The American Spectator

Breaking News

Pennsylvania GOP Sues ACORN and Rendell Appointee

Jeffrey Lord | 10.17.08 @ 6:25PM

Lawsuit alleges fraud and sets up charges of stolen election.

Another Perspective

War: What Is It Good For?

Eric Heidenreich | 10.17.08 @ 6:06AM

Selling a bailout.

topics: Economics, Iraq

The Nation's Pulse

Eugene the Veteran

Judah Friedman | 10.17.08 @ 6:05AM

Health care for veterans should definitely be a right.

Buy the Book

He Got It Done

William Murchison | 10.17.08 @ 6:03AM

James K. Polk continues to stand out, and not only because he pushed the United States to the Pacific.

Reader Mail

No Accounting for Goldman

10.17.08 @ 6:01AM

They've got friends in high places. Dousing global warming. Send your own daughters to war. Plus more.

topics: Reader Mail

Campaign Crawlers

Searching for Obama's 95 Percent

Philip Klein | 10.16.08 @ 8:23AM

Following last night's debate at Hofstra, David Plouffe and David Axelrod try to explain the Obama campaign's boldest claim.

Political Hay

Filibuster-Proof Franken

Nicole Russell | 10.16.08 @ 6:07AM

A Saturday Night Live Democrat stalks Norm Coleman in Minnesota.

topics: Election 2008

The Current Crisis

Democrat Deregulators

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.16.08 @ 6:07AM

How else do you think subprime lending was able to take off?

The Nation's Pulse

Green Journalism

Paul Chesser | 10.16.08 @ 6:06AM

Selling carbon offset schemes, promoting enviro-Bibles, and stressing extreme outcomes -- all business as usual for the Society of Environmental Journalists.

topics: Environment, Global Warming

Reader Mail

Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?

10.16.08 @ 6:01AM

Dressing down those undies voters. Neurobiology and McCain advocacy. Health-care plan scans. Values-less candidates. Plus more.

Special Report

Sleepwalking Toward Cultural Revolution

George Neumayr | 10.15.08 @ 6:08AM

Obama supports women in combat and gay marriage. Where's the outrage?

The Public Policy

Barack Obama's Health Care Lies

Peter Ferrara | 10.15.08 @ 6:06AM

He shamelessly distorts McCain's proposals -- all in the name of his government health care, which would deny you care.

The Nation's Pulse

The Other Shoe Drops

Eric Peters | 10.15.08 @ 6:06AM

The Detroit Big Three's own version of holding mortgages to (SUV) McMansions of imploding resale value.

Another Perspective

The Undecideds

Manon McKinnon | 10.15.08 @ 6:05AM

What's left for them to decide, except the outcome of this election?

topics: Election 2008, Television

Movie Takes

Choke Hold

James Bowman | 10.15.08 @ 6:02AM

A pretty disgusting movie that revels in its own grossness and thinks you should find it funny and profoud.

Political Hay

Anatomy of a Scandal

Jeffrey Lord | 10.14.08 @ 6:09AM

The scarlet thread connecting Obama, ACORN, the Democrats, and your money.

topics: Education, John McCain, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Business, Law, NATO, Communism

Washington Prowler

How Bad Is It?

The Prowler | 10.14.08 @ 6:07AM

An election gone south. Plus: Haughty Hank.

The Public Policy

Inferiority Redefined

William C. Duncan | 10.14.08 @ 6:04AM

In its ruling on gay marriage last week, a Connecticut court has left the state's citizens powerless.

topics: Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Unions

The Nation's Pulse

It Can't Be Done

Reid Collins | 10.14.08 @ 6:03AM

American-style capitalism's dysfunction goes back years.

topics: Business, Law, Socialism

Reader Mail

Taken to the Clean Ayers

10.14.08 @ 6:01AM

The education of Barack Obama. It’s the end of the world. The many friends of Lawrence Henry. Don’t cry for Senate Republicans. Plus more.

topics: Taxes, Education, Trade, Health Care, Sarah Palin, Economics, Business, Books, Constitution, Law, Iraq, Iran, Russia, NATO, Africa, Socialism, Conservatism, Immigration, Nuclear Weapons, Energy, Alaska, Oil