The American Spectator

Special Report

Miracles All Around Us

Patrick O'Hannigan | 7.2.09 @ 6:29PM

This July 4th weekend let us honor our nation's genuine community organizers.

The Current Crisis

Al Franken's Blue Ball

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 7.2.09 @ 6:09AM

And he should be red-faced about how he stole the recount, thanks to which he has been sentenced to serve at least five years in the U.S. Senate.

topics: U.S. Senate, Voter Fraud, Stolen Elections

The Environmental Spectator

Cap and Pollute

Jeanne Marie Hoffman | 7.2.09 @ 6:08AM

The sober green case against cap and trade.

At Large

An Enlisted Man's Point of View

George H. Wittman | 7.2.09 @ 6:07AM

Avoiding civilian casualties where possible is an integral element of American war fighting.

topics: Afghanistan, Taliban

Car Guy

Magical Thinking in California

Eric Peters | 7.2.09 @ 6:07AM

Zero to 40 in under 7 years -- that's miles per gallon, with no exceptions.

topics: California, Fuel Efficiency

Another Perspective

No Peace in Our Time

7.2.09 @ 6:07AM

An interview with Nobel Prize winning economist and game theorist Robert J. Aumann, translated from the Hebrew by Joseph Shattan.

topics: Israel, Middle East

Lifestyles Left and Right

It Can't Be Done

Reid Collins | 7.2.09 @ 6:06AM

Our out-of-service economy, lacking the personal touch.

Letter From Paris

Still Standing Tall

Joseph A. Harriss | July 2009 - August 2009

Did you hear the one about the lady who married the Eiffel Tower?

The Obama Watch

Cap and Trade Dementia

Peter Ferrara | 7.1.09 @ 6:09AM

The Obama-backed, House-passed bill is economically suicidal and scientifically grossly irresponsible. Its only justification is as a Democrat, left-liberal power grab.

topics: Global Warming, Cap and Trade

Eminentoes

Depp Out of His Depth

Andrew Cline | 7.1.09 @ 6:08AM

With Public Enemies, which opens today, Hollywoods adds to its legend as a gangsters' paradise.

topics: Hollywood, John Dillinger, J. Edgar Hoover

The Terror Spectator

The Road From Ground Zero

Shawn Macomber | 7.1.09 @ 6:08AM

Are we "winning the long war"? A conversation with ilan Berman.

topics: Islam, Iran, War on Terror

Freedom Watch

Exclusive: Grand Inquisitor Endorses Obama Health Plan

Thaddeus G. McCotter | July 2009 - August 2009

Michigan congressman discovers President Obama is channeling Dostoevsky. From our new July-August issue.

Another Perspective

Darkness at High Noon

Brett Joshpe | 7.1.09 @ 6:07AM

The greatest threat to survival that you may not know about.

topics: Nuclear Weapons, Electromagnetic Pulse

The Nation's Pulse

Beach Neurons and D.C. Craziness

Ralph R. Reiland | 7.1.09 @ 6:07AM

After the age of 20, they say we lose about 50,000 brain cells a day. What's Washington's excuse?

Lifestyles Left and Right

The Gilded Age

Lisa Fabrizio | 7.1.09 @ 6:06AM

We owe the so-called robber barons a huge debt of gratitude.

topics: Cornelius Vanderbilt

Political Hay

Reversing Discrimination

W. James Antle, III | 6.30.09 @ 6:11AM

The Ricci case shows what the politically connected can do to abuse anti-discrimination laws.

Constitutional Opinions

Supreme Confrontation

John Tabin | 6.30.09 @ 6:10AM

Alas, Sonia Sotomayor is not likely to be asked whether she will be more prosecution-friendly than David Souter proved to be in his final term.

topics: Supreme Court, Supreme Court Nominations, Confrontation Clause

The Right Prescription

Is ObamaCare the End of Roe v. Wade?

Jeffrey Lord | 6.30.09 @ 6:09AM

The president's health-care proposals target the right to privacy -- as Sen. Arlen Specter very well knows.

topics: Health Care, Privacy

Special Report

The Powers That Be

Matthew Vadum | 6.30.09 @ 6:08AM

Is ACORN squelching critical voices -- even that of House Judiciary chairman John Conyers?

topics: Corruption, ACORN, John Conyers, John Podesta

The Marital Spectator

D.C. Voting Rights

Hope Hodge | 6.30.09 @ 6:08AM

In a battle between civil-rights bureaucrats and black churches, D.C. residents seek a vote on same-sex marriage.

topics: Marriage Laws, Gay Marriage

Another Perspective

Tale of Two Churches

Mark Tooley | 6.30.09 @ 6:07AM

American Methodists avoid the splits that now characterize U.S. Episcopalians.

topics: Religion, Protestantism, Africa

Movie Takes

The Proposal

James Bowman | 6.30.09 @ 6:02AM

A funny movie, even if the humor is lost on the New York Times.

What's Still Great

The Men and Women of July 4

Ben Stein | 6.29.09 @ 6:09AM

Who and what protects us day by day?

topics: Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan

Enemy of the Week

Jackson Five Plus One

Enemy Central | 6.29.09 @ 6:08AM

It's not every week that our president is rendered irrelevant.

Political Hay

ACES Up Her Sleeve

Jeremy Lott & William Yeatman | 6.29.09 @ 6:08AM

To pass her climate bill, Nancy Pelosi made a mockery of democracy.

topics: Nancy Pelosi, Environment, Cap and Trade, Energy Tax

Another Perspective

Don't Jump

Bill Croke | 6.29.09 @ 6:07AM

The right to die in our national parks -- who picks up the tab?

topics: Suicide

The Right Prescription

Does Obama Care?

Lawrence A. Hunter | 6.29.09 @ 6:07AM

He tells seniors, take a pain pill and don't bother to call in the morning. But is that the bureaucrat speaking, or the man?

topics: Health Care

Buy the Book

A Great American -- A So-So Book

Larry Thornberry | 6.29.09 @ 6:06AM

Vin Scully is simply the finest announcer in the history of the universe.

The Nation's Pulse

The Consequences of the Culture of Death

Doug Bandow | 6.29.09 @ 6:05AM

Reflections after the murder of George Tiller.

topics: Abortion, Culture of Life