The American Spectator

Enemy of the Week

No Picnic

5.9.03 @ 4:56PM

America's civilian emperor is lucky in his enemies.

topics: Business, Environment, NATO

To Be Absolutely Frank

American Diary

Francis X. Rocca | 5.9.03 @ 12:05AM

You can't go home again for an English lesson.

topics: Books, Africa, Oil

Washington Prowler

Jim Edgar's Dole

The Prowler | 5.9.03 @ 12:04AM

Rove Noise in Illinois. Also: The search for a moderate Democrat hero. Plus: Grounded at Transportation.

topics: Transportation, NATO

Another Perspective

My ''Friend'' Bill Clinton

5.9.03 @ 12:03AM

Says a former admirer and later Paula Jones defender: If he followed Jimmy Carter's example, his legacy would become less questionable.

topics: Health Care, Bill Clinton, Environment, Books, Constitution, Law, Iraq

Special Report

Pluck of the Irish

5.9.03 @ 12:02AM

Deregulation and free markets, not EU subsidies, have fueled Ireland's stunning economic growth.

topics: Taxes, Trade, Business, Environment, European Union

Reader Mail

Success Stories

5.9.03 @ 12:01AM

In waging war, making peace, computering, trapping, provoking the left, and penetrating predestination.

topics: Education, Business, Religion, Law, Military, NATO, Oil

The Investor

Nano and the Professor

Michael Craig | 5.8.03 @ 12:06AM

Nanotechnology: it's not just for contrived movie plots anymore. Or for the cryonics crowd.

topics: Business, Energy

Washington Prowler

Arkansas' Next Embarrassment

The Prowler | 5.8.03 @ 12:04AM

Guess who's coming to sing? Also: Gloom in Pennsylvania.

topics: NATO, Africa

Special Report

John Sweeney and the Ullico Scandal

5.8.03 @ 12:03AM

Peeking behind the curtain of Big Labor's wizards.

topics: Unions

The Current Crisis

Never Right

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.8.03 @ 12:01AM

The American left is the only intellectual force in Western history to gain moral superiority by being wrong.

topics: Foreign Policy, Islam, Military, Iraq, NATO, Communism

Washington Prowler

Homeland Security, Waxman Style

The Prowler | 5.7.03 @ 12:05AM

What did the Abraham Lincoln know, and when did it know it? Plus: Kerry sinks to Howie Dean's level.

Special Report

Crossing Paths

Bill Croke | 5.7.03 @ 12:04AM

In the Rocky Mountain West, history is right in front of you, if you know your Osborne Russell.

topics: Trade, Books, Law

Latte Nation

Like ''Doonesbury,'' But Funny

Jeremy Lott | 5.7.03 @ 12:03AM

Cartoonist Chris Muir says conservative is the new normal. He aims to prove it.

topics: Iraq

The Current Crisis

The Whiff of Grapeshot

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.7.03 @ 12:02AM

Therapeutic application of American might in Iraq has had a calming effect on the world.

topics: Religion, Hollywood, Military, Iraq, Israel

Reader Mail

Gambling Rows

5.7.03 @ 12:01AM

Taking sides in the Bennett affair. Plus: The Democratics' debut, Santorum sanity, and more unpatriotic gore.

Loose Canons

Slap the Donkey

Jed Babbin | 5.6.03 @ 12:04AM

The trouble with the Dems in debate is that they came across as a bunch of mules.

topics: Foreign Policy, Trade, Health Care, Television, Islam, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq

Political Hay

Done Dare Call Them Unpatriotic

David Hogberg | 5.6.03 @ 12:03AM

Hillary's conniption notwithstanding, no one is questioning the Democrats' patriotism.

topics: Hillary Clinton, NATO

Another Perspective

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Quip

5.6.03 @ 12:02AM

As a stand-up comedian Sen. John Kerry stands alone.

topics: Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO

Campaign Crawlers

More Lobbyist Than Leader

5.6.03 @ 12:01AM

John Edwards isn't running to live on Pennsylvania Avenue, not so long as there's a K Street.

topics: Bill Clinton, Law, NATO

Washington Prowler

Down, Boy Clinton

The Prowler | 5.5.03 @ 12:05AM

His desperate craving for attention is now worse than embarrassing.

topics: Bill Clinton, Business, Iraq, NATO

Another Perspective

Just Don't Call Him Lucky ...

Hunter Baker | 5.5.03 @ 12:04AM

The reaction of many conservatives will be to downplay the Bennett gambling story.

topics: Bill Clinton, Television, Law, Conservatism

Political Hay

The Ick Factor

Lawrence Henry | 5.5.03 @ 12:03AM

Americans tolerate all sorts of things, up to a point.

topics: Abortion, Law, Supreme Court, NATO, Oil

Special Report

A Phony Postwar

George Neumayr | 5.5.03 @ 12:02AM

The toothless Axis of Weasels has nothing to chew on save its own weakness.

topics: Business, Iraq, NATO, Fascism

Reader Mail

Unconcealed Weapons

5.5.03 @ 12:01AM

Victory at sea, Brady reauthorization, a WMD future, third parties and celebrity fifth columns, and much more.

topics: Foreign Policy, Military, Iraq, Israel