The American Spectator

Special Report

Science, Fraud, and Steel Chop Sticks

Tom Bethell | 12.16.05 @ 12:10AM

If South Korea's stem-cell "breakthrough" is indeed a fake, it's back to square one.

Campaign Crawlers

Romney's "Mormon Problem"

David Holman | 12.16.05 @ 12:08AM

Mitt Romney is aiming for the presidency. Will Americans accept a Mormon candidate?

topics: Foreign Policy, Religion, Catholicism, Abortion

At Large

Qassams for Breakfast

P. David Hornik | 12.16.05 @ 12:07AM

Ariel Sharon's grand gestures result in rockets aimed closer to home.

topics: Iran, Israel, Oil

Media Matters

Time Capsules

Lawrence Henry | 12.16.05 @ 12:07AM

How fast does time move? Catch what's on ESPN Classic from even less than a decade ago...

topics: Education, Trade, Television, Business, Sports

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Consolidating Castro

James R. Whelan | 12.16.05 @ 12:05AM

Thanks to the Kennedy brothers, it's always been personal between the U.S. and Fidel.

topics: Books

Reader Mail

So Mad, Too Bad

12.16.05 @ 12:01AM

One peeved Persian. Senator Dorgan as Clinton lackey. Also: Coulter cultists. Chrismukkah. Democratic disconnect. And more.

topics: Taxes, Mainstream Media, Television, Islam, Law, Iraq, Iran, Israel, NATO, Nuclear Weapons

At Large

Assisting and Enabling

Shawn Macomber | 12.15.05 @ 12:10AM

On pre-election day patrol in the Sunni city of Samarra.

topics: Iraq

Eminentoes

True Fanatic

Patrick Devenny | 12.15.05 @ 12:07AM

Iran's President Ahmadinejad awaits the apocalyptic Mahdi -- is this someone to have his finger on the button?

topics: Business, Religion, Islam, Iraq, Iran, Energy

Special Report

Nothing But The Truth

David Holman | 12.15.05 @ 12:07AM

Not only has the Pentagon dropped a new, popular, and potentially more effective lie detector technology vital to the War on Terror -- it won't explain why.

topics: Business, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Energy, Oil

The Current Crisis

Who Is Byron Dorgan?

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.15.05 @ 12:07AM

And why is this Senate Democrat suppressing Independent Counsel David Barrett's report?

topics: Business, Law, Iraq, NATO

Political Hay

A Free Speech Kind of Thing

John Samples | 12.15.05 @ 12:06AM

Well before McCain-Feingold, Eugene McCarthy scared the living daylights out of incumbents.

topics: Television, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court

Reader Mail

All That Jazz

12.15.05 @ 12:01AM

Dave Brubeck takes the cake. Plus: Polls and pols. Tookie. Alito a libertarian? Plus much more.

topics: Health Care, Business, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Energy

At Large

Riding the Rhino

Shawn Macomber | 12.14.05 @ 12:09AM

Attacks are down 70 percent on the airport road -- and other scenes from the eerie drive into Baghdad.

topics: Television, Movies, Law, Military, Iraq

Another Perspective

No Crip Tonight

Jay D. Homnick | 12.14.05 @ 12:07AM

Which murders was Tookie Williams executed for?

topics: Books, Law, Energy

Political Hay

Sliding Down the Polls

Lisa Fabrizio | 12.14.05 @ 12:06AM

Democrat polling methods are a form of denial.

topics: Mainstream Media, Military, Iraq

Special Report

Take 85

Christopher Orlet | 12.14.05 @ 12:06AM

Why Brubeck matters, even at 85.

topics: Business, Africa

The Nation's Pulse

Yuletide With Jerks-R-Us

Ralph R. Reiland | 12.14.05 @ 12:05AM

Keystone state judges sue to hold on their Willie Sutton earnings -- while a Chinese general's nuclear retaliation threats pull the plug on Christmas light use.

topics: Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Nuclear Weapons

Reader Mail

The Court of Queen Ann

12.14.05 @ 12:01AM

The Nutmeg state cries "All Hail!" PLUS: Jed Babbin's return from Iraq. Also: Paxil and mental illness reconsidered. And much more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Trade, Health Care, Mainstream Media, Television, Business, Religion, Abortion, Environment, Hollywood, Movies, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, NATO, Conservatism, Alaska, Oil

Loose Canons

In Search of Murtha's Army

Jed Babbin | 12.13.05 @ 12:10AM

No "broken" armies in Iraq. At least not ours.

topics: Books, Military, Iraq, Iran

Campus Scenes

An Astonishing Lack of Coulter

J. Peter Freire | 12.13.05 @ 12:07AM

Our Ann raises some heckles at the University of Connecticut.

topics: Education, Satire, Religion, Environment

Special Report

Winter Soldiers Never Die

David Holman | 12.13.05 @ 12:06AM

They just testify, at an art house near you.

topics: Military, Iraq, Russia

The Nation's Pulse

Paxil Americana

James Poulos | 12.13.05 @ 12:06AM

Abnormal thinking? It's symptom, side effect, and cause of America's love affair with psychotherapy.

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Not Alone Anymore

Daniel Johnson | 12.13.05 @ 12:04AM

From Watergate to redemption: the Chuck Colson story.

Reader Mail

Minuteman Time

12.13.05 @ 12:01AM

Manning the border. Protecting the vulnerable illegals. Good writing from abroad. Gay priests find hope. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Mainstream Media, Television, Business, Law, Iraq, Immigration, Oil, Unions

At Large

The Beagle Has Landed

Shawn Macomber | 12.12.05 @ 12:10AM

Alive and well among America dreamers in Kuwait.

topics: Trade, Television, Sports, Iraq, Immigration, Oil

Washington Prowler

Warner Disney

The Prowler | 12.12.05 @ 12:08AM

A star is born. Plus: DeLay dismissals.

topics: Barack Obama, John Boehner

Political Hay

Minutemen at the Polls

John Tabin | 12.12.05 @ 12:08AM

Last week's special election in California was a sign of things to come -- as the political system finally reacts to illegal immigration.

topics: Taxes, Business, Books, Law, Military, Immigration

The Nation's Pulse

Pryor Restraint?

Reid Collins | 12.12.05 @ 12:06AM

A tale of two obituaries. Which would take precedence?

topics: Movies, NATO, Africa, Oil

Movie Takes

Transamerica

James Bowman | 12.12.05 @ 12:02AM

Not to be confused with the name of a building in San Francisco.

topics: Hollywood

Reader Mail

Dubai to All That

12.12.05 @ 12:01AM

Some emirates are special. Plus: White flag Democrats. B. Arnold. Arnold S. And much more.

topics: Business, Religion, Hollywood, Movies, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, NATO, North Korea, Communism, Immigration, Energy, Oil