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The End 12 May 2012 | 02:59 am

We started NLT in October of 2001.  I thought it was a good idea, as did many of you even back then.  In fact, in my typical bragadoccio mode I warned Jonah Goldberg a few months later that we would p...

Understanding Obama 11 May 2012 | 01:53 am

Forget the birther nonsense, etc. Former Intelligence Committee staffer and author Angelo Codevilla establishes that Obama grew up in a  world deeply influenced by the CIA, among other establishment i...

Tocqueville on Julia 9 May 2012 | 03:29 pm

By now everyone has met Julia, the lucky woman in the unusual Obama campaign commercial who is looked after from cradle to grave by a compassionate federal government.  With the help of the government...

Greek Democracy Would Go Down, If It Had Somewhere To Go 8 May 2012 | 12:59 pm

If, you are any kind of well wisher of Greece, the results of last nights election was a horrible result.  The headline result from much of the media was that the Greek electorate voted against "auste...

Remembering Sarkozy 8 May 2012 | 10:24 am

At a time when many Americans felt down on the future of their country, French President Nicolas Sarkozy brightened their spirits in this stirring address before Congress. It reminded Americans of the...

The Catholic Pendulum Swings 8 May 2012 | 02:53 am

Intellectual Conservative has posted my latest article, The Catholic Pendulum Swings. The war between U.S. Catholic bishops and the Obama administration over Obamacare's abortion, sterilization and c...

Who's Your Grandpappy? 7 May 2012 | 01:16 am

Mitt Romney welcomed his 17th and 18th grandchildren (twins) over the weekend. The man is an empire builder.

The Democratic Nominee 6 May 2012 | 11:32 pm

Obama formally launched his re-election campaign this weekend at Ohio State University, and the occasion bodes well for Republicans. As the Columbus Dispatch reports: ...the event fell short of the 2...

Small Business Friendliness 6 May 2012 | 10:45 pm

Sander Daniels at Thumbtack.com provided me with a preview of a survey of small businesses (to be released on Tuesday) which ranks the friendliness of states and cities towards small business. The dat...

Defending Julia 5 May 2012 | 01:58 pm

Defending these other Julias--and not the woman in Orwell's 1984. From Robert Herrick: WHENAS in silks my Julia goes, Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows That liquefaction of her clothes. ... Ne...

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