The American Spectator

The Obama Watch

AnotherSham.gov

George Neumayr | 2.27.09 @ 6:09AM

Americans now enjoy the privilege of tracking tyranny online.

Politics

Hide the Amendments

W. James Antle, III | 2.27.09 @ 6:09AM

Will restrictions on taxpayer funding of abortion disappear during the congressional appropriations process?

topics: Abortion

Political Hay

Saving Senator Burris

Daniel Oliver | 2.27.09 @ 6:08AM

This Trial Blazer's résumé is far more impressive than President Obama's.

Special Report

No Offense

Windsor Mann | 2.27.09 @ 6:07AM

President Obama is determined to abandon the one government program that has already proved it works.

topics: Iran, Russia, Missile Defense

The Public Policy

The Giant Flushing Sound

David N. Bass | 2.27.09 @ 6:07AM

Pay as you go has never sounded less appealing.

topics: Global Warming, Environmentalism

At Large

Russia's Dirty Big Secret

George H. Wittman | 2.27.09 @ 6:07AM

How do you say omerta in Russian?

topics: Russia, Organized Crime, KGB

Media Matters

Perma Frost

James Bowman | 2.27.09 @ 6:06AM

For a media culture frozen in its triumphalism, there's nothing like the recent movie Frost/Nixon.

Special Report

Reagan and Milk

Aaron Goldstein | 2.26.09 @ 6:08AM

Who did more to stop Proposition 6?

Political Hay

Is Dick Durbin a Racist?

Jeffrey Lord | 2.26.09 @ 6:07AM

Holder, Clyburn, and Sharpton silent at double-standard for Clinton and Burris.

topics: Democratic Party, Race

Campus Scenes

Shut Up, He Instructed

Christopher Orlet | 2.26.09 @ 6:07AM

Does freedom of expression exclude the right to offend?

topics: Free Speech

The Nation's Pulse

Working

Bill Croke | 2.26.09 @ 6:07AM

Odd jobs, except at Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory, have never seemed more memorable.

Another Perspective

Have Faith

Nicole Russell | 2.26.09 @ 6:06AM

Religious groups should trust not in the president's office of faith-based initiatives.

topics: Religion

Books in Review

He Was There

Mark Falcoff | February 2009

Peter Rodman was a wonderful and remarkable insider -- and better than anyone he knew how foreign policy is made.

Streetcar Line

Jindal's Perpetual Potential

Quin Hillyer | 2.25.09 @ 6:10AM

Americans on Tuesday night finally had a chance to see Governor Bobby Jindal in action.

The Investor

Selling Obama Short

Daniel Oliver | 2.25.09 @ 6:09AM

If Barack Obama were a stock, would you be buying or selling?

Special Report

Mardi Gras for the Right

Robert Stacy McCain | 2.25.09 @ 6:08AM

CPAC puts the "party" back in the Republican Party.               

The Public Policy

Repeal Health Care Fascism

Peter Ferrara | 2.25.09 @ 6:07AM

Obama rule will reform health care by allowing you less of it.

topics: Health Care

Among the Intellectualoids

The Doomsday Bias

William Yeatman & Jeremy Lott | 2.25.09 @ 6:07AM

The Senate looks set to confirm a failed prophet of the apocalypse as Obama's science advisor.

topics: Global Warming, Environmentalism

Political Hay

The Chicago 360

Chris Robling | 2.25.09 @ 6:07AM

Democrats in Washington and Springfield alternate between embracing and shunning Roland Burris. How long can Illinois' junior senator hold on?

The Public Policy

Republicans Return to Fiscal Conservatism

J.T. Young | 2.25.09 @ 6:07AM

Crazed Democrat spending has left them no choice.

Campaign Crawlers

Closed Door Politics

Richard Nadler | 2.24.09 @ 6:08AM

How a hardline position on immigration hurt the Republicans in 2008.

topics: Immigration, Republican Party

Political Hay

The Goldwater Lesson

Jeffrey Lord | 2.24.09 @ 6:08AM

As CPAC gathers, pollster John Zogby's warning and a look back at 1964.

topics: Conservatism, Republican Party

The Energy Spectator

Paved With Renewable Mandates

William Tucker | 2.24.09 @ 6:08AM

Harry Reid is determined to bring about an electricity shortage. Now that's dingy.

topics: Alternate Energy, Electric Energy

The Obama Watch

His Royal Fairness

Brett Joshpe | 2.24.09 @ 6:07AM

What exactly is Obama's position on the Fairness Doctrine?

Lifestyles Left and Right

A Stimulus Bill for Writers

Meredith Henne | 2.24.09 @ 6:05AM

Stimulating those creative juices, one earmark at a time.

Special Report

The Devil Made LBJ Do It

Daniel J. Flynn | 2.23.09 @ 6:08AM

When Democratic presidents violate civil liberties, J. Edgar Hoover is always to blame.

topics: Democratic Party, Civil Liberties

Washington Prowler

Lone Wolf

The Prowler | 2.23.09 @ 6:08AM

Tax dodging and the President Obama's economic advisory commission.

Another Perspective

Black and White and Red All Over

James Poulos | 2.23.09 @ 6:07AM

Is this country serious about transcending race or just giving the government license to monkey around?

The Public Policy

The Road to Legalized Plunder

Gary Wolfram | 2.23.09 @ 6:07AM

Rational ignorance, the "stimulus package," and congressional action.

topics: Public Choice Theory, Rent Seeking

At Large

Kosovo a Year Later

Doug Bandow | 2.23.09 @ 6:07AM

Washington resumes its destabilizing crusade, with Hillary Clinton picking up where her husband, and his successor, left off.

topics: Foreign Policy, Kosovo

Books in Review

Essential Company

Sir Martin Gilbert | February 2009

This is a long book, and rightly so.

Movie Takes

Sean Penn's 'Milk'

James Bowman | 2.23.09 @ 6:02AM

The Oscar winner's performance is terrific.