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A Christmas Song for Tormented Souls
Patrick Hynes | 12.23.05
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
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
Should we use Barbara Walters' help to get there?
The Nation’s Pulse
Christmas Letters
Lawrence Henry | 12.23.05
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
Of all the Jewish holidays, why is this the most successful?
Another Perspective
Cowering Christians
Paul Chesser | 12.23.05
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
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
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
Steven Spielberg can use that as his excuse for Munich.
Media Matters
Not So Fast, Mr. Meyerson
Mark Judge | 12.22.05
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
New York's transit strike could revive a flagging candidacy.
Political Hay
Race, Reason, and Reaching Out
Mark Goldblatt | 12.22.05
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
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
“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
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
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
At long last, the President leaps into the fray.
Another Perspective
Accidents Happen
Jay D. Homnick | 12.21.05
What the evolutionist's lost mind has missed.
Buy the Book
A Six-Course Feast
Paul Johnson | 12.21.05
Winston Churchill, fighting — and writing — the Second World War.
Reader Mail
All the Spectator’s Readers
12.21.05
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
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
But is “predatory lending” the problem?
Another Perspective
Vox Populi in Salinas
Peter Hannaford | 12.20.05
The best half-cent tax increase in California reading history.
Buy the Book
Giant Killer
Jeremy Lott | 12.20.05
A former U.S. poet laureate tackles the life of David.
Movie Takes
Memoirs of a Geisha
James Bowman | 12.20.05
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
Record turnout and little violence in the heart of the insurgency.
Loose Canons
All the President’s Spies
Jed Babbin | 12.19.05
The NSA domestic spy op is not only legal — it's a great idea.
Washington Prowler
Censure or Impeach?
The Prowler | 12.19.05
Joking John Kerry can't decide. Plus: Snow fall?
Among the Intellectualoids
The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy
Paul Kengor | 12.19.05
Thanks to the New York Times, the Iraq elections never happened.
Media Matters
Jack Anderson, RIP
Jay D. Homnick | 12.19.05
He could have taught Clark Kent a thing or two.
Reader Mail
Mormonism Spelled Out
12.19.05
David Holman's Mormon problem. Plus: Cycling Indurain. Castro Kennedyiana. The physics of Korean cloning. And much more.
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