The American Spectator

Political Hay

Iraq and the Party of Race

Jeffrey Lord | 2.16.07 @ 12:09AM

Democrats as children of trauma.

topics: Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Islam, Law, Iraq, NATO, Africa, Communism

Special Report

Crying Nuke

Philip Klein | 2.16.07 @ 12:08AM

The failure to find WMD in Iraq complicates the case for military intervention against Iran.

topics: Islam, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, United Nations, European Union, Nuclear Weapons

The Nation's Pulse

Blogging With Bile

Megan Basham | 2.16.07 @ 12:07AM

Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan may be off John Edwards's campaign payroll, but there are plenty of other liberal activists who share their anti-Christian views.

topics: Abortion

At Large

Prison Reds

Jacob Laksin | 2.16.07 @ 12:07AM

A leader of a German terrorist gang gets out of jail free.

topics: Business, Books, Law

Eminentoes

Man Bites Dog

Jay D. Homnick | 2.16.07 @ 12:04AM

World news that's stranger than fiction.

topics: Environment, Global Warming, Constitution, Law, North Korea

Another Perspective

The Town and Gown Split

Lawrence Henry | 2.16.07 @ 12:04AM

Massachusetts is divided between the old Bostonians and the new bohemians.

topics: Taxes, Education, Business, NATO

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Venice, Again

Joseph A. Harriss | 2.16.07 @ 12:03AM

John Berendt doesn't quite capture the city's wonder.

topics: Oil

Reader Mail

Rudy to Rumble

2.16.07 @ 12:01AM

Read their lips: No new social conservatism. Also: Think locally, warm globally. Winding down. Back to old Virginia. Plus much more.

topics: Transportation, Mainstream Media, Islam, Abortion, Environment, Global Warming, Constitution, Supreme Court, Iraq, NATO, Conservatism, Immigration, Energy, Oil

The Current Crisis

Global Warming Is Our Friend

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.15.07 @ 12:07AM

Rather than debate the possibility of global warming we should be applauding it and doing everything we can to usher it in.

topics: Bill Clinton, Environment, Global Warming, NATO, Oil

Political Hay

Rudy's New Social Conservatism

Jennifer Rubin | 2.15.07 @ 12:06AM

Giuliani's differences with the right may be a matter of definition.

topics: Foreign Policy, Education, Religion, Abortion, Conservatism, Unions

The Nation's Pulse

All Apologies

James Bowman | 2.15.07 @ 12:05AM

For Virginia's posturing pols, sorry seems to be the easiest word.

topics: Military, Iraq, NATO, Africa

Another Perspective

Ideas Still Have Consequences

R. Andrew Newman | 2.15.07 @ 12:04AM

Answering the call for conservative affirmation and soul-searching.

topics: Taxes, Education, Trade, Economics, Business, Religion, Constitution, Law, Military, Communism, Conservatism

Special Report

Tilting at Wind Energy

William Tucker | 2.15.07 @ 12:03AM

Don't believe the hype about this alternative power source.

topics: Environment, Global Warming, Energy, Oil

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Reluctant Warriors

Josiah Bunting | 2.15.07 @ 12:02AM

America is a great, successful military power that nonetheless dislikes war.

topics: Business, Books, Military, Iraq, Africa

Reader Mail

Rudy Reconsidered?

2.15.07 @ 12:01AM

Giuliani need not apply. Also: Media in decline. Liberal reader pounded. Axis of Allies. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, John McCain, Religion, Catholicism, Abortion, Global Warming, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Founding Fathers, NATO, Immigration

TAS Live

A Masterpiece of American Oratory

Norman Podhoretz | 2.14.07 @ 1:51PM

topics: Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, Religion, Islam, Books, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Communism, Energy, Oil

TAS Live

The Nation-State and Democracy

Roger Scruton | 2.14.07 @ 1:34PM

topics: Foreign Policy, Education, Trade, Business, Religion, Islam, Law, Iraq, Russia, United Nations, European Union, Communism, Immigration, Energy, Oil

TAS Live

The Cultural Prerequisites of Freedom and Prosperity

Lawrence E. Harrison | 2.14.07 @ 11:52AM

topics: Foreign Policy, Education, Trade, Economics, Religion, Catholicism, Islam, Law, Iraq, Russia, Israel, Africa

