The American Spectator

The Public Policy

The Inhumane Society

George Neumayr | 8.26.05 @ 12:12AM

When not crying for Hugo Chavez this week, the left was pushing the lie that unborn children feel no pain.

topics: Abortion

Another Perspective

Wanted: A Democratic Foreign Policy

Jacob Laksin | 8.26.05 @ 12:09AM

Does the minority party have a serious vision for a dangerous world? Harry and Nancy sure think so.

topics: Foreign Policy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Vladimir Putin, Military, Iran, Russia, European Union, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons

Political Hay

Bent Out of Shape

Patrick Hynes | 8.26.05 @ 12:08AM

Why are liberals so exercised by the President's exercise?

topics: Bill Clinton, Mainstream Media, Business, Sports, Law, Iraq

Special Report

Cyberwar Misreport II

Lawrence Henry | 8.26.05 @ 12:06AM

The case for shutting terrorist sites down.

topics: Islam, Military, Pakistan

Media Matters

Deja Vietnam All Over Again

Brandon Crocker | 8.26.05 @ 12:04AM

Maybe if George W. Bush were allied with Joseph Stalin, the American left wouldn't sabotage the Iraq war.

topics: Foreign Policy, Military, Iraq, Israel, NATO, Energy, Oil

Reader Mail

Methodist Acting

8.26.05 @ 12:01AM

Where is John Wesley? Also: Weld-Pataki, hospital prayer, Conquest, Kerry surfing, the book on Joe McCarthy's Jesuit, and much more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Medicaid, Abortion, Books, Movies, Iraq, NATO, Communism, Oil

Political Hay

Understanding Bill Weld

W. James Antle, III | 8.25.05 @ 12:09AM

The former Massachusetts governor and current New York hopeful is a more interesting moderate than Republicans might suspect.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, Bill Clinton, Economics, Abortion, Environment, Law, NATO, Conservatism

Another Perspective

Divinely Naive

Paul Chesser | 8.25.05 @ 12:08AM

A Duke University medical study fails to understand the purpose of prayer.

topics: Religion, Law

The Current Crisis

The Journal of Public Trust

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.25.05 @ 12:08AM

The Wall Street Journal is America's one indispensable paper.

topics: Foreign Policy, Economics, Business, Law, Conservatism

The Nation's Pulse

Madison Avenue Methodism

David Holman | 8.25.05 @ 12:07AM

Slick advertising won't save a mainline church that has lost track of its soul.

topics: Television, Business, Religion, Protestantism, Abortion

Buy the Book

Reality Denial

Angelo M. Codevilla | 8.25.05 @ 12:04AM

Robert Conquest is our leading authority on the collective mind of progressive intellectuals.

Reader Mail

Among the Underdogs

8.25.05 @ 12:01AM

The world of William Raspberry. Plus: Balls and strikes. Travels with Aitken. Cleaning up after Hunter Thompson. And more.

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

Enemy of the Week

Pedal Pushers

Enemy Central | 8.24.05 @ 12:09AM

Going with the flow of our divided times.

topics: Law, Supreme Court, NATO

Special Report

Too White, Too Right

David Hogberg | 8.24.05 @ 12:08AM

The left insists on a new litmus test for nominees like John Roberts.

topics: Environment, Law, Supreme Court

Political Hay

Mr. Smith Leaves Washington

John Samples | 8.24.05 @ 12:07AM

The man who saw through McCain-Feingold leaves office older, wiser, and principled as ever.

topics: Trade, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Television, Business, Environment, Books, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, NATO, Conservatism

Sports Arena

Zoning Variance

Jay D. Homnick | 8.24.05 @ 12:06AM

Commissioner Selig is as blind as his umps.

topics: Conservatism

TAS Live

Knee Slappers

Jonathan Aitken | 8.24.05 @ 12:04AM

On assignment with Joe Alsop -- a Vietnam War memoir.

topics: Law, Military

Reader Mail

Oinkers

8.24.05 @ 12:01AM

Pennsylvania has becomes the nation's hot spot. Plus: Rocket man. Stones cold. Iraq, Iraq, Iraq -- and Bush. And more.

topics: Trade, Bill Clinton, Business, Religion, Islam, Environment, Law, Iraq, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

The Loathing One

George Neumayr | 8.23.05 @ 12:12AM

With Hunter Thompson's funeral, America progresses beyond the parody of Evelyn Waugh.

topics: Business, Religion, Hollywood, NATO

Eminentoes

Sweet Hanger-On

Paul Beston | 8.23.05 @ 12:08AM

The Rolling Stones' new protest song is the latest installment in rock's most deceptively conformist career.

topics: Business, Oil

Political Hay

Hog Heaven

Ralph R. Reiland | 8.23.05 @ 12:05AM

Pennsylvania's pay grabbers are now punishing those who wouldn't be bought.

topics: Taxes, Economics, Business, Environment, Law, North Korea, Energy

Special Report

Let the Rest of the World Go By

Reid Collins | 8.23.05 @ 12:05AM

Finally, a spot (out West) to call your own.

Movie Takes

Valiant

James Bowman | 8.23.05 @ 12:02AM

England's WWII heroism is the latest venerable myth to be trashed by Disney.

topics: Movies

Reader Mail

Leadership Deficit

8.23.05 @ 12:01AM

Iraq and the Commander in Chief. Communication failure? Plus much more.

topics: Mainstream Media, Social Security, Islam, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, NATO, North Korea, Energy, Oil

Loose Canons

GWOT Is It?

Jed Babbin | 8.22.05 @ 12:09AM

Iraq isn't yet a quagmire, but it's not a Global War On Terrorism either. Why isn't the President leading?

topics: Vladimir Putin, Islam, Books, Military, Iraq

Washington Prowler

The Anti-American Germans Are Coming

The Prowler | 8.22.05 @ 12:08AM

To the appropriately named Bismarck, North Dakota -- but with U.S. support and cooperation.

topics: Trade, Military, European Union, NATO

Special Report

Deterrent Democracy

John Tabin | 8.22.05 @ 12:07AM

For all its misery, Bangladesh has one thing going for it in its struggles with Islamic violence.

topics: Islam, Law, Military, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan

Media Matters

Sheehan Is Believing

James Bowman | 8.22.05 @ 12:07AM

Whose skirt will the media now hide behind?

topics: Military, Iraq, Israel, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

Dastardly and Depraved

Christopher Orlet | 8.22.05 @ 12:06AM

Individual Rights and the Constitution take a summer holiday.

topics: Education, Television, Business, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court

Reader Mail

Still Crazy

8.22.05 @ 12:01AM

Paul Davis Democrats? From Davis to Manilow. Plus other signs of having lost it. Also: AP wired. Ben's son. Ben's president. And much more.

topics: Business, Social Security, Religion, Books, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, NATO, Africa, Immigration, Oil