IN THE February 22, 2010, ISSUE Senator Tea Party By John J. Miller In Jim DeMint of South Carolina, the conservative resurgence finds an ally
White House The Not-So-Great Communicator By Rob Long Obama has failed to connect because he never paid his dues
Law & the Courts ‘Not True’ By Shannen W. Coffin With its Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court struck a blow for free speech
Health Care Docs and Doctorates By Shirley Svorny Health care would be more accessible if you didn’t need an M.D. to perform a colonoscopy
Politics & Policy Senator Tea Party By John J. Miller In Jim DeMint of South Carolina, the conservative resurgence finds an ally
Politics & Policy The Coming Tea-Party Election By Kate O'Beirne For the GOP, it’s an opportunity, not a threat
Elections The Way of the Whigs? By Henry Olsen Lincoln’s first political party dissolved, and so could today’s Republicans
Economy & Business Fatted Leviathan By Kent Osband The time bomb of runaway benefits for government employees
Books The Hollow and the Ivy By James Piereson The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University, by Louis Menand (Norton, 176 pp., $24.95)
Books Men of Letters By Florence King Yours Ever: People and Their Letters, by Thomas Mallon (Pantheon, 352 pp., $26.95)
Books Back to Basics By Ryan T. Anderson We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future, by Matthew Spalding (ISI, 288 pp., $26.95)
The Straggler Second Childhood By John Derbyshire Actually they’ve built Communism right here in the U.S.A.!
Letters Letters By NR Staff The editors seem to watch too many movies, read too little Bible, or both
The Week The Week By NR Staff Air America has ceased operations: Talent on loan from God still trumps talent on loan from Al Franken
The Long View From the Pelosi inbox . . . By Rob Long Hate to bother you, but I’m sitting here in my office and suddenly craving something sweet. Can you handle this? Thnx . . . NP
Happy Warrior Recluseland By Mark Steyn I’m not sure I’m the go-to guy for a disquisition on The Catcher in the Rye