The American Spectator

February 2010

Features

• Let’s Get Original

  Thanks to conservative political and intellectual success, originalism as a guiding judicial philosophy is here to stay.

  Robert VerBruggen

• Here Comes the Foreign Legion

  A great French institution shows no signs of slowing down.

  Joseph A. Harriss

• The Great Recession of 2011-2012

  And that’s only the beginning of a new Dark Age.

  James Srodes

• While America Slept

  President Obama has no use for American exceptionalism or any special relationship with English-speaking peoples. Our February 2010 cover story.

  Andrew Roberts

Note From the Publisher

• Suicide Prevention

  Alfred S. Regnery

Freedom Watch

• Who’s to Blame?

  Is this what Americans wanted, a federal government that spends a third of our income?

  Walter E. Williams

The Continuing Crisis

• The Continuing Crisis

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

On the Prowl

• On the Prowl

London Calling

• The Real Way to Save the Planet

  It is a pity Karl Popper did not live to see that Global Warming fitted perfectly into his model of a pseudo-theory.

  Paul Johnson

In Memoriam

• Recalling Amalrik

  The man who saw it coming.

  Michael Johnson

The Pursuit of Knowledge

• Music and Morality

  Plato remains our finest rock critic. 

  Roger Scruton

Capitol Ideas

• A Disgrace to Science

  For about a generation, the Western world has been coping with a politicized attack on science by the very people who should have been guarding its integrity.

  Tom Bethell

Presswatch

• Peer Pressure

  James Taranto

The Nation's Pulse

• ACORN’s Catholic Guardian

  Matthew Vadum

Politics

• Swiss Stunner

  John H. Fund

The Campaign Spectator

• Lou Dobbs’ America

  The hatching of a kinder, gentler immigration hawk.

  W. James Antle, III

High Spirits

• Acts of Forgiveness

  Forgiving enemies is one of the hardest commandments in Jesus’ teachings.

  Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

• Getting (Up) There

  Going to Kansas City — when I was 64. Excerpts from Ben’s monthly diary.

  Ben Stein

Conservative Tastes

• The End of History

  The art of the past has become a closed book.

  James Bowman

Buy the Book

• Reloading

  Daniel Oliver

• Undeniable Superiority

  Matthew Kenefick

• We’ve Got Mail

  You won’t want to miss Tom Mallon’s scrumptious new book.

  Katherine Eastland

• The Lion as Catholic

  What did Ted Kennedy’s memoir say about his Catholicism?

  Philip F. Lawler

• Reloading

  Sarah Palin has the talent and time to retool her image.

  Daniel Oliver

The Slaughterhouse

• Come On, Get Unhappy

  Shawn Macomber

Current Wisdom

• Current Wisdom

  Assorted Jackasses

Public Nuisances

• Public Nuisances

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

Last Call

• Born to Lose

  The likely winners of this year’s Super Bowl made sure it won’t be a big game.

  Wlady Pleszczynski