The American Spectator

June 2010

Features

• That '90s Show

  A Republican House bets this isn’t the Clinton years all over again.

  W. James Antle, III

• The Great Prophet 6 War

  Inevitably coming soon: The execution of an Israeli war plan.

  Jed Babbin

• What Stupak Hath Wrought

  Is there still such a thing as a pro-life Democrat?

  W. James Antle, III

• The Empress of ObamaCare

  The recently passed health care law grants sweeping new powers to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Our June cover story — “America’s Most Powerful Woman.”

  Philip Klein

Note From the Publisher

• No Reverse

  Alfred S. Regnery

Freedom Watch

• Political and Economic Suicide

  Rep. Darrell Issa

The Continuing Crisis

• The Reading Mind and the State of the Book

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

On the Prowl

• On the Prowl

  The Prowler

London Calling

• When the Going Isn’t Good

  The only things to be said for air travel is speed.

  Paul Johnson

The Pursuit of Knowledge

• Not for Sale

  We have allowed too many things in our world to be priced.

  Roger Scruton

Eminentoes

• The Dirty Dozen

  Obama’s most outrageous nominees.

  Brian O'Connell

Capitol Ideas

• Barque of St. Peter in Troubled Waters

  First we need to recognize that something has gone seriously wrong.

  Tom Bethell

Presswatch

• Tea and Sympathy

  James Taranto

The Nation's Pulse

• Alphaomegaizing the Conservative Movement

  Daniel Oliver

Politics

• The Anti-Appropriations Committee

  An old-way plan to curb spending and realign politicians’ interests.

  Grover G. Norquist

The Environmental Spectator

• The Problem With Cap and Trade

  The bankers and traders of Wall Street and London should not be its main beneficiaries.

  C. Boyden Gray

High Spirits

• On Retreat

  “Nothing is so like God as stillness,” wrote the 14th-century German mystic Meister Eckhart.

  Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

• Making the LAX-JAX Connection

  Another installment of America’s number one Diary.

  Ben Stein

Conservative Tastes

• Rebels Without a Clue

  The youth culture has become very old, in more ways than one.

  James Bowman

Buy the Book

• Sean Hannity’s Time for Choosing

  The conservative primer for 2010.

  Jeffrey Lord

• Deadly Domino

   Dien Bien Phu — one of the biggest and most costly blunders in modern military history.

  Joseph A. Harriss

• Artful Shape Shifting

  David Remnick believes in Barack Obama.

  John R. Coyne, Jr.

The Slaughterhouse

• Exile Chic

  Theodore Roosevelt Malloch

Current Wisdom

• Current Wisdom

  Assorted Jackasses

Public Nuisances

• Public Nuisances

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

Last Call

• Rent

  Flying by the seat of your pants when you can least afford the exposure.

  Paul Beston