The American Spectator

home
ADVERTISEMENT

September 2009

The Obama Watch

  • The War on Watchdogs

    Inspectors general fight for independence, while Obama brings the "Chicago Way" to Washington.

    Robert Stacy McCain

Freedom Watch

The Continuing Crisis

Features

The Congressional Spectator

  • Blue Dogs Turn Red

    Democrats from conservative districts face a series of uncomfortable votes.

    W. James Antle, III

The Pursuit of Knowledge

  • Dealing With Iran

    There's a reason why paranoids have enemies: they create them.

    Roger Scruton

Eminentoes

Capitol Ideas

The Public Policy

Presswatch

The Nation's Pulse

  • News of the Weak

    Last May venerable Newsweek gave itself a journalistic Botox job. Is it any prettier?

    William Murchison

Politics

High Spirits

  • Kazakh Hospitality

    From the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, a report on the triennial interfaith conference known as the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

    Jonathan Aitken

Ben Stein's Diary

  • Plugging Away

    A reminder of the summer just past. From our September issue.

    Ben Stein

Conservative Tastes

  • Rotten Apples

    The unreality has settled in and there seems to be no way back.

    James Bowman

Books in Review

  • Brief Thoughts From Think Tanks

    A sampling of new offerings.

    Tom Bethell

  • Blown Away

    Signature in the Cell is a defining work in the discussion of life's origins.

    Dan Peterson

  • He Did It His Way

    Martin and Annelise Anderson's indispensable book, Reagan's Secret War, chronicles Ronald Reagan's methodical pursuit of a victorious but unrancorous end to the Cold War.

    Conrad Black

The Slaughterhouse

Last Call

  • To the Santa Barbara Station

    Fifty years ago today Soviet bully Nikita Khrushchev arrived in the U.S. for a ten-day stay.

    Wlady Pleszczynski

ADVERTISEMENT

Clip of the Day

Most Popular Articles

Who Castrated Ann Coulter?

David Catron | 2.6.12

The Delousing of a Movement

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.9.12

Justice Ginsburg Should Resign

William Tucker | 2.8.12

The Audacity of Obama's Secularism

George Neumayr | 2.7.12

Coulter Care

Peter Ferrara | 2.8.12

Thank Him, Santorum!

Jay D. Homnick | 2.8.12

Let Mrs. Obama Eat Red Velvet Cake

Aaron Goldstein | 2.7.12

ADVERTISEMENT