WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008

THE WORLD'S REDEEMER? Victor Davis Hanson warns that Barack Obama’s Election Day apotheosis won’t change human nature.

O COME, O COME EMANUEL! Mark Krikorian thinks that Obama’s selection of Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff actually bodes well for immigration.

YOUR MISSION.  John J. Pitney, Jr. suggests that it’s going to be a long four years, and you shouldn’t spend it drowning in bile.

COALITION BUILDING.  Jim Manzi, Yuval Levin, and John Derbyshire discuss what a new conservative coalition might look like.

LOONY OVER ZEITUNI.  Michelle Malkin wonders why the Bush administration blocked deportations nationwide to avoid embarrassing Obama.

PERFORMANCE REVIEW.  Jonah Goldberg asks: Was George W. Bush a conservative president?

A HISTORIC DAY.  Dave Konig finds it miraculous that Joe Biden has been elected vice president of the United States!

POINTING THE FINGER.  Iain Murray argues that, if we are to solve the financial problem, Americans must realize how deeply involved government was in creating it.

IT HAPPENS.  Larry Kudlow points to our current economic woes as just a usual part of the business cycle.

RED LIGHT.  Rich Lowry predicts that a bailout of the automakers would signal a new era of government protection from competitive failures. Henry Payne takes the Times’s Tom Friedman to task — twice.

STEMMING THE TIDE.  Matthew J. Franck evaluates the WaPo’s proposed solution for President Obama on stem cells.

HAPPY VETERANS’ DAY!  David French reminds us that wars are won and lost by those who fight them. James S. Robbins says: Veterans, it is your day.

Go BETWEEN THE COVERS with John J. Miller as he talks with author George C. Herring about his new book, From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776.

IRAN NEWS ROUNDUP.  Michael Rubin corrals the headlines from Tehran.

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