Brian Doherty, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
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by | Nov 16, 2012

In Congress party discipline is vital. Leadership craves a tight ship where all hands can be counted on to row in the same direction. So many congressmen bridled when, after stressing the need for eve… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

by | Mar 25, 2008

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in its first Second Amendment case since 1939. The historic D.C. v. Heller case involves a challenge to the District of Columbia’s total ban on the pos… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

by | Jan 31, 2008

ABC’s TV series Lost, whose fourth season premieres tonight, has multileveled mysteries and a cruelly withholding storytelling style that inspires passionate love and passionate frustration. The love … No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access…

by | Jun 24, 2004

“What’s in a name?” asked Shakespeare’s Juliet. This week, the Supreme Court gave a partial answer to the question. Not, they insist, anything necessarily incriminating. If a cop wants you to give him… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…

by | May 21, 2004

All men of good will are cheering the publication this month of the first volume of The Complete Peanuts, an ambitious project from Fantagraphics Books, most known as publishers of arty comics by the … No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

by | Mar 26, 2004

LOS ANGELES — Jack Valenti, octogenarian chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, made headlines this week for — yet again — announcing his intention to retire. This shouldn’t have be… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…

by | Mar 23, 2004

One of our era’s most enduring and complex epics of fantasy storytelling came to an end this month. It was 6,000 pages long, and chronicled one man’s rise through a fascinatingly imagined world, on th… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

by | Feb 24, 2004

LOS ANGELES — I was recently driven to vow bloody vengeance against the everyday supermarket plastic bag. As I recall, I was in a parking lot, fists clutched vainly around a crumpled, ripped, useless… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…

by | Dec 11, 2003

The Secret Service, believe it or not, showed great wisdom in giving a resounding “s’aright, homes” to the latest provocation from neutered pop star/formerly dangerous rapper Eminem. A track called “W… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…

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