The American Spectator

Enemy of the Week

Lynch Mobsters

3.15.02 @ 2:39PM

They got rid of Pickering. Now they've set their sights on Tennessee. But a friend rides to the rescue.

topics: Bill Clinton, Constitution, Communism, Unions

The Virginian

Sister Heat

Dave Shiflett | 3.15.02 @ 7:01AM

American women are discovering a jarring truth: They have true enemies in this world, and Wayne La Pierre isn't among them.

topics: Law, Iraq

Washington Prowler

Cash Talkers

The Prowler | 3.15.02 @ 12:04AM

I beg your pardon, Roger. No singing along with Mitch.

topics: Business

The Current Crisis

Churchillian Disputes at The Atlantic

3.15.02 @ 12:03AM

What could Christopher Hitchens possibly claim against Winston? That he was a drinker? So is Hitch, and an exuberant one.

topics: Russia

Another Perspective

First Faces?

3.15.02 @ 12:02AM

Apparently unbeknownst to our president, the post-9/11 commemorative postage stamp he unveiled this week marks a huge departure from our usual democratic practice.

topics: Education, Trade

Movie Takes

Monsoon Wedding

James Bowman | 3.15.02 @ 12:01AM

A feel-good look at family and sexual relationships in the emerging middle classes of one of the most promising of the world’s developing countries -- just be careful what you feel good about.

To Be Absolutely Frank

The Times Gets a Language Upgrade

Francis X. Rocca | 3.14.02 @ 8:20AM

Reading need never be dull again. Just apply the formula, ''N plus 7.''

topics: Law

Editor's Desk

Edmund Morris, Blackguard

Wlady Pleszczynski | 3.14.02 @ 12:04AM

Three years after his titanic failure as Reagan biographer, he thinks playing to the anti-Reagan crowd will repair his silly reputation.

topics: Hollywood

Washington Prowler

Bill Plays Hard to Get

The Prowler | 3.14.02 @ 12:03AM

But on other occasions he wants to be approached. Plus: A White House birthday girl.

topics: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton

Loose Canons

Pretty Dismal and Pretty Scary

Jed Babbin | 3.14.02 @ 12:02AM

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is again busily trying to provide cover for Saddam Hussein.

topics: Business, Hollywood, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons

The Current Crisis

The Volcker Story

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.14.02 @ 12:01AM

And why Hollywood will never tell it.

topics: Bill Clinton, Business, Books, Hollywood

Political Hay

Red Light, Green Light

3.13.02 @ 12:23PM

It is now painfully clear that the federal government is incapable of appearing competent at the task of preventing terrorism.

topics: Law

Sports Arena

Down in Carolina

3.13.02 @ 12:05AM

Conservatives should stand up and cheer. For the first time in 28 years, the Tar Heels of North Carolina won't be playing in the NCAA basketball tournament. Liberal smugness has been benched -- if only for one blissful season.

Washington Prowler

Stepping Down and Up

The Prowler | 3.13.02 @ 12:04AM

Bush official to resign over Enron? Is Al ready to play ball again?

Another Perspective

Jesuits Implode

George Neumayr | 3.13.02 @ 12:03AM

Even liberals are sounding the alarm on the order's free fall into decadence and intolerance.

topics: Catholicism, Books, Law, Oil

Special Report

The Impotence of Being Relevant

Reid Collins | 3.13.02 @ 12:02AM

Ted Koppel may no longer matter -- but the same shouldn't be said about the over-50 crowd that watches his show and does much else besides as it prepares to live longer and longer.

topics: Health Care, Social Security

Reader Mail

Rude Awakenings

3.13.02 @ 12:01AM

Latest reactions from TAP readers to TAP copy.

topics: Business, Law, Military

Editor's Desk

Tom DeLay and the Bull Moose Bully

Wlady Pleszczynski | 3.12.02 @ 2:04PM

Never send a wimp to do a raging bull's job.

topics: Law, Military, NATO

Washington Prowler

Debt Souls

The Prowler | 3.12.02 @ 12:06AM

Paul O'Neill's run-in with the Speaker. Also: Clinton evades the Gladiator.

topics: Bill Clinton

At Large

Harvard Ethics

John Corry | 3.12.02 @ 12:03AM

They extend to the ring, where the worry is that Tonya will cut off Paula at the knees, just like ABC was ready to do to Ted.

topics: Television, Business

The Current Crisis

Media Bias in One State

George Neumayr | 3.12.02 @ 12:02AM

No matter what he says, California pressies think they know Bill Simon much better than he knows himself.

topics: Education, Abortion, Environment, Communism, Energy

Another Perspective

Towering Ignoramuses

Lawrence Henry | 3.12.02 @ 12:01AM

The Learning Channel puts the House Science Committee to shame, as demonstrated in last week's hearings on the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.

topics: Trade, Television, NATO

Washington Prowler

Coming and Going

The Prowler | 3.11.02 @ 12:56AM

A GOP surrender. Rudy wows Washington -- but a woman steals the GOP show. Who comes after Fred?

topics: Environment, NATO

Editor's Desk

Democratic Shades of Gray

Wlady Pleszczynski | 3.11.02 @ 12:50AM

An Enron puzzle. Media bias on its last legs. The most despised Democrat in America.

topics: Business, Abortion, NATO

Another Perspective

Case Closed

3.11.02 @ 12:47AM

Corporations aren't to blame for the actions of individuals? Has America's legal system gone mad?

topics: Movies, Law

Loose Canons

Nuclear Evolution

Jed Babbin | 3.11.02 @ 12:03AM

Rumsfeld's report says that nuclear war is possible in too many places, and he wants the president to be able to deal with these threats.

topics: Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Israel, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons

Lifestyles Left and Right

Who Did You Say Made Trees?

3.11.02 @ 12:01AM

Bad news for the Tree Worshippers: A coalition of timber companies has petitioned Interior Secretary Gale Norton to require the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to conduct a review of the effects of the Spotted Owl program.

topics: Environment, Law, Oil