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Cut and run and then run back: Barack Obama's strategy for Iraq. BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, February 28, 2008

He stood athwart history: William F. Buckley dies at 82. Plus Mrs. Clinton concedes! BY JAMES TARANTO
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Roll over Reagan: Did the New York Philharmonic win the Cold War? BY JAMES TARANTO
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The Peretz-Farrakhan convergence: Both gush over Obama, and his white mother. Are you creeped out yet? BY JAMES TARANTO
Monday, February 25, 2008

The old gray bimbo: "Gotcha" journalism backfires on the New York Times. BY JAMES TARANTO
Friday, February 22, 2008

The Iseman cometh: The New York Times reports on a McCain "scandal," and the timing is perfect for McCain. BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Geldof praises Bush: It's a man-bites-dog story, but hardly anyone seems to think it's news. BY JAMES TARANTO
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

An American unoriginal: Barack Obama borrows someone else's empty rhetoric to defend his own. BY JAMES TARANTO
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

White males of steel: This is a job for Superdelegate! BY JAMES TARANTO
Friday, February 15, 2008

We shall be overcome: Why do women keep fainting at Obama rallies? BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Over the Hill? Obama is undeniably the front-runner, but don't count Mrs. Clinton out just yet. BY JAMES TARANTO
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

No match for McCain: The champion of campaign finance regulation says he'll make do without federal funds. BY JAMES TARANTO
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The caucus men: Obama's support is deep, McCain's broad. What does this mean if they face off in November? BY JAMES TARANTO
Monday, February 11, 2008

Sorry, Pal: Arab sympathy for their Palestinian brothers is boundless--as long as it is purely abstract. BY JAMES TARANTO
Friday, February 8, 2008

Obama, a love story: There's something deeply creepy about the phenomenon. BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, February 7, 2008

And then there were still five. Super Tuesday shocker: No bye-kus! BY JAMES TARANTO
Wednesday, February 6, 2008

All evil is excusable: The director of the New York Philharmonic shows us how it's done. BY JAMES TARANTO
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

More "accountability journalism": Republicans don't like to share, and other "news" from the Associated Press. BY JAMES TARANTO
Monday, February 4, 2008

Jimmy Carter's lust and North Korea's nukes: An astute reader notices a connection. BY JAMES TARANTO
Friday, February 1, 2008

It's the economy? Stupid? The leading presidential campaigns offer words that seem designed to provoke more anxiety. BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Edwards yay, Giuliani eh: Two departing candidates get very different treatment from the Associated Press. BY JAMES TARANTO
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

All the rage: Democrats are more enthusiastic than Republicans. Or are they just angrier? BY JAMES TARANTO
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Invidious Bill: Likening Barack Obama to Jesse Jackson is a true act of bigotry. BY JAMES TARANTO
Monday, January 28, 2008

Duck season: President Bush leaves office in less than a year. Why is a left-wing outfit launching an ad campaign against him? BY JAMES TARANTO
Friday, January 25, 2008

Fool me twice, shame on me: The Washington Post touts a study by a group whose credibility the paper's ombudsman had seriously questioned. BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, January 24, 2008

The ex-suspect: That seems an odd description for a convict just sentenced to 17 years in prison. BY JAMES TARANTO
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Underwhelmingly Iraqi: The New York Times disproves its own antiwar trope about al Qaeda. BY JAMES TARANTO
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

La Gloria Cubana: Havana, Guantanamo and a radio host's glib anti-American attitude. BY JAMES TARANTO
Monday, January 21, 2008

Are we there yet? Fifteen days into the primary season, journalists gripe that it's gone on too long. BY JAMES TARANTO
Friday, January 18, 2008

The Lewinsky decade: The scandal that rocked the world 10 years ago today continues to reverberate. BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, January 17, 2008

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