick. “I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar,” he said Monday, “we talk to these folks because they potentially have the

Sarah Palin, Privacy, Decency and 'The Boy Next Door'

[youtube aUB4XcQYq9A nolink] Joe McGinniss has broken no law by renting the house adjacent to Palin’s. McGinniss is technically within his rights to become Palin’s next-door neighbor. And of course, being technically within one’s rights is a perfectly valid justification

Newsweek's Eleanor Clift Wrestles with Her Inner Girlfriend

As the nearly two-year-old Palin piñata-fest demonstrates, for the devout liberal the intersection of Sorority Street and Politics Avenue is left-turn only. To no one’s surprise, Sarah Palin remains the left’s First Lady of political feminae non gratae, the gold