Featured Articles — January 10, 2009

January 10, 2009 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes from Home and Head:

The Republican Revival Will Start in the States By Steve Moore
Haley Barbour has a message for Republicans still dispirited by the November elections: “We’ve been in a lot worse shape than this. . . . When I first started working in politics during the Watergate era only 16% of Americans identified themselves as Republicans.”

Election Review: Moving Beyond “Permanent Majorities” By Jay Cost and Sean Trende
Michael Barone’s latest column is an important one. Its central thesis is that in a diverse country with a long tradition of competitive two-party elections, trying to build a permanent majority is a fool’s errand. This is a point worth amplifying – as it relates to our ongoing series on the election.

Liberate The Palestinians From Hamas By Bernard-Henri Levy
Not being a military expert, I will abstain from judging whether the Israeli bombardments of Gaza could be better directed, less intense.

Priming the Economic Pump By Nicholas Von Hoffman
The nation’s hopes–even the world’s–are riding on it, but Barack Obama’s stimulus plan is no sure shot. Nobody can say if it will work.

The Workshops Of Identity By Bill Whittle
Step back with me for a minute. Back out of Hollywood, out of America, out of the Western Tradition. Sit in the middle of a darkened crater at the south pole of the Moon. Sit back, look down and back into time, and watch the rise and fall of Civilizations on the Big Blue Ball.

Rubber Stamp for Hillary By Diana West
If I were Gov. Bill Richardson, still smarting somewhere in New Mexico over his lost Cabinet post in the incoming Obama administration, I would be plenty sore about Sen. Hillary Clinton. According to all rosy media predictions, Clinton is destined to sail through Senate confirmation hearings and become secretary of state next week, a veritable regatta’s worth of clapping senators trailing in her wake.

Let’s Give the CIA Its Due By Charles McCarry
Richard M. Helms, the first director of Central Intelligence to rise from the ranks, was fond of saying that the CIA had been founded to make sure that there would never be another Pearl Harbor.

Obama’s Beautiful Machine By Eleanor Clift
The president elect has excited America with promises of better government. But will this car drive?

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