Washington Prowler
Filibuster Fools
The Prowler | 9.30.05
Democrats finalize their game plan for the next Supreme Court nominee.
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Friday, September 30, 2005
The Nation’s Pulse
Complete Unknowns
James Bowman | 9.30.05
Feeling oppressed, exploited, disrespected? No need to in our celebrity culture.
Political Hay
The Invisible Elect
Jay D. Homnick | 9.30.05
Republicans remind themselves that “R” stands for “Restraint.”
Special Report
Mr. Simcox Goes to Washington
J.P. Freire | 9.30.05
Toasting the Minuteman Project along the Capitol Hill border.
Another Perspective
Break Up the Congress!
Doug Bandow | 9.30.05
By failing to wield their authority responsibly, Republicans are striking out in the clubhouse, dugout, and even the owners' boxes.
At Large
A Taste of the '60s
Lisa Fabrizio | 9.30.05
Vietnam War era radicals are up to the same old tricks in an even more dangerous conflict.
Reader Mail
Tabin Fever
9.30.05
Too hard on Tom DeLay? Readers rally. Also: Google's oodles. Post-Roberts. Plus much more.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Special Report
The DeLay Opportunity
John Tabin | 9.29.05
From all indications, he's been railroaded. But it also means Republicans can now get their fiscal House in order.
Political Hay
The Fight Next Time
David Hogberg | 9.29.05
With John Roberts safely in, the fun begins in earnest to confirm Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement.
The Current Crisis
Google and the Guild
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.29.05
There are problems with the Internet.
Campaign Crawlers
Poles at the Polls
Ronan Thomas | 9.29.05
Germany should be so lucky as to have a new Center-Right majority committed to free-market reforms and leaving behind the corruptions of post-communism.
Movie Takes
A History of Violence
James Bowman | 9.29.05
The modern mind at work: a good guy becomes a bad guy if he defends himself against the bad guy.
Reader Mail
Cry Me a River
9.29.05
Politicians go fishing for compliments and deficits. Also: See you in HEL. Defending California's Big Dig. Comment of the Day. Plus much more.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Enemy of the Week
Kiss and Make Up
Enemy Central | 9.28.05
Recovering from Rita — but not from some other cuties.
Political Hay
The Crying Game
George Neumayr | 9.28.05
Aaron Broussard joins the procession of pols who find their own lies very moving.
Washington Prowler
In the Syrup
The Prowler | 9.28.05
Vermont in play for GOP. Tax law can wait. Plus: Rumors, rumors. Don't forget to catch the Prowler live on AmSpecBlog.
Special Report
Ego Tripping at the Gates Of HEL
James Poulos | 9.28.05
Bored with conventional weapons and nukes alike, our vested techno-interests peddle Progress for its own sake (at any price).
The Public Policy
A Flood of Free Money
Ralph R. Reiland | 9.28.05
Drunken sailors at least spent their own.
Reader Mail
Hurricanes and Race
9.28.05
Responses to Ben Stein's latest. Wal-Mart's altruism. Plus much more.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Special Report
A Big Lie Put to Rest
Ben Stein | 9.27.05
Josef Goebbels would have been happy with much of today's post-Katrina mainstream media.
Washington Prowler
Give Steele Credit
The Prowler | 9.27.05
Maryland's GOP Senate hopeful victimized by dirty Democrat trick. This and much more — follow the Prowler all day on the new AmSpecBlog.
The Nation’s Pulse
A Point of Light
Carol Platt Liebau | 9.27.05
As liberals pretend not to notice, Wal-Mart is providing enormous hurricane relief.
Sports Arena
The Presidents Cup Comes of Age
Lawrence Henry | 9.27.05
Golf as it ought to be presented.
Eminentoes
We Are Not Paddies
Michael Fumento | 9.27.05
A California Latino activist christened “Larry” goes muy pronto from media darling to pathetic buffoon.
Reader Mail
Unanimous Verdict
9.27.05
Ruth Bader Ginsburg will need a court-appointed lawyer. Plus much more.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Washington Prowler
Pence Politics
The Prowler | 9.26.05
House offsetters anger House leaders. Also: Rick Santorum trails. STARTING TOMORROW, incidentally, the Prowler will also be reporting on our new AmSpec Blog. Check back for further details.
Loose Canons
J’Recuse
Jed Babbin | 9.26.05
Ruth Bader Ginsburg cannot legally vote on abortion cases.
Another Perspective
Boogeyman Banished
Shawn Macomber | 9.26.05
Israel's policy of disengagement from Gaza remains the right course despite this weekend's attacks and retaliations.
Political Hay
Morons on Message
J.P. Freire | 9.26.05
A review of this weekend's apoplectic Washington protests.
Reader Mail
Happy Dispositions
9.26.05
A successful Constitution Day. Seizing the anti-pork moment. Simon Wiesenthal in Heaven. Plus much more.
Editor’s Desk
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
9.26.05
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