The American Spectator

Political Hay

Democrats Called Foley Guilty of Sex Crimes

Jeffrey Lord | 10.9.09 @ 6:09AM

Will Pelosi, Jennings backers in media apologize to ousted GOP Congressman?

topics: Keith Jennings, Mark Foley

Campaign Crawlers

Marco's Million-Dollar Mo

Larry Thornberry | 10.9.09 @ 6:09AM

Game on in Florida Senate race -- and Charlie Crist knows it.

topics: Charlie Crist, U.S. Senate Races 2010, Marco Rubio

Buy the Book

A Brighter Shade of Paleo

W. James Antle, III | 10.9.09 @ 6:08AM

Paul Gottfried's engaging memoir of friends from the past.

topics: Conservatism, Neoconservatism, Paleoconservatism

The Nation's Pulse

Shine On

Christopher Orlet | 10.9.09 @ 6:08AM

Since the first days of the Republic the Feds have been into social engineering.

The Obama Watch

School Choice Even Obama Supports

RiShawn Biddle | 10.9.09 @ 6:08AM

Teachers unions are losing the battle over charter schools.

topics: Education, School Choice, Charter Schools

At Large

Persian Ego Rules

George H. Wittman | 10.9.09 @ 6:07AM

The driving force in Iran's nuclear ambitions.

topics: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmajinedad

Another Perspective

The First Ironman of Hawaii

James M. Thunder | 10.9.09 @ 6:07AM

Locally he was known as Makua Kamiano. On Sunday, the day after the state's annual Ironman Triathlon, Pope Benedykt will celebrate his canonization.

Washington Prowler

Losing It Over Scozzafava

The Prowler | 10.8.09 @ 6:10AM

Not a good day for NRCC chairman Rep. Pete Sessions.

The Obama Watch

The Patriots of 1966

George Neumayr | 10.8.09 @ 6:09AM

Enthusiasm for the country's makeover is the new nationalism.

Breaking News

The Nine Voting Lives of ACORN's Darnell Nash

Matthew Vadum | 10.8.09 @ 6:08AM

Is it ACORN vote fraud if he voted once as a man and once as a woman?

topics: ACORN, Voter Fraud

Streetcar Line

Pentagon in the Tanker

Quin Hillyer | 10.8.09 @ 6:08AM

Boeing's plane-ly unfair advantage in being awarded what Northrop Grumman had already won.

topics: Robert Gates, Air Force

The Current Crisis

White Collar Hero

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.8.09 @ 6:08AM

Kenneth Langone was targeted by Eliot Spitzer. On Monday he'll be grand marshal of New York's Columbus Day Parade.

topics: Eliot Spitzer, Kenneth Langone, Richard Grasso

Special Report

Ambulance Chasing -- From Kabul to Gaza

Ben Lerner | 10.8.09 @ 6:07AM

U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan may soon have to find themselves top international lawyers.

topics: Afghanistan War, International Criminal Court

Another Perspective

Is Your Bible Too Liberal?

Bill Barnwell | 10.8.09 @ 6:06AM

To make things right, the Conservative Bible Project wants some Scripture left behind.

topics: Religion, Bible

Last Call

Ending in Arlington

Wlady Pleszczynski | October 2009

In search of the essential Ted Kennedy.

Political Hay

Acting Like a Bunch of Christies

Peter Ferrara | 10.7.09 @ 6:08AM

How the Republicans can lose by underestimating their strength.

topics: Republican Party

The Right Prescription

Healthcare Reform for the "Party of No"

William Tucker | 10.7.09 @ 6:08AM

First government messes up the market. Then it calls for even greater regulation. It's up to the GOP to point out what's happened to private insurance.

topics: Health Care, Blue Cross/Blue Shield

A Further Perspective

Free General McChrystal

John R. Guardiano | 10.7.09 @ 6:07AM

U.S. Military Leaders should be encouraged to speak publicly about Afghanistan and other military matters.

topics: Afghanistan War, Stanley McChrystal, Robert Gates

Breaking News

ACORN's Pension Shell Games

Matthew Vadum | 10.7.09 @ 6:07AM

You'd think ACORN was a labor union, considering the trouble it's in for dipping into its workers' retirement funds.

