The American Spectator

March 2012

Features

• Legacy Nation

  The issue of our time is not income inequality but income mobility, of which there is in the U.S. less and less. Are conservatives paying attention?

  F.H. Buckley

• Generation Twit: Revenge of the Professional Left

  The Occupiers’ real goal is to take down America as we know it.

  Charles C. Johnson

• David Axelrod, Lefty Lumberjack

  Obama’s main man will do whatever it takes to fell Republicans and conservatives. Where does his ruthlessness and drive come from?

  Paul Kengor

Note From the Publisher

• Another Obama Friend

  Alfred S. Regnery

The Continuing Crisis

• The Continuing Crisis

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

The Tax and Spend Spectator

• Tax Hikes in 2011: The Dog That Didn’t Bark

  The Taxpayer Protection Pledge alllowed Republicans to protect themselves and taxpayers alike.

  Grover G. Norquist

The Currency Spectator

• William Jennings Obama?

  Seth Lipsky

With the Tea Partiers

• A Tale of Two Movements

  The question of the Tea Party’s long-term impact on American government remains open.

  Ned Ryun

Capitol Ideas

• Making Abortion Graphic

  Tom Bethell

Presswatch

• The Truth Vigilantes

  James Taranto

Letter From Paris

• Is Sarkozy Dead?

  If he can make a comeback in this election, call him Lazarus.

  Joseph A. Harriss

The Campaign Spectator

• The Campaign as TV Show

  How televised debates defined the GOP presidential race.

  Robert Stacy McCain

The Energy Spectator

• Nuclear Since Fukushima

  One year later, there have be no casualties from radiation. But will the worldwide Nuclear Renaissance revive?

  William Tucker

Spectator's Journal

• The Mean Old Gray Lady

  Is it too late to say something good about the New York Times?

  William Murchison

High Spirits

• Preacher Maggie

  Was it a coicidence that Margaret Thatcher’s speeches had the quality of sermons?

  Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

• Poets of Construction

  From the print edition, Ben remembers Roy Ash from the Nixon days. Plus much more.

  Ben Stein

Conservative Tastes

• Pseuds and Artists

  The Artist redeems the act of turning to the past for reassurance, rather than instruction.

  James Bowman

Buy the Book

• Telling It Like It Is

  Matthew Kenefick

• Profiles in Courage

  A history of English philosemitism, by the distinguished Gertrude Himmelfarb.

  Andrew Roberts

• The Way We Live Now

  Joseph Epstein on the ever expanding roll gossip is playing in American public life.

  John R. Coyne, Jr.

• A Stand-Up Guy

  Arlen Specter was a party-switcher and political opportunist like no one in living memory.

  W. James Antle, III

Current Wisdom

• Current Wisdom

  Assorted Jackasses

Public Nuisances

• Catnip From the Egotists

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

Last Call

• My NASCAR Buddy

  A weekend at the races with Christopher Hitchens.

  John Berlau