The American Spectator

In Memoriam

Life of His Party

W. James Antle, III | 11.30.07 @ 12:09AM

Henry Hyde's brand of Republicanism lives on.

topics: Bill Clinton, Television, Medicaid, Abortion, Law, Iran, Communism, Conservatism

Live From New York

Striking Poses on Washington Square

Shawn Macomber | 11.30.07 @ 12:09AM

The stars come out in solidarity with the writers who make them sound so eloquent.

topics: Television, Movies, Iraq, Oil

At Large

Spoiling Beijing

George H. Wittman | 11.30.07 @ 12:07AM

The Western world will need to stop its kowtowing.

topics: Trade, Religion, Iran, Russia, United Nations, European Union, North Korea, Communism, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

Flushed Out

Windsor Mann | 11.30.07 @ 12:07AM

No restrooms for the weary, at least on college campuses and in major cities.

topics: Education, Law, Supreme Court, NATO

Another Perspective

Energy

Lawrence Henry | 11.30.07 @ 12:07AM

Is the pursuit of the presidency nothing more than an exercise in naked aggression?

topics: Bill Clinton, Business

TAS Live

A Slow-Motion Revolution

Tom Bethell | 11.30.07 @ 12:06AM

The Internet has been even kept ahead of regulation and taxation.

topics: Taxes, Foreign Policy, Education, Mainstream Media, Television, Business, Russia, Energy, Oil

Reader Mail

Fair Tax Counting

11.30.07 @ 12:01AM

Rejecting any Scientology connection. Plus: Will Huckabee score after Iowa? No Iraq good news. Addressing God in French. A loyalty oath Republican. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Hillary Clinton, Business, Religion, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Conservatism, Oil

Washington Prowler

New Arrangements

The Prowler | 11.29.07 @ 12:08AM

FairTax rejiggerings in Huckabee's Iowa. Federalism backfires on Fred. Romney's interest in Al Jazeera. An NEA head prefers Obama.

topics: Education, Barack Obama, Energy

Campaign Crawlers

Huckabee's Religion Problem

Liz Mair | 11.29.07 @ 12:08AM

What is helping the ordained Baptist minister in Iowa may doom him elsewhere.

topics: Religion, Abortion, NATO

The Current Crisis

Missing From the News

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 11.29.07 @ 12:08AM

What do Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and the Iraq War have in common?

topics: Harry Reid, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Africa, Oil

Political Hay

The Virginia GOP's "Loyalty Oath"

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 11.29.07 @ 12:07AM

This from the home of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?

topics: Constitution, Law, NATO

Campus Scenes

Bad Habitat

Jeff Emanuel | 11.29.07 @ 12:07AM

A self-regarding college affiliate diminishes Habitat for Humanity's noble calling.

topics: Education, Environment

TAS Live

To Tu Or Not To Tu

Joseph A. Harriss | 11.29.07 @ 12:07AM

Politeness, friendliness, and formality at its most French.

topics: Business, Law

Reader Mail

Bearing Children

11.29.07 @ 12:01AM

How many, if any? Also: Russia's future past. Fred on federalism and life. Stopping to listen. Plus more.

topics: Harry Reid, Abortion, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Iraq, Russia, Israel, NATO, Conservatism

Streetcar Line

Catch a Falling Dollar!

Quin Hillyer | 11.28.07 @ 12:08AM

The Bush administration is evidence-averse.

topics: John McCain, Economics, Business, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Military, Iraq, Immigration, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

Unnatural History

Patrick J. Michaels | 11.28.07 @ 12:07AM

No, Hurricane Katrina was not the "largest disaster in U.S. history."

topics: Environment, Global Warming

Political Hay

How to Fight for Life

Lisa Fabrizio | 11.28.07 @ 12:07AM

Fred Thompson shows the way.

topics: Abortion, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court

At Large

Back to the Future With Putin

George H. Wittman | 11.28.07 @ 12:07AM

Once again, Russia thinks state control of the economy is essential to its becoming a great power.

