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Assistant Editor + Intern Wanted

The American Conservative is looking for a full-time assistant editor. We also have an opening for a spring semester intern. Assistant editor duties include extensive writing, some reporting, contributing assignment ideas (especially for the Arts and ...

From DANIEL MCCARTHY, The American Conservative,  19 Nov 2009

Euopean Council president - world reaction

"Belgium is a very small country and he hasn't been prime minister for long. I know he's been a master in co-ordination – Belgium is complex in terms of its political parties and regions, but he's been a master in bringing people together. "What most ...

From DANIEL NASAW, LUKE HARDING, TANIA BRANIGAN, MARTIN CHULOV, RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Tony Blair

Politicians Aren’t Popular

Barack Obama’s disapproval rating has been notching upward during the summer and fall, to the point where about 44 percent of Americans polled now have an unfavorable opinion of his performance. Republicans have rejoiced, but there’s bad news for them, ...

From DANIEL MCCARTHY, The American Conservative,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party

Right Reads

A new issue went to press today — our Fall books issue. Highlights include: – A symposium on the best books you probably haven’t read, featuring contributions from Alexander Waugh, Florence King, Sam Tanenhaus, Peregrine Worsthorne, David Bromwich, ...

From DANIEL MCCARTHY, The American Conservative,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Sam Tanenhaus,  Justin Raimondo,  Michael Lind,  Daniel Hannan,  UK Conservative Party

Are Property Rights Enough?

Libertarians traditionally have viewed coercion, especially when institutionalized in the form of government, as the main threat to freedom. But cultural pressures outside the state also can restrict people’s ability to live as they please. Is that ...

From DANIEL MCCARTHY, Reason,  20 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Warren Jeffs,  Murray Rothbard,  Milton Friedman,  Ayn Rand,  Chris Crocker

The Powerlessness of Talk Radio

I hate to say it, but David Brooks is right. Or at least partly right. Even the kingpins of talk radio are electorally negligible, for a reason Brooks doesn’t go into: when you divide up a core listenership — not just casual dial-surfers, but devoted ...

From DANIEL MCCARTHY, The American Conservative,  2 Oct 2009
Related Topics: David Brooks,  U.S. Republican Party,  Glenn Beck,  Rush Limbaugh,  U.S. Senate

The Epitome of Hegemony

The Pax Americana strategy requires its supporters to exaggerate the power and malevolence of the designated enemies of the Pax Americana: Russia, China and Iran. The exaggeration of threats is accomplished in two ways. First, defensive military ...

From DANIEL MCCARTHY, The American Conservative,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: NATO

Not Another Cold War

Bacevich’s American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy remains the best account of what U.S. foreign policy has been all about during the past half-century and more. None of Bacevich 2009’s suggestions for neo-containment address ...

From DANIEL MCCARTHY, The American Conservative,  28 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Central Intelligence Agency,  Taliban

Congress vs. the Fed

Freddy, fears about what Congress might do the money supply if the Fed is audited are understandable but misplaced. Contra Bartlett, you’re more likely to get Zimbabwe-style hyperinflation under the Fed than with Congress dictating the money supply — ...

From DANIEL MCCARTHY, The American Conservative,  28 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Federal Reserve,  Ford Motor Company

Sibel Edmonds Speaks Out

There’s a new issue of going to press today, and it includes a story that will make more than a few congressmen and foreign lobbyists intensely uncomfortable: an in-depth interview between Phil Giraldi and FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. She tells us ...

From DANIEL MCCARTHY, The American Conservative,  17 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Sibel Edmonds,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Jerry Brown,  Taliban,  David Brooks

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