The American Spectator

May 2012

Features

• America in Transition

  You get to be the sex you think you are (and everybody else has to acknowledge it).

  Stephanie Gutmann

• Scott Brown’s Balancing Act

  It’s not easy being Brown in a blue state.

  W. James Antle, III

• A Time for Choosing

  Better that we become a nation of choosers rather than beggars. An introduction to our special symposium.

  James Piereson

• Empowering Individuals or Bureaucrats?

  The choice and the contrast in health care.

  Rep. Paul Ryan

• The Road From Serfdom

  Let workers choose: the New Deal, or a better deal?

  Stephen Moore & Peter Ferrara

• The Millennial Perspective

  Social Security won’t be there for today’s twentysomethings. Yet their piggy banks—and 401(k)s—remain empty.

  David N. Bass

About This Month

• The Choice Is Ours

  Wlady Pleszczynski

The Current Crisis

• The Ryan Budget Is for Everyone

  Static scorers need to think dynamically.

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

• Miss Fluke’s Fluke

  Instead of becoming more like Kirsten Powers, she’ll end up the next Gloria Steinem.

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

The Continuing Crisis

• The Continuing Crisis

  R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

Constitutional Opinions

• Mrs. Griswold’s Ghost

  One can only imagine what Potter Stewart would have made of Campaign 2012.

  Seth Lipsky

The Pursuit of Knowledge

• Made in Heaven

  David Cameron was way ahead of Barack Obama in “coming out.”

  Roger Scruton

With the Tea Partiers

• In Search of Americanism

  Republicanism has proved insufficient as a guidepost for American values.

  Ned Ryun

Capitol Ideas

• Intelligent Design at the University Club

  Good things are happening beneath the media radar.

  Tom Bethell

Presswatch

• This Was No Fluke

  James Taranto

Letter From Paris

• France’s Islamist Powder Keg

  How not to deal with jihadists.

  Joseph A. Harriss

The Nation's Pulse

• Meet the Flukes!

  Too many Americans today are “born without a skin.”

  F.H. Buckley

Politics

• Incumbency Shakers

  Incumbents are more entrenched than ever.

  John H. Fund

The Campaign Spectator

• Demography, Destiny, and Delusion

  Liberals’ focus on race ignores what really drives voter behavior.

  Grover G. Norquist

High Spirits

• God Saves the Queen

  Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee is something to celebrate indeed.

  Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

• Getaways

  Is Obama a commie or a socialist? This and other musings from an ocean locale.

  Ben Stein

Conservative Tastes

• Look Back in Hunger

  Our left-wing elites can’t even get dystopia right.

  James Bowman

Buy the Book

• All in the Family

  Jason Emerson’s new biography of Robert Todd Lincoln captures a man of impressive achievement in his own right.

  John R. Coyne, Jr.

• The Kultursmog Is Kaput

  Dr. Tyrrell’s obituary for the Obama era — but will the zombies retain control for another four years?

  Daniel Johnson

• The Devil Is in the Details

  Timothy Stanley captures the essence of Pat Buchanan and Buchananism.

  Scott P. Richert

• Two Cheers for Tyrannicide

  Jonah Goldberg catches liberals cheating again — big time.

  Aram Bakshian, Jr.

Current Wisdom

• Current Wisdom

  Assorted Jackasses

Last Call

• Oregon Tale


  A genuine American memoir in need of an e-publisher. Anyone interested?

  Jeremy Lott