The American Spectator

Special Report

The Trouble With Oscar

Jeffrey Lord | 2.23.07 @ 12:08AM

Gore Beats Reagan!

topics: Hillary Clinton, Business, Global Warming, Hollywood, Movies, United Nations, NATO, Conservatism

The Nation's Pulse

To Retire or Expire

Paul Beston | 2.23.07 @ 12:08AM

In the future, will Supreme Court justices -- and the rest of us -- serve to the bitter end?

topics: Supreme Court

Political Hay

What Did Conservatives Get Right?

Tom Van Dyke | 2.23.07 @ 12:07AM

How to silence your liberal friends, assuming you still have any.

topics: Transportation, Education, Religion, Iran, Communism, Conservatism, Energy

At Large

True Manhood

Jay D. Homnick | 2.23.07 @ 12:06AM

Should the President be comparing himself to Harry Truman?

topics: Hillary Clinton, Television, Religion, Law, Iraq, Israel, Africa, Immigration

Another Perspective

Been There, Donne That

R. Andrew Newman | 2.23.07 @ 12:06AM

Meditating on John Donne's Holy Sonnets this Lent.

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The Birds and the Bats and Balls

Larry Thornberry | 2.23.07 @ 12:06AM

George Vecsey writes for a high average.

topics: Sports, Religion, Global Warming, Movies, Unions

Reader Mail

Deroy Murdock Weighs In

2.23.07 @ 12:01AM

The first and last word on Rudy. Also: GOP flippers. Seditious Democrats. Domestic jihadists. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, Joe Biden, Television, Medicaid, Religion, Islam, Abortion, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, Fascism

Political Hay

Obama and the Nevada Eight

John Tabin | 2.22.07 @ 12:09AM

In yesterday's first Democratic presidential debate, the one candidate who skipped the event made his presence felt.

topics: Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, NATO, Oil

The Current Crisis

Democrats to the Rescue

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.22.07 @ 12:08AM

Who elected them commander-in-chief?

topics: Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Constitution, Founding Fathers, Military, Iraq

Campaign Crawlers

Abortion Contortions

W. James Antle, III | 2.22.07 @ 12:08AM

Why John McCain and Mitt Romney are having trouble gaining the trust of pro-life voters.

topics: John McCain, Abortion, Law, Supreme Court, NATO

The Nation's Pulse

See No Evil...Unless!

Carol Platt Liebau | 2.22.07 @ 12:07AM

The cultural elite is mighty selective when it comes to criticizing television's negative influence on social behavior.

topics: Television, Hollywood

Special Report

Sulejmen the Mysterious

Christopher Orlet | 2.22.07 @ 12:07AM

Was the Teen's Rampage a Terrorist Attack, a Hate Crime or a Columbine?

topics: Islam, Law, Iran, Israel

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The Man Who Wasn't There

Paul Beston | 2.22.07 @ 12:06AM

Gene Tunney, one of boxing's greatest champs, but least known personalities.

topics: Sports, NATO

Reader Mail

Rudy Go Round

2.22.07 @ 12:01AM

The Giuliani primary continues. Also: Republican unity. Anna Nicole's critics. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, Education, John McCain, Religion, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Iraq, NATO

Political Hay

The GOP Raises the Ante

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 2.21.07 @ 12:08AM

Letting it all ride on the war in Iraq.

topics: Abortion, Environment, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO

Special Report

Spousal Benefits Abuse

David Hogberg | 2.21.07 @ 12:08AM

The Social Security Administration won't involve itself in a scandal in which billions of its own funds are at stake.

topics: Social Security, Law

Washington Prowler

Signing On, Signing Off

The Prowler | 2.21.07 @ 12:08AM

Jeb Bush operatives move toward Romney. Can McCain still attract money?

topics: John McCain, Business, Hollywood, NATO

At Large

Thirteen Years Later

George H. Wittman | 2.21.07 @ 12:07AM

North Korea may think its latest agreement with the U.S. is a repeat of 1994 -- but China and Japan may have other ideas.

topics: Environment, Military, Russia, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Energy

Campaign Crawlers

Rudy Redux

Lisa Fabrizio | 2.21.07 @ 12:07AM

Committing too early to a media-approved conservative will do conservatives no good.

topics: Hillary Clinton, Abortion, Constitution, Law, Conservatism

Movie Takes

Operation Homecoming

James Bowman | 2.21.07 @ 12:02AM

From the National Endowment for the Arts, the feelings of soldiers returning from Iraq expressed in writing.

topics: Books, Hollywood, Iraq

Reader Mail

Righting Religion

2.21.07 @ 12:01AM

Christianity's disparagers. Schoenberg's dissonance. Also: Hold on to your helmets. Cool about the warmer. Sad for Anna. Early runs. Plus more.

topics: Education, Business, Religion, Abortion, Global Warming, Constitution, Law, Founding Fathers, NATO, Africa, Energy

Washington Prowler

Convenient Truths

The Prowler | 2.20.07 @ 12:09AM

Bush's secret surge. Gore's latest penguin classic. Romney adjusts to Rudy.

topics: Taxes, Abortion, Environment, Global Warming, Iraq, North Korea

Special Report

Appeasing North Korea

Doug Bandow | 2.20.07 @ 12:07AM

What took the President so long?

topics: Foreign Policy, Trade, Military, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Energy, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

Karl Rove Was Wrong

Peter Hannaford | 2.20.07 @ 12:07AM

Presidential campaigns are not beginning too soon.

topics: Television

Live From New York

A Trip to the Bakery

Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder | 2.20.07 @ 12:07AM

Anna Nicole Smith, R.I.P.

topics: Religion, Law, Immigration, Oil

Sports Arena

It's Mad in January and February, Too

Andrew Cline | 2.20.07 @ 12:07AM

If you wait until March to watch college hoops, you're really missing out.

topics: Satire, Sports

The Nation's Pulse

Decider Rider

Reid Collins | 2.20.07 @ 12:06AM

Montana cyclists choose to remain helmetless.

topics: Books, Law, NATO

Reader Mail

The Real Democrats

2.20.07 @ 12:01AM

Terrified of Christians. Race-obsessed to the finish. Also: WMDs at rest in Syria. Chasing after windmills. Horrified by Rudy's conservatives. Russell Seitz is on vacation. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Hillary Clinton, Mainstream Media, Business, Satire, Religion, Islam, Abortion, Environment, Global Warming, Hollywood, Law, Founding Fathers, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Israel, Africa, Socialism, Conservatism, Energy, Oil