The American Spectator

The Energy Spectator

Let's Build 100 Nuclear Reactors -- Again

Lamar Alexander | 7.10.09 @ 6:09AM

We did it from 1970 to 1990. Why can't we do it again?

topics: Energy, Nuclear Power, Climate Change

The Obama Watch

The Night and Day Economy

Philip Klein | 7.10.09 @ 6:09AM

In defending the stimulus, the White House wants us to believe that the state of the economy is simultaneously both better than expected and worse than expected.

Eminentoes

Jacked Up

George Neumayr | 7.10.09 @ 6:08AM

Sharpton is right: There is nothing "strange" about modern America honoring a corrupter of youth.

Political Hay

Center Stage

W. James Antle, III | July 2009 - August 2009

Republican primary voters must decide whether to play it moderately safe. From the July-August issue.

Another Perspective

Honduran Church Leaders Sympathetic to "Coup"

Mark Tooley | 7.10.09 @ 6:07AM

"We reject threats of force or blockades of any sort which only make the poorest suffer."

topics: Honduras, Manuel Zelaya

At Large

Theory and Practice of Revolution

George H. Wittman | 7.10.09 @ 6:07AM

What do we have in Iran? And would a new regime change the country's current foreign and defense policies?

topics: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism

Special Report

Mr. President: Don't Forget Southern Sudan

Peter Kuch & Daniel Allott | 7.10.09 @ 6:07AM

President Obama will make his historic first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa this weekend.

topics: Sub-Saharan Africa, Sudan

The Nation's Pulse

The Joys of Quitting

Braggadocio Jones | 7.10.09 @ 6:05AM

Sarah Palin sure knows how to make an exit.

The Current Crisis

Saving Liberty

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 7.9.09 @ 6:09AM

Obama's spending is costing us more than money -- a lot more.

topics: Personal Freedom, Liberalism, Government Growth, Deficits

Enemy of the Week

Coming and Going

Enemy Central | 7.9.09 @ 6:08AM

A president away, and a society in disarray.

Special Report

ACORN Sells Out the Poor

Matthew Vadum | 7.9.09 @ 6:08AM

Backing a developer and the use of eminent domain to remove poor people from their homes.

topics: ACORN, Public Corruption, Eminent Domain

Streetcar Line

Accentuate the Positive

Quin Hillyer | 7.9.09 @ 6:08AM

Criticism is important, but not enough.

topics: Barack Obama, Conservatism, Grassroots

Among the Intellectualoids

The Strip Club

Judy Bachrach | July 2009 - August 2009

Literary exhibitionism on full frontal -- or at least parental -- display.

The Obama Watch

Hard Knox

Fred Lucas | 7.9.09 @ 6:07AM

A convenient embarrassment to the Obama administration.

topics: Catholic Church, Gay Marriage

Eminentoes

The Jackson Trajectory

Mark Goldblatt | 7.9.09 @ 6:07AM

The King of Pop? Or the Lord of the Flies?

The Obama Watch

The Bush Doctrine Is Still Working

Peter Ferrara | 7.8.09 @ 6:08AM

The dictator-defending Obama Doctrine is not.

topics: Iran, Russia, Nuclear Weapons, George W. Bush, Nuclear Deterrence, Hugo Chavez

The Recession Spectator

The Receding Economy, Surging Spending

J.T. Young | 7.8.09 @ 6:08AM

The federal government now consumes more than America produced just a generation ago.

topics: Federal Budget, Government Spending, Deficits

Special Report

Honduras -- Riding Tigers

James M. Thunder | 7.8.09 @ 6:07AM

A warning to President Obama from John F. Kennedy.

topics: John F. Kennedy, Honduras, International Socialism

Buy the Book

The Dean of Suspense

Larry Thornberry | 7.8.09 @ 6:06AM

Read his books  -- maybe.

Another Perspective

Doin' What Comes Natur'lly

Lisa Fabrizio | 7.8.09 @ 6:06AM

Sing along with Alaska's Little Miss Sure Shot.

topics: Sarah Palin, Annie Oakley

The Nation's Pulse

Turtle Summer

Ralph R. Reiland | 7.8.09 @ 6:06AM

A reluctant champ and struggling terrapins.

Movie Takes

The Gangster as Rock Star

James Bowman | 7.8.09 @ 6:02AM

In Public Enemies, civil society doesn't stand a chance.

topics: John Dillinger, Johnny Depp

What's Still Great

Wal-Mart in the Wilderness

Ben Stein | 7.7.09 @ 6:09AM

A battlefield sanctified by American blood is no place for a Super Store.

topics: Civil War, Wal-Mart, Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee, Battle of the Wilderness

The Obama Watch

Obama's Conscience Claws

Matt Bowman | 7.7.09 @ 6:08AM

President Obama has a masterful ability to convince people he is their friend even while he attacks them.

topics: Conscience Rights, Pro-Life Doctors

Special Report

Jon Voight's Profile in Courage

Jeffrey Lord | 7.7.09 @ 6:08AM

Political acid tossed by New York Times -- another attempt to disfigure an American icon.

topics: Paul Krugman, New York Times, Jon Voight, Frank Rich, Robert Kennedy

The Right Prescription

Patriotism and the Public Plan

Robert M. Goldberg | 7.7.09 @ 6:07AM

As a sign of good faith, those politicians in favor of a public option should enroll themselves and their families in one now.

topics: Health Care, Public Option

Political Hay

Palin and the Politics of Familial Destruction

John C. Wohlstetter | 7.7.09 @ 6:07AM

A growing cancer on American politics.

topics: Sarah Palin, Dirty Politics

Another Perspective

Unnecessary Baggage

Ryan Young | 7.7.09 @ 6:07AM

Politicians are carrying on in favor of new federal luggage regulations.

topics: Regulation

The Nation's Pulse

The Egotists

Christopher Orlet | 7.7.09 @ 6:07AM

Saving our cities means never having to think about anyone else.

Books in Review

It Was a Very Good Year

Mark Falcoff | July 2009 - August 2009

There are two things that make Alistair Horne's Kissinger: 1973 very special. One is the author.

Political Hay

Sarah Surprises Again

Robert Stacy McCain | 7.6.09 @ 6:09AM

Palin's resignation confounds the punditocracy.

topics: Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Media Bias

The Public Policy

Markey's Moment

John Carlisle | 7.6.09 @ 6:08AM

Congressman resorts to witness intimidation to silence critics of cap-and-trade bill.

topics: Cap and Trade, Political Intimidation

Sports Arena

Roger and Roddick

Roger Kaplan | 7.6.09 @ 6:07AM

A tennis championship to remember.

topics: Wimbledon, Tennis, Bill Tilden

The Obama Watch

He's Zelaya and a Cheat

Jay D. Homnick | 7.6.09 @ 6:07AM

What does Obama know anyway, about Honduras or even Iran circa 1954?

topics: Iran, CIA, Honduras

Another Perspective

GOP Not Alone in Hypocrisy

David N. Bass | 7.6.09 @ 6:06AM

Selective cries of "hypocrite" are intended to silence social conservatives.

topics: Bill Clinton, Mark Sanford, John Edwards

The Nation's Pulse

The Land of Narcissus

Peter Hannaford | 7.6.09 @ 6:06AM

What Arnold Toynbee and Charles Murray understood about a society in disintegration.

topics: Self-Absorption, Facebook

Books in Review

The Prince of Philadelphia

Jeremy Lott | July 2009 - August 2009

Joe Queenan's Closing Time: A Memoir is without a doubt his finest book.