November 9, 2009 • Vol. 15, No. 8
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EDITORIAL
The Pelosi Plan
by William Kristol

SCRAPBOOK
Sycophancy in Our Time

ARTICLES
Hark! the Heralded Dylan Sings
by Andrew Ferguson

Obama's Fight to Win or Lose
by Fred Barnes

When Pro-Israel Is Not Very Pro-Israel
by Michael Goldfarb

The Flying Imams Win
by Scott W.  Johnson

McChrystal Lite
by Tom Donnelly and Tim Sullivan

FEATURES
Too Small To Fail
by Andrew Stuttaford

The Two-Front War
by Frederick W. Kagan

BOOKS & ARTS
The Good Doctor
by Edward Short

A Fine Mess
by Terry Teachout

Case by Case
by Terry Eastland

Cool Gone Cold
by Ann Marlowe

Atrocity Road
by Victorino Matus

Big Talker
by James Grant

Polk's Empire
by Edward Achorn

Annuals of Crime
by Jon L. Breen

Great Reformer
by Barton Swaim

CASUAL
The Age of Innocence
by Philip Terzian

PARODY
Amb. Holbrooke Dodges The Question

  Does the House Bill Fulfill Obama's Pledge to Bar Abortion Funding? Gibbs Won't Say
Yesterday, 7:01 PM
 
  Happy Hour Links
Yesterday, 6:11 PM
 
  Who's Really Sweating?
Yesterday, 5:35 PM
 
  Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had Protested With Hitler Pictures?!?
Yesterday, 5:15 PM
 
   



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

From the November 16, 2009 issue


Dictatorships and Double Standards
Tough on Fiji, soft on Iran.

From the November 16, 2009 issue


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

From the November 16, 2009 issue


The Palin Persuasion
A case for the new populism.

From the November 16, 2009 issue




The Pelosi Plan
... and the Swine Flu Democrats.

From the November 9, 2009 issue


Democracy Wins in Honduras
The Obama administration deserves credit for changing its position.



The Very Convenient Gore
The leading global warming alarmist cozies up to a big-box store.



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

From the November 9, 2009 issue


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

From the October 26, 2009 issue




Profit and Fraud
"Some troubling questions about our government's ability to manage a medical bureaucracy."



A Defeat Made in Washington
Why the James Buckley scenario didn't quite pan out.



Reducing the Good Will Deficit
Obama needs to phone some Republicans.



The Flying Imams Win
And the rest of us lose.

From the November 9, 2009 issue




Recovery
Republicans make a comeback.



The Washington Post Loses in Virginia
How their effort to beat McDonnell backfired.



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

From the November 9, 2009 issue




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

From the November 9, 2009 issue


Pre-Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro's perennial problems with crime.





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

From the November 9, 2009 issue


McChrystal Lite
How to lose a war by splitting the difference.

From the November 9, 2009 issue


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

From the November 9, 2009 issue


Medicare Rationing for Kidney Dialysis
A new proposal to put the government between you and your doctor.



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

From the November 2, 2009 issue


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

From the November 2, 2009 issue


Obamaland
Squandering hope, channeling Nixon.



All Crisis, All the Time
The American addiction to overreaction.

From the November 2, 2009 issue


The Byzantine Doctrine
What the United States could learn from the military and foreign policy of the Byzantine Empire.



Saudi Arabia Under the Lash
King Abdullah, tear off those veils!



Unfortunately, Failure Is an Option
Barack Obama faces a choice in Afghanistan. The safe middle ground may be the most treacherous.

From the November 2, 2009 issue




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