The American Spectator

Special Report

Afghanistan: The Winnable War

Michael Fumento | 6.8.07 @ 12:09AM

Our troops know it. They just need more help.

topics: Military, Iraq, NATO

Streetcar Line

The Victims of Communism Memorial

Quin Hillyer | 6.8.07 @ 12:08AM

At a ceremony this coming Tuesday, June 12, Americans will learn about evil.

topics: Education, Religion, Law, Communism

Campaign Crawlers

Pie in the Sky

Shawn Macomber | 6.8.07 @ 12:08AM

Birthday boy John Edwards enlists friends and family to show that his campaign for sweet social justice isn't half baked.

topics: Foreign Policy, Health Care, Barack Obama, Environment, Global Warming, Law, Iraq, NATO

The Public Policy

Up From Amnesty

David Hogberg | 6.8.07 @ 12:08AM

The right words for a conservative candidate looking to resolve the immigration stalemate.

topics: Taxes, Books, Law, Immigration

The Nation's Pulse

Moderation

Lawrence Henry | 6.8.07 @ 12:07AM

Most Americans would settle for middle solutions to our nation's problems -- so why do these problems not lend themselves to such?

topics: Health Care, Social Security, Law, Immigration, Medicare

Movie Takes

Golden Door (Nuovomondo)

James Bowman | 6.8.07 @ 12:02AM

You won't want to take your eyes off Charlotte Gainsbourg, in this too magical movie about an Italian immigrant crossing to the New World.

topics: Movies

Reader Mail

Power Plays

6.8.07 @ 12:01AM

McCain creates a special pathway for Romney. Declarations of energy independence. Which party cuts and runs? Inquiring minds. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Business, Sports, Environment, Constitution, Military, Iraq, NATO, Immigration, Energy, Alaska, Oil

Washington Prowler

News Flash! A New Number 2?

The Prowler | 6.7.07 @ 12:09AM

It must pay to have ads running in a dozen or two states.

Special Report

A Legacy of Losing

Jeffrey Lord | 6.7.07 @ 12:08AM

From McClellan to McGovern to forever: Democrats as the surrender party.

topics: Bill Clinton, Television, Islam, Military, Iraq, Iran

The Current Crisis

Oil Is Not Well

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.7.07 @ 12:08AM

We cannot approach energy independence and maintain cheap oil prices simultaneously.

topics: Vladimir Putin, Business, Iran, Russia, Energy, Oil

Political Hay

Huckabee, Darwin, and Democracy

Hunter Baker | 6.7.07 @ 12:08AM

Evidently, it's no longer kosher for Republican candidates to believe that God created the heavens and the earth.

topics: Religion

Media Matters

Princes and Principles

Reid Collins | 6.7.07 @ 12:07AM

Where does news photography veer into unfair sensationalism?

topics: Religion, NATO

Among the Intellectualoids

Our Kind of Dictator

Christopher Orlet | 6.7.07 @ 12:07AM

Will the left never stop defending despots?

topics: Education, Television, Constitution, Law, Iraq, Energy, Oil

Reader Mail

Friends of Fred

6.7.07 @ 12:01AM

Tom Tancredo has a few staunch admirers. Fred Thompson has many adoring fans. Roger Dier doesn't stand a prayer. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Bill Clinton, Mainstream Media, Television, Islam, Books, Constitution, Law, Iraq, Russia, Immigration

Campaign Crawlers

Fred Night

John Tabin | 6.6.07 @ 12:08AM

The Big Three did fine -- but the Elephant in the room was the Tall Man from Tennessee.

topics: John McCain, Conservatism

Political Hay

The Trouble With Tom

W. James Antle, III | 6.6.07 @ 12:08AM

Grassroots conservatives are up in arms about illegal immigration. So why is Tancredo's presidential campaign going nowhere?

topics: John McCain, Books, Law, Iraq, Libertarianism, Immigration

At Large

Playing by the Rules

George H. Wittman | 6.6.07 @ 12:07AM

As Putin sees it, Alexander Litvinenko failed to behave like a good little intel defector. All part of the new covert cold war.

