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July 31, 2010

Endorsement Tracking

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The New

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Endorsement Tracking

Man & Machine

The Corner • July 31, 2010

Christine Rosen on a mechanical humility issue : The decline in humility toward our machines comes at a time when we know almost …

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Rock, Paper, Scissors…Victory

The Corner • July 31, 2010

Via Flowing Data: Jonah Goldberg

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If You’re In The Area

The Corner • July 31, 2010

I'm speaking today at a Tea Party event in Friday Harbor. Jonah Goldberg

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If You’re In The Area

In LF News

The Corner • July 31, 2010

Daily Kos editor dreams of liquidating opponents. A Daily Kos contributing editor has suggested that “Steve Milloy and his buddies” commit suicide or be euthanized apparently for the crime of opposing global warming alarmism. Amid a rant on his Examiner.com blog about skeptics “carpet-bomb[ing] newspaper editorial pages with climate change disinformation…], Steven Alexander, who writes for Daily Kos under the nom-de-plume “Darksyde,” wrote that,… if …

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Slate, the Jury: Wyly Brothers vs. George Soros

The Corner • July 31, 2010

This seems to me problematic for all sorts of reasons: Red-Handed: Will Republicans return the money donated by the Wyly brothers? Will Republicans return the huge sums they've received from the Wyly brothers, now that they've been charged with insider trading? Slate doesn't quite get what's going on, …

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Slate, the Jury: Wyly Brothers vs. George Soros

Happy Birthday, Charlie!

The Corner • July 31, 2010

This should be a hoot : Democratic leaders and major party donors plan to hold a lavish 80th birthday gala for Charles Rangel at The …

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Debating Debs

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Debating Debs

The Corner • July 31, 2010

Prompted by the press release for my new book , Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism , as well as my Corner …

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Beatles vs. Stones, Ct’d.

The Corner • July 31, 2010

Christopher Isherwood’s 1960s diaries come out in November, and the volume is full of nuggets (gossipy and otherwise). Here he is on Mick Jagger, in 1969: “very pale, quiet, good-tempered, full of fun, ugly-beautiful, a bit like Beatrix Lehmann; he has the air of a castaway, someone saved from a wreck, but not in the least dismayed by it.” Isherwood tells his diary that Jagger told him that the…

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July 30, 2010

Birthright Citizenship

The Corner • July 30, 2010

Lots of response to my Lindsey Graham/birthright citizenship post , most of it disagreeing with me (politely) and agreeing with Graham (as uncomfortable as most readers …

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What the ‘Amnesty Memo’ Means

The Corner • July 30, 2010

Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are facing a dilemma: Although they publicly bemoan the fact that Republicans won’t help them pass an unpopular amnesty . . . er, comprehensive immigration-reform bill, they don’t want to force vulnerable Democrats to vote on amnesty this close to the November elections — especially not with unemployment at 9.5 percent. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) may have uncovered the answer …

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How Green Is the Jeep Grand Cherokee?

The Corner • July 30, 2010

Eager to claim credit for charting a new course for Detroit with “targeted investments making new technologies,” the president strangely chose as his backdrop the iconic Jeep SUV…

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How Green Is the Jeep Grand Cherokee?

ADL Comes Out Against Ground Zero Mosque

The Corner • July 30, 2010

The Anti-Defamation League, the venerable Jewish civil rights group, has taken …

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ADL Comes Out Against Ground Zero Mosque

A Grizzly Goes Down to Georgia

The Corner • July 30, 2010

On August 9, Sarah Palin will drop into the Peach State to stump for Karen Handel, a GOP gubernatorial candidate. The visit will give Handel some eleventh-hour momentum: According to the campaign of GOP candidate Karen Handel, Palin will team up with Georgia's former secretary of state at a get out the vote campaign rally on Monday August 9. The next day Handel faces off against former Rep. Nathan Deal in the runoff contest. Handel…

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Breitbart Speaks

The Corner • July 30, 2010

Andrew Breitbart is a wonderful man and an American

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Motor City ‘Mission Accomplished’

The Corner • July 30, 2010

While President Obama has tried to use his Detroit visit to take credit for saving the U.S. auto industry (as well as showing it how…

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The Latest Issue

The Corner • July 30, 2010

This newest issue of National Review is a good'un: You'll want to get to wherever finer magazines are sold and check …

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Gibbs vs. Limbaugh

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The White House press secretary slams the talk-radio host: NRO Staff

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Our NATO Ally, Spain

The Corner • July 30, 2010

At Powerline, John Hinderaker has the infuriating story that Spain's National Court has issued international arrest warrants against three American soldiers involved in a 2003