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IN THE August 1, 2011, ISSUE

National Labor Relations Bias

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The National Labor Relations Board has become a partisan issue of late. After trying — and failing — to destroy secret-ballot union elections via “card check” legislation, President Obama turned ...

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Politics & Policy

A Hard Day’s Night

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Pella, Iowa — Rep. Thaddeus McCotter’s whimsical presidential campaign is anchored by one key constituency: insomniacs. The Michigan Republican, who launched an improbable White House bid in July, can credit ...
Politics & Policy

Gay Old Party?

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It started out as a spectacular year for proponents of what many now call “traditional marriage.”     Earlier this spring, gay-marriage bills went down to unexpected defeat in Rhode Island ...
Politics & Policy

Network of Me

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Last week, sitting in an airport waiting for a delayed flight, I spent some time watching the Official News Network of America’s Airports, CNN. Somehow, CNN suits the blandly joyless surroundings ...

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Books, Arts & Manners

Politics & Policy

The Niebuhrian Mean

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Reinhold Niebuhr, the distinguished theologian and theorist of “Christian realism,” used to be a major intellectual presence in the United States. He was that rarity, a theologian and public intellectual ...

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Wine in the Red

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Paul Ryan’s in a restaurant, enjoying a meal with some economists. Perhaps they had some of that delicious Road-to-Surf-and-Turfdom. The meal’s gotten to the stage of satiation where you’re dawdling ...
Politics & Policy

Poetry

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  THE MAN ROBBED AND BEATEN AND LEFT FOR DEAD Across the level road I see Somebody. He looks back at me. (And help will come, or help will pass By these outdated wisps of ...
Politics & Policy

Letters

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Remembering WAR I am not sure there is anyone left at NR who will remember me. However, I worked for William Rusher as his secretary from March 1963 until the late ...
Politics & Policy

The Week

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‐ In all fairness, he promised he’d stop the seas from rising. He didn’t say anything about the debt ceiling. ‐ The June jobs report was a dark cloud with dark ...
The Bent Pin

Softboiled Speech

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There is nothing quite like a letter from an NR reader. Here’s the one that gave me the idea for this column: I note with concern your use of “gay” in ...
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