The American Spectator

The Continuing Crisis

The Continuing Crisis

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | from the December 2012 - January 2013 issue

Another Perspective

At Least I’m Enjoying the Ride!

Happy Jack Feder | 11.30.12

Ten End of the World Films to watch while the world ends.

The Right Prescription

Could Obamacare Go the Way of McCain-Feingold?

David Catron | 11.30.12

The “Affordable Care Act” might die a death of a thousand legal cuts.

Special Report

Ooh Baby It’s a Wild World

Daniel J. Flynn | 11.30.12

It’s a jungle out there for transanimals.

A Further Perspective

Argo Recalls Dark Days

Mark Tooley | 11.30.12

But like some much liberal opinion it misses the point of the Iranian Revolution.

At Large

Burmese Briefing

George H. Wittman | 11.30.12

The president doesn’t know what he’s getting into.

Car Guy

Sayonara, Suzuki

Eric Peters | 11.30.12

Cue “Taps,” as another automobile brand bites the dust.

Ben Stein’s Diary

Points of Interest

Ben Stein | from the November 2012 issue

As if Obama could just press a button on a computer game and “reset” relations so we are all friends.

The Hell-Hole Spectator

State of Insanity

Jay D. Homnick | 11.30.12

Why is the UN rewarding the Palestinian Authority this time?

Political Hay

The Quisling Consultants

Jeffrey Lord | 11.29.12

Steve Schmidt, Mike Murphy, and the political consultant-big government complex.

The Current Crisis

The Republicans, the Democrats, and Grover

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 11.29.12

So Republicans are supposed to stop being Republicans?

Another Perspective

The GOP’s Empathy Challenge

Daniel Allott | 11.29.12

Republicans are perceived as uncaring and aloof. That obviously has to change.

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Remixing the Melting Pot

John R. Coyne, Jr. | from the November 2012 issue

Tom Wolfe paints Miami red.

Feature

An Island Adrift

Matthew Omolesky | from the November 2012 issue

Britain and the future of Euroskepticism.

Eminentoes

Charlie Sheen Redeemed

Nicholas G. Hahn III | 11.29.12

On closer inspection, Two and Half Men co-star Angus Jones’ idea of “filth” may leave something to be desired.

A Further Perspective

Finding Hispanic Votes

Peter Hannaford | 11.29.12

Republicans have no choice but to start looking for them again.

Movie Takes

Lincoln

James Bowman | 11.29.12

Persuasive and eminently watchable — even if self-serving.

Political Hay

Blaming Grover

Ross Kaminsky | 11.28.12

Cowardice and appeasement won’t save the Republicans or the economy.

A Further Perspective

Claptrap About Compromise

George Neumayr | 11.28.12

It is the establishment’s euphemism for collusion in corruption.

Feature

Grand Old Parties

Michael Barone | from the November 2012 issue

The Republicans and Democrats retain their original character, more than a century and a half after their founding.

Special Report

Good Day for a Fiscal Cliff Hanging

Peter Ferrara | 11.28.12

A lot of Washington types are betting their careers on tax increases.

Eminentoes

The Sage Who Won’t Stay Put in Omaha

Andrew B. Wilson | 11.28.12

The world’s most irritating billionaire is back in town.

In Memoriam

The Honorable Backup

Larry Thornberry | 11.28.12

Let us here praise scrubs.

The Public Policy

An Overdue Book

Thomas Sowell | 11.28.12

If only every voter had read Stephen Moore’s new opus before Election Day.

Political Hay

The Next Mitt Romney

Jeffrey Lord | 11.27.12

GOP Establishment trumpets another Great Moderate Hope — Jeb Bush.

Streetcar Line

Barack Obama: From Beginning to End

Quin Hillyer | 11.27.12

Rear view shows what we can expect in future.

Another Perspective

A New Republican Agenda for the Future

Doug Bandow | 11.27.12

The GOP will deserve to lose even more in 2016 if it fails to understand why it deserved to lose this time.

The Tax and Spend Spectator

Bill Kristol’s Bad Argument

Aaron Goldstein | 11.27.12

Tax increases shouldn’t be decided on whether we like someone or not.

2065: America Fifty Years After Obama

The Mood on the Potomac

William Tucker | 11.27.12

Chapter 11 of 2065, Mr. Tucker’s novel in progress. This week: a glimpse at Washington, D.C., aka New New York, on the eve of China’s seizure of Pearl Harbor.

High Spirits

Religious Stirrers

Jonathan Aitken | from the November 2012 issue

Great minds made great waves in the Catholic and Anglican Churches.

The Pursuit of Knowledge

Jensen And Flynn

Thomas Sowell | 11.27.12

The friendly dispute between Arthur Jensen and James Flynn over the role of genes in IQ was a model of intellectual discovery.

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Smother Love and Unthink: What Happens When Good Intentions Yield Bad Results

Aram Bakshian, Jr. | from the November 2012 issue

In the realm of higher education, race-based affirmative action has produced all too much pain and all too little gain.

Loose Canons

Fiscal Cliff Diving

Jed Babbin | 11.26.12

Congress looks for a solution — or at least the appearance of one — to a problem it created.

Ben Stein’s Diary

A Friend Is Sentenced to Jail

Ben Stein | 11.26.12

Not a very happy birthday for your Diarist.

Special Report

Egypt’s Islamist Autocrat

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | 11.26.12

Mohammed Morsi is hardly the bumbler he was initially thought to be.

Political Hay

Smearing Rubio

Paul Kengor | 11.26.12

There are questions only conservative Republicans are asked.

Washington Prowler

Softness at the NSC

The Prowler | 11.26.12

Who edited the CIA’s talking points?

A Further Perspective

Did Corporate Downsizing Kill the Economy?

Andrew B. Wilson | 11.26.12

The editors of Newsweek thought so.

At Large

Afghan Requiem

George H. Wittman | 11.26.12

The American fighting man and woman deserve better than the leadership they’ve had this past decade.

Another Perspective

The Billionaire and the Young Mother

Mark Green | 11.26.12

Mo Ibrahim isn’t handing out his $5 million African Leadership Award this year. He’s a credit to the continent.