The American Spectator

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From Lambert to Treblinka

Wlady Pleszczynski | 10.1.04 @ 3:05AM

Ninety minutes never lasted longer.

topics: Vladimir Putin, Law, Iraq, Russia, Communism

Another Perspective

Why Bush Won

John Tabin | 10.1.04 @ 2:40AM

Kerry done in by mixed (up) message.

topics: Iraq, North Korea

Special Report

His Own Worst Enemy

David Hogberg | 10.1.04 @ 2:18AM

John Kerry served in Vietnam yet failed last night’s global test.

topics: Foreign Policy, Iraq, United Nations, NATO

Campaign Crawlers

Kerry's Global Warming

George Neumayr | 10.1.04 @ 12:47AM

There's still a basic problem: Who will ever return this debater's salute?

topics: Foreign Policy, Islam, Military, Iraq, United Nations, North Korea, Oil

Political Hay

Hate Fatigue

Patrick Hynes | 10.1.04 @ 12:06AM

Yet another syndrome the Democrat Party didn’t count on.

topics: Books, Movies, Iraq

Lifestyles Left and Right

The Triumph of the Swill

Christopher Orlet | 10.1.04 @ 12:05AM

Score one for Mothers Against Half-Time Hooters.

topics: Sports, Religion, Constitution, Law, Oil

Reader Mail

Blogarithms

10.1.04 @ 12:01AM

The blog new future awaits. John McGinnis posits a world of Blog Dailies. Plus: Teddy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also: Happy Stein America. A quotable notable. And more.

topics: Mainstream Media, Television, Books, Movies, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Nuclear Weapons

Media Matters

What Blogs Can't Do

Lawrence Henry | 9.30.04 @ 12:08AM

After the revolution, who will provide the daily news?

topics: Education, Television, Iraq, Immigration

Political Hay

The Ted and the Fury

Shawn Macomber | 9.30.04 @ 12:07AM

Who knew that Ted Kennedy would be the next Ted Agnew?

topics: Foreign Policy, Mainstream Media, Television, Law, Iraq, NATO

Another Perspective

With a Whimper?

Reid Collins | 9.30.04 @ 12:06AM

Wouldn't it be nicer if J.F. Kerry went out with a bang?

topics: Iraq, NATO

The Current Crisis

Natural Born Killers

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.30.04 @ 12:05AM

What would our neopeaceniks have said about the Emir of Bokhara?

topics: Business, Islam, Military, Iraq, NATO

Movie Takes

The Yes Men

James Bowman | 9.30.04 @ 12:02AM

A perfect specimen of explicit Bush-bashing.

Reader Mail

The Art of Communications

9.30.04 @ 12:01AM

Free choices. Kerry crushers. Heat seekers. More Vietnam winnings. McCain-Feingold gold. U.S. efforts at intelligence. Reserve drills. Plus much more.

topics: Transportation, Trade, Mainstream Media, Business, Law, Military, Iraq, Israel, NATO

Campaign Crawlers

Three's Company

John Tabin | 9.29.04 @ 12:38AM

Debate-wise, Bush is in the driver’s seat.

topics: Foreign Policy, Television, Iraq, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons

Special Report

Willfully Blind

George Neumayr | 9.29.04 @ 12:08AM

John Kerry can't imagine Saddam Hussein as a godfather to terrorists before the war. But Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi knows better.

topics: Law, Iraq, United Nations

Special Report

Our Ghaffar Gaffe

Shawn Macomber | 9.29.04 @ 12:07AM

Should it be U.S. policy to release terrorists so that they may kill again?

topics: Islam, Military, Pakistan

Media Matters

Fahrenheit 411

Jay D. Homnick | 9.29.04 @ 12:04AM

The big media moguls wanted Campaign Finance. They got it. Now they’re finished.

topics: Economics, Business, Constitution, Law, Pakistan

Buy the Book

Bigger Than Gutenberg

Eric Anest | 9.29.04 @ 12:03AM

The creation and birth of the Xerox machine.

topics: Trade

Movie Takes

The Motorcycle Diaries

James Bowman | 9.29.04 @ 12:02AM

Che Guevara for dummies and all the other useful idiots.

Reader Mail

Big Deals

9.29.04 @ 12:01AM

Why we won in Vietnam. Years of living dangerously. Deal Hudson’s defenders. In a punk. Dropping the Globe. Left-Coaster of the Month. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, Foreign Policy, Trade, Television, Social Security, Catholicism, Islam, Books, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Communism

Another Perspective

Who Says We Lost in Vietnam?

William Tucker | 9.28.04 @ 12:09AM

Because we stood our ground, Asia became a tiger instead of Communist. What will the Middle East become, Sen. Kerry, if we stay our ground in Iraq?

topics: Islam, Military, Iraq, Russia, Communism, Oil

Media Matters

The Other Media Scandal of 2004

Sean Higgins | 9.28.04 @ 12:07AM

How do you say "Physician, Heal Thyself" in Journalese?

topics: Business, Law

Political Hay

Revenue Smoke Stacks

Sheila Monaghan | 9.28.04 @ 12:06AM

Tobacco shakedowns are Washington’s addiction.

topics: Education, Health Care, Business, Medicare

Lifestyles Left and Right

I Wanna Be Sedated

Andrew Cline | 9.28.04 @ 12:05AM

Johnny Ramone was a Bush punk for the ages.

topics: Hollywood

Special Report

How the Mighty Have Fallen

Paul M. Weyrich | 9.28.04 @ 12:04AM

Mainstream media used to be liberal and responsible. Now it’s just one of those things.

topics: Mainstream Media, Television, Business, Military

Campaign Crawlers

Electoral College Breakdown

David Hogberg | 9.27.04 @ 12:18AM

And the winner is ... still not a closed deal.

topics: Law, Alaska

Political Hay

Third Party Utopia

Shawn Macomber | 9.27.04 @ 12:08AM

Just before shouting, "Stop the world, I want to get off," its adherents join a Reform Party or a Green Party. Crashing the Parties: 2004 captures the type. Don't miss it this week on PBS.

topics: Hollywood, Constitution

Another Perspective

Cat Stevens Islam

Michael Smerconish | 9.27.04 @ 12:07AM

Not long ago airlines would have been fined for doing to Yusuf Islam what the U.S. government just did to him. Has Morning Broken?

topics: Transportation, Trade, Religion, Islam, Law

Special Report

Crisis Management

Jeremy Lott | 9.27.04 @ 12:06AM

The fall of a leading Catholic political operative.

topics: Business, Catholicism, Books

Loose Canons

September's Misfortunes

Jed Babbin | 9.27.04 @ 12:05AM

What a lousy month for Messrs. Rather, Kerry, Assad, and Chirac’s cartoonish protégé.

topics: Islam, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, European Union, Nuclear Weapons

TAS Live

New Soldier Current Wisdom

9.27.04 @ 12:03AM

From our new October issue: A preview of choice readings from John Kerry’s magnum opus.

topics: Education, Military

Reader Mail

Separating Fact From Fiction

9.27.04 @ 12:01AM

General Giap’s gap. Debate distortions. Ordinary genius. Pershing’s pig link. Plus much more.

topics: Bill Clinton, Mainstream Media, Business, Environment, Global Warming, Constitution, Law, Military, Iran