NRO Digest: It's clear which party is more "extreme" on abortion

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August 23, 2012

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THE EDITORS: It's clear which party is more "extreme" on abortion. Extremities and Enormities.

CONRAD BLACK: The U.S. has finally abandoned the Monroe Doctrine, just in time to rebuild at home. Putting Our House In Order.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: We have chosen to imperil the future out of greed and foolishness. Eating America's Seed Corn.

MONA CHAREN: Akin was wrong about the facts, but his mistaken belief wasn't outlandish. Akin and His Critics.

HENRY PAYNE: The vice president visits Detroit. Middle-Class Joe in a City with No Middle Class.

HALEY BARBOUR: Enabling states to enact online sales taxes supports free-market prinicples. Support the Marketplace Fairness Act.

ED HUSAIN: Unnoticed by the West, al-Qaeda is seizing a golden opportunity in the Levant. Syria: Why al-Qaeda Is Winning.

CLIFFORD D. MAY: The AFP won't say who's deserving of censure. Iran Incites Genocide; Israel 'Employs Invective.'

MICHAEL BARONE: Does the president really want to do for all manufacturing what he did for the auto industry? From Bad to Worse: Obama's GM Bailout.

IMPROMPTUS: Jay Nordlinger on race, an Obama adviser, China, and more. Our national God, &c.

YUVAL LEVIN: The latest New York Times poll doesn't tell us much about how people feel about the actual issues surrounding Medicare. Poll-Tested Fictions.

HANSON: It's not easy to say who should weigh in on politics. Should Retired Military Officers Speak Out?

RAMESH PONNURU: Enthusiasm about pro-choice or pro-life views doesn't seem to suggest a problem for Republicans either. Abortion and the Gender Gap, Ctd.

KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON: Republicans can seize the upper hand in key states on coal and gas. Energy Is a Winner for Romney.

MICHAEL AUSLIN: What to make of the growing tensions between China and Japan? No War Drums Yet in the Pacific.

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