Special Report
A Miers Constitutional
John Tabin | 10.14.05
Should she be stopped?
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Friday, October 14, 2005
The Public Policy
The Road to Hell
Peter Hannaford | 10.14.05
The President's panel on federal tax reform is wrong. Steve Forbes is right.
Political Hay
Musings on SCOTUS and Harriet Miers
Lawrence Henry | 10.14.05
One surprise too many — though it can be managed.
Another Perspective
One Nobel, But Plenty of Prizes
James Poulos | 10.14.05
The modern mania of “sending a message” severs worth from deeds and makes group feeling itself into an achievement.
TAS Live
Silly Scenes of Pinter
Stuart Reid | 10.14.05
Harold Pinter, this year's just-announced Nobel Laureate for literature, loves the stage and hates America. From the April 1997 American Spectator.
Reader Mail
The New Inclusiveness
10.14.05
Tyrrell and the anti-Harriets: not boring at all. Plus: Potter classes and rushing to Rowling defense. Also: Remembering the McCarthy terror, and much more.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
The Current Crisis
Include Me Out
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.13.05
Critics of the Miers nomination are starting to lose it.
At Large
The Referendum Shutdown
John Connly Walsh | 10.13.05
Iraq is observing a four-day weekend in order to secure a safe vote on its promising Constitution.
Special Report
Exposing Exxon
David Hogberg | 10.13.05
Environmentalists try to finger the hypocrisy behind anti-global warming studies, when their own integrity is far more in question.
Another Perspective
Child-on-Child Crime
David Haddon | 10.13.05
The greatest Harry Potter mystery of all is why moral gatekeepers don't see what Rowling is up to.
Eminentoes
Award Inflation
Michael Fumento | 10.13.05
Harvard honors Hollywood's favorite paralegal.
Reader Mail
The Tide Turns
10.13.05
Miers overkill? Have conservatives become what they despise? Plus more, including nuke power and losing it at the movies.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Political Hay
Propositions From Arnold
Peter Hannaford | 10.12.05
The Terminator may do some terminating after all.
TAS Live
More Nukes!
Tom Bethell | 10.12.05
Enviromentalists — of all people — are having second thoughts about their opposition to nuclear power.
Another Perspective
SCOTUS Honor
Jay D. Homnick | 10.12.05
About the Miers debate: both sides are right. Now what do we do?
Media Matters
Wishful Tinkering
Lisa Fabrizio | 10.12.05
Conservative discontents have liberals vainly hoping for a return to power.
Movie Takes
Good Night and Good Luck
James Bowman | 10.12.05
George Clooney doesn't dare to tell the truth.
Reader Mail
In Dogged Pursuit
10.12.05
Searching for the real Harriet Miers. Also: On Saddam's trial. Serenity seekers. Lessons in Aramaic. Plus much more.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Special Report
Where’s the Burger?
George Neumayr | 10.11.05
Harriet Miers admires at least one Warren court.
Political Hay
The Conservative Problem with Harriet Miers
Andrew Cline | 10.11.05
There is a difference between being politically conservative and being legally conservative.
Another Perspective
Know Nothing, Do Nothing
Christopher Orlet | 10.11.05
Saddam's trial should snap antiwar advocates out of their daydreams.
Another Perspective
The Constitution Is Enlightenment Enough
Brandon Crocker | 10.11.05
You don't think Harriet Miers will be an improvement on Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
The Nation’s Pulse
Spaceships and Small Governments
Peter Suderman | 10.11.05
If Star Trek was cloyingly liberal, its big-screen offshoot Serenity is wonderfully libertarian.
Reader Mail
In Souter’s Shadow
10.11.05
Lightning strikes twice? Plus: Blair weather friends. More Rudy reactions. Winning by losing? Much more on the Mufti McCarrick. And a lot else.
Monday, October 10, 2005
Washington Prowler
The Winning Card
The Prowler | 10.10.05
Bush chief of staff triumphs in Supreme Court sweepstakes.
Loose Canons
Next Sunday in Iraq
Jed Babbin | 10.10.05
With Apologies to Woody Hayes, this is one long pass that has to be thrown.
The Public Policy
Blair Plays Fair
Patrick J. Michaels | 10.10.05
It's remarkable how close Tony Blair's position on climate change now is to George W. Bush's.
Movie Takes
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
James Bowman | 10.10.05
Brilliantly funny.
Reader Mail
Doozie and Harriet
10.10.05
Nomination hearings continue. Also: The Rudy in our future. Allah and the Cardinal. Democrat revival. Diesel mixes. American Stein. Plus much more.
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