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Venezuela goes to the dogs: Some Americans want to nationalize the oil industry. Alan Caruba says you only need to look at Venezuela and Hugo Chavez to see how well that works

Investing soon to be illegal: J.J. Jackson says not to blame speculators for high oil and gas prices -- all they're doing is investing their money

A market adjustment is coming: Oil prices are about to fall: Could oil prices fall to $80 a barrel? Dominick T. Armentano argues that current prices are unsustainable and the bubble will burst

A glimmer of hope: More and more politicians seem to be open to the idea of offshore drilling, says John Bender, and that means hope for the future

The oil no-brainer: Brian Wise argues that the solution to high gas prices is simple, though not fast: start drilling

How the wheels are really greased: Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power profiles some of the big power players in Washington, D.C. and left Steve Martinovich a little cynical

From the darkness and into the light: Is film noir an inherently conservative art form? Thomas Hibbs argues that in Arts of Darkness: American Noir and the Quest for Redemption and Steve Martinovich is convinced

The Dream Team II: President John McCain and Vice President William Colin Powell, Jr.: Last week Michael Moriarty argued that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were a natural -- if disastrous -- fit. This week he picks John McCain's running mate

All the evil is on the left: Bruce Walker makes the argument that it doesn't matter what strain of leftism one is discussing, the only difference between them is the severity of their policies

Clouds and storms: Not long ago Daniel M. Ryan predicted that there would be no recession and the American economy was just fine. This week he's readdressing the topic

Wily winning: A manual of mutating political philosophy: Fiction writer Joseph Randolph shares the first letters in a series of advisements for aspiring leftist politicians ready to subjugate culpable citizens for raw political advantage

Big bad Barack flinches: Barack Obama has a reputation as a faultless speaker. Michael M. Bates says the past few months have shown anything but that

Happy days are here again!: Everything bad under Republicans automatically becomes good under the Democrats so next February Lisa Fabrizio says you should expect some interesting reportage to take place

The "progressive" taxman cometh: American tax policy is already irrational but it will only become more so if Barack Obama wins in November, argues Henry Lamb

Going green = $4 per gallon: Tom DeWeese argues that it isn't coincidental that Americans are feeling less prosperous right around the same time that "going green" is the latest feel-good trend

FBI confidential: That China is the world's biggest source for counterfeit goods is well-known. Peter Navarro wonders if there is something more sinister behind that fact

Media unfairly stereotypes dads: It's bad enough that fathers get a raw deal from the courts but the problem is compounded, write Jeffery M. Leving and Glenn Sacks, by persecution from the media as well

Obama and the Social Security privatization lie: Barack Obama attacked John McCain for being open to partial privatization of Social Security. Ken Marrero responds that the Democrat is living in the past

Obama would be a Clinton third term: Forget all the talk about change, says Christopher Adamo, Barack Obama has proven that he would merely be a continuation of the Clinton era

A world afloat on an ocean of oil: Running out of oil? Alan Caruba says the world has plenty of oil -- and that includes the United States

Drill now for energy in America: An open letter to Congress: Roy Innis wants Congress to end its racist policies which have limited oil exploration in the United States, policies which harm minorities and the poor most of all

America's native criminal class: America's energy policies are are nothing short of criminal, writes Paul Driessen, and the perpetrators are the same ones shouting about oil companies

Hooray for gas pains: Angry about the price of gas? Good, says Michael M. Bates, perhaps finally the issue of energy is something you won't wait to address

The angry novelist: Steven Martinovich thinks Martin Amis is a supremely talented writer but The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom, a collection of essays and short stories, doesn't succeed

War and honour in the desert: Steven Pressfield's Killing Rommel: A Novel is the latest in the author's historical war novels and Steven Martinovich thinks its a winner

Another blow to leftism in Europe: Yet again an election -- this time by-elections in the United Kingdom -- has rewarded conservatives in Europe, reports Bruce Walker

The dream team: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, if he does make her his running mate, face an uncertain world and plenty of disadvantages that America used to enjoy, writes Michael Moriarty

Mercantilism, "realism" and reality: Does mercantilistic trade policy really lead to economic growth? Daniel M. Ryan argues that Canada actually makes a telling counterexample to that notion

Driving America into the ground: If America is a car, writes J.J. Jackson, then it's being treated like most people take care of their car

Time is on our side: Does it seem like all the political and cultural trends are against conservatives? Lisa Fabrizio advises you to relax, things will get better

Bush's war policy: The top campaign non-issue?: Elan Journo wants to know why no one is discussing the fact that several goals on the War on Terror have yet to be accomplished

Government medical care always becomes political medical care: Health care is likely to be an election issue in the United States this year and Richard E. Ralston would like you to keep a few things in mind

Will the greens sacrifice their own "sacred cows"?: Wired Magazine may carry the environmentalist banner, says Dennis T. Avery, but even they recently showed some common sense on the issue

The Countrywide six: Now that people of both political parties have been implicated in the Countrywide Financial scandal, writes John Bender, no one will face serious jail time

Democrat leadership is undemocratic: The selection, not election, of Barack Obama for the Democrats is emblematic of the trends America should be avoiding, says Henry Lamb

Change we can believe in: Barack Obama does represent change, writes Thomas E. Brewton, but the type of change he would bring were announced a very long time ago

The remarkable news in latest Battleground Poll: The United States is a conservative nation. Doubt that pronouncement? Bruce Walker argues that the latest Battleground Poll says exactly that

Why the Electoral College decides: Given that it is an election year perhaps its appropriate that Alan Caruba discusses how presidents really are elected in the United States

"The ole man's wisdom": Now that the race is set between Barack Obama and John McCain, Michael Moriarty has some advice for the Arizona senator

Bill Clinton, Vanity Fair, and old news: Bill Clinton a serial adulterer? That he has a flawed character? Brian Wise says the Vanity Fair piece on the former president wasn't necessary

The flawed and costly war: There is a "flawed and costly war" but Barack Obama is wrong about which one it is, writes J.J. Jackson

Restoration of conscription: Pro and con: The continuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the straining of military resources keeps the draft question at the back of many people's minds, says Daniel M. Ryan

How many rights are Democrats willing to forfeit?: Selected not elected! Frank Salvato charges that the Democratic National Committee essentially chose their nominee and disenfranchised their entire party

Did the s-word doom Hillary's nomination bid?: Feminists are claiming that Hillary Clinton lost the nomination due to sexism. Carey Roberts says that she gave as good as she got

Modern history lessons: A recent getaway to St. Louis prompted Lisa Fabrizio to ruminate on the trend on looking at history with the moral filters of today

Nobody likes a turncoat: Carol Devine-Molin says that former White House spokesman Scott McClennan is exactly what Bob Dole dubbed him: a miserable creature

For sale: America's infrastructure: Governments across the United States are building roads and leasing them out to private investors. Henry Lamb says Americans are the ones who pay the price

AAUW education report minimizes boy crisis in our schools: A recent report argued that there is no crisis for boys in America's schools. Jeffery M. Leving and Glenn Sacks respond that the AAUW's own data suggests otherwise

Hostile government take-over bid: Thomas E. Brewton says the Warner-Lieberman bill to regulate carbon emissions betrays the basic assumption behind socialism: That government is more effective at running everything

An open letter to borrowers and lenders: Take responsibility for your decisions: Alex Epstein has a simple message for those caught in the mortgage crisis: You got yourself into this mess and it isn't everyone else's responsibility to get you out of it

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