The American Spectator

Political Hay

Bob Michel Returns

W. James Antle, III | 7.25.08 @ 12:09AM

Instead of fighting to win, Republican leaders settle down for a long winter's nap.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Energy

Special Report

Bailing Out Kelo

John Berlau | 7.25.08 @ 12:08AM

Why the mortgage bill will lead to more eminent domain outrages.

topics: Hank Paulson, Environment, Books, Law, Supreme Court

Another Perspective

Obama's Campaign Hits the Wall

Jay D. Homnick | 7.25.08 @ 12:07AM

A lightning appearance at an idolatrous altar to himself.

topics: Barack Obama, Israel, NATO, Africa

The Nation's Pulse

Correspondence

Lawrence Henry | 7.25.08 @ 12:07AM

Reader reactions can bring joy -- and sorrow.

At Large

Dr. Strangelove Visits Iran

George H. Wittman | 7.25.08 @ 12:07AM

The U.S. has electronic and laser weapons at its disposal, as Tehran must know.

topics: Military, Iran, Russia, Israel, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Energy, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

Mara's Marathon

Emily Esfahani-Smith | 7.25.08 @ 12:07AM

A conservative runs for the D.C. city council.

topics: Taxes, Business, Law, Unions

Reader Mail

Unfit for Second in Command

7.25.08 @ 12:01AM

Mitt's not a catch. Too Dark Knight. Chrysler's folly. Mail: watch your language. Plus more.

topics: Health Care, John McCain, Television, Business, Abortion, Books, Movies, Law, Military, Russia, NATO, Africa, Conservatism, Immigration, Oil

Campaign Crawlers

McCain Should Say No to Mitt

Philip Klein | 7.24.08 @ 12:08AM

Picking Romney as his running mate would create political drama, but it could cost McCain the election.

topics: Barack Obama, Television, Economics, Business, Abortion, Environment

The Current Crisis

A Modern Miracle

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 7.24.08 @ 12:08AM

Something very good has just taken place on a college campus.

topics: Law, Oil

Streetcar Line

Flurries of Worries

Quin Hillyer | 7.24.08 @ 12:08AM

Midsummer blues amid so many feckless Republicans.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Business, Oil

Another Perspective

Batman Turns Bad

David N. Bass | 7.24.08 @ 12:07AM

Whose idea was it to make American children The Dark Knight's main victim?

topics: Movies, Oil

The Nation's Pulse

Chrysler Corpse

Eric Peters | 7.24.08 @ 12:07AM

Though some are giving it six months to live.

topics: Trade, Energy

At Large

Zimbabwean Shame to Share

Jens Laurson & George Pieler | 7.24.08 @ 12:07AM

Britain and the U.S. have done the right thing. China, Russia and South Africa, needless to say, have not.

topics: Business, Military, Russia, Africa

Reader Mail

Escape From Desiderata

7.24.08 @ 12:01AM

A blast from the healthy past: Never give up. Also: Oil-resistant pronouncements. Starving on biofuels. ESPN on probation. Plus more.

topics: Education, Television, Business, Social Security, Satire, Sports, Environment, Global Warming, Movies, Law, Founding Fathers, Russia, Energy, Oil

Political Hay

Shut Up and Produce Some Oil

Peter Ferrara | 7.23.08 @ 12:08AM

There's absolutely no reason why liberal energy obstructionists should be given political cover on gasoline prices.

topics: Barack Obama, Economics, Environment, Global Warming, Law, Energy, Alaska, Oil

Special Report

Indefensible Biofuels

William Yeatman & Marlo Lewis | 7.23.08 @ 12:08AM

Ethanol's ablest advocate comes up short.

topics: Taxes, Trade, Business, Law, Energy, Oil

Media Matters

Carr Guy

Mark Judge | 7.23.08 @ 12:07AM

A New York Times writer comes clean in a dirty way.

Sports Arena

Sports Heroes?

