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Vol. 044 Issue 003 (April 1 2011)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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We'll Always Have Paris
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Regnery, Alfred S.
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NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER We'll Always Have Paris by Alfred S. Regnery There are good bureaucracies and there are bad bureaucracies, but they all share at least one thing: Parkinson's Law....
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Restoring Responsibility
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Lee, Sen. Mike
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FREEDOM WATCH Restoring Responsibility by Sen. Mike Lee "Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought...
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The Continuing Crisis
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Tyrrell, R. Emmert Jr.
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. February is no longer with us, as is President Barack H. Obama. He offered a 2012 budget of $3.7 trillion, leaving spending at historically...
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Quick Hits From Spectator.Org
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THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR ONLINE Quick Hits from Spectator.org After prohibition, the neighborhood tavern made a brief comeback. I have fond memories of being dispatched to fetch my father home...
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A Wonk In Sheep's Clothing
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Klein, Philip
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A Wonk in Sheep's Clothing For Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, the road to beating President Obama runs through public policy. By Philip Klein In news accounts assessing the likely 2012...
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Hispanic Conservatives
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Murchison, William
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Hispanic Conservatives Yes, Senator Reid, there are many of them, and the right will be a fool if it fails to take advantage of their availability. By William Murchison SI, ES UN PROBLEMA—y una...
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Comedy's Lion In Winter
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Nachman, Gerald
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Comedy's Lion in Winter The great Mort Sahl is alive and well and performing near San Francisco. By Gerald Nachman At nearly 84, Mort Sahl, the revolutionary political satirist who defied all...
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Nato Reconsidered
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Harriss, Joseph A.
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Re d Is it still our indispensable alliance? By Joseph A. Harriss With policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic slashing public spending and searching for ways to reduce military budgets, the...
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Too Late For George Allen?
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Iii, W. James Antle
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THE GRASSROOTS SPECTATOR Too Late for George Allen? by W. James Antle III In politics, things change quickly. George Allen began 2006 on top of the world. The son of the great Washington...
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Translating The Word
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Scruton, Roger
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THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE Translating the Word by Roger Scruton The 400th anniversary of the King James Bible has received only muted celebrations in the English-speaking world, and no...
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Beyond The Water's Edge
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Norquist, Grover G.
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THE CAMPAIGN SPECTATOR Beyond the Water's Edge Will foreign policy play a role in 2012? by Grover G. Norquist The dominant narrative of the 2010 Republican/ Tea Party landslide is that the...
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The Multicultural Delusion
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Bethell, Tom
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CAPITOL IDEAS The Multicultural Delusion by Tom Bethell Recently the British prime minister David Cameron gave a speech in which he said that multicultural-ism isn't working. French president...
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One Woman, One Vote
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Ryun, Ned
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WITH THE TEA P A R TIERS One Woman, One Vote by Ned Ryun One of the fundamental rights in our constitutional republic is the right to vote. But just as importantly, our free society is...
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The Boss Man Goeth
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Beston, Paul
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EMINENTQES The Boss Man Goeth George Steinbrenner's influence on baseball will long survive him. by Paul Beston For the first time in nearly four decades, baseball will welcome Opening Day...
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Actual Malice
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Taranto, James
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PRESSWATCH Actual Malice by James Taranto The editors of the New York Times must have been happy to get some "conservative" support for their smear campaign against Supreme Court justices. It...
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Mr. Johnson Goes To Change Washington
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Fund, John H.
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POLITICS Mr. Johnson Goes to Change Washington by John H. Fund Wisconsin is in the news for its epic confrontation between Republican governor Scott Walker and public employee unions. But the...
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My Daughter's Sikh Wedding
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Aitken, Jonathan
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HIGH SPIRITS My Daughter's Sikh Wedding by Jonathan Aitken My eldest daughter has just married a Sikh at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. I am rejoicing in the happiness of the newlyweds and have...
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Houston, We've Got A Problem
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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BEN STEIN'S DIARY Houston, We've Got a Problem by Benjamin J. Stein FRIDAY Here I am in Houston. I flew here on a Continental flight last night. It was an absolutely perfect flight. There...
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Preening To The Converted
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Bowman, James
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CONSERVATIVE TASTES Preening to the Converted by James Bowman Not long ago I went to a recital at the Kennedy Center in Washington by the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, a lovely woman with a...
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Midge Decter
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Rumsfeld, Donald
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BOOKS IN REVIEW Forever In His Debt Known and Unknown: A Memoir by Donald Rumsfeld (Sentinel, 726 pages, $36) Reviewed by Midge Decter Born in 1932, Donald Rumsfeld was too young to have...
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Dan Peterson
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Unger, Harlow Giles
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America's Virginian Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation By Harlow Giles Unger (Da Capo Press, 322 pages, $26) Reviewed by Dan Peterson Among the men who did the most for...
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John R. Coyne, Jr.
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Johnson, Paul
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Always Leave Them Laughing Humorists: From Hogarth to Noel Coward By Paul Johnson (Harper, 228 pages, $25.99) Reviewed by John R. Coyne, Jr. In this eclectic collection of highly readable...
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Joseph F. Johnston Jr.
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Ridley, Matt
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The More Things Exchange The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves By Matt Ridley (Harper, 438 pages, $26.99) Reviewed by Joseph F. Johnston Jr. THOSE OF US WHO ARE INTERESTED in evolution...
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Public Nuisances
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Tyrrell, R. Emmert Jr.
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PUBLIC NUISANCES R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Remembering Clinton and the Episodic Apologists WASHINGTON Frankly, I did not think of Chris Matthews as an Episodic Apologist until I watched his...
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Assorted Jackasses
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CURRENT WISDOM Yakima Herald-Republic An idealistic young Liberal activist misses his day in court: ELLENSBURG—A Tacoma man who was on his way to deal with a drug ticket decided to run from the...
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April Showers
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Hillyer, Quin
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LAST CALL April Showers by Quin Hillyer Whan that afrille with his shoures soote, the droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote, and bathed every veyne in swich licour, of which vertu...
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