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Apparently the high council of the conservative establishment is set to meet at some member’s Virginia home soon after election to discuss the state of the “movement.”
I didn’t get an invitation and don’t know anyone else who did so unless I’m wrong no one from the alternative right is invited to this not-so-secret meeting. Here’s [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized
Just to add to Phil’s post below: the TAC blog is indeed newly interactive. Readers may now post comments. (Be patient, though — there might be a few gremlins in the system.) Naturally, some common-sense rules apply: no profanity or inflammatory epithets. Also, try to keep comments relevant to the post that they’re appearing [...]
Filed under: Courts
TAC is surely the only conservative magazine where an editor will receive hate mail for endorsing the GOP candidate—however backhandedly. I am at best a hypocrite, at worst—shiver to say it—a Republican.
My favorite response:
I was reading Kara Hopkins and had to stop. She said one thing that disturbed me highly, ‘a war we cannot win.’ [...]
Filed under: Books, Election, Immigration
We had an e-mail from a visitor to the TAC blog, which has made us think about what the purpose of the blog is and where we should be going with it. The e-mail is below followed by my comments on it.
Our visitor wrote:
I am a recent subscriber and have enjoyed a good many [...]
Filed under: Books, Culture, Election, Uncategorized
A tip of the cap to TNR for bringing this candidate to our attention. Zane Starkwolf is the young Republican candidate for the California 1st District. He has gotten attention for a robo-call, usually a bad sign. Judge for yourself:
Yes for Zane
His statement on the controversial robo-call is beautifully vague and can be found on [...]
Filed under: Election, Uncategorized
The long knives are out for Sarah Palin and unsheathing them are members of McCain’s staff who are jumping the ship as soon as they can and trying to clear their records and clean their reputations before coming electoral tsunami (although I don’t think it will reach Carter-esque or Goldwater proportions. More like Clinton’s win [...]
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What really disgusts me about public figures and pols like Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin getting all righteous (and possessive) about the welfare of the troops because they have sons at war is their platitudes and admonishments are pathetically partisan, empty, and devoid of any authentic will for improving conditions in-theater. And for years, we’ve [...]
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Undeniably, a powerful tide is running for the Democratic Party, with one week left to Election Day.
Bush’s approval rating is 27 percent, just above Richard Nixon’s Watergate nadir and almost down to Carter-Truman lows. After each of those presidents reached their floors — in 1952, 1974, 1980 — the opposition party captured the White House.
Moreover, [...]
Filed under: Politics
Israeli political analyst Joseph Alpher speculates in the Washington Post today about the possible impact of the outcome of the American presidential election on the Israeli election early next year:
“The Israeli public wants a prime minister who gets along with the U.S. president,” he said. “If Obama wins, and goes ahead with his plan to [...]
Filed under: Election, Foreign policy
Our election symposium is on-line now and the new issue — which also includes essays by H.L. Mencken (on the trouble with democracy), Sheldon Richman (on nationalizing the banks), John Schwenkler (on secession), and much more — is winging its way into shops and subscribers’ mailboxes at the end of this week.
There’s no ideal choice [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Election, Magazines, Politics