The American Spectator

In the Colosseum

Who Built America?

Rep. Paul Ryan | from the October 2012 issue

The rebuilding begins this November.

About This Month

The Quality of Mercy

Wlady Pleszczynski | from the October 2012 issue

The Continuing Crisis

The Continuing Crisis

from the October 2012 issue

Libertines and other turtles.

High Spirits

The Games of August

Jonathan Aitken | from the October 2012 issue

The Church can learn so much from the Olympics.

Presswatch

False Balance

James Taranto | from the October 2012 issue

An official interpretation is not a fact.

Special Report

Another Obama Tape Surfaces

Jeffrey Lord | 10.5.12

Jeremiah Wright introduces candidate 18 days after Hampton University speech.

Campaign Crawlers

Mitt’s New Momentum

Robert Stacy McCain | 10.5.12

Romney’s debate victory strikes a spark at massive Virginia rally.

The Obama Watch

Can the Press Rescue Obama?

William Tucker | 10.5.12

Already on day two they were busily trying.

Another Perspective

Excuses, Excuses

Ross Kaminsky | 10.5.12

Somehow, in all their post-debate whining and spin, the Obamaites have forgotten to blame Bush for their man’s sorry performance.

A Further Perspective

Death Panel Rattle

Kevin Mooney | 10.5.12

Romney can move public opinion by further exposing Obamacare’s unelected board.

The Public Policy

Restoring the American Dream

Peter Ferrara | 10.5.12

How the economy can be booming before next Christmas.

The Nation’s Pulse

Stay on the Bus

Daniel J. Flynn | 10.5.12

Why won’t the inexpensive new Datsun be available in the U.S.?

At Large

Terrorists, Terrorism, and Terrorist Acts

George H. Wittman | 10.5.12

Refusing to seem them for what they are is just the response that their perpetrators like to see.

Campaign Crawlers

Mitt’s Biggest Turnaround Yet

Robert Stacy McCain | 10.4.12

Romney wins the first debate so decisively, even liberals can’t deny it.

The Obama Watch

It’s A Drag

George Neumayr | 10.4.12

Obama performs lamely against an energetic and effective Romney.

Political Hay

Romney’s Third Down Conversion

Matt Purple | 10.4.12

In which his debate performance was so strong that the author resorts to football clichés.

Another Perspective

Rephrasing Reagan’s Question

J.T. Young | 10.4.12

It should be: Are you going to be better off in four years?

Constitutional Opinions

Did Magna Carta Die in Vain?

Iain Murray | 10.4.12

It does appear so, if David Cameron’s cluelessness is any indication.

The Current Crisis

Autumn in New York

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 10.4.12

That means it’s time for the great Columbus Day Parade.

High Spirits

Advice for Septuagenarians

Jonathan Aitken | from the September 2012 issue

Getting one’s 70s right is an intriguing challenge.

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The Modest Researcher

Joseph Lawler | from the September 2012 issue

Meet Jim Manzi and the art of randomized field trials.

Ben Stein’s Diary

America’s Ants Come Home to Roost

Ben Stein | 10.3.12

Variations on a theme by President Obama’s Rev. Wright.

Special Report

Hannity, Daily Caller: Bombshell Obama Race Tape

Jeffrey Lord | 10.3.12

The two faces of Barack; Obama caught on 2007 tape pushing overtly racist politics on Katrina.

Campaign Crawlers

Whatever Happened to Truth?

Robert Stacy McCain | 10.3.12

Media enablers ignore the facts of Obama’s failure.

The Obama Watch

Obama the Colonialist?

Paul Kengor | 10.3.12

His views on the matter are crystal-clear. So why so much liberal denial?

Political Hay

What Romney Must Do

Aaron Goldstein | 10.3.12

For starters, remind viewers why Obama himself said he’d be a one-term president.

The Nation’s Pulse

Understating the Budget Crisis

James Piereson | from the October 2012 issue

How do you solve a problem like entitlement?

Another Perspective

How to Win a Debate

Roger Kaplan | 10.3.12

How Mr. Romney will have to come out swinging.

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Obama Carelessness

Ross Kaminsky | 10.3.12

Bruce Herschensohn’s prescient survey of Obama’s callous foreign policy.

The Public Policy

Capital Gains Taxes

Thomas Sowell | 10.3.12

If a country wants investors to invest, it cannot treat capital gains as ordinary income.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Orphan Obama

Ben Stein | 10.2.12

Has anyone ever seen such chutzpah?

Streetcar Line

Volleyball Mom Knows Better Than Obama

Quin Hillyer | 10.2.12

Wisdom from a middle-school gymnasium.

Media Matters

Romney Has Already Lost the Debate

Jeffrey Lord | 10.2.12

Media Research Center 25th Gala a graphic reminder: media bias to cast Romney as loser.

The Tax and Spend Spectator

Every Governor a Walker

Grover G. Norquist | from the September 2012 issue

Republicans control 24 states. Where are the rest of our Scott Walkers and Bobby Jindals?

London Calling

Oxford Embraces Cross-Dressing

Robert Taylor | 10.2.12

But never underestimate the lasting power of traditionalists.

A Further Perspective

Political Non-Science

Lars Walker | 10.2.12

One can almost prove scientifically that science and politics don’t mix.

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The Law Is Above the Lawyers

Allen Mendenhall | 10.2.12

Legal texts mean what they meant when written, as written. Neither more nor less.

Movie Takes

Arbitrage

James Bowman | 10.2.12

Richard Gere, as you’ve never seen him before — not!

The Public Policy

Cheap Politicians

Thomas Sowell | 10.2.12

You’re not likely to get the cream of the crop to go into the government when they would have to accept a big drop in income to do so.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Debating Mitt Romney

Ben Stein | 10.1.12

We knew who Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale were. And (alas) we know who Barack Obama is. But what about Mitt? He should tell us who he is.

Loose Canons

Back-Footing Mitt

Jed Babbin | 10.1.12

Wednesday night is Mitt Romney’s best chance to defeat Barack Obama.

Campaign Crawlers

Joe Biden Escapes from the Attic… Again

David Catron | 10.1.12

The VP on the loose in Boca Raton, scaring seniors and promising a free colonoscope in every pot.

Political Hay

Indefatigable

Robert P. Kirchhoefer | 10.1.12

Don’t for a moment underestimate Mitt Romney’s staying power.

A Further Perspective

Happy Durbin Day

John Berlau | 10.1.12

One year ago today, Dick Durbin’s amendment added to the damage Dodd-Frank is doing. Now consumers are to be hit even harder.

2065: America Fifty Years After Obama

Huang Chien and the Traveling Wave

William Tucker | 10.1.12

Chapter 6 of Mr. Tucker novel 2065, now in its fourth week of serialization, on America and China after the latter’s seizure of Pearl Harbor.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Obama’s America—and Mine

Ben Stein | from the September 2012 issue

In case you missed it — Ben’s Diary from the September issue.

The Public Policy

Suppressing Our Economic Power

Walter Galvin | 10.1.12

Is America supposed to be proud that its corporate tax rates are the world’s highest?

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Lives in Full

Larry Thornberry | 10.1.12

Joseph Epstein does it again, in what is his 23rd book.