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Purely Honorable

Shawn Macomber | 5.9.08 @ 11:34AM

David Mamet's martial arts film "Redbelt" takes a turn toward the tragic. And that's a good thing.

topics: Foreign Policy, Hollywood, Movies, Iraq

Political Hay

Pols Scheme to Nick Big Ed

Lawrence Henry | 5.9.08 @ 12:08AM

Tax collectors set their sights on well-endowed colleges and universities.

topics: Taxes, Education, Law, NATO

The Public Policy

Food Fracas

Lene Johansen | 5.9.08 @ 12:07AM

One way to cut down on rising food prices.

topics: Environment

The Nation's Pulse

A Dose of Reality

Christopher Orlet | 5.9.08 @ 12:07AM

Imagine the DMV in charge of your healthcare.

topics: Health Care, John McCain, Books, Law, Unions

The Nation's Pulse

In Defense of Miley Cyrus

Judah Friedman | 5.9.08 @ 12:07AM

It's time to stop tearing down our children's heroes.

topics: Movies

Another Perspective

Stuck in the Middle

Jay D. Homnick | 5.9.08 @ 12:06AM

What does it mean to turn 50?

Reader Mail

Hillary Out of Grapeshot

5.9.08 @ 12:01AM

Retreat is never pretty. Plus: British Boris. Judge McCain. Keyes craze. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Foreign Policy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sports, Environment, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, NATO, Socialism, Conservatism, Immigration, Energy, Oil

The Current Crisis

London's American Mayor

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.8.08 @ 12:08AM

An American Spectator world exclusive.

topics: Taxes, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iran, NATO, Conservatism, Immigration, Energy

Campaign Crawlers

Rear-Guard Action

Robert Stacy McCain | 5.8.08 @ 12:08AM

Has Hillary escaped to fight another day?

topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

Streetcar Line

Judging McCain

Quin Hillyer | 5.8.08 @ 12:08AM

How well did he court the right?

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, NATO

Special Report

Waterloo on the Wabash

RiShawn Biddle | 5.8.08 @ 12:08AM

Why Hillary barely won Indiana.

topics: Barack Obama, Law, Military, NATO, Unions

Political Hay

The Game Over Chorus

John Tabin | 5.8.08 @ 12:08AM

Not so fast, Tim Russert & Co.

topics: Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Law, NATO

At Large

War by Other Means

George H. Wittman | 5.8.08 @ 12:07AM

So what happened to that wonderful agreement a nuclearizing North Korea signed on to over a year ago?

topics: Business, Iran, Russia, Israel, United Nations, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Oil

Reader Mail

Among the Unbelievers

5.8.08 @ 12:01AM

Shared agnosticism in the age of Obama. Hillary on her last legs. Tax holidays. A sixties liberal who's just a kid. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Transportation, Foreign Policy, Education, Nancy Pelosi, Business, Entitlements, Religion, Islam, Environment, Global Warming, Law, Founding Fathers, Iraq, United Nations, NATO, Africa, Socialism, Conservatism, Energy, Alaska, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

Game Over, Hillary

Philip Klein | 5.7.08 @ 3:25AM

She didn't count on Obama's rope-a-dope strategy.

topics: Trade, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, NATO

Eminentoes

The Audacity of What?

Sean Higgins | 5.7.08 @ 12:08AM

There's something missing from Barack Obama's conversion story -- his faith.

topics: Education, Barack Obama, Religion, Abortion, Books, NATO, Africa

The Public Policy

Valeo's Revenge

Ilya Shapiro | 5.7.08 @ 12:07AM

Congress acts to protect incumbency. We're shocked, shocked!

topics: Television, Earmarks, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court

Special Report

McCain Goes on Tax Holiday

Marco DeSena | 5.7.08 @ 12:07AM

He's taking undeserved heat for wanting to suspend the gas tax this summer.

topics: Taxes, John McCain, Economics, Business, Earmarks, NATO, Oil

Another Perspective

In High Roman Fashion

James Bowman | 5.7.08 @ 12:07AM

A Shakespearean gloss on the death of Deborah Jean Palfrey.

topics: Books

Among the Intellectualoids

It's Either Too Hot or Too Cold

Lisa Fabrizio | 5.7.08 @ 12:07AM

The Gore-ists could not see the forests.

topics: Global Warming

Reader Mail

Grease and Oil

5.7.08 @ 12:01AM

The right and Hillary's tankers. Oil fields, killing fields? Moving on vicariously. Ohio's dirty pocket. Young liberals: up from conservatism. Plus more.

topics: Election 2008, Taxes, Education, Health Care, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Economics, Business, Environment, Global Warming, Military, Iraq, Iran, NATO, Conservatism, Energy, Alaska, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

Don't Stop Worrying About the Clintons

Philip Klein | 5.6.08 @ 1:47AM

And don't pretend to admire Hillary for her "tenacity," please.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Economics, Religion, Constitution, Law, NATO, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

Sweet Carolina

Russ Ferguson | 5.6.08 @ 12:08AM

A snapshot of this unexpected battleground state.

topics: John McCain, NATO

Special Report

To the River of No Return

Bill Croke | 5.6.08 @ 12:08AM

Moving on in the American West.

topics: Oil

Another Perspective

The Candidates and Oil

Roger Kaplan | 5.6.08 @ 12:08AM

What is to prevent us from seizing the oil fields?

topics: Foreign Policy, Islam, Law, Military, Iraq, Russia, Africa, Energy, Oil

Political Hay

Obama Refused to Fire Wright

Jeffrey Lord | 5.6.08 @ 12:07AM

A deer in the headlights gets a pass from the media.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Movies, Constitution, NATO

Movie Takes

"Baby Mama"

James Bowman | 5.6.08 @ 12:02AM

An occasionally funny chick-flick.

topics: Satire, Hollywood, Law

Reader Mail

No Sowell

5.6.08 @ 12:01AM

Godless Communists. Crist the savior. Diaper Dann. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Business, Entitlements, Hollywood, Law, Africa

Political Hay

Dapper Dann

W. James Antle, III | 5.5.08 @ 12:08AM

Ohio's attorney general and his friends have problems with women in the workplace.

topics: Business, Law, Oil

Among the Intellectualoids

What Conservatives Want

William Tucker | 5.5.08 @ 12:08AM

What to say to your Marxist children.

topics: Education, Economics, Military

Campaign Crawlers

Sucker Bet

Robert Stacy McCain | 5.5.08 @ 12:07AM

Obama's blunders keep Hillary in the game.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Books, Constitution, Africa

Eminentoes

Madonna Embarrassed by Fully Clothed Photos

Andrew Cline | 5.5.08 @ 12:07AM

Talk about your bad career move.

Special Report

McCain Losing in Florida

Larry Thornberry | 5.5.08 @ 12:07AM

Was this supposed to happen? Now Crist thinks he can be his savior.

topics: Trade, John McCain, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Environment, Global Warming, Law

At Large

Hard Labour

Freddy Gray | 5.5.08 @ 12:07AM

With the Tory victories last week, Gordon Brown is in for the fight of his life.

topics: Taxes, Environment, Conservatism

Another Perspective

The Lady or the Lion?

Thomas Cheplick | 5.5.08 @ 12:07AM

Three choices for Obama.

topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Business, Abortion, Military, NATO

Reader Mail

Knowing the Difference

5.5.08 @ 12:01AM

Between Wright and wrong. Our men in Caracas and Damascus. Prius pretenders. Roush's pen pals. Plus more.

topics: Transportation, Foreign Policy, Trade, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Television, Economics, Entitlements, Religion, Islam, Environment, Books, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, NATO, Oil