The American Spectator

May 2010

Note From the Publisher

• Why the Tea Party Movement Is Important

  Alfred S. Regnery

Freedom Watch

• The Mount Vernon Statement

  Edwin Meese, III

The Continuing Crisis

• The Continuing Crisis

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

On the Prowl

• On the Prowl

  The Prowler

Features

• Rolling Back the Socialist Tide

  Where Maggie succeeded and Winston failed -- lessons for today.

  Andrew B. Wilson

• Arnold Beichman, 1913 – 2010

  An oral history and remembrance of a great adventurer and friend.

  Tom Bethell

• Citizens United We Stand

  The ruling that restored free speech to politics has the left in an uproar. But it will also test corporate mettle.

  Bradley A. Smith

• Will Petraeus Be Like Ike?

  As his achievements pile up, speculation grows that superstar Gen. David Petraeus will run for the White House. Our June cover story.

  Philip Klein

The Health Care Spectator

• The Audacity of Rope-a-Dope

  Obama promised a different kind of health care reform.

  Andrew Cline

The Pursuit of Knowledge

• On Defending Beauty

  Almost getting away with it on the BBC.

  Roger Scruton

Among the Intellectualoids

• How Dare You Teach Conservatism!

  And in Texas, of all places.

  William Murchison

The Public Policy

• Race to the Top -- Of What?

  The administration is taking on the teachers' unions -- sort of.

  RiShawn Biddle

Presswatch

• Bar Fight

  James Taranto

Letter From Paris

• What Price Supersonic Grandeur?

  Concorde's end came not with a whimper but a tragic bang.

  Joseph A. Harriss

The Nation's Pulse

• Stamped for Failure

  Welcome to California, where it pays not to work.

  Ethan Epstein

Politics

• First Things First

  Qualifying for a presidential run in 2012 requires serious team play in 2010.

  Grover G. Norquist

The Campaign Spectator

• Limousine Liberal

  Richard Blumenthal chases ambulances all the way to the Senate.

  W. James Antle, III

High Spirits

• Mother's Day Observance

  Meet Anna Marie Jarvis, the founder of the holiday we've celebrated every second Sunday of May since 1914.

  Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

• Orange Juice Unlimited

  Who could have dreamed of it a century ago?

  Ben Stein

Conservative Tastes

• Getting to Know Miley Cyrus

  Blissfully unconcerned that the Creator of the Universe could be anything other than an indulgent parent.

  James Bowman

Books in Review

• The Deal With China

  China's deal-making with the world's tyrants has thwarted Western efforts on development, human rights, and proliferation.

  Dan Blumenthal

• Bends in the Curve

  Reading the two books reviewed here should help to keep the Republicans thinking straight.

  Aram Bakshian, Jr.

• Beating the Yard Dog

  Bill Clinton and the death of American virtue.

  John R. Coyne, Jr.

• Comeback Conservatism

  Bob Tyrrell is the man for whom the term "stand-up guy" was invented.

  Ben Stein

The Slaughterhouse

• Paterson’s Predecessor

  Eliot Spitzer expected to become president.

  Mark Falcoff

Current Wisdom

• Current Wisdom

Last Call

• Indiana Spring

  Missing its very special bloom.

  Wlady Pleszczynski