The American Spectator

Political Hay

Twilight in Vermont

W. James Antle, III | 4.10.09 @ 6:09AM

The debate over same-sex marriage is no longer just about judges.

topics: Marriage Laws

The Right Prescription

Obama's False Choice

Philip Klein | 4.10.09 @ 6:09AM

How the so-called "public option" for health insurance would deny consumers choice, prevent real competition, and usher in government-run health care.

Streetcar Line

Blocking the Funds of Terrorists

Quin Hillyer | 4.10.09 @ 6:08AM

It's getting harder for U.S. financial institutions -- some now taxpayer-backed -- to back "Shariah compliant" policies that help entities tied to Iran-backed terrorism.

Political Hay

Executive Vacancy

David Mark | 4.10.09 @ 6:08AM

Who wants to be governor of Rhode Island?

At Large

Leading From Weakness

George H. Wittman | 4.10.09 @ 6:07AM

In Obama's case, that means running away from leadership, as in the case of the Iranian bomb.

High Spirits

National Prayer Bazaar

Jonathan Aitken | April 2009

America's National Prayer Breakfast is in danger of becoming an empty social ritual.

Books in Review

The Towering London

Midge Decter | April 2009

A brief but telling account of the soup of moral and intellectual confusion into which a significantly telling number of us Americans have currently gotten ourselves.

Breaking News

Three Presidents and a Hijacking at Sea

Jeffrey Lord | 4.9.09 @ 6:09AM

Lessons from LBJ, Ford and Reagan on what to do -- and what not to do.

Special Report

Hero of Our Times

Thirsty McWormwood | 4.9.09 @ 6:08AM

Let's lift our glasses to Ford's Alan Mulally.

Eminentoes

Obama, Noonan, and Blarney

Patrick O'Hannigan | 4.9.09 @ 6:07AM

Despite some misgivings about the president, the gifted Peggy Noonan cannot help but regard him as someone special.

The Obama Watch

The Real Public Outrage

Brett Joshpe | 4.9.09 @ 6:07AM

Becoming allergic to Obama-prescribed antibiotics.

The Pursuit of Knowledge

The Long Run

Roger Scruton | April 2009

Muhammad, Keynes, and the avoidance of personal responsibility.

Another Perspective

The Sun Hits the Spot

Jay D. Homnick | 4.9.09 @ 6:06AM

Taking notice of another interesting Jewish observance this Passover.

At Large

Obama's Unholy War Against Christianity, Not Islam

George Neumayr | 4.8.09 @ 6:08AM

He grants religious respect to Muslims who oppose America, not Christians who sustain it.

The Public Policy

Kennedy-Reagan v. Bush-Obama

Peter Ferrara | 4.8.09 @ 6:08AM

Taxes that work versus those that don't.

Special Report

Ninety-Two Years and Counting

Geoffrey Norman | 4.8.09 @ 6:08AM

Even our president doesn't know just how long the U.S. has been guilty of a "failure to appreciate Europe's leading role."

Another Perspective

Fathers and Sons

Joseph Shattan | 4.8.09 @ 6:07AM

A inter-generational exchange over who still possesses "moral authority."

The Obama Watch

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Strasbourg

Lisa Fabrizio | 4.8.09 @ 6:07AM

How do you say big bore in Austrian?

Eminentoes

Nuts to the Brown-Eyed Visionaries

Ralph R. Reiland | 4.8.09 @ 6:06AM

Time to boycott Brazil's top nut.

Books in Review

Lincoln's Decisive Switch

Jason Emerson | April 2009

An indispensable study on Lincoln's rise to greatness.

Special Report

Facile Accounting

Matthew Vadum | 4.7.09 @ 6:08AM

It's killing Arianna, but last week's easing of the mark-to-market rule is giving economic recovery a chance.

Media Matters

Goodbye to Old Newspaper Days

William Tucker | 4.7.09 @ 6:08AM

Nothing will replace the camaraderie that came with being a night-desk reporter.

Political Hay

Biden Blamed Bush, Gingrich for Virginia Tech Shootings

Jeffrey Lord | 4.7.09 @ 6:08AM

VP silent on blame in Binghamton, Pittsburgh killings: a lesson from Mark Levin.

Special Report

Flight Risk

Jeff Fulcher | 4.7.09 @ 6:08AM

A fiat currency-wielding Ron Paul supporter's encounter with federal airport security.

topics: Civil Liberties

The Nation's Pulse

Columbine Plus

Reid Collins | 4.7.09 @ 6:06AM

Ten years later, trying to make sure killers aren't allowed to remain "active shooters."

Books in Review

Taking a Walk on the Supply Side

Nick Schulz | April 2009

The timing of this book's publication is peerless.

Movie Takes

Taken

James Bowman | 4.7.09 @ 6:02AM

Progressive reviewers and others older than 13 were aghast, but torture has its uses in this CIA superhero flick.

Freedom Watch

Political Greed

Jim DeMint | April 2009

"Freedom is a fragile thing," Reagan said. Introducing Freedom Watch, a new monthly column in which a prominent public figure addresses growing threats to our freedom and what's being done to defend it -- "for it comes only once to a people"

The Obama Watch

Number One Without a Bullet

Jay D. Homnick | 4.6.09 @ 6:08AM

So in 1945 Barack Obama would not have done what Harry Truman did, he tells the world in Prague.

The Right Prescription

Switching to the Tune of the Times

Lawrence A. Hunter | 4.6.09 @ 6:08AM

Key critics of HillaryCare are now on board the ObamaCare Express. There's only one way to stop them.

Constitutional Opinions

Making It Up As They Go

William C. Duncan | 4.6.09 @ 6:08AM

In a novel approach, the iowa supremes claim to speak for a whole new generation.

Another Perspective

Marriage: A Hill to Die On

Robert Stacy McCain | 4.6.09 @ 6:07AM

The Iowa Supreme Court forces conservatives to fight.