The American Spectator

July 2010 - August 2010

Note From the Publisher

• Three Essential Words

  Alfred S. Regnery

Freedom Watch

• A Prescription for Fiscal Discipline

  It's one medicine Obamacare won't care to cover.

  Rep. Paul Broun, MD

The Continuing Crisis

• The Continuing Crisis

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

On the Prowl

• On the Prowl

  The Prowler

Features

• Have the Republicans Learned Their Lesson?

  And do they deserve to win big this November? And if they do win, do they know what to do? Can they ever be trusted again? A pre-election symposium, from our Summer Issue. 

• America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution

  The only serious opposition to this arrogant Ruling Party is coming not from feckless Republicans but from what might be called the Country Party -- and its vision is revolutionary. Our special Summer Issue cover story.

  Angelo M. Codevilla

• Mission Attrition

  How Arizona reflects changes in the country's immigration politics. From our new July/August issue, just in time for a federal lawsuit.

  W. James Antle, III

London Calling

• Brother, Can You Spare a Euro?

  The European Union is supposed to promote amity among its members. The result has been the opposite: hatred.

  Paul Johnson

The Health Care Spectator

• Starving ObamaCare

  Could a new GOP majority win a government shutdown battle over defunding the national health care law? From our July-August issue.

  Philip Klein

The Pursuit of Knowledge

• Shocking the Bourgeoisie

  Worn-out gestures of rebellion before an audience that long ago lost the capacity for outrage.

  Roger Scruton

Eminentoes

• The Delightful Voltaire

  An anti-statist for all time.

  Michael Johnson

The Great American Saloon Series

• Washington’s Cafe Mozart

  As German restaurants disappear from our midst, this Washington establishments remains a happy anomaly.

  Aram Bakshian, Jr.

Among the Intellectualoids

• Semantic Infiltration

  Fred Iklé

Capitol Ideas

• Our One-Term President

  There's no reason to compare his situation to Reagan's c. 1982.

  Tom Bethell

The Recession Spectator

• Obama’s Double-Down Gamble

  The White House has served notice that it will continue to apply both monetary and fiscal stimulus through the rest of this year if not longer, the $2 trillion yearly federal overruns be damned.

  James Srodes

The Public Policy

• How to Balance the Budget

   It can't be done by constantly chasing lower than expected revenues.

  Peter Ferrara

Presswatch

• We’re From the Government

  James Taranto

Politics

• Goon Democrats

  John H. Fund

High Spirits

• Rebirth in Harlem

  Sixty-five years ago today, a remarkable memorial service was held in one of London's great churches in honor of a then obscure German pastor and theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

  Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

• Have Gun, Will Travel

  Our gun-owning Diarist loads up in our Summer issue.

  Ben Stein

Conservative Tastes

• Shockless

  When outrage becomes predictable it ceases to be outrageous.

  James Bowman

Books in Review

• The Future Is Now

  John Allen's reporting on the Catholic Church is of the highest order.

  Matthew Kenefick

• The Nonhuman Animal

  Wesley Smith on the human cost of the animal rights movement.

  Rev. Michael P. Orsi

• Friends and Sources

  Jonathan Alter's insider take on Obama's glorious first year.

  John R. Coyne, Jr.

• The Freedom Agenda

  Arthur Brooks has written a fierce and necessary manifesto.

  Brian C. Anderson

Current Wisdom

• Current Wisdom

Public Nuisances

• Public Nuisances

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.