American Conservative

They’re “already on the loose,” one warns.

Bibi Netanyahu’s father doubted that his son was tough enough to lead the Jewish state.

Blocking reforms that even the Post Office wants to make.

The President gives his first major Afghan remarks since June.

Dick Lugar, Richard Mourdock

National Journal reports on a new poll that shows incumbent Indiana senator Dick Lugar leading his primary rival, state treasurer Richard Mourdock, 44 percent to 42 percent. The group behind the poll, the Lunch Pail Republicans, is a pro-labor organization supporting Lugar.

In the 39 months that President Obama has held office, party affiliation has swung 10 points against his party.

Of the books I have read about China, The Corpse Walker, which I reviewed for THE WEEKLY STANDARD, is one of my favorites. Written by Liao Yiwu, The Corpse Walker contains stories about the strange mix of people Liao met while traveling around China and serving time in jail for writing and recording a poem commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen massacre.

Charles Blahous and James C. Capretta, writing in the Wall Street Journal:

Americans Elect, the centrist group searching for an alternative presidential candidate to run against the two major parties, has hit a snag in their nomination process. The Associated Press reports that Americans Elect, which will have ballot access in every state, has canceled its preliminary nominating round:

Marines seek medical care from VA, which initially over allocated funds, but then unilaterally spent it on other things. Congress wants to hold the department heads accountable.

Conservative lawmakers react to Obama’s Afghanistan address and the president’s refusal to “articulate the value and importance of the work our troops are doing there.”

No more phony appeals to women or attempts to charm on late-night TV.

Sequestration cuts would come to $1.2 trillion in reductions over 10 years, which will “essentially freeze the Pentagon,” and cost at least 1.5 million jobs.

A tycoon takes the fall for China’s flawed banking system.

Even if Iran’s radicals could be deterred from attacking Israel, their actions are already illegal under international law.

The American people may demand more than the killing of bin Laden and the hunting down of Somali pirates.

Michael Barone on polls showing the Obama enthusiasm deficit among young voters.

The same money can’t be spent twice. ObamaCare tries to do precisely that, and the government will have to borrow the difference.

The Obama administration doesn’t mind a cartel as long as it’s a labor-run cartel.

By Allysia Finley

Town-and-gown relations in Providence are growing increasingly strained over—wait for it—pensions.

Lillian Hellman disdained a system that made her fabulously rich while romanticizing one that made its citizens spectacularly poor.

The rare tortoise, a threatened species protected by the federal government, is fighting for its existence against the encroachment of solar power development in the California desert.

Nearly the entire case for President Barack Obama’s second term is based on not what has happened but what could, would or might under different circumstances.

Hard-won respect is declared.

Let’s not argue, do the math: Chances are good that Republicans can regain the Senate in November.

Despite gains in the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. drawdown threatens any permanent success. And global terrorism has proliferated in the wake of the death of bin Laden, says former Bush official John Bolton.

Al Qaeda’s leader evaded capture for nearly a decade, but his death may not mean the end of the war on radical terrorists across the globe.

Strict environmental rules leave few options to remove dead cattle
from within cabin near Aspen, except for fire and explosives.

The Bush tax cuts are President Obama’s favorite scapegoat for a weak economy and his “evidence” to justify higher taxes on the wealthy. There’s just one problem: He is wrong.

The 2011 Human Events Conservative of the Year has the intellect, will and determination to put America’s fiscal house in order. Will those qualities translate to joining Mitt Romney at the top of the Republican ticket?