The American Spectator

April 2011

Note From the Publisher

• We’ll Always Have Paris

  Alfred S. Regnery

Freedom Watch

• Restoring Responsibility

  Mike Lee

Features

• Comedy’s Lion in Winter

  The great Mort Sahl is alive and well and performing near San Francisco.

  Gerald Nachman

• Hispanic Conservatives

  Yes, Senator Reid, there are many of them, and the right will be a fool if it fails to take advantage of their availability. 

  William Murchison

• NATO Reconsidered

  Is it still our indispensable alliance? From our new April issue.

  Joseph A. Harriss

• A Wonk in Sheep’s Clothing

  For Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, the road to beating President Obama runs through public policy. Our April 2011 cover story. Read it now!

  Philip Klein

The Pursuit of Knowledge

• Translating the Word

  The 400th anniversary of the King James Bible has received only muted celebrations in the English-speaking world.

  Roger Scruton

The Grassroots Spectator

• Too Late for George Allen?

  He wants to be senator again -- but before he can take on Tim Kaine he'll need to win back grassroots voters who were going to make him president.

  W. James Antle, III

Eminentoes

• The Boss Man Goeth

  George Steinbrenner's influence on baseball will long survive him.

  Paul Beston

Capitol Ideas

• The Multicultural Delusion

  The Arab revolt of 2011 suggests the whole subject of multiculturalism needs to be revisited.

  Tom Bethell

Presswatch

• Actual Malice

  James Taranto

Politics

• Mr. Johnson Goes to Change Washington

  Wisconsin's new senator, Ron Johnson, is one reason you're hearing so much about his state these days.

  John H. Fund

The Campaign Spectator

• Beyond the Water’s Edge

  Will foreign policy play a role in 2012?

  Grover G. Norquist

High Spirits

• My Daughter’s Sikh Wedding

  Fortunately (from a new father-in-law's point of view), media portrayals of the Sikhs are false and terribly unfair.

  Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

• Houston, We’ve Got a Problem

  We really are pretty far gone.

  Ben Stein

Conservative Tastes

• Preening to the Converted

  Why would a lovely, revelatory talent like Joyce DiDonato bad-mouth Fox News?

  James Bowman

Books in Review

• Always Leave Them Laughing

  Paul Johnson knows everything about history -- and humor.

  John R. Coyne, Jr.

• America’s Virginian

  Among the men who did the most for the American Revolution, Patrick Henry is probably the least appreciated.

  Dan Peterson

• The More Things Exchange

  "Barter was the trick that changed the world," Matt Ridley writes.

  Joseph F. Johnston, Jr.

• Forever In His Debt

  With his new memoir, Donald Rumsfeld has cleared the air more than he knows.

  Midge Decter

Last Call

• April Showers

  Spring needn't celebrate only that life which is new.

  Quin Hillyer