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07/21/2014

A Tribute to the Onion's Middle East coverage: "We laugh, only that we should not cry."

http://spectator.org/blog/60023/tribute-onion

Let the world take note of the Onion and its incredible commentary on the Middle East. On Friday, it tackled the escalating conflict in Gaza with the headline: “Palestinians Starting To Have Mixed Feelings About Being Used As Human Shields.” The piece employs sarcastic understatement with aplomb, po…

07/17/2014

Micah Meadowcroft concludes that "this administration doesn’t take subpoenas and compulsions of testimony seriously." Read his analysis here:

http://spectator.org/blog/59983/darrell-issa-subpoenas-and-political-theater

Congressman Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, issued a subpoena to White House senior adviser David Simas, compelling him to testify at a Wednesday morning hearing exhaustively titled, “White House Office of Political Affairs: Is Supporting Candidates and Campaign Fund-Rai…

07/15/2014

Check out Lucy's featured article! What happened to the 1.3 million christians in Iraq?

http://spectator.org/articles/59960/middle-easts-christian-diaspora

Anyone who obtained too much power in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq had two choices: join the Ba’ath Party or die. Joseph Kassab, a medical researcher at the University of Baghdad, chose a third option—flee to the United States. Thirty-five years later, he describes his success here as “an American dream st…

07/09/2014

Thanks to Lou Ann Sabatier of DC Media for inspiring us in our last career lunch of the summer!

07/04/2014

Happy 4th of July from all of us here at The American Spectator!

07/01/2014

Salon's writers have been breathlessly issuing stories decrying the erosion of women’s rights and the weakened power of unions, with the sky falling down and “unwanted babies” lining the street and that darned “one-percent.” Ben Smith explores what this single-celled brain trust is up to:

http://spectator.org/blog/59815/saloncom-has-very-bad-day

06/30/2014

"But in all seriousness, how can anyone, even the bloggers at ThinkProgress, with their craniums so far up their rectums, be surprised that large, competitive businesses would raise their minimum wages even when there was no legislative mandate?"

Editorial Intern Micah Meadowcroft explores:
http://spectator.org/blog/59792/thinkprogress-tries-figure-out-whole-minimum-wage-thing

ThinkProgress would like you to know that Ikea will be raising its average minimum wage to $10.76 an hour for its American employees. The company has said it will calculate base pay by considering the cost of living at each of its store locations. In other words, Ikea’s goal is to provide a living w…

06/27/2014

Lucy Schouten explores the danger of the long-term goal of Sunni extremist group : to take over the Levant.

http://spectator.org/blog/59783/sectarian-war-across-middle-east-matter-semantics

There is something going on that I may not have told you about.It is really a matter of semantics, but it has turned out to be rather significant. You may have noticed the multiplicity of English translations for ISIS, the extremist Sunni group that has been terrorizing Syria and especially Iraq in…

06/23/2014

New Media Intern Megan Cairns explores Rand Paul's bill aimed at restoring Ex-Cons' right to vote. Take a gander!

http://spectator.org/blog/59738/rand-paul-wants-ex-cons-have-voting-rights

Rand Paul is hoping to rebrand the Republican Party as a party of opportunity and second chances with a bill that would restore the vote for those convicted of minor drug offenses.Currently, states have felony disenfranchisement laws with varying levels of severity, resulting in approximately 5.85 m…

06/18/2014

Summer interns enjoying today's career lunch at the Daily Caller!

06/13/2014

Check out Lucy's first feature article! http://spectator.org/articles/59620/iraqs-deadly-geography

The demographics of the Middle East have long clashed with the region's geography. Nowhere is this clearer than in Iraq, where the arbitrarily drawn borders enclose three distinct ethnic groups. Now, with violence from Syria spilling into Iraq, the region, and the world, are learning a tough geograp…