The American Spectator

Eminentoes

Whatever Happened to Sam Tanenhaus?

Robert Stacy McCain | from the September 2012 issue

The author of a conservative “autopsy” is mysteriously silent.

Presswatch

God Save This Voluble Court

James Taranto | from the September 2012 issue

The Public Policy

Mediscared Silly

Stephen Moore & Peter Ferrara | from the September 2012 issue

Seniors will fare better under Paul Ryan’s reforms than they will under Obamacare.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Obama’s New America

Ben Stein | 9.7.12

A few notes on the Democrats’ final night.

Campaign Crawlers

Hope Turns Gray

Robert Stacy McCain | 9.7.12

Democrat convention shows Obama’s appeal fading with age.

The Right Prescription

The Charlatans of Charlotte

David Catron | 9.7.12

The lies told about Ryan and Medicare were alone enough to disqualify the Dems for re-election.

Letter From Paris

France’s Robin Hood Socialism

Joseph A. Harriss | 9.7.12

Will François Hollande’s soak-the-rich policies save or ruin the economy?

Another Perspective

The Whole Foods Hustle

Daniel J. Flynn | 9.7.12

Free-ranging chicken McNuggets will keep you healthy and solvent, assuming you widen your appreciation of genuine organic food.

A Further Perspective

One Small Step for Romney

J.T. Young | 9.7.12

The Republican nominee’s tribute to Neil Armstrong was nicely self-revelatory.

Eminentoes

Magnificent Irrelevance

Larry Thornberry | 9.7.12

Democrats hitch their wagon to a burnt-out star.

The Nation’s Pulse

Rootless in America

Christopher Orlet | 9.7.12

Why our opposition to hiring locally?

Live From New York

Serb and Spaniard

Roger Kaplan | 9.7.12

They are from small countries, but they are stage center at Flushing Meadows.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Bill Clinton’s Sham Night

Ben Stein | 9.6.12

And the Native American Elizabeth Warren was no better.

Campaign Crawlers

Disaster Drill

Robert Stacy McCain | 9.6.12

Obama headlines a Democratic convention plagued by bungles.

The Obama Watch

In Government Obama Trusts

George Neumayr | 9.6.12

The Democrats leave God out of their politics.

Streetcar Line

False Choices From a Failed Messiah

Quin Hillyer | 9.6.12

A boundless ego laid bare as he slams GOP’s “past policies.”

Special Report

God Among the Democrats and Republicans

Mark Tooley | 9.6.12

God has returned to the Democratic convention — but He never really went away this week, nor last.

Political Hay

Bull Matthews: The Media Plays the Race Card

Jeffrey Lord | 9.6.12

Obama media allies and the ratings oxygen of skincolor liberalism.

Another Perspective

Surveying a Ravaged Economy

Andrew B. Wilson | 9.6.12

Barack Obama will show you further evidence of his own greatness.

The Current Crisis

The Democrats in Convention Assembled

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.6.12

What a tiresome lot, and that’s not even including the moron contingent.

Live From New York

Farewell Andy, and Godspeed!

Roger Kaplan | 9.6.12

Roddick loses and leaves, tennis loses and continues.

Special Report

Ending the Economic Error

Ross Kaminsky | 9.5.12

If Barack Obama is allowed to “finished what he started,” government dependency is all that we’ll have left.

The Campaign Spectator

The Left’s Education Divide

Matt Purple | 9.5.12

At the Democratic convention, a choice between children and teachers unions.

Campus Scenes

Obama as a Faded Poster

James M. Thunder | 9.5.12

For young adults, a lost opportunity — not that he was going to give them one.

Political Hay

The Che Convention

Peter Ferrara | 9.5.12

The most left-wing Democrats in American history have gathered in Charlotte.

The Obama Watch

Carrying Obama’s Bags

Aaron Goldstein | 9.5.12

But role reversals are frequent in America’s party of bagmen.

The Public Policy

‘Bait and Switch’ Taxes

Thomas Sowell | 9.5.12

Those who think President Obama’s tax hikes will spare the middle class are only deluding themselves.

Another Perspective

Christian Pacifism Against C.S. Lewis

Mark Tooley | 9.5.12

Stanley Hauerwas’s boldly challenges a leading Christian voice of Just War understandings.

Live From New York

No Rain No Gain

Roger Kaplan | 9.5.12

What do you do during a rain delay?

Special Report

Taking Down Taibbi

Ross Kaminsky | 9.4.12

Leftist criticism of Romney’s business history is ignorant, hypocritical, and magically void of similar criticism of Democrats.

Political Hay

The DNC’s Bold Lies

Jeffrey Lord | 9.4.12

DNC website caught lying about party’s civil rights record: Wasserman Schultz, Virginia Senate nominee Kaine involved.

Loose Canons

Obama’s Ideological Convention

Jed Babbin | 9.4.12

Who are you going to believe: Romney-Ryan or the Dems’ lying eyes?

Ben Stein’s Diary

Now There Is No Hope

Ben Stein | 9.4.12

And by the way, where is the Change?

A Further Perspective

We’ll Always Have Clint

Larry Thornberry | 9.4.12

Tampa cleans itself up from a dizzying, rewarding week.

Among the Intellectualoids

Sorkin Slanders the Tea Party

Matt Purple | 9.4.12

And liberal culture goes into cardiac arrest.

Sports Arena

Saving Coach Ryan

W. James Antle, III | 9.4.12

If the New York Jets don’t make the playoffs, Rex may have talked himself out of a job.

The Obama Watch

Obama’s Dreams

Thomas Sowell | 9.4.12

Confident ignorance is a dangerous quality in a leader.

Live From New York

Princes and Kings and Princesses and Queens

Roger Kaplan | 9.4.12

Can’t beat Flushing Meadows for a great weekend of pro tennis.