The Nation’s Pulse
Artless Graft
George Neumayr | 9.16.05
As William Jefferson shows, even corruption in Louisiana isn't done well anymore.
As William Jefferson shows, even corruption in Louisiana isn't done well anymore.
Last night in New Orleans President Bush said everything he needed to and more.
The President's speedy recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Only California could come up with a project to rival Boston's Big Dig insanity.
For many, New Orleans was the perfect spot.
Fooling itself once again, the UN recommends a doubling of counterproductive foreign aid.
Lasse Hallstrom's latest essay in liberal uplift, starring Grandpa Redford.
Right reading. Homeschooling. Al Gore out to pasture. Roberts and religion. And, of course, our daily dose of Ben Stein-related missives. Plus much more.
September 11th and the limits of public grief.
The evidence for global warming as a cause of hurricanes is nil.
A family odyssey now in its eleventh year.
New Orleans' flood leaves Al Gore green with worry.
Life and death aren't the only issues facing the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
Judging by how confirmation hearings are going, Democrats won't know what hit them.
Senate Democrats stunned by Roberts's replies. Plus: Still more on Ben. Plus new letters on speed, school, levees. Babbin Biden, Kaine Russert. And much more.
John Roberts patiently explained the rudiments of the law to them, but the Senators were too busy shuffling through their papers in search of the ACLU's latest talking points to listen.
The Senate is about to confirm a chief justice who understands how to communicate with the American people.
Virginia's taxing Democratic gubernatorial hopeful engaged in two debates yesterday — pretending all the while that popular incumbent Mark Warner was speaking through him.
What did he mean when he told Arlen Specter he agreed with JFK that the Catholic Church doesn't speak for him?
In the bleak days of yore, racial paranoia could be justified. Today, it is ridiculous.
Courting the penumbra. Speeding safety. Levee watch. Work vs. study. Plus much more, including many new Ben Stein-instigated responses.
Supreme Court “scenes we'd like to see.”
The wake of a disaster is no time for union strangleholds.
Americans are driving faster — and safer — than ever before.
Students should spend less time in college and more time learning.
What went wrong happened over the course of four years — and must never happen again.
A bad day for political looters. Also: Babbin fixes FEMA. George escapes greater damage. Plus MUCH more.
Additional perspectives on media and other anti-George W. Bush madness.
Alarm over disaster spending. Anti-Gonzales paranoia. Plus: Bill Clinton's latest fast one.
It's TACAMO time at FEMA. Introducing C-Cubed-I. Bye, bye Michael Brown.
How do we deal with national — and personal — loss?
The free market, not the government, is saving those affected by calamity.
George W. Bush rides out the storm. Also: Go Coast Guard. New rounds of Stein Time. Press preoccupations. Career women caressed. Iraq stays cool. Plus much more.
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A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
H/T to National Review Online