The American Spectator

April 2010

About This Month

• Thinking Ahead

  Wlady Pleszczynski

Freedom Watch

• Out of Control

  How long before the market loses its faith in our ability to pay?

  Dick Armey

The Continuing Crisis

• The Continuing Crisis

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

On the Prowl

• On the Prowl

Features

• The Good Old Days

  How William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia set the stage for a conservative turnaround on the U.S. Supreme Court.

  Alfred S. Regnery

• Up From Ideology

  A conservative's definition of conservatism -- an essay adapted from RET's new book, After the Hangover: The Conservatives' Road to Recovery, published April 20.

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

• The Problem With Palin

  It's been quite a ride. But what has she learned? From our April issue.

  Quin Hillyer

• The Man With the Plan

  Paul Ryan's "Roadmap" to save America from its looming fiscal collapse.

  Philip Klein

• How to Clean Up Washington's Mess

  Republicans -- and the Fed -- have no time to waste.

  George Melloan

The Pursuit of Knowledge

• Gratitude and Grace

  Countries with strong gift-giving routines may be very poor at charitable giving.

  Roger Scruton

Eminentoes

• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

  Gore Vidal versus Christopher Hitchens.

  Aram Bakshian, Jr.

Capitol Ideas

• My Country Right or Left

  One problem with liberals is that they have no appreciation of the normal.

  Tom Bethell

Presswatch

• Censorship Inc.

  James Taranto

Politics

• Blowing Up Hawaii

  John H. Fund

The Campaign Spectator

• The Brad Ellsworth Test

  Can this Indiana Blue Dog still hunt?

  W. James Antle, III

High Spirits

• An American Church in Paris

  The first U.S. Church to be established on foreign soil is having a surprising renaissance.

  Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

• In and Out of the Snow

  Remember the record snows of last winter? Our Diarist does.

  Ben Stein

Conservative Tastes

• The Laughs Keep Coming

  The modern audiences, the serious side of life has disappeared.

  James Bowman

Books in Review

• Heavy Lifting for Berlin

  Don't miss Richard Reeves's engrossing new book about one of the Cold War's hottest episodes.

  Joseph A. Harriss

• An American Master

  Terry Teachout's definitive life of Louis Armstrong.

  Matthew Kenefick

• History as Gossip

  Theodore White worthy the Game Change crowd is not -- and not only because of their f-word proficiency.

  John R. Coyne, Jr.

The Slaughterhouse

• Get Rielle

  At least no one ever called John Edwards's flame a Breck Girl.

  Mark Falcoff

Public Nuisances

• Public Nuisances

Last Call

• Staying Alive

  C.S. Lewis, the last of the Latin letter writers.

  Katherine Eastland