The American Spectator

Constitutional Opinions

A Religious Test

Ken Blackwell & Ken Klukowski | 6.26.09 @ 6:09AM

On the sidewalks of Dearborn, Michigan, Christians need to be able to practice their faith too.

topics: Islam, Religious Freedom

Breaking News

Sticks and Stones

Ivan Osorio | 6.26.09 @ 6:08AM

The Stoning of Soraya M. opens today. It couldn't be more timely.

topics: Iran, Stalinism, Totaliltarianism

Another Perspective

Jeremiah Wright Foreign Policy

Mark Hyman | 6.26.09 @ 6:08AM

How quickly we forget about those who helped expose our future president to the world.

topics: Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Louis Farrahkhan

Freedom Watch

An Open Letter to the Pásdárán Generals

Ion Mihai Pacepa | 6.26.09 @ 6:07AM

topics: Iran, Romania

The Right Prescription

Free-Riding Lawyers on the Obamacare Bus

Gilbert Ross, M.D. | 6.26.09 @ 6:07AM

The president is asking everyone to sacrifice -- except the malpractice litigators.

topics: Health Care, Tort Reform

At Large

Conventional Wisdom on North Korea

George H. Wittman | 6.26.09 @ 6:07AM

It doesn't begin to enlighten.

topics: North Korea, Kim Jong-il

The Nation's Pulse

Troubling State of Affairs

Jay D. Homnick | 6.26.09 @ 6:06AM

The outer limits of wayward Republicanism.

topics: Republican Party, Corruption, Collectivism

Political Hay

Lights Out

W. James Antle, III | 6.25.09 @ 6:09AM

The expected House vote on an energy tax increase will be a lose-lose proposition for the Democrats.

topics: Taxes, Nancy Pelosi, Environmentalism

The Marital Spectator

Sanford and Sun

George Neumayr | 6.25.09 @ 6:08AM

The South Carolina governor comes back tanned, rested, and adulterous. 

topics: Adultery, Aristotle, Argentina

The Current Crisis

Robust Weakness

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.25.09 @ 6:08AM

Our unseasoned new president is a model of uncertainty.

topics: Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Iran

Eminentoes

The Political Suicide of Mark Sanford

Andrew Cline | 6.25.09 @ 6:07AM

He is guilty of far more than adultery.

topics: Conservatism, Republican Party

Special Report

Obama Plays Hardball With Watchdogs

Robert Stacy McCain | 6.25.09 @ 6:07AM

The independence of inspectors generals comes under fire.

topics: Inspectors General, Gerald Walpin, Kevin Johnson

The Public Policy

Standing Athwart Nationalization

John Berlau | 6.25.09 @ 6:06AM

Conservatives should still be yelling stop. A response to National Review.

topics: Conservatism, Bailout

The Obama Watch

The Obama Olympics

Aaron Goldstein | 6.25.09 @ 6:06AM

topics: Olympic Games, Chicago, Richard M. Daley

In Memoriam

We've Lost a Best Friend

Ben Stein | 6.24.09 @ 1:37PM

Ed McMahon, RIP.

Constitutional Opinions

Third Branch Conservatism

Manuel Miranda | 6.24.09 @ 6:09AM

It will be a mark of failed Republican leadership if a confirmation vote on Sonia Sotomayor occurs before the August recess.

topics: Republican Party, Supreme Court Nominations

The Obama Watch

Washington's Plot to Explode Your Taxes

Peter Ferrara | 6.24.09 @ 6:08AM

How else will the Obama plan meet its goal of total social and economic transformation?

topics: Taxes, Entitlements, Government Spending

TAS Live

The Last Chilean Myth

James R. Whelan | 6.24.09 @ 6:07AM

From the May, 2007 issue: Far from a friend to the United States, Michelle Bachelet is the latest in a long line of far left leaders in the tradition of Castro and Chavez. Read up on the Chilean president our president celebrated at his press conference yesterday.

topics: Chile, Michelle Bachelet

At Large

Sympathy for the Devil

Christopher Orlet | 6.24.09 @ 6:06AM

A French court is mired in moral confusion.

topics: Abortion, France, Infanticide

Special Report

Modernize the Military Now

John R. Guardiano | 6.24.09 @ 6:06AM

Secretary Gates is right about the future, but wrong about the defense budget cuts.

topics: Military

Another Perspective

High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Nicole Russell | 6.24.09 @ 6:06AM

A new report suggests overzealous prosecution of petty crimes doesn't pay -- for taxpayers.

topics: Law, Crime

The Terror Spectator

Obama Professes Toughness

Jay D. Homnick | 6.24.09 @ 6:04AM

The mullahs are shaking in their slippers.

The Public Policy

Nationalization Review

John Berlau | 6.23.09 @ 6:09AM

The magazine Bill Buckley founded supports expanding Obama's power to seize firms.

topics: Conservatism, Bailout

Eminentoes

Boxing With Barbara, Liz, and the Latina

Jeffrey Lord | 6.23.09 @ 6:08AM

Government power plus insecurity plus arrogance: the health care consequences for all of us.

topics: Government Intrusion, Government Growth

At Large

Why Do India and Pakistan So Furiously Rage?

Frank Schell | 6.23.09 @ 6:07AM

The strange legacy of a shared history.

topics: Pakistan, India, Kashmir

Another Perspective

Goldens Bearing Gifts

Ralph R. Reiland | 6.23.09 @ 6:06AM

Dog days at the beach worth many a lick.

Lifestyles Left and Right

I'm With Cupid

Eve Tushnet | 6.23.09 @ 6:05AM

Three's company in the eros-dominated production Design for Living.

Sports Arena

Duffers' Thanks

Reid Collins | 6.23.09 @ 6:05AM

It's a shut case who won this year's U.S. Open.

Special Report

Iran's Revolutionary Moment?

Ilan Berman | 6.22.09 @ 6:09AM

Any analysis must acknowledge that revolutions, properly understood, are notoriously hard to predict.

topics: Iran, Revolutionary Moments

The Obama Watch

Passive Unaggressive

George H. Wittman | 6.22.09 @ 6:08AM

Community organizing won't take you far in the making of a foreign policy that befits a great power.

topics: Foreign Policy, Iran

The Right Prescription

The Employer Mandate and the Alternative

James M. Thunder | 6.22.09 @ 6:08AM

Government should be incentivizing freedom, not its disappearance.

topics: Health Care, Obamacare

Political Hay

His Royal Fairness

Brett Joshpe | 6.22.09 @ 6:08AM

Fairness Doctrine or not, content regulation may still be coming under Obama.

topics: Fairness Doctrine, Content Regulation

Among the Intellectualoids

Shut Up, Cowboy

Bill Croke | 6.22.09 @ 6:07AM

It's not easy engaging the left in Missoula high country.

The Public Policy

Financial Affirmative Action Returns

Matthew Vadum | 6.22.09 @ 6:06AM

Rehabilitating the economy-wrecking Community Reinvestment Act.

topics: Global Financial Crisis, Affirmative Action

Another Perspective

Time for a Raise

F. Vincent Vernuccio | 6.22.09 @ 6:06AM

Which party favors higher wages for union workers?

topics: Unions, Republican Party, Big Labor