The American Spectator

Editor's Desk

Kerry Stiffed

Wlady Pleszczynski | 10.9.04 @ 2:53AM

Thirty minutes into the debate, he peaked.

topics: Television, Abortion, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

The Peripatetic President

George Neumayr | 10.9.04 @ 1:07AM

While John Kerry was, well, pathetic. A special Saturday report on Bush back in form.

topics: Foreign Policy, Religion, Catholicism, Abortion, Law, Iraq, United Nations, NATO

Campaign Crawlers

Thank God It's Friday

Paul Beston | 10.8.04 @ 12:08AM

If we must have town hall debates, this is the night for them.

topics: Foreign Policy, Bill Clinton, Television, Iraq

Special Report

Brand Sprawl

Lawrence Henry | 10.8.04 @ 12:06AM

Must consumers always be a step or two behind producers? Is capitalism losing its mind?

Enemy of the Week

Anchors Away

Enemy Central | 10.8.04 @ 12:06AM

Rallying to Dan and to leading Republicans.

topics: Conservatism

Media Matters

Shame On Ahead-Shrinkers

Jay D. Homnick | 10.8.04 @ 12:05AM

Are the tightening polls accurate? It’s too close to call.

Movie Takes

Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry

James Bowman | 10.8.04 @ 12:02AM

His adoring Butler did it -- i.e., let the cat out of the bag as to just how pinko Jean-François turned out to be.

Reader Mail

City Peanuts

10.8.04 @ 12:01AM

Neighborhood watch commandos. Hewitt Republicans. The sad fate of an ex-Republican. Kerry-Edwards in a word. Plus much more.

topics: Trade, Mainstream Media, Television, Business, Satire, Sports, Hollywood, Movies, Constitution, United Nations, NATO

Political Hay

Party Animal

David Hogberg | 10.7.04 @ 12:07AM

Hugh Hewitt is right about national security, but one-dimensional in his understanding of the Republican big tent.

topics: Foreign Policy, Nancy Pelosi, Iraq, NATO

Reader Mail

Debate Fatigue

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.7.04 @ 12:06AM

The presidential debates are deemed important only because the liberal media say they are.

topics: Foreign Policy, Economics, Communism, Conservatism

Campaign Crawlers

Cheney One Last Time

William Tucker | 10.7.04 @ 12:05AM

Some parting thoughts.

topics: Foreign Policy, Television, Iraq, Iran, Nuclear Weapons

Lifestyles Left and Right

A Wall of Trouble

Christopher Orlet | 10.7.04 @ 12:04AM

Phil Spector’s demons are outliving his three-minute songs.

topics: Law

TAS Live

Peanut Gallery

Shawn Macomber | 10.7.04 @ 12:04AM

My kind of gang warfare.

topics: Law, Africa

Reader Mail

Tabin or Not Tabin

10.7.04 @ 12:01AM

Reactions to the vice-presidential debates. Plus: Rutan straight up. Kerry’s comedy circle. Special bonus: Edwards-Cheney in drunken Nova Scotia.

topics: John McCain, Law, Iraq, NATO, Medicare

Editor's Desk

Cheney Cleans Up

Wlady Pleszczynski | 10.6.04 @ 2:44AM

Where would the Bush team be without him?

topics: Trade, John McCain, Constitution, Law, Iraq, NATO, Africa

Political Hay

Cheney Meets His Match

John Tabin | 10.6.04 @ 1:52AM

If anyone won, it was Edwards.

topics: Television, NATO

Campaign Crawlers

John Grisham Edwards

George Neumayr | 10.6.04 @ 12:55AM

Senator Gone should have gone AWOL.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, Television, Business, Constitution, Law, Iraq, Israel, NATO, Africa

Media Matters

A Stand-Up Guy

Shawn Macomber | 10.6.04 @ 12:07AM

Did you hear the one about John Kerry and the drowning horse?

topics: Foreign Policy, Iraq, NATO

Another Perspective

Up, Up and Away

Reid Collins | 10.6.04 @ 12:05AM

Now don’t get carried away by the Rutan "space plane."

At Large

The Real October Surprise

Ralph R. Reiland | 10.6.04 @ 12:04AM

Make way for the Line-in-the-Sand Election.

topics: Environment, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Fascism

Reader Mail

Bouncing Back

10.6.04 @ 12:01AM

Preparing to win round two, three, four, and five. Plus much more.

topics: Foreign Policy, Religion, Abortion, Constitution, Iraq, Israel, NATO, Socialism, Oil

Special Report

Kerry's Carpet Ride

Marina Malenic | 10.5.04 @ 12:08AM

There’s no magic in caving in to the nuclear demands of Pyongyang and Tehran.

topics: Bill Clinton, Islam, Law, Iraq, Iran, Russia, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Energy

Political Hay

We Lost Round One

William Tucker | 10.5.04 @ 12:07AM

But flexibility of mind will save Mr. Bush.

topics: Sports, Military, Iraq, Iran, Nuclear Weapons

Loose Canons

The Kerry Doctrine

Jed Babbin | 10.5.04 @ 12:05AM

The enormous imbalance in Jean-François’ thinking.

topics: Foreign Policy, Bill Clinton, Law, Military, Iraq, Pakistan, Africa

Campaign Crawlers

Senate Uncertainties

Paul M. Weyrich | 10.5.04 @ 12:04AM

Democratic control is not out of the question.

topics: NATO, Alaska, Oil

Movie Takes

Red Lights

James Bowman | 10.5.04 @ 12:02AM

A well-made re-examination of the relationship between civilization and savagery.

Reader Mail

Proud to Be a Canadian

10.5.04 @ 12:01AM

Not for long, if Proud To Be Americans have anything to say. Plus: Tobacco roads, Bush’s loss, America’s victory, and more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Health Care, Economics, Business, Books, Law, Military, Iraq, Russia, Socialism, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

Pushing the Kerry Surge

John Tabin | 10.4.04 @ 1:24AM

The numbers offensive is just getting started.

topics: NATO

Another Perspective

Ten Pearls of Jewish Wisdom

P. David Hornik | 10.4.04 @ 12:07AM

Insights into all aspects of everyday life, with maybe the exception of Rathergate.

topics: Business, Israel

Special Report

Addictive Allotments

Doug Bandow | 10.4.04 @ 12:06AM

Washington prepares to resubsidize tobacco growers and friends -- before reregulating them.

topics: Law, NATO

Political Hay

Tin Foil Hat Democrats

Mark Goldblatt | 10.4.04 @ 12:06AM

Conspiracy theorizing has become the knee-jerk of the new millennium among liberal partisans. For good reason.

topics: Islam, Iraq, Israel, NATO, Oil

TAS Live

Cooperative Threat Reductio Ad Absurdum

Shawn Macomber | 10.4.04 @ 12:04AM

The well-meaning Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction effort has turned into a Russian version of "take the money and run" -- yet John Kerry, as he insisted again last Thursday, thinks he’ll get the Russians to cooperate. He’ll have better luck finding Treblinka Square.

topics: Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, Environment, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Energy

Reader Mail

In Recovery

10.4.04 @ 12:01AM

Post-Debate postmortems. Plus: Raunch country. Blogaloney. An Old European Canadian writes. And more.

topics: Education, Hillary Clinton, Television, Economics, Sports, Global Warming, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, United Nations, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Oil