The American Spectator Archives The American Spectator • 35 Years,
347 Issues,
7,965 Articles,
21,115pp

Departments
Torcello, Isle of Refuge
Show MoreShow AllFinding...Find More
-
[+]
Issues of the 1970s = 9 Years, 77 Issues, 1,558 Articles-
[+]
Issues of 1970 = 3 Issues, 46 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1971 = 7 Issues, 134 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1972 = 9 Issues, 155 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1973 = 9 Issues, 180 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1974 = 9 Issues, 197 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1975 = 10 Issues, 210 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1976 = 10 Issues, 206 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1977 = 10 Issues, 227 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1978 = 10 Issues, 203 Articles-
[+]
January 1978 Issue = 19 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
- Pornography, Censorship, and the Cult of the Wild West by John P. Sisk, pp. 5-7
- He Seen His Opportunity and He Took Us by Philip Terzian, pp. 8-9
-
[+]
Paid Parenthood: Cui Bono? (Special Book Review) by Constance Horner, pp. 10-11 - 1 Review- All Our Children by Kenneth Keniston
- Amazon Journal by Kenneth E. Grubbs, Jr., pp. 12-13
- Education for A Different Whom by Mary C. Norton, pp. 14-15
- An Open Letter to Zbigniew Brzezinski by Arnold Beichman, p. 16
- Capitol Ideas by Tom Bethell, pp. 17-18
- Under the Condor-A Story by Whit Stillman, pp. 19-23
- The Public Policy by Christopher C. DeMuth, pp. 24-25
- The Nation's Pulse by Peter J. Rusthoven, pp. 26-27
- The Talkies by David Everitt, p. 28
- Interim Report by John Nollson, p. 29
-
[+]
The Scientific Credibility of Freud's Theories and Therapy by Joseph Adelson, pp. 30-32 - 1 Review- The Scientific Credibility of Freud's Theories and Therapy by Seymour Fisher and Roger P. Greenberg
-
[+]
Loose Change by Naomi Decter, p. 33 - 1 Review- Loose Change by Sara Davidson
-
[+]
They Call It Justice by Joseph W. Bishop, Jr., pp. 34-35 - 1 Review- They Call It Justice by Luther C. West
-
[+]
Theory and Processes of History by Robert Nisbet, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review- Theory and Processes of History by Frederick John Teggart
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 38-40
-
[+]
February 1978 Issue = 23 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
- Bakke: The Legal Profession in Crisis by Hadley Arkes, pp. 5-8
- Japan, the West, and the World Order by Charles Horner, pp. 9-11
- The Senate Since Yesterday by Elliott Abrams, pp. 12-14
- Will the Senate Sober up? by Michael Andrew Scully, pp. 15-17
- Looking for the Urban Poor by James Ring Adams, p. 18
- Thomas Szasz and the "Myth" of Mental Illness by Ernest van den Haag, p. 19
- Capitol Ideas by Tom Bethell, pp. 20-21
- Under the Condor-Part Two by Whit Stillman, pp. 22-24
- The Cain Scrutiny by Joseph P. McGrath, pp. 25-26
- San Clemente-Not Even a Nice Place to Visit? by Aram Bakshian, Jr., p. 27
- The Great American Saloon Series by Douglas Bartholomew, pp. 28-29
-
[+]
The War against the Automobile by James Q. Wilson, p. 30 - 1 Review- The War Against the Automobile by B. Bruce-Briggs
-
[+]
Essays of E.B. White by Stephen Miller, p. 31 - 1 Review- Essays of E. B. White by E.B. White
-
[+]
PR as in President by Baron Von Kannon, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review- PR as in President by Victor Gold
-
[+]
The Rage of Edmund Burke by Paul A. Rahe, p. 34 - 1 Review- The Rage of Edmund Burke by Isaac Kramnick
-
[+]
Six Men by Terry Eastland, p. 35 - 1 Review- Six Men by Alistair Cooke
-
[+]
A Rumor of War by Edward J. Walsh, p. 36 - 1 Review- A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
- The Bootblack Stand by George Washington Plunkitt, pp. 37-38
- Correspondence, p. 39
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, p. 40
- A Dinner Story, pp. 41-44
-
[+]
March 1978 Issue = 18 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
- China, Taiwan, and American Credibility by Robert A. Scalapino, pp. 5-8
- Will the Kremlin Win the French Elections? by Roger Kaplan, pp. 9-10
- When Love Is Soon Hot, Soon Cold by John P. Sisk, pp. 11-14
- In the Season of Our Roone by Vic Gold, p. 15
- Torcello, Isle of Refuge by F.S. Manor, pp. 16-17
- Under the Condor-Part There by Whit Stillman, pp. 18-21
- The "Gauze Curtain" at Harvard Medical School by William R. Havender, pp. 22-23
- Gibbon's Silent Partner by John Nollson, p. 24
