The American Spectator

Feature

The National Socialism of Obamanomics

James Srodes | May 2009

It's been tried before and found ruinous -- from our new May issue.

Political Hay

Irreconcilable Differences

W. James Antle, III | 5.1.09 @ 6:08AM

What Kent Conrad could learn from Robert Byrd.

topics: Health Care, Congress

The Obama Watch

The Pre-School President

George Neumayr | 5.1.09 @ 6:08AM

Obama will offer instructions on everything from tires to hygiene, but abortion is still above his pay grade.

Car Guy

Obama's Man From MADD

Eric Peters | 5.1.09 @ 6:07AM

Charles Hurley, the new National Highway Traffic Safety nominee, is eager to pull you over to check your breath.  

At Large

Admiral Wu Steams Full Ahead

George H. Wittman | 5.1.09 @ 6:07AM

China has a big PLAN in mind.

Buy the Book

One Second Too Late: America's Fate?

John C. Wohlstetter | 5.1.09 @ 6:06AM

William D. Forstchen, co-author of six books with Newt Gingrich, has novelized one of America's worst national security nightmares: the Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb.

The Nation's Pulse

Hooked on a Feeling

Nicole Russell | 5.1.09 @ 6:06AM

Barack Obama's poll numbers reflect the triumph of hope over experience.

topics: Barack Obama

The Current Crisis

Now That We've Won

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.30.09 @ 6:09AM

The rationale for the Obama administration's "war on torture."

Streetcar Line

The Facts on Fascism

Quin Hillyer | 4.30.09 @ 6:09AM

Why I won't back down.

topics: Fascism

At Large

"It's Not a Place, It's a Pathology"

Joseph P. Duggan | 4.30.09 @ 6:08AM

For Latin America, there oughta be a (private) law.

Political Hay

Not Fair Weather Friends

Jack Hunter | 4.30.09 @ 6:08AM

The Fair Tax may not be the best tax-reform idea, but its supporters are valuable activists for smaller government.

topics: Taxes

Special Report

Air Travel: Truce With Irrationality

Henry Gekonde | 4.30.09 @ 6:07AM

London to Boston isn't what it used to be.

Another Perspective

Where the Blogs Have No Names

Rachel Alexander | 4.30.09 @ 6:07AM

Anonymous political blogging has its pitfalls, but it is also an important form of free speech.

topics: Technology, Blogging

Washington Prowler

Flyover Launcher

The Prowler | 4.29.09 @ 11:26AM

Who was on board Air Force One over New York? And who is Louis Caldera?

The Obama Watch

The Velocity of Hope

Philip Klein | 4.29.09 @ 6:10AM

Barack Obama has moved rapidly in his first 100 days in office, putting him on pace to become a transformational liberal president.

Special Report

Reagan Defeats Specter

Jeffrey Lord | 4.29.09 @ 6:09AM

Senator keeps his promise of "hard hardball" by leaving GOP -- leaving Toomey the frontrunner?

Live From New York

The Tragedy of AIG

William Tucker | 4.29.09 @ 6:08AM

Why didn't the excellent Hank Greenberg move his company to New Jersey?

topics: Financial Crisis, Hank Greenberg, Eliot Spitzer

The Public Policy

Back From the Dead

F. Vincent Vernuccio | 4.29.09 @ 6:07AM

Specter's switch gives new life to the so-called Employee Free Choice Act.

topics: Card Check, Big Labor

Another Perspective

FDR and Obama: Their First Hundred Days

Burton Folsom, Jr. | 4.29.09 @ 6:07AM

Unfortunately, they did have much in common.

topics: Barack Obama, The New Deal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Great Depression

Political Hay

The Fight for the Survival of Free Speech

Peter Ferrara | 4.29.09 @ 6:07AM

Conservative activists are starting to figure this Obama game out. But there's a lot more work to do -- a lot more.

topics: Free Speech, The Internet, Talk Radio, Localism

The Nation's Pulse

Speaking Truth to Power

Lisa Fabrizio | 4.29.09 @ 6:06AM

You'll never believe who's come out of the closet.

topics: Aggrieved Minorities, Culture of Life

Campaign Crawlers

Toomey Talks

Philip Klein | 4.28.09 @ 6:10AM

Arlen Specter's rival discusses the upcoming race, his conservative ideology, and President Obama's job performance.

Special Report

Bring it on, MoveOn: The Cautionary Tale of Furious George

Jeffrey Lord | 4.28.09 @ 6:09AM

A defense from Reagan, an angry Stephanopoulos: the risks of prosecuting Bush and Cheney.

topics: Political Scandals, Criminalizing Policy Differences, Iran-Contra

The Nation's Pulse

GM vs. GGP: Bankruptcy the Way It Ought to Be

John Berlau | 4.28.09 @ 6:08AM

General Motors should have gone the way of General Growth Properties, whose malls won't have to go on summer furlough.

Political Hay

Soros Show Trials

Matthew Vadum | 4.28.09 @ 6:08AM

Guess who's behind the so-called Commission on Accountability that is out to punish the architects of the War on Terror?

topics: George Soros

At Large

The Bonfire of the Hispanities

Joseph P. Duggan | 4.28.09 @ 6:07AM

Live (still) from Mexico City, where grudgingly unhelpful Embassy personnel and CNN swine flu coverage are discomfited by a 5.8 earthquake.

topics: Mexico City, Bureaucracy, Earthquakes

Movie Takes

Is Anybody There?

James Bowman | 4.28.09 @ 6:02AM

Wonderful acting, except, alas, from Michael Caine.

Breaking News

Penn State's Anti-Veteran Bias

Mark Hyman | 4.27.09 @ 12:32PM

Move over Janet Napolitano.

topics: DHS, Veterans

Breaking News

Obama Sells Out Union Workers

F. Vincent Vernuccio | 4.27.09 @ 11:17AM

Repealing regulations that help union members see how their dues are being spent is neither pro-worker nor pro-transparency.

topics: Unions

Another Perspective

A Washington Nightmare

Joseph Shattan | 4.27.09 @ 6:08AM

Alice in Wonderland is politically hot, according to a former Bush-Cheney speechwriter.

Washington Prowler

Change They Weren't Waiting For

The Prowler | 4.27.09 @ 6:08AM

Obama seizes golf course. Also: Getting away from Robert Gibbs.

Lifestyles Left and Right

Canine Compassion

Marilia Duffles | 4.27.09 @ 6:07AM

Now the First Dog can help man's best friend.

topics: Dogs

The Nation's Pulse

What I've Been Hearing

Ben Stein | 4.27.09 @ 6:07AM

It's Springtime in America.

At Large

An Economic Retreat from East Asia

Doug Bandow | 4.27.09 @ 6:06AM

Trading with South Korea would promote American influence in the region and constrain China.

topics: Trade, South Korea, China

Political Hay

Obama and the Dogs of War

Peter Hannaford | 4.27.09 @ 6:06AM

This isn't Bo we're talking about.

topics: Barack Obama, Torture, CIA

Special Report

The Profitable Nonprofit

David N. Bass | 4.27.09 @ 6:06AM

Unholy profits for Planned Parenthood -- again.