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Vol. 038 Issue 006 (July 1 2005)
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ABOUT THIS MONTH: Sun Spots
Pleszcsynski, Wladyslaw
ABOUT THIS MONTH Sun Spots WLADYSLAW PLESZCZYNSKI THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR FOUNDED 1967 R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR. Editor in Chief WLADYSLAW PLESZCZYNSKI Editorial Director GEORGE...
CORRESPONDENCE
CORRESPONDENCE National Monument The Real Clinton Library (TAS, April 2005)—however, this one is in Missouri. BOB WAWA San Jose, California Emergency Routine Mr. Asman can be thankful that it...
THE CONTINUING CRISIS
Tyrell, R. Emmett Jr.
THE CONTINUING CRISIS R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR. May exited unto history with more evidence accumulating of the colossal awe in which the Islamic world holds Godless America. Islam's amazement over...
Reagan at First Glance: He was golden and were young (and foolish)
Freeman, Neal B.
Reagan at First Glance He was golden and we were young (and foolish). FIRST MET RONALD REAGAN IN THE early 1970s. It was not, as someone might have said in one of his Bmovies, an auspicious...
Where Are My Juice and Crackers? Citizens along America's southwestern border have organized a Neighborhood Watch
Custred, Glynn
Where Are My Juice and Crackers? Citizens along America's southwestern border have organized a Neighborhood Watch. BY GLYNN CUSTRED 1tN EASTERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA...
Covering Crawford: Near the President's ranch, so far away
Rosen, James
"Covering Crawford: Near the President's ranch, so far away., SHAKIM; HANDS at the Christmas party for the White House...
We Aren't the World: Americans no longer have a rosy view of other nations. As a result, it's almost possible to conduct intelligent debates on U.S. foreign policy
Codevilla, Angelo M.
Angelo Codevilla Aren't the World Americans no longer have a rosy view of other nations. As a result, it's almost possible to conduct intelligent debates on U.S. foreign policy. N HIS 2005 INAUGURAL ADDRESS,...
Cigar Symphony
Babbin, Jed
BY JED BABBIN "Cigar Symphony" WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID, "Smoking cigars is like falling in love; first you are attracted to its shape; you stay for its flavor; and you must always remember never, never let the flame...
Getting Dirty in Real Time: Kiefer madness on Fox
Beston, Paul
Getting Dirty in Real Time THE LAST WE SAW special agent Jack Bauer, he was walking into a California sunrise and headed for the Mexican border, a classic Western hero on the run from the corruptions of law and...
Kerry's Quagmire: How the liberal media helped re-elect President Bush
Taranto, James
Kerry's Quagmire How the liberal media helped re-elect President Bush. HAT THE DEMOCRATS THINKING? n Kerry have "loser" writtener him? After all, he was not only Massachusetts Democrat but Mic a...
CAPITOL IDEAS: Challenging Conventional Wisdom About Cancer
Bethell, Tom
CAPITOL IDEAS TOM BETHELL Challenging Conventional Wisdom Is cancer caused by gene mutations? SCIENTISTS THESE DAYS TEND TO BELIEVE that almost any trait can be attributed to a gene. The...
ECONOMICS: Bearish on Buffet
Wesbury, Brian S.
ECONOMICS BRIAN S. WESBURY Bearish on Buffett BUFFETT IS BEARISH on the United States, and he's bullish on Europe. For the first time in his life, starting in 2002, Mr. Buffett entered...
HIGH SPIRITS: Knee Slappers
Aitken, Jonathan
HIGH SPIRITS JONATHAN AITKEN Knee Slappers DAUGHTER IN CHURCH IS A RARE EVENT. I am not referring to the polite titters that can greet the occasional sallies of pulpit wit, nor even the giggles...
THE SPORTING SPECTATOR: So You Wish to Own a Yacht?
Jonhson, Paul
THE SPORTING SPECTATOR PAUL JOHNSON So You Wish to Own a Yacht? BEAVERBROOK ALWAYS pronounced it "yat." He said, "Let me give you some good advice, Mr. Johnson. Hesitate a long time before...
THE PUBLIC POLICY: A Tale of Two Cities
Theodoracopulos, Taki
THE PUBLIC POLICY TAKI A Tale of Two Cities IT WAS SIX YEARS AGO, in New York City, and my wife and I were strolling through Central Park on our way to lunch. It was a beautiful autumn day in...
LETTER FROM PARIS: A More Imperfect Union
Harriss, Joseph A.
LETTER FROM PARIS JOSEPH A. HARRISS A More Imperfect Union N BRUSSELS, SELF-STYLED CAPITAL OF EUROPE, one of the oldest cliches is that "The European Union is like riding a bicycle....
THE SERVICE SPECTATOR: Language Barriers
Palmer, Mark
THE SERVICE SPECTATOR MARK PALMER Language Barriers HERE WAS AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT the other morning during breakfast at a smart hotel in central London. A middle-aged man asked a...
BEN STEIN'S DIARY: Doing God's Work
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY Doing God's Work by Benjamin J. Stein SATURDAY WHEN I AM IN Washington, D.C., there is a particular restaurant in Foggy Bottom that I favor. It's called the dining room of the...
THE TALKIES: Star Turns
Bowman, James
THE TALKIES JAMES BOWMAN Star Turns SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER SEASON is a good time for reflection upon the essential ephemerality of the movies, or at least of most movies. I didn't see the latest...
Serious in the Afternoon
Lewine, Edward
BOOKS IN REVIEW "Serious in the Afternoon" Bruce Schoenfeld is a frequent contributor to numerous national magazines, including Sports Illustrated, Wine Spectator, Men's Health, and Travel &...
No Strings Attached
Faber, Tony
BOOKS IN REVIEW "No Strings Attached" some professionals and executives but others common laborers who have saved their money all year, who well know the difference between good bullfighting and bad (and would be...
In a League of His Own
McdDonald, Forrest
BOOKS IN REVIEW "In a League of His Own" FORREST MCDONALD'S Recovering the Past is a hitchhiker's guide to the historian's galaxy, an account of a lifetime spent in correcting the errors of his...
Measuring Greatness
Rogers, Guy MacLean
BOOKS IN REVIEW "Measuring Greatness" of history, where the facts dictate what the conclusions should be, and not the other way around. They also disclose that history is hard work, recovered from original sources. The...
High Fidelity
Weller, Sarn
BOOKS IN REVIEW "High Fidelity"(throughout his campaign, he kept a copy of the Iliad, annotated by his tutor, Aristotle, under his pillow). His army committed atrocities, but for the most part these were no more...
BLIC NUISANCES: The Posner Report/Send in the Clowns
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
PUBLIC NUISANCES R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR. The Posner Report WASHINGTON J UDGE RICHARD A. POSNER WAS IN TOWN for a public appearance the other night, and as he is a leading candidate for the title...
CURRENT WISDOM
Jackasses, Assorted
CURRENT WISDOM The Great Books Series At the end of 432 pages chronicling the Clinton administration's eight-year concatenation of failure, mediocrity, lies, obstructions ofjustice, and...
LAST CALL: Extra Credit
Neumayr, George
LAST CALL GEORGE NEUMAYR Extra Credit N 1999, A TEENAGER BROKE THE STORY of Deep Throat's identity as Mark Felt in a high school history term paper. He got a B on it. Or "something ridiculous...
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