- The Nation's Pulse by Peter J. Rusthoven, p. 25
- The Public Policy by Kenneth W. Clarkson and Roger E. Meiners, pp. 26-27
- The Talkies by David Everitt, p. 28
-
[+]
Once Every Man by Joseph W. Bishop, Jr., pp. 29-30 - 1 Review- Once To Every Man by William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
-
[+]
Farewell, Israel! by Hillel Fradkin, p. 31 - 1 Review- Farewell, Israel! by Efraim Sevela
-
[+]
In the People's Republic by Wendell N. Calkins, pp. 32-33 - 2 Reviews- Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys
- In the People's Republic by Orville Schell
-
[+]
Conflict and Crisis by Richard Kirkendall, pp. 34-37 - 1 Review- Conflict and Crisis by Robert J. Donovan
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 38-40
-
[+]
April 1978 Issue = 18 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
- Exporting Environmental Havoc by Roger Starr, pp. 5-7
- Will We Throw the Arms Race? by Stephen Rosen, pp. 8-12
- Capitol Ideas by Tom Bethell, pp. 13-14
- Preventing Medicine by William E. Simon, pp. 15-17
- Co-op Capitalism by Adam Meyerson, pp. 18-19
- A War Without End by Arnold Beichman, pp. 20-23
- Eminentoes by Michiko Kakutani, p. 24
- The Grantsy by John Nollson, p. 25
- The Great American Saloon Series by James-P. Melling II, p. 26
-
[+]
Haven in a Heartless World by Stephen Miller, pp. 27-28 - 1 Review- Haven in a Heartless World by Christopher Lasch
-
[+]
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II by Fred Baumann, pp. 29-30 - 1 Review- The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II by Fernand Braudel
-
[+]
Freud, Jews and Other Germans by Russell Herman, p. 31 - 1 Review- Freud, Jews, and Other Germans by Peter Gay
-
[+]
On the Brink by Aram Bakshian, Jr., pp. 32-33 - 3 Reviews- Against All Enemies by Ervin Stanley Duggan and Ben Wattenberg
- Full Disclosure by William Safire
- On the Brink by Benjamin Stein and Herbert Stein
-
[+]
Facing up to Modernity by David Levy, pp. 34-39 - 1 Review- Facing Up to Modernity by Peter L. Berger
- Correspondence, pp. 40-41
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 42-44
-
[+]
May 1978 Issue = 18 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
- Warsaw, 1926 - A Memoir by Isaac Bashevis Singer, pp. 5-6
- East by Middle East by F.S. Manor, pp. 7-9
- A Conversation with Raymond Aron by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., pp. 10-11
- Under East German Eyes by Victor Baras, pp. 12-13
- The New French Polemicists by Stephen Haseler, pp. 14-16
- White House Crude by J. Clayburn La Force, pp. 17-19
- Capitol Ideas by Tom Bethell, pp. 20-21
- The Great American Saloon Series by Douglas Bartholomew, pp. 22-23
- The Public Policy by Frank Levy, pp. 24-25
- Did Moses Part the Mississippi? by John Nollson, pp. 26-27
- The Nation's Pulse by Peter J. Rusthoven, pp. 28-29
-
[+]
Transatlantic Patterns by Ferdinand Mount, p. 30 - 1 Review- Transatlantic Patterns by Martin B. Green
-
[+]
A Theory of Racial Harmony by William R. Havender, pp. 31-33 - 1 Review- A Theory of Racial Harmony by Alvin Rabushka
-
[+]
The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler by Frank Bolger, p. 34 - 1 Review- The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler by H. Allen Smith
-
[+]
Clearing the Air by Seth Cropsey, pp. 35-37 - 1 Review- Clearing the Air by Daniel Schorr
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 38-40
-
[+]
June 1978 Issue = 21 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
- The Gang of Fourteen: Street Life in China by Miriam London and Ivan D. London, pp. 5-6
- Presidential Greatness in the Age of Carter by Seymour Martin Lipset, pp. 7-9
- The Feminine Mistake by Anne Crutcher, pp. 10-12
- Power and the Twentieth Century by John Lukacs, pp. 13-14
- Making Democracy Unsafe for Italy by Antonio Martino, pp. 15-16
- From Munich to Mogadishu by Richard L. Merritt, pp. 17-18
- The Historian as Gossip by Eleanor Lansing Dulles, pp. 19-21
- The Public Policy by Marc F. Plattner, pp. 22-23
- The Talkies by Ben Yagoda, pp. 24-25
- Capitol Ideas by Tom Bethell, pp. 26-27
- The Nation's Pulse by Peter J. Rusthoven, pp. 28-29
- Among the Intellectualoids by A. James McAdams, pp. 30-31
- Author's Reply by John Nollson, p. 32
-
[+]
Winston S. Churchill, Volume V by Steven Maaranen, pp. 33-35 - 1 Review- Winston S. Churchill, Vol. V by Martin Gilbert
-
[+]
The Economic War against the Jews by Patrick Cosgrave, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review- The Economic War Against the Jews by Walter Henry Nelson and Terence Prittie