topics: Vladimir Putin, Economics, Business, Law, Military, Russia, Socialism, Energy, Oil

Another Perspective

"Child-Free" Follies

Robert Stacy McCain | 11.28.07 @ 12:07AM

Environmentalist "rubbish" leads to a shortage of hope.

topics: Abortion

Reader Mail

Political Turnover

11.28.07 @ 12:01AM

The view from Sydney. Chicago and LBJ revisited. Trent Lott's lot. Mormonism and Ron Paul. Taxing Indianapolis. Plus more.

topics: Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Business, Religion, Islam, Environment, Constitution, Military, Israel, NATO, Oil

Washington Prowler

Friends Amid Scandals

The Prowler | 11.27.07 @ 12:08AM

Trent Lott's surprise. Rudy's abiding loyalty. Plus: The right Vatican appointment.

topics: Business, Law, United Nations, Alaska, Oil

Political Hay

Hillary and the Ghost of LBJ

Jeffrey Lord | 11.27.07 @ 12:08AM

How Hillary Clinton, of all people, has emerged as a successor of Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Hubert Humphrey.

topics: Foreign Policy, Health Care, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Business, Islam, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, NATO, Communism, Oil, Medicare

Special Report

An Epidemic of Falsehoods

Michael Fumento | 11.27.07 @ 12:08AM

Too late to restore its lost credibility, the UN has finally dropped its politically correct AIDS estimate.

topics: Bill Clinton, Books, Africa

The Nation's Pulse

Betrayal in Annapolis

Jeff Emanuel | 11.27.07 @ 12:07AM

So much for what was thought to be the most pro-Israeli president ever.

topics: Foreign Policy, Bill Clinton, Television, Israel

At Large

Australia Opts for Changeless Change

Adam Creighton | 11.27.07 @ 12:07AM

John Howard was defeated last Saturday -- but not because he was one of America's best friends.

topics: Education, Business, Environment, Constitution, Law, Iraq, United Nations, NATO, Conservatism, Immigration, Oil, Unions

Reader Mail

Souls and Rolls

11.27.07 @ 12:01AM

Mormon, Baptists, and political tensions. Another ticked off reader. Back Dome again in Indiana. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Harry Reid, Business, Sports, Religion, Law, Iraq, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

Riding With Rudy

Philip Klein | 11.26.07 @ 12:09AM

Traveling through New Hampshire on his bus, Rudy Giuliani talks to TAS about Iran, his own record, and blasts rival Mitt Romney.

topics: Trade, Health Care, John McCain, Television, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Immigration, Nuclear Weapons

Political Hay

It's About Souls, Not Rolls

Paul Chesser | 11.26.07 @ 12:08AM

A reminder: ultimately it's not the political kingdom that matters.

topics: Religion, Abortion

Special Report

Photographer of Death

Doug Bandow | 11.26.07 @ 12:07AM

Accountability has been long in coming to Cambodia.

topics: Education, Trade

The Public Policy

Killing Healthy Patents

Peter Pitts | 11.26.07 @ 12:07AM

The Senate moves to weaken patent protections and consequently pharmaceutical research and development.

topics: Business, Law

Another Perspective

Duncan Hunter Changes Name to Mitt Romney

Andrew Cline | 11.26.07 @ 12:07AM

No one knows if Romney has enough money left to buy it back.

At Large

He Never Promised Us a Rose Garden

James Poulos | 11.26.07 @ 12:07AM

Georgia's Mikhail Saakashvili leaves America holding the bag -- and Russia licking its chops.

topics: Television, Law, Russia, NATO

Reader Mail

Tick, Tick, Tick

11.26.07 @ 12:01AM

John Kerry has all the time in the world. Also: Praying for rain. Indianapolis's Peyton Place. Terribly sad. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Trade, Business, Global Warming, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Socialism, Immigration, Oil