Lisa Fabrizio | 7.23.08 @ 12:07AM

Noisy ESPN whitewashes Black Power radicalism, forty years later.

topics: Sports, Africa

Among the Intellectualoids

Desired Things

James Bowman | 7.23.08 @ 12:07AM

The death of Les Crane last week allows us to retrace the story of the soppy poem "Desiderata."

topics: Iran

Buy the Book

Kinder and Gentler

Richard Kirk | 7.23.08 @ 12:06AM

There's no other way to describe conservatives.

topics: Education, Trade, Health Care, Bill Clinton, Business, Environment, Law, Russia, Conservatism

Reader Mail

Did You Say Abe Lincoln?

7.23.08 @ 12:01AM

Involuntary presidency? Obama's hero. Caldwell's learning curve. Plus more.

topics: Education, John McCain, Barack Obama, Business, Entitlements, Religion, Islam, Environment, Books, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, NATO, Conservatism, Energy, Unions

Political Hay

Why Obama Models Dukakis

Jeffrey Lord | 7.22.08 @ 12:08AM

Liberalism, Leo DiCaprio, and the case of the Indiana refinery.

topics: Barack Obama, Business, Environment, Hollywood, Law, NATO, Energy, Alaska, Oil

Eminentoes

The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell's Progress

Mark Tooley | 7.22.08 @ 12:08AM

Bush's pastor friend now supports Obama, which hasn't pleased gay groups. But he's learning.

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

Another Perspective

Republicans and Religious Voters

Joseph M. Knippenberg | 7.22.08 @ 12:08AM

They are there for John McCain's taking.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Religion, Abortion, NATO

At Large

Mozart in Arabia

Peter Hannaford | 7.22.08 @ 12:07AM

Moderate voices in Islam are beginning to speak out.

topics: Religion, Islam, Pakistan, Oil

Among the Intellectualoids

The Lunatic Fringe

Emily Esfahani-Smith | 7.22.08 @ 12:07AM

Scenes from an alternative festival for plays that would not -- and perhaps should not -- otherwise be performed.

topics: John McCain, Founding Fathers

Buy the Book

King Abe at 199

Christopher Orlet | 7.22.08 @ 12:07AM

Greatest president or villainous destroyer of states' rights?

topics: Economics, Books, Constitution, Law

Reader Mail

Fifteen Rounds of Fun

7.22.08 @ 12:01AM

Inside the vice-presidential ring. Senator Obama, Commander in Chief. Communing with a libertarian. Plus more.

topics: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Business, Islam, Abortion, Law, Founding Fathers, Military, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Israel, NATO, North Korea, Libertarianism, Nuclear Weapons

Streetcar Line

And the Winner Is...

Quin Hillyer | 7.21.08 @ 12:08AM

The final answers for McCain's VP.

topics: Foreign Policy, Trade, John McCain, Economics, Business, Abortion, Books, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, NATO, Conservatism

Washington Prowler

Mitch and Mitt

The Prowler | 7.21.08 @ 12:08AM

Democrats target GOP Senate leader. Also: Romney's veep viability.

topics: Business, NATO

Political Hay

Obama's Tank Ride

Robert Stacy McCain | 7.21.08 @ 12:08AM

Will Hope jump the shark overseas?

topics: Foreign Policy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Russia, Oil

Another Perspective

In the Garden of Walden

Erin Wildermuth | 7.21.08 @ 12:07AM

A libertarian walks into a commune...

topics: Books

Special Report

Splitting Hairs (and Atoms)

Jay D. Homnick | 7.21.08 @ 12:07AM

A Bush turnabout on Iran is hitting McCain in the solar appendix.

topics: John McCain, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel

Sports Arena

Open Blast Furnace

Reid Collins | 7.21.08 @ 12:07AM

Royal Birkdale has nothing on the old municipal course in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

topics: Television, Oil

Reader Mail

Bumps on a Blog

7.21.08 @ 12:01AM

Fisking Obama's power fists. Sloping toward drilling. Tilting Democrats. To Heller and back. Plus much more.

topics: Bill Clinton, Abortion, Environment, Books, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Iraq, Libertarianism, Immigration, Oil