The American Spectator

Political Hay

The Tiresome Cult of the Outsider

Paul Beston | 1.26.07 @ 12:09AM

Out with the new.

topics: Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Law, Iraq, NATO

Special Report

Where Have All the Poets Gone?

Hal G.P. Colebatch | 1.26.07 @ 12:08AM

Surely patriotism and associated values like honor, courage and respect for tradition and heritage are still worth celebrating.

topics: Satire, Books, Military, Iraq, Africa, Oil

Another Perspective

Who Killed Taleshia Ford?

Jeremy Lott | 1.26.07 @ 12:07AM

In Washington, D.C., killers in bars go free while the police and Post crack down on the bartenders and servers instead.

topics: Business, Law, Africa

The Nation's Pulse

Homers

Lawrence Henry | 1.26.07 @ 12:07AM

Go west, young fan.

topics: Trade, Television, Sports, Oil

At Large

Move Over, Darling

Jay D. Homnick | 1.26.07 @ 12:06AM

Spain corners the market in name brands.

topics: Fascism, Oil

Movie Takes

Notes on a Scandal

James Bowman | 1.26.07 @ 12:02AM

An excellent psychological thriller.

topics: Movies, Law

Reader Mail

Unfair and Imbalanced

1.26.07 @ 12:01AM

Media lynch mobsters in the age of Bush: Responses to Ben Stein. Also: Lt. Renehan's departure. Understanding Charles Murray. Greened Evangelicals. Berger detection. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Foreign Policy, Education, Trade, Mainstream Media, Business, Religion, Islam, Global Warming, Books, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Israel, NATO, Africa, Socialism, Nuclear Weapons, Oil, Unions

Political Hay

The Lynching of the President

Ben Stein | 1.25.07 @ 1:49AM

The media lynch mob can't impeach him, so it's doing the next worst thing.

topics: Education, Barack Obama, Constitution, Iraq

Special Report

Of This World

John Renehan | 1.25.07 @ 12:09AM

An Army lieutenant reflects on his former civilian life and pending deployment to Iraq.

topics: Law, Military, Iraq, Energy

The Current Crisis

Bad News for Berger

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 1.25.07 @ 12:08AM

If a State Department expert can be sentenced to jail for "careless" possession of classfied documents, why not Sandy Berger?

topics: Bill Clinton, Law

The Nation's Pulse

Who Needs Brains?

Paul Chesser | 1.25.07 @ 12:07AM

They aren't necessary for success -- a message from Charles Murray.

topics: Education, Business

Eminentoes

Getting Green Religion

Mark Tooley | 1.25.07 @ 12:07AM

A new attempt to suggest that evangelicals and global warming activists are drawing closer.

topics: Business, Environment, Global Warming

Buy the Book

Good Grief

Florence King | 1.25.07 @ 12:06AM

What might the saving graces of Elizabeth Edwards be?

topics: Books, Law, Military, Oil

Reader Mail

Going With the Wind

1.25.07 @ 12:01AM

A tax credit that works? Defeatism is in the air. Also: August 7 in Tanzania. Chicago's new Rev. Ike. Find a new global warming thesis. Plus more.

topics: Transportation, Trade, Economics, Business, Islam, Environment, Global Warming, Books, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, NATO, Africa, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Energy, Oil

Political Hay

Making an Effort

John Tabin | 1.24.07 @ 12:31AM

On Iraq, and Iran, Mr. Bush wasn't addressing the Democrats but the public, which isn't yet as eager to hasten a bloodbath.

topics: Foreign Policy, Nancy Pelosi, Islam, Iraq, Iran

The Public Policy

The Good, The Pretty Good, and The Ugly

David Hogberg | 1.24.07 @ 12:08AM

On health care and spending, the president made sense. On energy -- watch out. A market-distorting disaster of subsidies and likely corruption.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, Earmarks, Energy, Oil

Eminentoes

Abraham, Martin, and John...and Barack?