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Live and In Control

Florence King | 2.14.07 @ 12:06AM

Neal Gabler's new biography of Walt Disney is too good to miss.

topics: Taxes, Business, Hollywood, Movies, Law, Socialism, Communism, Oil, Unions

Streetcar Line

Media Gets Down in Front

Quin Hillyer | 2.14.07 @ 12:05AM

Opinions pervade the "news."

topics: Harry Reid, Mainstream Media, Law, Iraq

Political Hay

The Rudy Dilemma

Lisa Fabrizio | 2.14.07 @ 12:04AM

If Giuliani is Hillary's Republican opponent, what will principled pro-lifers do?

topics: Taxes, Mainstream Media, Business, Abortion, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court

The Public Policy

A Voucher Victory

Andrew J. Coulson | 2.14.07 @ 12:03AM

Utah has given families school choice -- but will it last?

topics: Education, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court

Another Perspective

Irritating Allies

Doug Bandow | 2.14.07 @ 12:02AM

American lives are cheap, if you’re an American ally.

topics: Barack Obama, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons

Reader Mail

Weight Watchers

2.14.07 @ 12:01AM

Fat per gallon. Also: Putin's power play. Our God given rights. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Barack Obama, Economics, Business, Religion, Islam, Global Warming, Military, Iraq, Russia, Energy, Oil

The Public Policy

Gas Guzzlers

Ralph R. Reiland | 2.13.07 @ 12:08AM

Overweight Americans are using too much fuel, prompting calls for government to grow with our waistlines.

topics: Business, Environment, Law, Oil

Another Perspective

Desperately Seeking Superpower

George H. Wittman | 2.13.07 @ 12:07AM

Vladimir Putin is using the time he has left to revive Moscow's competition with the United States.

topics: Taxes, Education, Vladimir Putin, Business, Constitution, Law, Military, Iran, Russia, Communism, Nuclear Weapons, Oil

Special Report

Teach Your Children Hate

Christopher Orlet | 2.13.07 @ 12:05AM

Learning dangerous lessons in British Islamic schools.

topics: Education, Religion, Islam, Books, Law, Pakistan, Immigration, Oil

TAS Live

Religious Freedom in America

Roger Scruton | 2.13.07 @ 12:04AM

If we value religious liberty, we should value the Christian faith as its guarantee.

topics: Education, Health Care, Business, Religion, Islam, Constitution, Law, Fascism

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A Tory Transition

Tim Davis | 2.13.07 @ 12:02AM

Robert Southey turned away from radicalism to become a great conservative.

topics: Religion, Books, Law, Israel, NATO, Conservatism

Reader Mail

The Clinton Time Warp

2.13.07 @ 12:01AM

Don't stop thinking about yesterday. Also: Giuliani's critics. Civil unions, east and west. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Business, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Iraq, NATO, Immigration, Oil, Unions

Campaign Crawlers

Party Like It's 1992

Andrew Cline | 2.12.07 @ 12:08AM

Hillary says she'll bring back the good ole days -- Live from New Hampshire.

topics: Foreign Policy, Health Care, Bill Clinton, Economics, Business, Iraq, NATO

Enemy of the Week

Basement Bargains

Enemy Central | 2.12.07 @ 12:08AM

The nation is filled with trailblazers.

topics: Nancy Pelosi, Islam, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO

The Nation's Pulse

Uncivil Unions

W. James Antle, III | 2.12.07 @ 12:06AM

In Vermont, love makes a family -- but motherhood doesn't.

topics: Law, Unions

Special Report

Punishing the Persecuted

Doug Bandow | 2.12.07 @ 12:04AM

A twisted interpretation of U.S. law has turned thousands of victims of global oppression, who sympathize with America, into terrorists ineligible for asylum.

topics: Law, Military, Iraq, Immigration

Movie Takes

An Unreasonable Man

James Bowman | 2.12.07 @ 12:02AM

A new documentary follows Ralph Nader's oddesey from being the Left's hero, to becoming its goat in 2000.

topics: Foreign Policy, Bill Clinton, Books, Law, Iraq

Reader Mail

Hero or Hype?

2.12.07 @ 12:01AM

Rudy's Yankee Pride. Also: the latest No Child Left Behind travesty. Global warming paranoia. Fixing Iraq. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Trade, Business, Islam, Abortion, Environment, Global Warming, Books, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Iraq, Iran, NATO, Oil, Unions