The American Spectator

Special Report

Obama in the Tank for Pritzker

Edward Sisson | 9.26.08 @ 12:09AM

This is the man who would keep our banks safe?

topics: Health Care, Barack Obama, Business, Law, NATO

Political Hay

Did Someone Say Amnesty?

W. James Antle, III | 9.26.08 @ 12:09AM

The bailout looks likely to pass now, but remember what happened to comprehensive immigration reform.

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Television, Economics, Immigration

Campaign Crawlers

The Great Debate Escape

John Tabin | 9.26.08 @ 12:08AM

A foreign policy format would have favored McCain. Now he's bogged down in the nation's economic woes. Was he wise to suspend his campaign?

topics: Foreign Policy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Constitution, Supreme Court

Washington Prowler

Couric Diminishes Gov. Palin

The Prowler | 9.26.08 @ 12:08AM

So she's not a governor if Katie refuses to call her that?

topics: John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, NATO, Alaska

Eminentoes

Equal Opportunity Corrupters

David Boaz | 9.26.08 @ 12:08AM

Fannie and Freddie had an abiding faith in bipartisanship.

topics: Trade, John McCain, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Television, Law

Another Perspective

My First Big Scoop

Lawrence Henry | 9.26.08 @ 12:07AM

Back when the Goodyear blimp had a huge gondola.

The Nation's Pulse

The Word on Main Street

George H. Wittman | 9.26.08 @ 12:07AM

Folks are more than a little confused about what is going on in Washington.

topics: Taxes, Ben Bernanke, Television, Business, NATO

Reader Mail

All Power to the Palin

9.26.08 @ 12:01AM

Play it as it lays in barren Hollywood. Lefties do it to themselves. Dinner with Mahmoud. End run on the economy. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Sarah Palin, Hank Paulson, Business, Social Security, Medicaid, Islam, Hollywood, Constitution, Law, Military, Socialism, Conservatism, Medicare

Streetcar Line

No Thanky to Paulson and Bernanke

Quin Hillyer | 9.25.08 @ 12:08AM

Another way to meet the crisis.

topics: Taxes, Trade, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Energy, Oil

The Current Crisis

The Taranto Principle

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.25.08 @ 12:08AM

Left-wing media bias ends up hurting the left-wing pols it's supposed to be helping.

topics: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Military, NATO, Oil

Special Report

Dining With Evil

Jeffrey Lord | 9.25.08 @ 12:08AM

UCC Church leaders and Obama silent about church's role in Ahmadinejad dinner.

topics: Barack Obama, Business, Religion, Islam, Iraq, Iran, Israel, United Nations, NATO, Nuclear Weapons

Political Hay

Age-Appropriate Radicalism

George Neumayr | 9.25.08 @ 12:08AM

McCain dislikes cultural issues, but he might win the debates with them.

topics: Education, John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Military, NATO

Another Perspective

The U.S. Global Insurance Company

Brett Joshpe | 9.25.08 @ 12:07AM

Why Europe and others should be contributing to the bailout.

topics: Business, Military, United Nations, NATO

Among the Intellectualoids

Palinism's Threat to Feminism

Judah Friedman | 9.25.08 @ 12:07AM

The unhappy women of Hollywood are deeply afraid.

topics: Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Hollywood

Reader Mail

Easily Understood

9.25.08 @ 12:01AM

Required reading from Peter Ferrara. Messing around with Paulson. Honest Obama. Diner talk. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Mainstream Media, Economics, Earmarks, Books, Constitution, Law, NATO, Alaska, Oil

The Public Policy

It's Paulson's Own Mess

John Berlau | 9.24.08 @ 12:08AM

There is a way to clean it up.

topics: Taxes, Trade, John McCain, Hank Paulson, Bill Clinton, Business, Socialism, Energy

Special Report

The Economic Recovery Plan

Peter Ferrara | 9.24.08 @ 12:08AM

Without an understanding of government's and regulations' leading role in creating the current mess, there'll be no recovery and we'll be stuck with the Barack Obama plan.

topics: Taxes, Education, Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Business, Social Security, Environment, Books, Law, NATO, Immigration, Energy, Oil

Washington Prowler

McCotter's Alternative

The Prowler | 9.24.08 @ 12:08AM

Offering a ten-point plan of his own, the chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee isn't on board with the Paulson Plan.

topics: John Boehner, Law, Energy

The Nation's Pulse

Diner Politics

Christopher Orlet | 9.24.08 @ 12:08AM

A sure-fire way to turn the economy around.

