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Vol. 043 Issue 008 (October 1 2010)
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NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Obama's War
Regnery, Alfred S.
NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER Obama's War by Alfred S. Regnery AFGHANISTAN is often called the "graveyard of empires." It is also Barack Obama's Achilles' heel. He has nobody to blame but...
FREEDOM WATCH: It's Personal
Toomey, Pat
FREEDOM WATCH It's Personal by Pat Toomey PERSONAL FREEDOM IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN the highest and most important political goal of our great nation. To achieve it necessarily means that...
THE CONTINUING CRISIS
Tyrrell., R. Emmett Jr.
THE CONTINUING CRISIS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. August took a powder, and this respected journal of opinion conferred on Our President the title Worst President of Modern Times. A round of...
QUICK HITS FROM SPECTATOR.ORG
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR ONLINE Quick Hits from Spectator.org Obama's speech on Tuesday was reminiscent of the one he gave to dozing cadets at West Point last year. In that address, he complained...
WHY NOT THE WORST?
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
Why not the Worst? Obama has surpassed Carter By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. IT IS BECOMING APPARENT FOR ALL TO SEE that a man who made his name as a community organizer does not have the skills...
NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE BLOSSOMS - WITHOUT THE USA
Tucker, William
Nuclear Renaissance Blossoms— Without the USA The world is going nuclear while we're going nowhere. By William Tucker This summer china surpassed the United States as the world's largest...
CAN DINO DO IT?
Lott, Jeremy
Can DINO Do It? If this isn't the twice-defeated Dino Rossi's year, it's because he's running scarred. By Jeremy Lott Lynden, Washington Dino Rossi came through Washington...
IS IT TIME FOR A CONVENTION ?
Klein, Philip
Is it Time for a Convention? Article V of the Constitution is a not-so-secret weapon for opponents of ObamaCare and other federal outrages. By Philip Klein in august, Missouri became the latest...
THE BORDERLINE SPECTATOR: No Confidence
Antle, W. James III
THE BORDERLINE SPECTATOR No Confidence Unionized customs and border patrol agents rebel against the Obama immigration czars. by W. James Antle III The obama administration has finally met a...
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE: Politics as a Profession
Scruton, Roger
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE Politics as a Profession by Roger Scruton Angelo codevilla's examination of the American political class in The American Spectator of July this year will surely take...
THE PUBLIC POLICY: The Next Leap Forward on the Road to Serfdom
Norquist, Grover G.
THE PUBLIC POLICY The Next Leap Forward on the Road to Serfdom by Grover G. Norquist The growth of government in America has not been gradual. Rather, government spending has remained a...
THE NATION'S PULSE: California's Green Nightmare
Moore, Stephen
THE NATION'S PULSE California's Green Nightmare by Stephen Moore IT's hard to know where the fairy tale of "green jobs" first came from. It was probably a clever marketing scheme by radical...
PRESS WATCH: The Klein Clan
Taranto, James
PRESSWATCH The Klein Clan by James Taranto Journalistic bias has traditionally been a matter of groupthink. "For decades liberal media elites were able to define current debates by all...
THE NATION'S PULSE: A Big Cheer for Sidney Harman
Murchison, William
THE NATION'S PULSE A Big Cheer for Sidney Harman by William Murchison ME, I PUT UP WITH LIBERAL JOURNALISM because I choose to. The point is, these days I don't have to. Neither does anyone...
CAPITOL IDEAS: What's Up in San Francisco?
Bethell, Tom
CAPITOL IDEAS What's Up in San Francisco? by Tom Bethell The evening before i was due to fly to San Francisco, with car rental a priority, my wife discovered that my driver's license had...
THE ANNAPOLIS SPECTATOR: Go Navy!
Hyman, Mark
THE ANNAPOLIS SPECTATOR Go Navy! Why this year's Heisman matters by Mark Hyman A mind-numbing number of awards are handed out each year with great fanfare. Actors, singers, athletes,...
THE MISSILE DEFENSE SPECTATOR: At Sea on an Aegis Destroyer
Train, John
THE MISSILE DEFENSE SPECTATOR At Sea on an Aegis Destroyer by John Train The attack, when it came, developed fast. The left-hand radar screen was displaying the coast of China; the right one,...
POLITICS: Absentee Minded
Fund, John H.
POLITICS Absentee Minded by John H. Fund THIS YEAR MORE VOTERS THAN EVER Will cast ballots before Election Day. The result may be that in a world where everything seems to move faster we will...
HIGH SPIRITS: Conrad Black Is Free
Aitken, Jonathan
HIGH SPIRITS Conrad Black Is Free by Jonathan Aitken Conrad black is free. As the old hymn puts it: The prisoner leaps to lose his chains. Hallelujah! Such sentiments, if not in hymn-singing...
BEN STEIN'S DIARY: Late Summer Weekend
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY Late Summer Weekend by Benjamin J. Stein FRIDAY I am so angry. Phil DeMuth and I just had lunch at one of my favorite restaurants, La Scala. We had a good table outside and...
CONSERVATIVE TASTES: Our Norman Rockwell and Theirs
Bowman, James
CONSERVATIVE TASTES Our Norman Rockwell and Theirs by James Bowman In an episode of The Simpsons titled "Home Away from Homer," Homer Simpson's goodie-goodie neighbor Ned Flanders decides to...
JOSEPH A. HARRISS: Party Animals
McGregor, Richard
BOOKS IN REVIEW Party Animals The question is, how do they do it? They starved some 35 million Chinese in the late 1950s during Mao's disastrous Great Leap Forward. They threw the country into...
JOHN R. COYNE, JR.: The Schlesinger Syndrome, Updated
Felzenberg, Alvin S.
The Schlesinger Syndrome, Updated IN THIS UPDATED AND REVISED VERSION of the original edition, first published before the presidential election of 2008 and therefore not including an...
MATTHEW KENEFICK: Faith Without Reason
Reilly, Robert R.
Faith Without Reason Robert R. Reilly has written a book that may offer the key to both understanding and perhaps defeating the ongoing war of terror against the West. The book is entitled The...
REV. MICHAEL P. ORSI: After the Founding
Wood, Gordon S.
After the Founding Gordon s. wood, renowned scholar of the American Revolution, is professor emeritus at Brown University. In Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815, he...
MATTHEW VADUM: The Smallness of Saul
Hoffman, Nicholas von
The Slaughterhouse The Smallness of Saul Although alinsky is described as some kind of liberal left-winger in actuality big govern_ment worried him," writes Saul Alinsky protégé Nicholas...
PUBLIC NUISANCES: So Long, Suckers / Welcome to the University
Tyrrell., R. Emmett Jr.
PUBLIC NUISANCES R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. So Long,Suckers WASHINGTON They are beginning to die out, or at least to retire. So long, suckers. Surely the Clintons, Senator Jean-François Kerry,...
CURRENT WISDOM: Assorted Jackasses
CURRENT WISDOM Washington Post Under the headline, "Glenn Beck's gun-toting followers," spiritualist Dana Milbank traduces a model citizen for one little miscue in an otherwise irreproachable...
LAST CALL: Wasilla, USA
McCain, Robert Stacy
LAST CALL Wasilla, USA by Robert Stacy McCain When I walked into the Mug-Shot Saloon in Wasilla, the jukebox was playing "Sweet Home Alabama," and I felt right at home. It was a late night in...
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