Thomas J. Craughwell | 1.24.07 @ 12:08AM

Meet the Archdiocese of Chicago's Al Sharpton.

topics: Barack Obama, Islam, Abortion, NATO, Africa

Streetcar Line

A Wreck of a Case

Quin Hillyer | 1.24.07 @ 12:08AM

The Libby obsessed Patrick Fitzgerald, in the role of Mike Nifong.

Campaign Crawlers

Democrat Derby

Lisa Fabrizio | 1.24.07 @ 12:07AM

Everyone's running, except apparently Al Gore.

topics: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Law, Military, NATO

The Nation's Pulse

Greenhouse Gasbaggery

Peter Hannaford | 1.24.07 @ 12:07AM

The latest winter of our discontented. But then there is S. Fred Singer.

topics: Television, Environment, Global Warming, Hollywood, Russia

Reader Mail

Oversight Exercised

1.24.07 @ 12:01AM

POGO explains its vision. Also: Gauging global warming perspectives. Sticking it, bumper-to-bumper. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Trade, Television, Economics, Business, Abortion, Environment, Global Warming, Books, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Energy

At Large

Do You Remember Nairobi?

Shawn Macomber | 1.23.07 @ 12:09AM

The international left brings its selective memory to Kenya.

topics: Islam, Israel

Special Report

The Global Warming Two-Step

William Tucker | 1.23.07 @ 12:08AM

Natural or man-made -- or both?

topics: Bill Clinton, Business, Environment, Global Warming, Books, Law, Israel, United Nations, Energy, Oil

Another Perspective

The Iran Excuse

Robert VerBruggen | 1.23.07 @ 12:07AM

It's the nukes that matter, not its negligible presence in Iraq.

topics: Constitution, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, Iran, United Nations, Nuclear Weapons

Political Hay

The Secret Ballot Destruction Act

Doug Bandow | 1.23.07 @ 12:07AM

The Pelosi Congress is ready to come through for Big Labor with legislation to keep workers from voting on whether or not to unionize.

topics: Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton, Business, Law, Military, Unions

The Nation's Pulse

Bumper-Sticker Profiling

R. Andrew Newman | 1.23.07 @ 12:07AM

When the car ahead looks like Michael Moore vomited on its bumper.

topics: Joe Biden, Islam, Abortion, Law

Reader Mail

Last Rights

1.23.07 @ 12:01AM

Jed Babbin's united stand. Alberto Gonzales at a loss. Hemingway's white elephants. A Tancredo victory scenario. Plus more.

topics: Abortion, Books, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Founding Fathers, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, NATO, Africa, Conservatism, Immigration, Oil

Washington Prowler

Democrats in a Hurry

The Prowler | 1.22.07 @ 12:09AM

Hillary speeds up her announcement. Bill's role in Clinton II administration. Waxman's torture agenda. POGO's oversight shtick, as reporters "faciliate." Plus more.

topics: Foreign Policy, Bill Clinton, Environment, Iraq, NATO

Loose Canons

Happy Trails

Jed Babbin | 1.22.07 @ 12:08AM

Until we meet again.

topics: Constitution, Conservatism

Another Perspective

The Experience of Abortion

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 1.22.07 @ 12:07AM

On the day of the annual March for Life, Ernest Hemingway's searing short story can serve as a profound guide.

topics: Religion, Abortion, Law

Eminentoes

Oh Boy, Alberto

Jeremy Lott | 1.22.07 @ 12:07AM

The attorney general has some trouble recalling what he learned in Constitutional Law 101.

topics: Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Military, NATO

At Large

Turkish Blood

Christopher Orlet | 1.22.07 @ 12:07AM

Ankara's curb on free speech stirs up jihadists and dooms intellectuals.

topics: Business, Law

Movie Takes

Miss Potter

James Bowman | 1.22.07 @ 12:02AM

Rather too busy, but Miss Zellweger is luminous.

topics: Trade, Business, Environment, Books, Oil

Reader Mail

Immigration Showdown

1.22.07 @ 12:01AM

Tancredoists insist their time won't be wasted. Also: Britain's sinking feeling. The Winter of '32. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Health Care, Business, Social Security, Hollywood, Law, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, NATO, Socialism, Immigration, Energy, Alaska