The American Spectator

Enemy of the Week

Fathers and Sons

2.7.03 @ 5:45PM

All is fair in peace and war and golf.

topics: Iraq, Israel, NATO, North Korea

To Be Absolutely Frank

Learning to Love the Set

Francis X. Rocca | 2.7.03 @ 1:03AM

Mindless entertainment may be bad for kids, but for parents it's essential.

topics: Television, Law

Washington Prowler

Labor's Love Lost

The Prowler | 2.7.03 @ 12:04AM

The abandonment of Dick Gephardt.

topics: Bill Clinton, Unions

Another Perspective

Pounding Ploughshares Into Swords

Jeremy Lott | 2.7.03 @ 12:03AM

The lively world of WorldNetDaily.com on the eve of war.

topics: Books, Israel, United Nations

Special Report

Don't Militarize the Borders

2.7.03 @ 12:02AM

Pace Trent Lott, Bill O'Reilly and Michelle Malkin, there's no reason to use armed soldiers to enforce U.S. immigration law.

topics: Law, Military, Iran, Immigration

Reader Mail

Fight Like a Man

2.7.03 @ 12:01AM

No cologne, please. Also, will the guy who wants to fight North Korea but not Iraq sign up for military service if war breaks out against Kim Jong Il? Plus lots more.

topics: Joe Biden, Founding Fathers, Iraq, NATO, North Korea, Socialism, Nuclear Weapons, Oil

Special Report

In Vitro Defects

George Neumayr | 2.6.03 @ 12:06AM

New studies suggest it is not good for children to begin their lives in petri dishes.

Another Perspective

Vive le Dissonance

2.6.03 @ 12:05AM

Franco-German reactions to Colin Powell's alleged appearance before a body possibly known as the United Nations.

topics: Television, Iraq

The Investor

Half Asleep and Half Nelson

Michael Craig | 2.6.03 @ 12:04AM

Twenty-eight years in prison will make you say some strange things.

topics: Trade, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, United Nations, Africa, Nuclear Weapons, Oil

Washington Prowler

A Southern Threat to John Edwards

The Prowler | 2.6.03 @ 12:03AM

Plus: Hitchens and Clinton's ex-girlfriend: old news?

topics: Hillary Clinton, Business

Live From New York

A Perfect Prescription for Disaster

Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder | 2.6.03 @ 12:02AM

If you want to know why the two-party system is a hopeless case, watch Tom Daschle on television.

topics: Trade, Television, Business, Law

The Current Crisis

Survival Among the Snipes

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.6.03 @ 12:01AM

The President's loyalty and sense of honor were on admirable display after the left set out to defame former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

topics: Bill Clinton, Business, Books

Political Hay

President Job

Paul Beston | 2.5.03 @ 12:36AM

For George W. Bush, the Prince Hal analogy will no longer do.

topics: Business, Iraq, Oil

Washington Prowler

Biden His Time

The Prowler | 2.5.03 @ 12:17AM

Can ol' Joe put 1988 behind him and do it right this time?

topics: Foreign Policy, Joe Biden

Another Perspective

This Will Be CNN

2.5.03 @ 12:04AM

As Fox News begins its second year on top, expect to see these shows in the near future.

topics: Television, Business, Iraq

The Current Crisis

How Very French

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.5.03 @ 12:03AM

The cologned want to sit this one out.

topics: Law, Iraq, Russia, Oil

Movie Takes

Final Destination 2

James Bowman | 2.5.03 @ 12:02AM

Another unsuccessful attempt at the movie that tried to identify Death with Fate and got tangled up in its own metaphysics. But several accidental demises are very cool.

Reader Mail

Tax Attacks

2.5.03 @ 12:01AM

Oregon dodges a big one. Iraq-N. Korea nuke talk. Birthday favors. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Business, Abortion, Environment, Law, Iraq, Israel, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Energy

Another Perspective

On Being Sick

Lawrence Henry | 2.4.03 @ 12:06AM

The odds for a successful transplant this time are nine out of ten. Better than the 50-50 two decades ago.

topics: Energy

Loose Canons

No Nukes Is Good Nukes

Jed Babbin | 2.4.03 @ 12:05AM

There are limits to the proper exercise of American power. We want to liberate Baghdad, not incinerate it.

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

Washington Prowler

Clinton on Retreat

The Prowler | 2.4.03 @ 12:04AM

It was all about him -- but when isn't it?

topics: Education, Bill Clinton, Social Security

Political Hay

Oregon's Anti-Tax Trail

2.4.03 @ 12:03AM

Public employee union efforts notwithstanding, tax hikes remain ballot losers, as we saw last week.

topics: Taxes, Education, Business, Environment, Books, Law, Unions

Movie Takes

Biker Boyz

James Bowman | 2.4.03 @ 12:02AM

The theater of raw masculinity, California biker gang style.

Reader Mail

Speaking of the Dead

2.4.03 @ 12:01AM

Do Catholic eulogies have a future? How will Gray Davis be recalled? Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Business, Satire, NATO

Another Perspective

Tone Dead

Paul Beston | 2.3.03 @ 12:04AM

At last, an Archdiocese that's cracking down on…eulogies?

Washington Prowler

Political Gallantry

The Prowler | 2.3.03 @ 12:03AM

Some practice it. Others pretend to.

topics: Books

Lifestyles Left and Right

Gray Davis and the Bare Cupboard

2.3.03 @ 12:02AM

California's governor spent record amounts to win reelection. Now he's getting what he paid for.

topics: Education, Health Care, Business, NATO, Unions

Reader Mail

Rude in Public

2.3.03 @ 12:01AM

New pleas for civility, please.

topics: Foreign Policy, Education, Business, Social Security, Abortion, Environment, Books, Hollywood, Law, NATO, Oil