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Daniel Day Lewis as Lincoln

The Blessings of Liberty

Secured by immense power.

BY ADAM J. WHITE

December 10, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 13

An Anti-Morsi Protester

The Quality of Morsi

Egypt’s new strongman.

BY LEE SMITH

December 10, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 13

Capitalism and its Discontents

Capitalism and Its Discontents

The worst economic system, except for all the ­others.

BY IRWIN M. STELZER

December 10, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 13

The TSA pats down an elderly man

Now with the Union Label

The TSA’s new uniforms.

BY KATE HAVARD

December 10, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 13

Sebelius gets sneaky

The Sebelius Coverup

Obamacare’s insurance exchanges need scrutiny.

BY JEFFREY H. ANDERSON

December 10, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 13

Susan Rice

Benghazi Storytelling

Too many answers, not enough truthfulness.

BY STEPHEN F. HAYES

December 10, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 13

Romney posters the day after

After the Tumult and the Shouting

A dyspeptic election.

BY JAY COST

December 3, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 12

Generating plant at Niagara Falls, Ontario: More of this, eh?

By the Rivers of .  .  . Quebec?

The cheap, green answer to our electricity needs.

BY ELI LEHRER

December 3, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 12

Why Romney Lost the Asian Vote

Why Romney Lost the ‘Asian Vote’

Drill down into the numbers, and it’s not a surprise.

BY MICHAEL WARREN

December 3, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 12

The destroyed house of a Hamas official in Gaza

Winners & Losers

The Gaza war and its fallout.

BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS

December 3, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 12

Just divorced

The Disappearing Family Problem

Broken homes could use a little more attention from Washington.

BY MITCH PEARLSTEIN

November 26, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 11

Activist with a sign that says Stop the Massacre in Syria!

Disappointing Friends and Allies

For Syria, Obama’s reelection promises little change and less hope.

BY LEE SMITH

November 26, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 11

Artur Mas

Mas Movement

Catalonia ponders secession.

BY CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL

November 26, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 11

William Niskanen

Gorging the Beast

Tax cuts didn’t starve big government.

BY ANDREW FERGUSON

November 26, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 11

Washington Post HQ

Declining Kingdom, Waning Power

The Washington Post changes editors, world yawns.

BY PHILIP TERZIAN

November 26, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 11

The Fiscal Cliff ahead

Fiscal Cliff Diving

The deficit showdown ahead.

BY JOHN MCCORMACK

November 26, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 11

President Obama

Values Voters Prevail Again

But they were Obama’s values and his voters.

BY CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL

November 19, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 10

Anti Obama Protestors

Still Commander in Chief

A few suggestions, in a spirit of bipartisanship.

BY MAX BOOT

November 19, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 10

The Lesson of 2004

The Lesson of 2004

Don’t immediately start looking for lessons.

BY JONATHAN V. LAST

November 19, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 10

Reading Tocqueville in Beijing

Reading Tocqueville in Beijing

The old regime fears a revolution.

BY GARY SCHMITT and JAMES W. CEASER

November 19, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 10

Election Results roll in

A Setback, Not a Catastrophe

The Democrats’ success was Obamacentric.

BY FRED BARNES

November 19, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 10

Next in the illegitimate line: Xi Jinping

No Vote in China

A billion people disenfranchised.

BY ROSS TERRILL

November 12, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 09

North Koreans and Mercy Corps take tea

Too Charitable

North Korea’s favorite philanthropists.

BY ETHAN EPSTEIN

November 12, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 09

Obama throws the pitch

Good Riddance...

To the 2012 campaign.

BY FRED BARNES

November 12, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 09

A supporter of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,  right, engages a critic.

Brotherly Love

The wrong way to influence Egypt’s new leaders.

BY ERIC TRAGER

November 12, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 09

President Obama

Botching the Debates

How Biden and Obama blew it.

BY FRED BARNES

November 5, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 08

Obama and his plan

Obama’s Second-Term Agenda

Entrenching his first-term ‘achievements.’

BY JEFFREY H. ANDERSON

November 5, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 08

Obama attempts some Mediscare

The Campaign Dog that Didn’t Bark

Farewell, Mediscare.

BY MARK HEMINGWAY

November 5, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 08

Paul Ryan in Janesville

Wisconsin Saves America?

That’s Ryan’s hope.

BY JOHN MCCORMACK

November 5, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 08

Tom Smith

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?

The Pennsylvania Senate race is too close to call.

BY MICHAEL WARREN

November 5, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 08

Josh Mandel

The Negative Guys

Josh Mandel’s uphill struggle.

BY KATE HAVARD

November 5, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 08

Mitt Romney in Youngstown, Ohio

Independents’ Day

Romney’s advantage with unaffiliated voters could prove key.

BY JAY COST

November 5, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 08