topics: Trade, John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Social Security, Africa, Nuclear Weapons

Political Hay

The Audacity of Slander

David Catron | 9.24.08 @ 12:08AM

Barack Obama tells whopper after whopper, then calls John McCain a liar.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Social Security, Iraq, NATO, Immigration

Another Perspective

Explaining Ourselves

Lisa Fabrizio | 9.24.08 @ 12:07AM

What is meant by the political labels we attach to one another?

topics: Barack Obama, Islam, Constitution, Law, Founding Fathers, Conservatism

Reader Mail

Hail King Henry

9.24.08 @ 12:01AM

Adopt his plan -- or else! Reiland flunks Barack. Joe Biden, patriot. George Soros, suspect. Quin Hillyer regains Ryder Cup. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Trade, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ben Bernanke, Economics, Business, Earmarks, Social Security, Abortion, Constitution, Law, Founding Fathers, Africa, Conservatism, Oil

Special Report

Paulson's Instant Gratification

Philip Klein | 9.23.08 @ 1:45AM

The $700 billion bailout proposal only reinforces Americans' habit of living in the moment, without regard to the consequences, in expectation that somebody else will pay the bill.

topics: Taxes, Hank Paulson, Television, Environment, Law

Political Hay

When Will Biden Pony Up?

Jeffrey Lord | 9.23.08 @ 12:08AM

Will the Senator duck Treasury rule that allows him to raise his own taxes right now?

topics: Taxes, John McCain, Joe Biden, Earmarks, Law, NATO, Alaska

Washington Prowler

Democrat Delay Game

The Prowler | 9.23.08 @ 12:08AM

The idea is to string out any bailout talks for pure political gain.

topics: Harry Reid

At Large

Class Act

Roger Kaplan | 9.23.08 @ 12:08AM

French Justice Minister Rachida Dati does Sarah Palin one better, in more ways than one.

topics: Business, Religion, Islam, Environment, Law, Africa

The Nation's Pulse

Beyond "Women's Issues"

Manon McKinnon | 9.23.08 @ 12:07AM

Sarah Palin is saving American women from "issues women care about."

topics: Taxes, Trade, Sarah Palin, Business, Islam, Abortion, Law, Military, Immigration

Among the Intellectualoids

Obama World Flunks Economics 101

Ralph R. Reiland | 9.23.08 @ 12:07AM

For the neo-socialist crowd, Wall Street's collapse has been a godsend.

topics: Taxes, Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Business, Law, Supreme Court, NATO

Reader Mail

Panic City

9.23.08 @ 12:01AM

Unease about McCain. Jim Johnson: The view from Cornell. Lethal insurance. The Colbert Christmas drug show. A Scot never forgets. Plus much more.

topics: Education, Trade, Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Business, Books, Movies, Law, Military, Russia, NATO, Energy, Oil

Political Hay

Time for a GOP Panic?

Robert Stacy McCain | 9.22.08 @ 12:08AM

Polls' swing toward Obama may not last.

topics: Taxes, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Business, Iraq, Alaska

Washington Prowler

Financial Collapse Democrats

The Prowler | 9.22.08 @ 12:08AM

Obama and Jim Johnson. Dodd and Barney Frank. Shifting blame to McCain's guy.

topics: Barack Obama, Business, Oil

At Large

Holding the Bag in Moscow

George H. Wittman | 9.22.08 @ 12:08AM

Thanks to the crude policies of Messrs. Putin and Medvedev, Russia is in deep financial trouble.

topics: Trade, Vladimir Putin, Business, Law, Military, Russia, Oil

Another Perspective

Dueling Narratives of America

William Tucker | 9.22.08 @ 12:08AM

Barack Obama is discovering his compelling narrative is hardly the only one affecting voters this year.

topics: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Economics, Africa

Special Report

Death and the Uninsured

David Hogberg | 9.22.08 @ 12:08AM

Is it true that 18,000 Americans die each year because they don't have health insurance?

topics: Education, Health Care

The Nation's Pulse

Out of Touch

Bill Croke | 9.22.08 @ 12:07AM

Living in remote Idaho without the Internet and among wandering goats.

topics: Barack Obama, Television, Law

Reader Mail

Long Arm of the Law School

9.22.08 @ 12:01AM

Dreams from My Professor. The Audacity of Harvard. Also: The nation's debt to Pelosi and Reid. From the bookshelf. To vote or not to vote. Plus more.

topics: John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Economics, Business, Earmarks, Books, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Iraq, NATO, Energy, Alaska, Oil, Unions