A Proto-Puritan Robin

by George McCartney

Since his earliest appearances in folk ballads of the 13th century, Robin Hood has been a slippery fox of a hero. He’s a man who thumbs his nose at the powerful while going his merry way aiding the powerless. To this day, the King Johns and Nottingham sheriffs the world over fume at his impudent exploits and hurl interdictions at his spritely, elusive form. But to no avail. The outlaw of Sherwood Forest can no more be captured than can a will-o’-the-wisp.

George McCartney | July 29th, 2010 | Continued

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Calling Dr. Johnson

by Joe Sobran

Obama may be the perfect representative of a nation that no longer speaks the language of its ancestors. True, he is more fluent than George W. Bush, but both have done much to bring government into disrepute.

Joe Sobran | July 28th, 2010 | Continued

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Let’s Hear it for Free Speech

by William Murchison

The media chitchat these days is of the media itself, and of, Lordy, how’d things ever get this way! You know what way I mean—the way it is now, with right-wing extremists (centered on Fox News and the Breitbart blogs) injecting lies and fables into the national bloodstream and the mainstream guys going tamely along with it.

William Murchison | July 27th, 2010 | Continued

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Trusted Most—Men with Guns

by Patrick J. Buchanan

Public confidence in Congress has plummeted to the lowest level of any institution since Gallup began asking the question in 1973. One-half of all Americans have little or no confidence in the Congress.

Only 11 percent have a “great deal” or “a lot of” confidence in what is, given its place of primacy in the Constitution, the first branch of government and the branch most representative of the people.

Patrick J. Buchanan | July 27th, 2010 | Continued

Recovering Our Roots—August 2010

by Chronicles

A sneak peek at the August 2010 issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. Thomas Fleming with a depiction of our future, Claude Polin on being rooted to the soil, and J.D. Salyer on the Antichrist Right. Plus, John C. Seiler, Jr., on the California primary campaign for governor.

Chronicles | July 26th, 2010 | Continued

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July 26th, 2010 • Scott P. Richert • 9 comments • Related • Filed Under

It almost seems like a dream, after all these years. Long before Barack Obama nationalized General Motors and enrolled the American people in involuntary servitude to Big Insurance and Big Pharma; before George W. Bush bankrupted the United States in a quixotic attempt to stamp out all evil and to secure the existence of the state of Israel in perpetuity; even before Bill Clinton repealed the most important parts of the Glass-Steagall Act and signed into law the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, sending the American economy hurtling downhill like a snowball headed for Hell, a doughty band of activists in Rockford, Illinois, held a tax protest, complete with the tea bags that have become a national symbol of discontent today.

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Democrats and Jihadists: A Love Affair

July 22nd, 2010 • R. Cort Kirkwood • 19 comments • Related • Filed Under

The Beltway Right is a comical farce. But like the blind squirrel that occasionally finds an acorn, it is right about one thing: Liberal Democrats simply cannot be trusted on national security. That truth was no more apparent than in early April, when an A-list of Virginia Democrats were named “invited guests” on a flyer advertising the annual fundraising banquet of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church. Perhaps you have heard of the place, which is also called the September 11 mosque because two of the hijackers who attacked America that fateful day nine years ago sought spiritual guidance within its walls. It also ministered to Army Maj. Nidal Hasan before he killed 13 Americans at Fort Hood in November.

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Confessions of a Cleveland Sports Fan

July 21st, 2010 • Tom Piatak • 31 comments • Related • Filed Under

Recently, the national media focused its attention on my hometown. As is generally the case when that happens, the focus was not positive. Here is AP reporter Tom Withers, offering his objective analysis of the event: “New York, Chicago, New Jersey, Los Angeles and every other [city] came up short, finishing out of the money. So did Cleveland. As it always does. This time, losing was tainted with bitterness.” The way in which all these cities “came up short,” of course, was in persuading LeBron James to play for their NBA franchises.

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Pharmaceutical Holiday

July 21st, 2010 • Aaron D. Wolf • 6 comments • Related • Filed Under

Can you imagine the FDA approving a drug that, say, increased the risk of blood clots, hypertension, stroke, heart attacks, breast cancer, and migraines for women? And fathom, if you will, the absurd notion that such a drug could be approved for the treatment of something that isn’t even a disease, a genetic abnormality, or a mental disorder but the very way that God designed women’s bodies to work.

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The Fate of the Book

July 20th, 2010 • William Murchison • 7 comments • Related • Filed Under

Back in ye olden tyme, when graybeards would dismiss supposed ephemera like safety razors and indoor plumbing, the wise and knowing liked to dismiss the dismissers. They would recollect the days when urchins barked, “Get a horse!” at motorists whose new-fangled auto radiators had boiled over. In other words, old-timer, wait a bit before prophesying the doom of anything new.

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