The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

Treasury This Moment

The Prowler | 3.6.09 @ 6:10AM

Another subcabinet nominee withdraws -- and Timothy Geithner and his boss are the main reason for what is a burgeoning fiasco in filling slots and making policy.

Streetcar Line

Cox Exchange

Quin Hillyer | 3.6.09 @ 6:10AM

Replacing smears with the truth about former SEC head Christopher Cox, the left's scapegoat for the credit crisis if not the entire recession.

topics: Financial Crisis, Recession

The Nation's Pulse

Big Girls Don't Cry

James Poulos | 3.6.09 @ 6:08AM

The hip-hop sounds of domestic violence, starring Rihanna and Chris Brown.

The Public Policy

O'Malley's Hot Air

William Yeatman & Jeremy Lott | 3.6.09 @ 6:07AM

Maryland's Democrat governor pushes ahead with "smart green" anti-global warming measures that can only be described as economically stupid -- even if his one-party state weren't in a severe recession.

topics: Global Warming, Democratic Party

At Large

Afghan Proving Ground

George H. Wittman | 3.6.09 @ 6:07AM

In that double-dealing way of his, President Obama flip-flops on troop reinforcement and targets Karzai as the next Diem.

topics: Afghanistan, Taliban

Sports Arena

Pigskin Spring

Paul Beston | 3.6.09 @ 6:07AM

The USFL mounts a comeback.

topics: Professional Football

Live From New York

Alec Baldwin, Right on Taxes

Mark Goldblatt | 3.6.09 @ 6:06AM

A great character actor now walks on the Supply Side as well as the West Side.

topics: Taxes, Supply-Side Economics

Special Report

The Right to Development (in Gaza)

Joseph Shattan | 3.5.09 @ 6:08AM

What was once thought an international right now applies only to Palestinians.

topics: Israel, Middle East

The Current Crisis

Rush to Rush

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.5.09 @ 6:08AM

Paul Begala is the loveliest of them all, with Kathleen Parker a close second.

At Large

Their Word Is Our Bond

Jay D. Homnick | 3.5.09 @ 6:07AM

Does China want the U.S. to adopt Obama socialism?

Another Perspective

Don't Give Up on Jindal

Ryan L. Cole | 3.5.09 @ 6:07AM

It will take more than one maladroit speech to halt this star's rise.

topics: Republican Party

Feature

A Modern-Day Bleak House

Ronald D. Rotunda | March 2009

The legal inheritance of Anna Nicole Smith.

Media Matters

Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

Nicole Russell | 3.5.09 @ 6:06AM

A story of guns, privacy, and the press in Arkansas.

topics: Second Amendment

The Obama Watch

Obama's Fantasy Budget

Peter Ferrara | 3.4.09 @ 6:08AM

it's nothing but a shameless exercise in left-wing extremism. There are no two ways around it.

topics: Taxes, Federal Budget, Economic Growth

Special Report

Sebelius and Kmiec Catholicism

Matt Bowman | 3.4.09 @ 6:08AM

In nominating Kathleen Sebelius to serve as his HHS Secretary, President Obama has again moved to undermine Catholic pro-life efforts.

topics: Catholicism, Abortion

The Nation's Pulse

Stuck in a Moment

Daniel J. Flynn | 3.4.09 @ 6:07AM

And U2 can't get out of it.

topics: Music

Eminentoes

Kid Conservatism

Jeremy Lott | 3.4.09 @ 6:07AM

What ever happened to the notion of parental supervision?

The Hell-Hole Spectator

Avoiding Disaster in Afghanistan

Stefan Halper | March 2009

The country is a land mine. If not handled properly, it will blow a hole in the Obama presidency before the midterm elections.

topics: Afghanistan

Another Perspective

Crossing the Delaware

Lisa Fabrizio | 3.4.09 @ 6:06AM

Just when you thought there's no reason for hope…

The Obama Watch

Gandhi for Capitalists

Jeffrey Lord | 3.3.09 @ 6:10AM

Could tea parties blossom into a national strike?

topics: Civil Disobedience, Political Protest

The Energy Spectator

Stimulated Energy

William Tucker | 3.3.09 @ 6:09AM

Live from UC Berkeley, the Coming Age of Alternate Energy, made possible by many a grant from the Stimulus Package.

In Memoriam

Mary Evelyn Stanley Denman, RIP

Ben Stein | 3.3.09 @ 6:08AM

Denman -- a good American cloth name. To my wife's family in Little Rock.

Political Hay

The Audacity of Cynicism

Tony Marsh | 3.3.09 @ 6:07AM

Presidential words eventually must meet reality.

topics: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan

At Large

Religious Persecution on the Horn of Africa

Doug Bandow | 3.3.09 @ 6:06AM

An early challenge for the Obama Administration.

Capitol Ideas

Poets Galore and Subsidized Poets

Tom Bethell | March 2009

Anyone still remember Elizabeth Alexander's performance at the Obama inaugural?

Special Report

Taxi Driver Dittos, Rush

Robert Stacy McCain | 3.2.09 @ 6:10AM

Limbaugh's legions are everywhere, even in D.C.

Washington Prowler

To the Left

The Prowler | 3.2.09 @ 6:09AM

Obamism marches on: Shauna Daly's new assignment. Charity ends with Obama. ACORN's national portal.

In Memoriam

Paul Harvey, Good Night

Christopher Orlet | 3.2.09 @ 6:08AM

The Voice spoke to all of us.

At Large

Israel Without Labor

Joseph Shattan | 3.2.09 @ 6:07AM

Shockingly, a historic party finds itself pretty much washed up.

topics: Israel, Middle East

Campus Scenes

Not Making the Grade

Ken Blackwell | 3.2.09 @ 6:07AM

Grade inflation and a sense of entitlement will not help American graduates compete.

topics: Education

The Energy Spectator

Bio-Fools

Max Schulz | March 2009

There are those who think turkey droppings and French fry grease offer a path to energy independence.

topics: Environmentalism, Alternate Energy