The American Spectator

Enemy of the Week

Patty Cake

12.20.02 @ 5:00PM

A special tribute to Trent Lott's unlikely successor. PLUS: Who'll be the Enemy of the Year? Nominations welcome. Winner to be crowned on Dec. 27.

topics: Business, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, United Nations, NATO, Oil

Political Hay

The Quality of Mercy

Ben Stein | 12.20.02 @ 12:07AM

Trent Lott did a wrong and hurtful thing. But let's look at a few points that have not been as thoroughly looked at as they might.

topics: Bill Clinton, Law, NATO, Africa

Washington Prowler

Drawing Lotts

The Prowler | 12.20.02 @ 12:06AM

The damaged Senate leader has less support among his colleagues than he wants to know.

topics: NATO

Special Report

Protestations on Campus

12.20.02 @ 12:05AM

Sit in on a Faculty Senate Council meeting and fall into reveries about what the shaggy '60s set in motion.

topics: Business, Military, Iraq, Oil

The Investor

Coke's Newest Flavor

Michael Craig | 12.20.02 @ 12:04AM

It's flat and you can't get the taste out of your mouth -- and you wonder if Warren Buffett had a hand in serving it up.

topics: Trade, Business, Law

Another Perspective

Pledge Week Islam

George Neumayr | 12.20.02 @ 12:03AM

Was Muhammad a seventh-century Bill Moyers? PBS makes a strong case he most certainly was.

topics: Religion, Islam, Russia, Africa

The Current Crisis

Darkest France

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.20.02 @ 12:02AM

The reason for its reluctance to join us in war against the abettors of terrorism.

topics: Islam, Israel

Reader Mail

The Gentleman From Oklahoma

12.20.02 @ 12:01AM

Don Nickles is A-OK. Which sound a Lott more than what's being said about the GOP Senate leader. Then there's Sen. Peter Fitzgerald? Plus Lotts more ...

topics: Taxes, Mainstream Media, Business, Constitution, Law, Israel, Pakistan, NATO

The Current Crisis

Mean and Ignoble

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.19.02 @ 12:05AM

Anyone who blunders as egregiously as Trent Lott is not fit for leadership.

topics: Bill Clinton, Business, Environment, NATO, Africa

Political Hay

A Wake Up Call

Mark Goldblatt | 12.19.02 @ 12:03AM

The futility of Republican kowtowing to black voters.

topics: Education, Television, Business, Law, Israel, NATO, Africa

Special Report

We Decide, We Report

12.19.02 @ 12:02AM

Welcome to the ethos of mainstream press reporting on global climate change.

topics: United Nations

Movie Takes

Maid in Manhattan

James Bowman | 12.19.02 @ 12:01AM

Even better than Jennifer Lopez as a post-feminist Cinderella whom no self-respecting sensitive male dare try to rescue is Ralph Fiennes as a Republican superstar of the New York State Assembly!

At Large

Lott Without the Frenzy

John Corry | 12.18.02 @ 12:06AM

He has never been much of an ideologue, and as a senator he has been known mostly for his helmet-like head of hair and his devotion to the shipyards in Pascagoula.

topics: Bill Clinton, European Union, NATO

Special Report

Stanford's Cult of the Strong

George Neumayr | 12.18.02 @ 12:05AM

Like its first president, an elite university remains committed to the pursuit of a superior humanity unblemished by bad blood.

Washington Prowler

More Senate Trouble

The Prowler | 12.18.02 @ 12:04AM

How to lose an Illinois seat. Can a Pennsylvania seat be saved?

topics: Business, NATO

Another Perspective

Return With Us Now to Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

Reid Collins | 12.18.02 @ 12:03AM

Back when anyone wanting to be president didn't have to jump into an SNL hot tub or sit down with Lesley Stahl.

topics: Business, Satire, Africa

Movie Takes

About Schmidt Is a Huge Hit

James Bowman | 12.18.02 @ 12:02AM

Jack Nicholson gives the performance of his career.

Reader Mail

Hearing and Listening

12.18.02 @ 12:01AM

Jackie Mason's call. How about Kay Bailey Hutchison? Pete Rose's new lawyers -- and final prosecutor. Tyrrell's West Bank reception. Plus lots more.

topics: Law, Israel, NATO, Africa

Washington Prowler

Lott Entertainment Channels

The Prowler | 12.17.02 @ 12:05AM

The plot thickens: Nickles, Frist, McConnell, Senator X? Before Christmas or after the New Year? Stay tuned (though not to Larry King).

topics: John McCain, Television, NATO

Loose Canons

Picking Up the Pace

Jed Babbin | 12.17.02 @ 12:04AM

The president tried to draw a line in the Iraqi sand with the last U.N. resolution and failed. Saddam has defied the world yet again, and the U.N. is doing nothing about it.

topics: Military, Iraq, Nuclear Weapons

Another Perspective

Avoid the Noid

Jeremy Lott | 12.17.02 @ 12:03AM

The author feels that the majority leader owes another aggrieved minority -- namely himself -- a heartfelt apology.

topics: Books, Supreme Court, NATO, Immigration

Live From New York

Stop the Killing

Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder | 12.17.02 @ 12:02AM

How does the value of an Israeli life become so cheap, that we accept the idea that we have to sacrifice hundreds of lives on a yearly basis in order to exist in the state of Israel?

topics: Russia, Israel

Reader Mail

Keep Rose Out?

12.17.02 @ 12:01AM

And Lott? And women at Augusta? And who else?

topics: Sports, Law

Washington Prowler

Lottomania

The Prowler | 12.16.02 @ 12:05AM

How to remove Trent Lott but retain the Senate. PLUS: Al Gore's real reason for quitting.

topics: Books, NATO

Lifestyles Left and Right

Lott Should Step Down

12.16.02 @ 12:04AM

He is not the first politician with a tin ear or his foot in his mouth, but he is one the Republicans cannot afford as their leader.

topics: Nancy Pelosi, Television, NATO, Africa

Another Perspective

Things the Press Doesn't Know About Augusta National

Lawrence Henry | 12.16.02 @ 12:03AM

So you think John Snow resigned from the club to save himself embarrassment?

topics: Television, Business

Sports Arena

Charlie's Latest Hustle

Paul Beston | 12.16.02 @ 12:02AM

Pete Rose should never be reinstated. And Bud Selig should be excommunicated.

topics: Bill Clinton, Sports, Constitution, Law

Reader Mail

Drumbeats and Dragnets

12.16.02 @ 12:01AM

World-class Webb. Way out Lott. Plus more.

topics: Business, Law, NATO, Conservatism