topics: Business, Russia

The Nation's Pulse

Legacy Students

Jay D. Homnick | 6.6.07 @ 12:07AM

Was Jack Kevorkian released at White House request?

topics: Law, Israel, Immigration

TAS Live

Star Power

John H. Fund | 6.6.07 @ 12:05AM

When Fred Thompson talks about entering the 2008 presidential race, Republicans respond with standing ovations. And Democrats get nervous. From our May 2007 issue.

topics: Transportation, Trade, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, Iran, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Unions

Movie Takes

Angel-A

James Bowman | 6.6.07 @ 12:02AM

It's a Wonder Life meets La Femme Nikita.

topics: Oil

Reader Mail

Frothy Musical Numbers

6.6.07 @ 12:01AM

If only the Democrats could sing -- they'd cause less depression. Also: Is Fred enough? Lines of fast track voters. Murtha's worthy prize. Plus more.

topics: Education, Trade, Health Care, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton, Earmarks, Religion, Islam, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Iraq, NATO, Socialism, Communism, Immigration, Oil

Special Report

Six Days, and Forty Years

Adam Garfinkle | 6.5.07 @ 12:09AM

Does the "standard account" of the Six Day War -- launched forty years ago today -- still hold up? A special Special Report.

topics: Military, Israel

Campaign Crawlers

Eight Blind Mice

Andrew Cline | 6.5.07 @ 12:08AM

Democratic presidential candidates don't see the top item on America's agenda.

topics: Education, Trade, Health Care, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Islam, Global Warming, Constitution, Iraq, Energy

The Public Policy

Drug Underdose

Doug Bandow | 6.5.07 @ 12:05AM

Government-run health care shortchanges the people who need pharmaceuticals most. Just ask any European cancer patient.

topics: Health Care, Economics, Law

Political Hay

So You Want to Be President?

George H. Wittman | 6.5.07 @ 12:03AM

Presidential candidates need to get serious about our national security challenges.

topics: Trade, Islam, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Israel, Pakistan, European Union, Africa, North Korea, Immigration, Nuclear Weapons, Oil

Buy the Book

Abused and Depressed

Brian Wesbury | 6.5.07 @ 12:03AM

Amity Shlaes's book is a breath of fresh air in its unique, individual-level view of the battles that took place during the Great Depression.

Movie Takes

Four Lane Highway

James Bowman | 6.5.07 @ 12:01AM

A thirty-something adolescent loser wallowing in self-pity thinking he's soulful.

topics: Business, Movies, Law

Political Hay

Hillary's Achilles' Heel

Philip Klein | 6.4.07 @ 12:18AM

Sunday's Democratic debate reinforced how deeply vulnerable New York's junior Senator is on Iraq.

topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iraq

Washington Prowler

Rahm Emanuel's New Voters

The Prowler | 6.4.07 @ 12:08AM

A warning to Republicans about the immigration bill. Also: Mitt moves right from the beginning. Plus: McCain's energy level.

topics: John McCain, NATO, Immigration, Energy

The Nation's Pulse

Fighting Words

Shawn Macomber | 6.4.07 @ 12:08AM

Joyce Carol Oates brings boxing back to Manhattan.

topics: Law

Campaign Crawlers

State of the Race

Jennifer Rubin | 6.4.07 @ 12:08AM

Nearly halfway through 2007, the contest for the Republican presidential nomination has been volatile -- and more changes are on the way.

topics: John McCain, Religion, Law, NATO, Immigration

Special Report

The Global Savings Glut and Its Consequences

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | 6.4.07 @ 12:07AM

Will other developing countries follow China in investing their excess dollars in private equity firms?

topics: Trade, Economics, Business, Africa, Oil

Another Perspective

Joe Versus the Volcano

Charles G. Kels | 6.4.07 @ 12:07AM

The conspicuous omission of a Profile in Courage Award.

topics: Foreign Policy, Iraq, NATO

Reader Mail

Tall in the Saddle

6.4.07 @ 12:01AM

The last of the great cowboys. Also: Carbon copy. Hooked on gasoline. Libertarian star warriors. Plus much more.

topics: Taxes, John McCain, Business, Satire, Environment, Books, Hollywood, Movies, Law, NATO, Africa, Immigration, Oil