December 7, 2009 • Vol. 15, No. 12
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EDITORIAL
A Year of Magical Thinking
by Matthew Continetti

SCRAPBOOK
Google ♥ Obama

ARTICLES
People Not Placards
by Elliott Abrams

Holding Holder Accountable
by Jennifer Rubin

Punishing Allies . . .
by Tod Lindberg

Catfights Inside U.S. Intelligence
by Gary Schmitt

Non-STARTer
by Fred Barnes

FEATURES
The Incivility Epidemic
by Robert F. Nagel

What Johnny Needs to Learn about Islam
by Stephen Schwartz

Obama's Search for Peace in Our Time
by Matthias Küntzel

BOOKS & ARTS
The Marvelous Boy
by Charles Trueheart

Saga of Supermac
by Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The Holy Seers
by Ryan T. Anderson

Citizen Hirst
by Henrik Bering

Simple Devices
by Joe Queenan

Drawn to Life
by John Podhoretz

CASUAL
Old-Man Injuries
by Stephen F. Hayes

PARODY
Going Vogue

  If This Is House Arrest...
Yesterday, 5:01 PM
 
  Guide for the Discerning Gift-Giver
Yesterday, 11:15 AM
 
  Happy Hour Links
Nov 25, 09 07:35 PM
 
  Pelosi Discovers Her Inner Fiscal Hawk
Nov 25, 09 06:07 PM
 
   



A Year of Magical Thinking
The Democrats' health care dream is everyone else's nightmare.

From the December 7, 2009 issue


Non-STARTer
Another Obama diplomatic failure?

From the December 7, 2009 issue


People Not Placards
The real cost of Obama-style -diplomacy.

From the December 7, 2009 issue


Guide for the Discerning Gift-Giver
THE WEEKLY STANDARD's very own private-sector stimulus package.



A Black Friday To Be Thankful For?
Early signs are promising.





The Adventures of Low Impact Man
One week that will turn you from a conspicuously consumptive carbon monster into a person fully able to lecture the less virtuous about how they're destroying the planet.

From the November 30, 2009 issue


Can Mitch Daniels Whip the GOP Into Shape?
The Indiana governor on health care reform.



Obama's Tattered Coattails
A rough election year awaits congressional Democrats.



Plus-Size Pathology
Just when things couldn't get worse, they do.

From the November 30, 2009 issue




The Turkey Vanishes
Claudia Anderson, on shaggy-dog tales.

From the November 30, 2009 issue


We're Still Here
Counting our blessings.



Obama Chooses a Turkey to Pardon
A parody.
From the November 30, 2009 issue




No Substitute for Victory
Don't abandon Afghanistan.

From the November 30, 2009 issue


Going Backwards in Beirut
Hezbollah still holds power despite losing the election.

From the November 30, 2009 issue


German-Iranian Relations
A lovers' discourse.

From the November 30, 2009 issue




Losing Nicaragua
The Sandinistas are slowly crushing democracy.



Obama Blunders Through Asia
Undoing Bush's years of deft diplomacy.

From the November 30, 2009 issue


Time for a Dose of Protectionism?
The case for giving China a taste of its own medicine.

From the November 30, 2009 issue


The Ethanol Mandate to Nowhere
Cellulosic ethanol continues to be a failure.





Malign Neglect
Political correctness and institutional stupidity in the case of Nidal Malik Hasan.

From the November 30, 2009 issue


Obamanomics 101
No cheers for capitalism.

From the November 30, 2009 issue


Eric Holder's Horrible Hearing
The Obama plan to try KSM in New York bombs on Capitol Hill.

From the November 30, 2009 issue




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