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March 22, 2010 · Vol. 15, No. 26
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COVER STORY
Hope and Change in Iraq

BY Reuel Marc Gerecht

Editorial
Athens and Jerusalem

BY William Kristol

Scrapbook
When It Raines It Pours
Articles
Albany’s Crime Spree

BY Fred Siegel

Obama Just Says No to Soros

BY John P. Walters

Only Direct

BY Ed Gillespie

Remedial Diplomacy

BY Seth Cropsey

Requiem for a Lightweight

BY K. E. Grubbs Jr.

The Anti-Jobs Bill

BY James C. Capretta and Yuval Levin

Features
Can Cameron Lose?

BY Andrew Stuttaford

Dead Congress Walking

BY Noemie Emery

Books & Arts
Abortion in Demand

BY Roger Kimball

Journey’s Ending

BY Thomas Swick

She’s the One

BY John Podhoretz

Stunt Man

BY Joe Queenan

The Finlandian

BY George B. Stauffer

Casual
Render Unto Mike

BY Fred Barnes

Parody
Rahm Emanuel advises Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday,
March 16, 2010

Dead Congress Walking

The Democrats are afraid of the voters and mad at each other. Their vaunted health care reform is going to do them in.

BY Noemie Emery

March 22, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 26
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When It Raines It Pours

From the Scrapbook
March 22, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 26

Whenever The Scrapbook finds the word “conscience” employed by a journalist, we feel obliged to plug in the old you-know-what detector and examine the specimen in some scientific detail. It’s a genuinely distasteful job—mucking through the mounds of insufferable piety and wading through the cesspools of dishonesty and hysteria—but somebody has to do it. 

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Obama on Courage

Hey you, be courageous....

BY William Kristol

Athens and Jerusalem

On the need for courage.

BY William Kristol

March 22, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 26

Last Thursday, Athens was paralyzed by rioters protesting the government’s austerity program, which is needed to keep the Greek nation solvent.

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The Anti-Jobs Bill

Obamacare would badly undermine America’s economic prospects.

BY James C. Capretta and Yuval Levin

March 22, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 26

 

After a year of debate and legislative scheming, President Obama and congressional Democrats are making one last push for their ill-conceived health care plan. Fittingly, the endgame is as unseemly as the various maneuvers and backroom deals that got them this far. 

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Hope and Change in Iraq

The elections show a functioning democracy, if they can keep it.

BY Reuel Marc Gerecht

March 22, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 26

 

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MORE FEATURES

Albany’s Crime Spree

New York state government is a den of thieves.

BY Fred Siegel

March 22, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 26

New York governor David Paterson, beset by charges of witness tampering in the case of a close aide accused of assaulting an ex-girlfriend, has spoken of legalizing ultimate fighting as a revenue raiser to help close the state’s $8 billion plus budget gap. But New Yorkers looking for brawling entertainment need look no further than the Democratic caucus of the state senate where Paterson had been a member for 20 years. 

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Obama's Trade Trouble

The only way to make America competitive is to adopt policies that are anathema to congressional Democrats.

BY Irwin M. Stelzer

  • President Obama seeks Democratic votes on Fox News
  • So that's how it's done: Arm-twisting in Congress
  • Dent: Let the cameras come into Rules Committee meetings
  • ACORN ceases operations in Maryland
  • State court says Tea Party can proceed with recall of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.
more
Tuesday,
March 16, 2010

HCR Countdown: Rep. Michael Burgess on Bipartisanship and Transparency

The former physician sheds light on the process.

BY Matthew Continetti

HCR Countdown: Discipline and Punish

Will White House threats work?

BY Matthew Continetti

Obama Exaggerates Heartbreaking Health Care Story in Ohio

BY Daniel Halper

Boehner: Say, Pelosi's "Slaughter Solution" Isn't Very "Courageous" Is It?

BY John McCormack

Today in Health Care Reform

The Democrats prepare to take their medicine.

BY Matthew Continetti

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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