http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/ en-us monacharen@nationalreview.com 2006-07-27T09:14:58-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTRlM2MzMzYzODYxODMxYWM3MDIxYmQwYmU1ODk5NDg= Monaamp;#39;s blog is on a summer hiatus. Will be back in the fall. Watch for Mona in The Corner in the meantime.amp;nbsp; -- KJL . . . 2006-07-27T09:14:58-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODE0OTc1MGE2ZDBhZTY2ZDAyYmNjMjRhYTkwYWE0ZDg= David Brooks had an interesting piece (registration required) in Sundayamp;rsquo;s New York Times arguing that just as Israel has started to move... . . . 2006-07-17T17:05:56-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Zjc5YjNjOTM0N2ZjMTY4NjI4YzExNDI3YWFkNGU5NzY= And in other medical newsamp;nbsp; from Britain, it seems the Blair government is considering a measure that would outlaw sex selection for non-medica... . . . 2006-07-12T15:33:00-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OWU2MGVhMWYxY2I1YmEyOTNiZTAzZDkzZjMxYzM5NzU= This item in the London Evening Standard calls attention to that oh so enviable public health service of theirs. Itamp;rsquo;s free, donamp;rsquo;t ... . . . 2006-07-12T15:01:30-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OWQ5MWYwYWMxMDg2NjI5MTRiZTRlNDRiNWMzMzM3ZTQ= amp;nbsp;amp;nbsp;amp;nbsp; Does anyone remember the heady days of 1994 when Republicans took control of the House? Does anyone remember one of the gr... . . . 2006-07-11T16:57:18-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWY3ZWExYjY1NjIzNDY3YzNkOGU1NjQyMWRjNTU5M2E= amp;nbsp;amp;nbsp;amp;nbsp; Michael Kinsleyamp;rsquo;s patience with pro-lifers is exhausted. He had been willing to give us the benefit of the doubt... . . . 2006-07-07T17:45:29-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDkzOTM3Y2M3MTc4MzY5ZGVlMThkNzZiY2E4ZWUzNzg= A coalition of the usual suspects has challenged a Georgia law that would require voters to present a government-issued photo ID in order to vote... . . . 2006-07-06T13:54:18-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDEyYjk3NzE5ZDU1OTJjMzIyOGRhOWEwZjZhN2I0ODY= Writing for the majority (doesnamp;#39;t that have a satisfying ring to it?), Judge Robert Smith of the NY Court of Appeals -- that stateamp;#39;s... . . . 2006-07-06T13:40:03-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YWFlYWM4MmZmMjI2ZjA5Mjk5ZGEwYjIxNjQwNjViOTE= I recently purchased a brand new American flag and taught my 10-year-old son how to fold it properly. We discussed flag etiquette: -- never pe... . . . 2006-07-03T17:34:07-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDQzZmNlZjNmNGFiNDA2ZWRkZDkyZmVjM2VjYjEwM2U= amp;nbsp;amp;nbsp;amp;nbsp; Has everyone surrendered? The Washington Post reports that the government experts who advise the federal government on imm... . . . 2006-06-30T15:45:35-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjJjOTFhODVlNzhkNjcxMGQxMDEwY2EwZDdiMzM3ODc= The indispensible Karlyn Bowman of the American Enterprise Institute alerts us to the results of a number of recent surveys on the subject of patr... . . . 2006-06-29T09:17:41-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDdlNGNjNzRlZGFmZmI2OWRhYmQ4ODllMThmNTEyNTU= Daniel Pipes has a depressing round up of the findings of that Pew Research Poll about attitudes of Muslims worldwide. Some of the headlines:amp;nbsp;... . . . 2006-06-28T11:41:29-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OWNhOWQ2N2RhOTQwMGUyYWYwOGY0NGU0OTUyMTkwMjI= So Warren Buffet is contributing roughly $44 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Iamp;#39;m sure the Gates Foundation has done some ... . . . 2006-06-27T15:53:56-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTc1YjVjN2Q4ODY4ODE1ZDZiNjI5YTQ0MDUyNGE5NDA= When I wrote Useful Idiots, I speculated about the motives of American liberals and leftists who more or less openly rooted for Americaamp;#39;s enemi... . . . 2006-06-27T12:21:10-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjllZTJhZjExOTA1YmZjOTAwZDc5MjU1YWFkMGE4OTI= Reviving a debate that had grown quiescent, C-SPAN offered airtime to John Mearshimer and Steven Walt, authors of the infamous amp;ldquo;Israel Lobbya... . . . 2006-06-26T15:05:08-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2YxNTMyYzk0MTNmMWMzNWI0NDc1ZWU0OTA2YmQyYzI= Russ Feingold is everything George W. Bush is not. He is facile, articulate, quick on his feet, and deeply foolish. Appearing on Meet the Press yester... . . . 2006-06-26T14:39:48-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Zjk0NWFhYmIxYjExMDhjNmRiOTZhYjU1NGQyZjU0NTM= Brian Lamb asked me in a recent interview how I came to be a conservative. As one sometimes does in these situations, I rambled on about my adolescent... . . . 2006-06-26T14:35:19-05:00 http://monacharen.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2NjNzUwNjlmMTdjMTk4ZDY4MGNkOGQ0YmQ3MjUxZDU= Mother Nature has been throwing her weight around in our neighborhood. National Airport got more thanamp;nbsp;five inches of rain in a 24-hour period.... . . . 2006-06-26T14:33:55-05:00