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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."
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Friday, December 23, 2005
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."
Media Matters
Pine-Scented Pointers to Heaven
Patrick O'Hannigan | 12.23.05 @ 12:06AM
Should we use Barbara Walters' help to get there?
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.
At Large
Hanukah Reflections
Jay D. Homnick | 12.23.05 @ 12:06AM
Of all the Jewish holidays, why is this the most successful?
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.
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.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
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.
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.
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.
Campaign Crawlers
Bill Weld Lives?
W. James Antle, III | 12.22.05 @ 12:06AM
New York's transit strike could revive a flagging candidacy.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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.
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.
Political Hay
Bush and His Christmas Offensive
Christopher Orlet | 12.21.05 @ 12:07AM
At long last, the President leaps into the fray.
Another Perspective
Accidents Happen
Jay D. Homnick | 12.21.05 @ 12:05AM
What the evolutionist's lost mind has missed.
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.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
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.
Special Report
Caveat Emptor: No, Really
Iain Murray | 12.20.05 @ 12:07AM
But is "predatory lending" the problem?
Another Perspective
Vox Populi in Salinas
Peter Hannaford | 12.20.05 @ 12:06AM
The best half-cent tax increase in California reading history.
Buy the Book
Giant Killer
Jeremy Lott | 12.20.05 @ 12:04AM
A former U.S. poet laureate tackles the life of David.
Movie Takes
Memoirs of a Geisha
James Bowman | 12.20.05 @ 12:02AM
An interesting companion piece to the new Pride and Prejudice.
Monday, December 19, 2005
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.
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.
Washington Prowler
Censure or Impeach?
The Prowler | 12.19.05 @ 12:08AM
Joking John Kerry can't decide. Plus: Snow fall?
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.
Media Matters
Jack Anderson, RIP
Jay D. Homnick | 12.19.05 @ 12:05AM
He could have taught Clark Kent a thing or two.
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.
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