The American Spectator

Streetcar Line

Judging Obama's Court Nominees

Quin Hillyer | 5.8.09 @ 6:08AM

How about a little empathy for the Constitution and the rule of law?

topics: Supreme Court, Supreme Court Nominations

Another Perspective

L'Osservatore Romano and the Illuminati

George Neumayr | 5.8.09 @ 6:08AM

Paging Dan Brown: Did a member of the Illuminati get a job at the Vatican newspaper as a pro-Obama editorial writer?

topics: Catholicism, Abortion, Notre Dame

The Current Crisis

The Liberals Are Snickering

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 5.8.09 @ 6:08AM

But Justice Souter is oblivious.

topics: Supreme Court

Special Report

Three Cheers for Chrysler's Dissident Creditors

John Berlau | 5.8.09 @ 6:07AM

Bankruptcy court beats Obama nationalization any business day.

topics: Automakers, Bankruptcy

Eminentoes

High Priestess of Abortion

Mark Tooley | 5.8.09 @ 6:07AM

The Rev. Katherine Ragsdale, she of the view that "abortion is a blessing," will soon become the first female president of Episcopal Divinity School. 

topics: Abortion, Episcopalian Church

Lifestyles Left and Right

Men of Action

Nicole Russell | 5.8.09 @ 6:06AM

Religious conservatives shouldn't settle for words.

topics: Conservatism, Congress

Last Call

Daughter Boom

Paul Beston | May 2009

Thank heaven for little girls.

topics: Family

Breaking News

Conyers Kills ACORN Probe

Matthew Vadum | 5.7.09 @ 4:01PM

The House Judiciary Committee is backing down just as the case against the left-wing group is heating up.

topics: ACORN

Another Perspective

The Ordinary American

Robert Stacy McCain | 5.7.09 @ 6:08AM

Joe the Plumber versus the elite consensus that would shut him up.

topics: Free Speech

Special Report

No One Vouching for Them

Joseph Lawler | 5.7.09 @ 6:07AM

Putting teachers' unions, not D.C. school children, first.

topics: Education, Democratic Party, Washington, D.C.

The Nation's Pulse

The Map

Bill Croke | 5.7.09 @ 6:07AM

The well-traveled roads of a life out West.

The Investor

The Collectivist Fix Is In

Ralph R. Reiland | 5.7.09 @ 6:07AM

Once a symbol of the success of American capitalism, once the world's largest industrial company, GM is now subsisting on $15.4 billion in federal loans and asking for $11.6 billion more.

topics: General Motors, United Auto Workers

The Public Policy

The Reality of the New Deal

J.T. Young | 5.7.09 @ 6:07AM

Prolong the Depression it did -- but it never replaced the Federal Reserve and its monetary policy as the main culprit.

topics: The New Deal, The Great Depression, Monetary Policy

The Pursuit of Knowledge

Free Speech in Europe

Roger Scruton | May 2009

It is at risk, especially for critics of radical Islam.

topics: Islam, European Union, Free Speech

Political Hay

Dear Arlen

Thirsty McWormwood | 5.7.09 @ 6:06AM

How Specter should handle his not-so-senior moment.

topics: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Pennsylvania Democrats

The Obama Watch

Is Obama Delaying Economic Recovery?

Peter Ferrara | 5.6.09 @ 6:09AM

The president tries to tax, spend, borrow, and regulate our way to prosperity.

topics: Economics, Economic Growth

At Large

Pakistan's Time of Troubles

George H. Wittman | 5.6.09 @ 6:08AM

What's holding back its army at this critical juncture?

topics: Pakistan, Taliban

The Environmental Spectator

Award-Winning Boat Anchors

Paul Chesser | 5.6.09 @ 6:07AM

The phrase "global warming" is gone with the wind.

topics: Global Warming, Environmentalism

Political Hay

Shine the Light

Lisa Fabrizio | 5.6.09 @ 6:06AM

Don't hide the conservative message under a big tent.

topics: Conservatism, Republican Party

The Nation's Pulse

A Loan in the World

Jay D. Homnick | 5.6.09 @ 6:06AM

In a changed environment, do not expect to get your money back.

topics: Barack Obama, Joe Biden

Another Perspective

Selective Memory

Ryan L. Cole | 5.6.09 @ 6:06AM

George W. Bush wasn't the first president to make tough choices in order to keep the country safe.

topics: Civil Liberties

Books in Review

To Heller and Back

David Hogberg | May 2009

The Supreme Court has established that the Second Amendment protects an individual right, but the D.C. government isn't ready to let its residents exercise it.

topics: Second Amendment

The Energy Spectator

People of Plenty

William Tucker | 5.5.09 @ 6:09AM

Natural gas comes to America's rescue -- once again we luck out.

topics: Alternate Energy, Electric Energy, Natural Gas

Political Hay

Stand and Deliver: Opposing Obama's Court Nominee

Jeffrey Lord | 5.5.09 @ 6:09AM

A lesson from Jack Kemp on the importance of standing up for principle.

topics: Republicans, Jack Kemp, Supreme Court Nominations

The Obama Watch

The Four Pillars of Obamaism

Joseph Shattan | 5.5.09 @ 6:08AM

Will anyone dare call it the Obama Doctrine?

topics: Foreign Policy, Multilateralism, Soft Power

Special Report

The Unsinkable City of the Real Cinco de Mayo

Joseph P. Duggan | 5.5.09 @ 6:08AM

Outside of historically conservative Puebla, today is an optional holiday in Mexico.

topics: Mexico City, Emperor Maximilian, Battle of Puebla

Among the Intellectualoids

Justice of Empathy

Christopher Orlet | 5.5.09 @ 6:07AM

In his search for a Supreme Court justice, will Obama put Empathy over Expertise?

topics: Constitution, Supreme Court

The Nation's Pulse

Killing Time

William Murchison | May 2009

A once great newsweekly grows weaker and weaker.

In Memoriam

The Final Completion

Quin Hillyer | 5.4.09 @ 6:10AM

Of Jack Kemp, with gratitude.

Another Perspective

Republicans Looking for a Modern Inspiration?

Jack Cox | 5.4.09 @ 6:08AM

Jack Kemp cared -- in the best sense, often misunderstood by both left and right.

The Nation's Pulse

The Fundamentals Still Suck

Robert Stacy McCain | 5.4.09 @ 6:08AM

"Consumer confidence" won't fix the capital shortage.

topics: Entitlements, Obama, Stocks

Feature

The Fed Fails Upward

Peter J. Wallison | May 2009

Thanks to Washington's growing regulatory mood, the Federal Reserve is about to be handed unprecedented controls over the market functions of the American economy.

Special Report

Defending Mary Ann Glendon

Patrick O'Hannigan | 5.4.09 @ 6:07AM

For not allowing herself to be used by defenders of President Obama's appearance at Notre Dame, the Harvard law professor is being attacked as a tool of the former Bush administration.

topics: Barack Obama, Catholicism, Notre Dame

At Large

What's NATO for Again?

Doug Bandow | 5.4.09 @ 6:06AM

If we can't even count on our Czech mates, why prolong this farce?

topics: Russia, European Union, NATO, Afghanistan

Books in Review

Funny Money

Joseph A. Harriss | May 2009

Like it or not, today the euro is a fact of life -- and the impressive David Marsh has turned its history into a page-turner.

topics: European Union, The Euro