The American Spectator

Eminentoes

Dunderhead Diplomat

Clinton W. Taylor | 5.2.08 @ 12:08AM

Who can save us from the Richardson Juggernaut in the next State Department?

topics: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Business, Military, Iran, Africa, North Korea, Energy, Oil

At Large

Mischaracterizing Mugabe

Matthew Omolesky | 5.2.08 @ 12:08AM

He's a post-colonial Ignis Fatuus, committed to the worst of the colonial era's brutality and ruthlessness.

topics: Transportation, Trade, Law, Military, Africa, North Korea

The Public Policy

Ensuring Disaster

Eli Lehrer | 5.2.08 @ 12:07AM

A national catastrophe in the making.

topics: Taxes, Environment, NATO

Media Matters

The "W" Word

Lawrence Henry | 5.2.08 @ 12:07AM

Kill the cliche.

topics: Business, Iran

Among the Intellectualoids

Sense and Sensitivity

Christopher Orlet | 5.2.08 @ 12:07AM

In Europe, hurt feelings are now more important than freedom of speech or of the press.

topics: Satire, Religion, Islam, Books, Constitution, Law, Africa

Another Perspective

All Is Not Wright

Jay D. Homnick | 5.2.08 @ 12:06AM

Should the man be blamed for his politics?

topics: Barack Obama, Religion, Law, Israel

Campaign Crawlers

Confessions of a Political Junkie

Manon McKinnon | 5.2.08 @ 12:06AM

Thank you, Joseph Epstein.

topics: John McCain, Television

Reader Mail

Going for Barack

5.2.08 @ 12:01AM

Tragedy or farce? The new old racism. Also: Electric driving and sticker shock. Tulsa schools. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Mainstream Media, Sports, Environment, Law, NATO, Africa, Energy, Oil, Unions

Templeton Essay

Sin No More

Rémi Brague | 5.1.08 @ 7:06PM

Liberty, the West, and the Judeo-Christian heritage.

The Current Crisis

The Tragedy of Campaign '08

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.1.08 @ 12:08AM

How is it that Barack Obama of all people has become a racially divisive candidate?

topics: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Entitlements, Sports, NATO

Streetcar Line

Flatbed Hillary

Quin Hillyer | 5.1.08 @ 12:08AM

Her use for poor white workers will end the minute the campaign is over.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Abortion, Law

Political Hay

Wright's Revelation: Obama Is Just a Politician

Andrew Cline | 5.1.08 @ 12:08AM

The problem then becomes: Did Obama lie to Wright, or to the American people?

topics: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Business, NATO

Special Report

McCainCare vs. ObamaCare

David Catron | 5.1.08 @ 12:08AM

McCain not conservative enough? Consider the alternative.

topics: Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Business, Medicaid, Environment, Law, NATO, Conservatism, Immigration, Medicare

The Nation's Pulse

Plug In -- And Pay Up

Eric Peters | 5.1.08 @ 12:07AM

Some shocking news for anyone hoping to trade in his gas guzzler for a battery-powered hybrid.

At Large

The Hadith Bomb

Peter Hannaford | 5.1.08 @ 12:07AM

A Turkish project's reinterpretation of Islam's second most holy work could have devastating consequences.

topics: Islam, Constitution, Law, Military, European Union

Reader Mail

Fake Phonies

5.1.08 @ 12:01AM

Fibbing liars. Ignorant educators. Frenemies. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Trade, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Television, Business, Sports, Religion, Islam, Constitution, Law, NATO, Africa, Libertarianism, Unions

Political Hay

The Dirty Secret of Identity Politics

George Neumayr | 4.30.08 @ 12:08AM

Hint: It can't get us "beyond race."

topics: Bill Clinton, Law, Oil

Eminentoes

Character Issues

John Samples | 4.30.08 @ 12:08AM

Policy questions aren't the only questions voters should have for McCain and Obama.

topics: Barack Obama, Law, Iraq, NATO

Special Report

Schooling the Reformers

RiShawn Biddle | 4.30.08 @ 12:08AM

How the teachers unions keep winning.

