The American Spectator

Political Hay

One Step Forward, Two Races Back

George Neumayr | 11.6.09 @ 6:09AM

The stresses and strains of post-defeat spinning.

topics: Democratic Party

The Nation's Pulse

Divisive Unanimity

Daniel J. Flynn | 11.6.09 @ 6:08AM

Same-sex marriage may be 0-31, but according to the media the public is divided.

topics: Gay Marriage, Jeffrey Toobin

Campaign Crawlers

Joe Wilson, Call Your Office

Larry Thornberry | 11.6.09 @ 6:08AM

Charlie Crist is telling major whoppers.

topics: Charlie Crist, U.S. Senate Races 2010

Special Report

ACORN's Big Spender

Matthew Vadum | 11.6.09 @ 6:08AM

New evidence of White House political director Patrick Gaspard's ties to the radical group.

topics: ACORN, Patrick Gaspard, Service Employees International Union

Freedom Watch

The Spirit of 1989

Doug Bandow | 11.6.09 @ 6:07AM

It was the spirit of human liberty.

topics: Communism, Ronald Reagan, Berlin Wall

At Large

The Somali-Kenya Connection

George H. Wittman | 11.6.09 @ 6:07AM

Where does all the pirates' ransom money go?

The Campaign Spectator

Tex Mess

William Murchison | November 2009

What is Kay Bailey Hutchison up to?

Books in Review

Feeding the Beast

Philip Klein | November 2009

Conservative provocateur Bruce Bartlett breaks with conservative orthodoxy -- up to a point.

Streetcar Line

Celebrating Limits

Quin Hillyer | 11.5.09 @ 6:09AM

Support for smaller government is a mainstream position.

topics: Republican Party, Government Spending, Joe the Plumber

At Large

The Reality of Middle East Anti-Semitism

P. David Hornik | 11.5.09 @ 6:08AM

Hillary Clinton is the latest to appear hapless in its presence.

topics: Middle East, Anti-Semitism

Special Report

GOTCHA!

Joseph A. Harriss | 11.5.09 @ 6:08AM

The past catches up with Jacques Chirac.

topics: Jacques Chirac, Political Corruption, Nicolas Sarkozy

The Current Crisis

Obama, Obviously

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 11.5.09 @ 6:08AM

Knowing what we've known all along, how could the Democrats not have been routed on election day?

The Public Policy

Yes, Virginia Foxx

Wayne Crews & Ryan Young | 11.5.09 @ 6:07AM

To control government's cost, we first need to know what it is.

topics: Government Spending, Mandates, Rep. Virginia Foxx

At Large

Foiled Again

Christopher Orlet | 11.5.09 @ 6:07AM

Two more would-be terrorists will face the music.

topics: Terrorism, Danish Cartoons

Conservative Tastes

An American Tragedy

James Bowman | November 2009

A Washington, D.C. audience reacts to Helen Mirren's performance in Racine's Phèdre as if it were watching a sit-com.

Political Hay

The Angry Independent

W. James Antle, III | 11.4.09 @ 6:09AM

When they side with conservatives, Republicans win -- just as Ross Perot taught us.

topics: Jon Corzine, Bob McDonnell, Ross Perot, Chris Christie

Special Report

The Republicans Underestimate Their Strength

Peter Ferrara | 11.4.09 @ 6:09AM

Just as Barack Obama overestimated his, which saw him helpless to prevent yesterday's GOP landslides.

Campaign Crawlers

'Worth the Fight'

Robert Stacy McCain | 11.4.09 @ 6:08AM

 Who lost and who won in Hoffman's Revolution?

topics: Doug Hoffman, New York Conservative Party, Bill Owens

The Nation's Pulse

A Letter to the Rev. J. Bennett Guess

Jeffrey Lord | 11.4.09 @ 6:08AM

When a church worships political ideology instead of God.

A Further Perspective

Beers for Bob

Jeremy Lott | 11.4.09 @ 6:08AM

Northern Virginia Republicans celebrate victory last night -- even the local candidate who lost in his ultra-liberal district.

topics: Republicans, Bob McDonnell, Aaron Ringel

Eminentoes

Killing Capitalism Soros-Style

Matthew Vadum | 11.4.09 @ 6:07AM

Leftist troublemaker George Soros ramps up his war on markets by creating an "Institute for New Economic Thinking."

Sports Arena

Scouting Report

Lisa Fabrizio | 11.4.09 @ 6:06AM

Reassessing the Republican lineup, such as it is.

topics: Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, George Allen

Special Report

Anti-Beck, Dobbs Efforts Dropped by Church Coalition

Jeffrey Lord | 11.3.09 @ 6:09AM

ACORN, NEA surface. Hispanic group involved also Soros-funded.

Campaign Crawlers

The Amazing Sinking Charlie

Larry Thornberry | 11.3.09 @ 6:08AM

Charlie Christ probably doesn't want too many weeks like last week.

topics: Charlie Crist, U.S. Senate Races 2010, Marco Rubio

Eminentoes

Art Doesn't Work

Ryan L. Cole | 11.3.09 @ 6:07AM

Rocco Landesman, the new head of the National Endowment for the Arts, likes to compare his president to the late dictator Julius Caesar. 

topics: Culture War, National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman

The Right Prescription

Behold a Trojan Pony

Peter Hannaford | 11.3.09 @ 6:07AM

Speaker Nancy's nag will soon go lame.

topics: Health Care, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Budget Office

At Large

Chile Honors Pro-Soviet Churchman

Mark Tooley | 11.3.09 @ 6:07AM

Liberation theologians of the world unite, once again.

topics: World Council of Churches, Emilio Castro

Among the Intellectualoids

Gang Green Going to the Dogs

Ralph R. Reiland | 11.3.09 @ 6:06AM

The sky-is-falling greenies are getting progressively batty.

Sports Arena

Come So Favre

Ryan Young | 11.3.09 @ 6:05AM

Only to watch the Brett Bowl set Green Bay back.

topics: Brett Favre

Washington Prowler

Showdown Alarms

The Prowler | 11.2.09 @ 6:10AM

White House intensifies Scozzafava fiasco. Pete Sessions NRCC's last stand. Plus: Larry Summers and Susan Crawford's resignation.

topics: Republican Party, Doug Hoffman, Pete Sessions, Susan Crawford

Campaign Crawlers

Dede Goes Down Upstate

Robert Stacy McCain | 11.2.09 @ 6:08AM

Liberal Republican Scozzafava exits gracelessly.

topics: RINO Republicans, Doug Hoffman, Dede Scozzafava

Breaking News

ACORN at the White House

Matthew Vadum | 11.2.09 @ 6:08AM

President Obama's claim he's been barely aware of ACORN's activities just got harder to sustain.

topics: ACORN, Scott Levenson

The Right Prescription

Talking Health Care With Gov. Pawlenty

Philip Klein | 11.2.09 @ 6:08AM

An interview with Minnesota's Republican governor and presidential possibility.

topics: Health Care, Tim Pawlenty

Special Report

Taking Care of Big Labor

Kevin Mooney | 11.2.09 @ 6:08AM

The union perks hidden inside health care reform.

topics: Health Care, Unions, Card Check, Big Labor

Among the Intellectualoids

Arguing With Bono

Patrick O'Hannigan | 11.2.09 @ 6:07AM

Is the Sting of rock lost if it plays groupie to the virtual Obama?

topics: Barack Obama, Bono, Sting

Books in Review

The Podhoretz Method

Seth Lipsky | November 2009

The question Norman Podhoretz has been asked more than any other in his career.