The American Spectator

At Large

Cuban Misinformation Crisis

Jay D. Homnick | 8.4.06 @ 12:09AM

There is nothing much to celebrate unless Cuba can somehow burst out into the sunlight of liberty.

Another Perspective

Europe's Duty

Quin Hillyer | 8.4.06 @ 12:09AM

Why the West should fight for Israel.

topics: Islam, Iraq, Iran, Israel, European Union, Oil

Political Hay

Government Waste Disclosure

Chris Edwards | 8.4.06 @ 12:07AM

Who's getting your tax dollars? Sen. Tom Coburn launches his latest idea to keep you informed and the porkers and earmarkers chagrined.

topics: Business, Federal Budget, Social Security, NATO, Unions

Special Report

Cuba's Unfinished Revolution

Jorge Amador | 8.4.06 @ 12:06AM

It's never too late, even after 47 years.

topics: Constitution

TAS Live

NR Goes to War

Neal B. Freeman | 8.4.06 @ 12:05AM

Reflections on conservatives and the arguments for going into Iraq.

topics: Foreign Policy, Television, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, NATO, North Korea, Conservatism, Oil

Reader Mail

Time Travel

8.4.06 @ 12:01AM

When driving was a trip. Also: Presidential steel. Rahm Democrats. Prelapsarian coral lapses. Plus more.

topics: Sports, Islam, Environment, Books, Hollywood, Movies, Constitution, Law, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, NATO, Fascism, Immigration

The Current Crisis

Cool Under Pressure

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 8.3.06 @ 12:09AM

Steady support from our president is helping Israel overcome its hesitancy.

topics: Television, Military, Iran, Israel

Political Hay

The Emanuel Brothers' Mel Bonding

Jeffrey Lord | 8.3.06 @ 12:08AM

Why no Democratic outrage over anti-Semites with real Lethal Weapons?

topics: Hollywood, Movies, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons

Buy the Book

The Flying Inn Reconsidered

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 8.3.06 @ 12:07AM

G.K. Chesterton's prophetic and forgotten look at a British establishment enthralled by Islamicism.

topics: Religion, Islam, Books, Law, Iran, Israel

The Nation's Pulse

Boxed-In Beauties

Eric Peters | 8.3.06 @ 12:06AM

Our cars a more powerful and better built than ever -- and we can't even go 55 in them in 70 mph zones. How's that for irony?

topics: Sports, Law

TAS Live

Brownwater Sailors

Jed Babbin | 8.3.06 @ 12:03AM

Training with the new Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.

topics: Environment, Africa

Reader Mail

Coming Clean

8.3.06 @ 12:01AM

America: From Freedom to What? Civilian hostages. Coral depths. Politically held tongues. Pool hall romances. Plus more.

topics: Education, Television, Sports, Religion, Islam, Abortion, Global Warming, Books, Hollywood, Movies, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, NATO, Communism, Fascism, Immigration

Special Report

Lost in the Deluge

Shawn Macomber | 8.2.06 @ 12:08AM

A state-sponsored courtroom trip into inner city hell.

topics: Television

At Large

Civilian Shields

Christopher Orlet | 8.2.06 @ 12:08AM

The big story in Lebanon is under-reported.

topics: Mainstream Media, Television, Military, Iraq, Israel

The Public Policy

Okay Coral

Patrick J. Michaels | 8.2.06 @ 12:07AM

Our oceans' coral reefs have survived a lot worse than a slight increase in global temperatures.

topics: Global Warming

Media Matters

Noncommittal Americans

Lisa Fabrizio | 8.2.06 @ 12:06AM

Rather than take a stand on issues that matter, many good citizens allow the media to cow them into silence and apathy.

topics: Religion, Hollywood, Movies, Oil

Movie Takes

America: From Freedom to Fascism

James Bowman | 8.2.06 @ 12:03AM

The paranoid style finds its home in the movies, happy to appeal to left-wing nuts and right-wings nuts alike.

topics: Religion, Books, Movies, Law, Military, Communism, Fascism, Oil

Reader Mail

Passion Fodder

8.2.06 @ 12:02AM

Mel Gibson goes for a drive. Also: Values are all around. Teddy K. once more. Plus much else.

topics: Trade, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Mainstream Media, Television, Islam, Abortion, Hollywood, Movies, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, NATO, Africa, Immigration, Oil

Eminentoes

Braveheart's Tequila Sunset

Clinton W. Taylor | 8.1.06 @ 12:08AM

Which is the real Mel Gibson?

topics: Hollywood, Law, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons

Political Hay

Values Apply to All Issues

Paul Chesser | 8.1.06 @ 12:08AM

Unintentional caricaturing of the religious right by media and conservative advocacy groups alike leaves the wrong impression of what might be on the minds of evangelical voters.

topics: Abortion, Iraq, Immigration, Oil

At Large

Why Not Kill This Man?

Jeremy Lott | 8.1.06 @ 12:08AM

Naveed Afzal Haq knew exactly what he was doing.

topics: Islam, Israel, Pakistan

Another Perspective

Catch-22 Dictatorships

Daniel Freedman | 8.1.06 @ 12:07AM

Does the Bush Doctrine give Muslim dictators an incentive to overstate the Islamist threat?

topics: Foreign Policy, Business, Islam, Military, Iraq, Pakistan, Nuclear Weapons, Oil

Movie Takes

Scoop

James Bowman | 8.1.06 @ 12:02AM

Woody Allen bombs again.

Reader Mail

Outstanding Work

8.1.06 @ 12:01AM

Triple plays. Ben is right. Jed is right. The Sit Out Right. Teddy bear rocked. Religion and heat. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Television, Business, Religion, Islam, Environment, Global Warming, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Israel, United Nations, NATO, Fascism, Nuclear Weapons, Energy, Oil

Another Perspective

How to Lose to Terrorists

Ben Stein | 7.31.06 @ 12:09AM

You cannot fight inhumane people with humane means.

topics: Iraq, Israel

Loose Canons

Israel as George Bush

Jed Babbin | 7.31.06 @ 12:08AM

Vince Brooks, please call your office. Your travel orders are ready.

topics: Television, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel

Political Hay

They Haven't Changed

David Hogberg | 7.31.06 @ 12:08AM

Given a chance to demonstrate fiscal responsibility, House Republicans failed miserably. Way to motivate the base to bother to vote this fall, guys.

topics: Education, Health Care, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Earmarks, Alaska

Special Report

Dear Senator Kennedy: Resigning to Reform

Jeffrey Lord | 7.31.06 @ 12:07AM

Teddy's 43 years of "service" on the Senate Judiciary Committee has been spectacularly destructive. Now he's causing trouble again.

topics: Taxes, Abortion, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Iraq, NATO, Africa

The Nation's Pulse

Nothing New Under the Sun

Mark Tooley | 7.31.06 @ 12:07AM

Evangelicals spar over global warming -- and some are having second thoughts.

topics: Economics, Religion, Environment, Global Warming, Africa, Energy

Reader Mail

Rack and Roll

7.31.06 @ 12:01AM

Pool hall memories and sounds. Also: The dirt on the Bulgarian find. Uncle Walter not so avuncular. Acts of conscience. Relocation, relocation. Plus much more.

topics: Mainstream Media, Business, Sports, Religion, Abortion, Environment, Constitution, Law, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Africa, Conservatism, Oil