The American Spectator

Special Report

Who Lost Dubai?

John Tabin | 3.10.06 @ 12:09AM

Nearly everyone involved in the ports fiasco has acquitted himself terribly.

topics: Transportation, Energy

Political Hay

A Specter Advisory

David Holman | 3.10.06 @ 12:08AM

The Pennsylvania senior senator again affirms his support for Rick Santorum -- even as the anti-Santorum group he advises disregards his concerns.

topics: Abortion, Law, NATO

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38.5 Seconds at Blair House

Lawrence Henry | 3.10.06 @ 12:07AM

The shoot-out that almost claimed President Truman's life, excellently captured by Stephen Hunter.

topics: Law

Eminentoes

Lost in His Fog Facts

Shawn Macomber | 3.10.06 @ 12:07AM

Even nice guys like Larry Beinhart get it wrong sometimes.

topics: Business, Books, Iraq

TAS Live

The Battle of New Orleans

Quin Hillyer | 3.10.06 @ 12:06AM

Out of negligence, incompetence, or indifference, George W. Bush is proving to be no Andrew Jackson. A special preview of our April issue.

topics: Business, Environment, Law, Oil

Reader Mail

It's a Mad, Mad World

3.10.06 @ 12:01AM

And not all of it is funny. Also: Steady older drivers. Go tell it on Yucca Mountain. Hollywood without Obsession. Fukuyama is history. Plus: Ben Stein held over and over and over.

topics: Business, Religion, Islam, Hollywood, Movies, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, NATO, Communism, Fascism, Energy, Alaska, Oil, Unions

The Current Crisis

Better Than Oscar Night

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.9.06 @ 12:08AM

Your average Hollywoodian won't be too happy sitting through a screening of Obsession, a new documentary on Islamofascism.

topics: Islam, Hollywood, Iraq, United Nations, Fascism

Another Perspective

Is the Neocon Dream Dead?

Christopher Orlet | 3.9.06 @ 12:07AM

Don't write off Middle Eastern democracy yet.

topics: Islam, Military, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Africa, Conservatism, Neoconservatism

The Public Policy

Senior Driving

Eric Peters | 3.9.06 @ 12:06AM

As our society ages, prudent steps will need to be taken to assure older drivers are still safe drivers.

topics: Education

TAS Live

Take One for the Team

Max Schulz | 3.9.06 @ 12:05AM

Miss Nevada has a lovely view of Yucca Mountain.

topics: Trade, Harry Reid, Television, NATO, Nuclear Weapons

Movie Takes

Sorry, Haters

James Bowman | 3.9.06 @ 12:02AM

Actually, the makers of this bonkers of a movie bomb aren't sorry at all.

topics: Television, Islam, Law, Oil

Reader Mail

Friendless Pollard

3.9.06 @ 12:01AM

To most readers, 20 years is not enough. Also: Judge Hall of Fame material. Harry Browne eccentricity. The Ben Stein letters -- day three. And much more.

topics: Trade, Mainstream Media, Business, Sports, Hollywood, Movies, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Russia, Israel, NATO, Immigration, Energy, Oil

Special Report

The Honest Libertarian

Shawn Macomber | 3.8.06 @ 12:09AM

Say what you will about the admirable if sometimes odd Harry Browne, who died last week -- you would have never found him pretending to be a compassionate conservative.

topics: Foreign Policy, Environment, Books, Law, Conservatism

Another Perspective

A Visit With Jonathan Pollard

Charley J. Levine | 3.8.06 @ 12:07AM

The former Navy analyst, serving a life sentence for passing classified information to Israel, is interviewed at his "gated community" in Butner, North Carolina.

topics: Foreign Policy, Environment, Books, Constitution, Law, Iraq, Iran, Israel, NATO, Energy, Oil

Political Hay

Commando-in-Chief

Jay D. Homnick | 3.8.06 @ 12:06AM

Who in his right mind would vote for the wrong woman -- and not vote for the right one?

topics: Television, Business, Israel

Sports Arena

Hall of Shame

Mark Judge | 3.8.06 @ 12:06AM

Cooperstown has ignored Joe Judge because he played the game the way it's supposed to be played.

topics: Business, Sports, NATO, Oil

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Mao by a Mile

David Aikman | 3.8.06 @ 12:05AM

Jung Chang and Jon Halliday's historic biography of Mao Zedong details how the Chinese dictator made Hitler and Stalin look like schoolyard bullies.

topics: Russia, Nuclear Weapons

Reader Mail

Life in the Slow Lane

3.8.06 @ 12:01AM

Resisting the liberal nomenklatura. Hollywood's Crash course. Any witch way. Grown-up stem cells. Plus: Lots more Ben Stein on parade. And much else.

topics: Taxes, Bill Clinton, Business, Islam, Abortion, Books, Hollywood, Movies, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Oil

Special Report

Bobos in Priuses

Judd Magilnick | 3.7.06 @ 12:08AM

Democracy takes the off ramp.

topics: Trade, Health Care, Environment, Hollywood, Russia

Another Perspective

Hollywood Crashes and Yearns

James Bowman | 3.7.06 @ 12:07AM

Blaming "society" for all that is wrong with America was so much easier back in the forty years ago.

topics: Hollywood, Movies

Among the Intellectualoids

CBS's Stem Cell Shenanigans

Michael Fumento | 3.7.06 @ 12:07AM

The adults at 60 Minutes are callously indifferent to the beneficial properties of adult stem cells.

The Nation's Pulse

There's No Nicer Witch Collection

Brandon Crocker | 3.7.06 @ 12:06AM

Adventures in the catolog counterculture.

topics: Television, Business

Political Hay

The Last Best Drop...

Reid Collins | 3.7.06 @ 12:06AM

We should have such problems as those faced in Eastern Montana.

topics: Law, Energy

Reader Mail

Salutes to Ben Stein

3.7.06 @ 12:01AM

Tribute paid where it is due. Plus much, much more.

topics: Education, Hillary Clinton, Economics, Business, Religion, Abortion, Books, Hollywood, Movies, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, NATO, Socialism, Immigration, Oil

Another Perspective

Missed Tributes

Ben Stein | 3.6.06 @ 2:08AM

Last night at the Oscars, did anyone find anything kind to say about those who are fighting and dying for us?

topics: Islam, Hollywood, Movies, Law, Iraq, Energy, Oil

Washington Prowler

Foreign Agent Clinton

The Prowler | 3.6.06 @ 12:10AM

But did Bill register as the law requires? How could Hillary not know? Also: Behind those Chertoff resignation rumors. Plus: Frist's quiet run.

topics: John McCain, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Business, Law, NATO

Loose Canons

On Her Majesty's SGO

Jed Babbin | 3.6.06 @ 12:08AM

The silly stuff goin' on in Tony Blair's Britain.

topics: Religion, Islam, Books, Constitution, Law, Iraq

Special Report

Ma Bell's Lost Sons

John C. Wohlstetter | 3.6.06 @ 12:08AM

The AT&T-Bell South deal -- will the regulars know to leave well enough alone?

topics: Business, Law

Campus Scenes

Taliboola, Taliboola!

Clinton W. Taylor | 3.6.06 @ 12:06AM

Yalie hospitality is no accident.

Movie Takes

Unknown White Male

James Bowman | 3.6.06 @ 12:02AM

The portrait of a retrograde amnesiac.

Reader Mail

Reporting the Military

3.6.06 @ 12:01AM

Not caring about what they don't know. Plus: Moderate Republicans go to extremes. Eurabia. Matchless play. And much more.

topics: Economics, Sports, Religion, Islam, Abortion, Global Warming, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, Israel, NATO, Oil