The Weekly Standard

Saturday,
March 20, 2010

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Barack Obama

First time tragedy, second time farce.

BY William Kristol

March 29, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 27

After his 1851 coup d’état, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of the real Napoleon, pronounced himself Napoleon III. It was the rise to power of this great-man-wannabe that prompted the famous opening of Karl Marx’s Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis-Bonaparte: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice.

The Process Is the Substance

The sordid truth about Obamacare.

BY Matthew Continetti

March 29, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 27

Obama Outfoxed

Good thing he has large congressional majorities, because his powers of persuasion are limited.

BY Fred Barnes

March 29, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 27

Obama Offers Compromise On Meeting Pacific Allies

A Parody.

March 29, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 27

Kristol: Reconciliation "Fixes" Make Health Care Reform MORE Politically Toxic

Thank you, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rules Committee Chair Louise Slaughter.

BY William Kristol

Meetings or Markets?

Around the world, conferences have convened. But will they be of any use?

BY Irwin M. Stelzer

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BY Virginia Postrel

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First time tragedy, second time farce.

BY William Kristol

The sordid truth about Obamacare.

BY Matthew Continetti

Good thing he has large congressional majorities, because his powers of persuasion are limited.

BY Fred Barnes

A Parody.

Thank you, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rules Committee Chair Louise Slaughter.

BY William Kristol

Around the world, conferences have convened. But will they be of any use?

BY Irwin M. Stelzer

Boccieri flips from "no" to "yes;" Rahall flips from "yes" to "no."

BY John McCormack

After condemning Israel the previous week.

BY Gary Schmitt

Around the world, conferences have convened. But will they be of any use?

BY Irwin M. Stelzer

One upside of a longshot Senate campaign

BY Richard Starr

Enjoy.

BY Daniel Halper

Who will be the next to fold?

BY John McCormack

The clock keeps ticking.

BY John McCormack