The Obama Watch

O-lympics

Lisa Fabrizio | 10.7.09 @ 6:07AM

It's not too late for the president and Chicago's other losers to get back into fighting form.

Special Report

Price Fixing

Wayne Crews & Ryan Young | 10.7.09 @ 6:07AM

The misguided crusade against manufacturers' minimum prices.

Books in Review

Friends in Disagreement

Liam Julian | October 2009

Longtime friends Paul Nitze and George Kennan disagreed stridently about how to defend America during the Cold War.

Breaking News

SEIU Divorces ACORN?

Matthew Vadum | 10.6.09 @ 6:09AM

Has Obama favorite Andy Stern's union really cut its ties with ACORN? In the case of Dale Rathke, who could blame it?

Special Report

Pelosi to Polanski to Jennings: Why Sean Hannity Is Right

Jeffrey Lord | 10.6.09 @ 6:08AM

Obama safe school czar reprises NAMBLA: A green light for child molesting?

The Recession Spectator

Keynes' Uncertainty Principle

Joseph Lawler | 10.6.09 @ 6:07AM

Neoclassical economists and the financial crisis: an interview with the distinguished Keynes biographer, Robert Skidelsky.

topics: Keynesian Economics

Classics

The Involuntary Unemployment of John Maynard Keynes

Robert Skidelsky | 10.6.09 @ 6:07AM

How the apostles of Keynes became Keynesian apostates. From the August 1981 American Spectator. (See Joseph Lawler's interview with Professor Skidelsky in today's lineup.)

A Further Perspective

Atlas Is Shrugging

Ralph R. Reiland | 10.6.09 @ 6:06AM

Doctors will go missing.

Books in Review

Second Thoughts on Immigration

W. James Antle, III | October 2009

Christopher Caldwell on immigration, Islam, and a continent's demographic transformation.

topics: Immigration

Movie Takes

Capitalism: A Love Story

James Bowman | 10.6.09 @ 6:02AM

Michael Moore appears to be missing out on life.

The Obama Watch

Paper Bag 1, Obama 0

Jeremy Lott | 10.5.09 @ 6:08AM

Can Barack Obama argue his way out of a paper bag?

Special Report

Now That Ireland Has Caved

Doug Bandow | 10.5.09 @ 6:08AM

The Lisbon Treaty brigade will still have to wait until the fat (Czech) lady sings -- and watch out if David Cameron becomes Prime Minister.

topics: European Union, Lisbon Treaty, Vaclav Klaus

At Large

Suicide Countdown

Michael Johnson | 10.5.09 @ 6:08AM

The French are reacting tragically to efforts to introduce "Anglo-Saxon" economic reforms.

topics: France Telecom

Another Perspective

Leaking for National Security

John R. Guardiano | 10.5.09 @ 6:07AM

Why the Washington Post's publication of General McChrystal's Afghanistan assessment was a patriotic act.

topics: Bob Woodward, Afghanistan War, Stanley McChrystal

Eminentoes

A Familiar "New Face" at UNESCO

Rossen Vassilev | 10.5.09 @ 6:07AM

A former colleague recalls the Bulgarian ex-Communist recently named, with Obama administration backing, to head this key UN agency.

topics: United Nations, Communism

A Further Perspective

It Isn't About the Middle East Conflict

Brett Joshpe | 10.5.09 @ 6:06AM

The War on Terror should not be confused with resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

topics: Israel, War on Terror, Middle East

Books in Review

Revisiting Judicial Review

David L. Tubbs | October 2009

Instructive and lively reading from James MacGregor Burns -- up to a point.

topics: Supreme Court, John Marshall