topics: Education, Bill Clinton, Business, Books, Law, Unions

At Large

Sliding Into Recession

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | 4.30.08 @ 12:07AM

Not just here but in countries like India, which profited when the U.S. went on an overspending binge.

topics: Trade, Hollywood, Pakistan, Africa

Another Perspective

Backed Into a Corner

Lisa Fabrizio | 4.30.08 @ 12:07AM

Rev. Jeremiah Wright has Barack Obama right where he wants him.

topics: Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Religion

Movie Takes

"Priceless"

James Bowman | 4.30.08 @ 12:02AM

And Audrey Tautou is gorgeous.

topics: Movies, Oil

Reader Mail

Wright Frenzy

4.30.08 @ 12:01AM

Will someone please cancel this show? Expecting the worst from McCain. Post-Eagleton shock. Democrats shriekingly sound. Plus the typo of the year, and more.

topics: John McCain, Business, Religion, Constitution, Iraq, Iran, NATO, Oil

Special Report

Wright Answer?

Sean Higgins | 4.29.08 @ 12:08AM

The crowd loved him.

topics: Barack Obama, Religion, NATO, Africa

Another Perspective

Obama's Eagleton Affair

Robert Stacy McCain | 4.29.08 @ 12:08AM

An unforced error creates a crisis for Democrats.

topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Islam

Political Hay

What If William Ayers Were Black?

Jeffrey Lord | 4.29.08 @ 12:08AM

Is John McCain a paternalist in a post-racial world?

topics: Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Television, Religion, Books, NATO, Africa

Among the Intellectualoids

Caught Red Handed

Daniel J. Flynn | 4.29.08 @ 12:07AM

Sexually transmitted Communism has been removed from the left's history books and other hagiographic treatments.

topics: Hollywood, Russia, Africa, Communism

At Large

Stirring Iraq's Boiling Pot

George H. Wittman | 4.29.08 @ 12:07AM

Iran wants to make sure it remains set on high.

topics: Foreign Policy, Religion, Islam, Military, Iraq, Iran, Oil

Sports Arena

Dangling Chad

James David Dickson | 4.29.08 @ 12:07AM

Why the Cincinnati Bengals should have traded Chad Johnson, and any other malcontents.

topics: Trade, Sports

Reader Mail

Surly Scribblers

4.29.08 @ 12:01AM

Keyed up Keyes supporters. Marathon madmen. Yammering Yahoos. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, John McCain, Economics, Business, Religion, Abortion, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Iran, NATO, Africa, Socialism, Conservatism, Immigration

Political Hay

Goodbye to the New Deal

William Tucker | 4.28.08 @ 12:08AM

The great Democratic coalition is now down to two constituencies.

topics: Education, Business, Religion, Law, NATO, Africa

Campaign Crawlers

Out of Keyes

W. James Antle, III | 4.28.08 @ 12:08AM

Landslide Alan's latest election loss.

topics: Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Abortion, Constitution, Iraq, United Nations, NATO

Sports Arena

Running Fool

Joel Miller | 4.28.08 @ 12:08AM

It wasn't the Boston Marathon -- more like a death march.

topics: Business, Energy, Oil

Another Perspective

Cling Static

Judah Friedman | 4.28.08 @ 12:08AM

Would Obama prefer that we cling to him?

topics: Barack Obama, Religion

The Public Policy

Public Know Nothings

Peter Suderman | 4.28.08 @ 12:07AM

Congress should keep its hands off that "series of tubes."

topics: Business, Abortion, NATO

The Nation's Pulse

Summer Soldiers

G. Tracy Mehan, III | 4.28.08 @ 12:07AM

The Democrats' civil war promises to be a long hard slog.

topics: Barack Obama, NATO, Africa

Eminentoes

Bill's Wife Eye

Andrew Cline | 4.28.08 @ 12:07AM

Former President Clinton suggests Obama, Clinton families go on ABC's "Wife Swap."

topics: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Sports, NATO

Reader Mail

Ivy League Scolds

4.28.08 @ 12:01AM

The audacious Obamas. Rembrandt v. Picasso. Proud like McCarthy. Plus more.

topics: Business, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Communism, Oil