The American Spectator

Special Report

A Christmas Song for Tormented Souls

Patrick Hynes | 12.23.05 @ 12:10AM

No one writes real Christmas songs anymore -- luckily there's "Fairytale of New York."

Political Hay

'Tis the Season

Mark Tooley | 12.23.05 @ 12:06AM

It wouldn't be Christmas if church officials weren't condemning "immoral" Republican budget "cuts."

topics: Federal Budget, Medicaid, Medicare

Media Matters

Pine-Scented Pointers to Heaven

Patrick O'Hannigan | 12.23.05 @ 12:06AM

Should we use Barbara Walters' help to get there?

topics: Religion, Books, Israel

The Nation's Pulse

Christmas Letters

Lawrence Henry | 12.23.05 @ 12:06AM

They're fun to make fun of -- but the joke may now be on us.

topics: Education, Business, Law

At Large

Hanukah Reflections

Jay D. Homnick | 12.23.05 @ 12:06AM

Of all the Jewish holidays, why is this the most successful?

topics: Religion, Military, Israel, NATO, Oil

Another Perspective

Cowering Christians

Paul Chesser | 12.23.05 @ 12:05AM

Why are some ID proponents dodging the real fight: proclaiming Christ's dominion over all creation.

topics: Education, Business, Religion, Law

Reader Mail

'Twas the Night Before

12.23.05 @ 12:01AM

Nothing was stirring, not even the House. Also: Intelligently designed discussion. Attending Churchill. Commies. And more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Mainstream Media, Business, Satire, Religion, Catholicism, Abortion, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Founding Fathers, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Israel, NATO, Communism, Conservatism, Libertarianism, Immigration, Alaska, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

A Visit From Old St. Hillary

Lisa Fabrizio | 12.22.05 @ 1:09AM

With sincerest apologies to liberals everywhere and, once again, to Clement Clark Moore.

topics: Nancy Pelosi, Iraq, Oil

The Current Crisis

The Camera Lies

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 12.22.05 @ 12:07AM

Steven Spielberg can use that as his excuse for Munich.

topics: Hollywood, Law, Israel

Media Matters

Not So Fast, Mr. Meyerson

Mark Judge | 12.22.05 @ 12:07AM

A Washington Post columnist takes Irving Berlin hostage in the war on Christmas.

topics: Religion, Russia

Campaign Crawlers

Bill Weld Lives?

W. James Antle, III | 12.22.05 @ 12:06AM

New York's transit strike could revive a flagging candidacy.

topics: Taxes, Transportation, Abortion, Law, NATO, Conservatism, Unions

Political Hay

Race, Reason, and Reaching Out

Mark Goldblatt | 12.22.05 @ 12:06AM

A shocking post-Katrina display, thanks to Rep. Cynthia McKinney and the liberalism that quakes in her path.

topics: Mainstream Media, Satire, Military, Africa

TAS Live

What's the Big Deal About Intelligent Design?

Dan Peterson | 12.22.05 @ 12:05AM

In the current showdown between materialists and theists, it's easy to forget that science itself is a creation of Western Christian thought.

topics: Education, Religion, Books, Law, Africa, Energy, Unions

Reader Mail

Spokesman Stein

12.22.05 @ 12:01AM

"Dr. Stein should be the new White House spokesman." Plus more on Ben Stein and national security. Also: Bush's bounce back. Beauty and design. Japanese-American internments. And much more.

topics: Education, Trade, Mainstream Media, Television, Religion, Global Warming, Books, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, NATO, North Korea, Communism, Libertarianism, Energy, Oil

Special Report

A Patriot Acts

Ben Stein | 12.21.05 @ 12:10AM

A few humble questions about Bush, Iraq, the Patriot Act, and domestic surveillance after 9/11.

topics: Trade, Iraq

Eminentoes

Indiana Spielberg and His Jewish Problem

Yale Kramer | 12.21.05 @ 12:08AM

There are the facts about Munich 1972. Then there is Steven Spielberg's childish new movie that sees only what it wants to see.

topics: Trade, Business, Sports, Books, Hollywood, Movies, Military, Iraq, Israel, Oil

Political Hay

Bush and His Christmas Offensive

Christopher Orlet | 12.21.05 @ 12:07AM

At long last, the President leaps into the fray.

topics: Mainstream Media, Law, Iraq

Another Perspective

Accidents Happen

Jay D. Homnick | 12.21.05 @ 12:05AM

What the evolutionist's lost mind has missed.

topics: Environment, Law, Energy

Buy the Book

A Six-Course Feast

Paul Johnson | 12.21.05 @ 12:04AM

Winston Churchill, fighting -- and writing -- the Second World War.

Reader Mail

All the Spectator's Readers

12.21.05 @ 12:01AM

Jed Babbin gathers intelligence from our readers. Also: Brigham Young, and bring'em fast. Gushing about Geisha. Tax grabs. And more.

topics: John McCain, Business, Books, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, NATO

At Large

Forget What You Heard

Shawn Macomber | 12.20.05 @ 12:09AM

The Iraqi Security Forces have problems, but standing up and fighting isn't one of them.

topics: Iraq

Special Report

Caveat Emptor: No, Really

Iain Murray | 12.20.05 @ 12:07AM

But is "predatory lending" the problem?

topics: Trade, Business, Law

Another Perspective

Vox Populi in Salinas

Peter Hannaford | 12.20.05 @ 12:06AM

The best half-cent tax increase in California reading history.

topics: Business

Buy the Book

Giant Killer

Jeremy Lott | 12.20.05 @ 12:04AM

A former U.S. poet laureate tackles the life of David.

topics: Israel

Movie Takes

Memoirs of a Geisha

James Bowman | 12.20.05 @ 12:02AM

An interesting companion piece to the new Pride and Prejudice.

topics: Movies

Reader Mail

Traitor Watch

12.20.05 @ 12:01AM

Jed derails domestic jihadis. Plus much more.

topics: Constitution, Law, Energy

At Large

Election Day in a Sunni Stronghold

Shawn Macomber | 12.19.05 @ 12:10AM

Record turnout and little violence in the heart of the insurgency.

topics: Islam, Constitution, Iraq

Loose Canons

All the President's Spies

Jed Babbin | 12.19.05 @ 12:09AM

The NSA domestic spy op is not only legal -- it's a great idea.

topics: Television, Business, Books, Constitution, Law, Military, NATO, Oil

Washington Prowler

Censure or Impeach?

The Prowler | 12.19.05 @ 12:08AM

Joking John Kerry can't decide. Plus: Snow fall?

topics: Supreme Court, NATO

Among the Intellectualoids

The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

Paul Kengor | 12.19.05 @ 12:06AM

Thanks to the New York Times, the Iraq elections never happened.

topics: Iraq

Media Matters

Jack Anderson, RIP

Jay D. Homnick | 12.19.05 @ 12:05AM

He could have taught Clark Kent a thing or two.

topics: Television, NATO

Reader Mail

Mormonism Spelled Out

12.19.05 @ 12:01AM

David Holman's Mormon problem. Plus: Cycling Indurain. Castro Kennedyiana. The physics of Korean cloning. And much more.

topics: Foreign Policy, Education, Harry Reid, Business, Religion, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism, Abortion, Law, Iran, Israel, Africa, North Korea