The American Spectator

Enemy of the Week

Among the Feather-Brained

4.25.03 @ 5:13PM

Our Dixie cups runneth over.

topics: Bill Clinton, Law, Oil

Live From New York

Plain Speak

Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder | 4.25.03 @ 12:04AM

Memo to Bush bashers: If it were true that a smooth talker is a better thinker, the IQ of a used-car salesman would be ten times higher than Albert Einstein's.

topics: Foreign Policy, Television, Environment, Iraq, North Korea

Another Perspective

When in Rome

George Neumayr | 4.25.03 @ 12:03AM

Do as its American liberators once did.

topics: Law, Military, Iraq, Fascism

Political Hay

Pay and Be Happy!

David Hogberg | 4.25.03 @ 12:02AM

Every April it's the same thing: a liberal pundit or two hectoring taxpayers about the joys of taxation.

topics: Taxes, Transportation, Education, Law, Military, Iraq

Special Report

Keeping the Nation at Risk

4.25.03 @ 12:01AM

Twenty years ago a landmark report declared America and its public education a ''nation at risk.'' It remains so, except for the teacher unions, which make sure all ''reforms'' serve only their entrenched interests.

topics: Education, Unions

The Investor

The Hidden Divorce Tax

Michael Craig | 4.24.03 @ 12:23AM

Save your marriage, fix the economy, and teach those greedy lawyers a lesson.

topics: Sports, Law, Oil

Washington Prowler

Kerry Goes Digging

The Prowler | 4.24.03 @ 12:08AM

You don't have to be French to rely on your wife's money. Plus: Rick Santorum is a Catholic.

topics: NATO, Oil

Another Perspective

A Post-Atkins Diet

James Bowman | 4.24.03 @ 12:03AM

Hysterical anti-Americanism and bad taste from a Brit writing in the U.K.'s leading conservative paper!

topics: Trade, Iraq, Unions

The Current Crisis

Learning From Daniel Pipes

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.24.03 @ 12:02AM

Certain very partisan Islamic organizations want his nomination to the U.S. Institute of Peace rescinded because his writings do not hew their party line.

topics: Foreign Policy, Religion, Islam, Military, Oil

Reader Mail

Newt Understandings

4.24.03 @ 12:01AM

The State Department had it coming. Plus: Unconstitutional medicine. Sad Sacagawea. Kick the coffee habit. And more.

topics: Trade, Business, Books, Constitution, Law, Military, Russia, NATO, Immigration, Energy, Oil

Washington Prowler

General Gingrich

The Prowler | 4.23.03 @ 12:04AM

Newt AEI broadside angers White House. Plus: Wesley Clark's latest retirement. Michael Moore is hearing fictitious boos. Slade won't let it slide.

topics: Business, Military, Iraq

Another Perspective

Peace in Milan

George Neumayr | 4.23.03 @ 12:03AM

Britney Spears memorabilia is sold just feet from the city's late-Gothic cathedral.

topics: Books, Military, Iran, Oil

Latte Nation

Hill of Beans

Jeremy Lott | 4.23.03 @ 12:02AM

War was winding down, museums were being sacked and all readers wanted to talk about was a warm cup of joe.

topics: Taxes, Books, Iraq

The Current Crisis

Midwestern Superiority

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.23.03 @ 12:01AM

On the road where the earth is black and the big cities gritty and tough.

topics: Sports, Energy, Oil

Washington Prowler

Frist's Fumbles

The Prowler | 4.22.03 @ 12:04AM

Luckily the GOP retained possession. Also: Rove v. Ray in Illinois. Plus: Return of the Vision Thing.

topics: NATO

Loose Canons

War Talk Radio

Jed Babbin | 4.22.03 @ 12:03AM

How to chat with interesting people and drive Tom Daschle crazy at the same time.

topics: Television, Business, Military, Iraq, Energy

Another Perspective

Constitutional Malpractice

4.22.03 @ 12:02AM

Nowhere in the Constitution is there a federal power to cap awards and attorney fees in medical malpractice cases.

topics: Trade, Business, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Founding Fathers

Movie Takes

Winged Migration

James Bowman | 4.22.03 @ 12:01AM

A visual experience that, once seen, will never be forgotten -- from Jacques Perrin, the man who lost to Michael Moore!

Washington Prowler

Locked Out of His Own House

The Prowler | 4.21.03 @ 12:13AM

Starting with the woman who replaced him, Dick Gephardt can't make any headway winning House Democrat support for his presidential run.

topics: Iran

Another Perspective

Something Old, Something New

Lawrence Henry | 4.21.03 @ 12:04AM

Connectivity isn't all that it's crackled up to be.

topics: Law

Special Report

Where's Sacagawea?

Bill Croke | 4.21.03 @ 12:03AM

Her status as a native feminist icon is overshadowed by two unresolved questions: When did she die, and where are her remains?

topics: Trade, Economics, Environment, Oil

Movie Takes

Chasing Papi

James Bowman | 4.21.03 @ 12:02AM

Three Latina ladies imitate Anglo feminists to dispose of a three-timing man they're no longer going to be in love with.

Reader Mail

Here We Go Again

4.21.03 @ 12:01AM

Many left-right combinations.

topics: Sports, Environment, Law, Military, Iraq