-
[+]
The Abuse of Power by Steven D. Lagerfeld, p. 38 - 1 Review- The Abuse of Power by Jack Newfield and Paul DuBrul
-
[+]
Dispatches by George S. Patton III#2, pp. 39-40 - 1 Review- Dispatches by Michael Herr
- Correspondence, p. 41
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 42-44
-
[+]
August 1978 Issue = 19 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, p. 2
- Special Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., pp. 2-3
- Summer Reading by Whit Stillman, p. 4
- Passages to India: Hindu Culture and Western Minds by Stephen Miller, pp. 5-9
- Arabs in Antarctica by Charles Horner, pp. 10-12
- Leonid, We Hardly Knew Ye by J.D. Lofton, pp. 13-14
- Clausewitz: Visions of a Nuclear War by Paul Seabury, pp. 15-17
- How to Pick up a Woman's Magazine by Naomi Decter, pp. 18-19
- Broadway: A Consumer's Guide by Harold Clurman, pp. 20-21
- Capitol Ideas by Tom Bethell, pp. 22-23
- The Nation's Pulse by Peter J. Rusthoven, pp. 24-25
- Eminentoes by Joe Mysak, pp. 26-27
-
[+]
Mencken: A Study of His Thought by William H. Nolte, pp. 28-29 - 1 Review- Mencken: A Study of His Thought by Charles A. Fecher
-
[+]
Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence by Richard Brookhiser, pp. 30-31 - 1 Review- Inventing America by Garry Wills
-
[+]
Grassroots: The Autobiography and Promises to Keep by James A. Nuechterlein, pp. 32-33 - 2 Reviews- Grassroots by George S. McGovern
- Promises to Keep by Robert Shogan
-
[+]
Abba Eban: An Autobiography by F.S. Manor, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review- Abba Eban: An Autobiography by Abba Eban
-
[+]
Stained Glass by Judy Mathews, pp. 36-39 - 1 Review- Stained Glass by William F. Buckley, Jr.
- Correspondence, p. 40
- Current Wisdom, pp. 41-42
-
[+]
October 1978 Issue = 18 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
- The Nixon Memoirs: Some Points the Others Missed by Peregrine Worsthorne, pp. 5-7
- Carter's Foreign Policy - A New World for the Russians by Clare Boothe Luce, pp. 8-9
- The Bitter Truth of Gossip by John P. Sisk, pp. 10-13
- Men without Women by Michael Novak, pp. 14-16
- Family Planning Made Tasteful by Walter Goodman, pp. 17-18
- Liberal Terror by F.S. Manor, pp. 19-20
- The Public Policy by Roger Starr, pp. 21-24
- The Nation's Pulse by Peter J. Rusthoven, p. 25
- Capitol Ideas by Tom Bethell, pp. 26-27
- Taxes: A Historical Perspective by John Nollson, p. 28
- The Talkies by Ben Yagoda, p. 29
-
[+]
Samuel Johnson by Christopher Booker, pp. 30-31 - 1 Review- Samuel Johnson by W. Jackson Bate
-
[+]
Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment by Stephen B. Kanner, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review- Government by Judiciary by Raoul Berger
-
[+]
A Time for Truth by J. Clayburn La Force, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review- A Time for Truth by William E. Simon
- Correspondence, pp. 36-40
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 41-44
-
[+]
November 1978 Issue = 18 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
- New York Jew: A Tale Distorted by Stephen Miller, pp. 5-7
- The Soviets' African Waltz by W. Scott Thompson, pp. 8-10
- Fingering the Feds by Joseph W. Bishop, Jr., pp. 11-12
- Even Connell the Ironist by William H. Nolte, pp. 13-15
- Carter and Congress: The No Deal Coalition by Nelson W. Polsby, pp. 16-19
- Capitol Ideas by Tom Bethell, pp. 20-21
- Aspen: The New Rome by John Nollson, pp. 22-23
- The Talkies by Ben Yagoda, p. 24
- The Great American Saloon Series by Douglas Bartholomew, pp. 25-26
- The Nation's Pulse by Peter J. Rusthoven, p. 27
-
[+]
Politics and Markets by Adam Meyerson, pp. 28-30 - 1 Review- Politics and Markets by Charles E. Lindblom
-
[+]
The Coldest Winter in Peking by Miriam London, pp. 31-32 - 2 Reviews- The Execution of Mayor Yin, and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution by Chen Jo-Hsi
- The Coldest Winter in Peking by Chih-Yen Hsia
-
[+]
Stalinism: Essays in Historical Interpretation by Abraham Ascher, pp. 33-35 - 1 Review- Stalinism by Robert C. Tucker
-
[+]
Two Cheers For Capitalism by Richard J. Whalen, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review- Two Cheers for Capitalism by Irving Kristol
- Spectator's Journal, pp. 38-40
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 41-44
-
[+]
December 1978 Issue = 31 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
- Carter: The First Two Years by Karl O'Lessker, pp. 5-8
- A Mole's Eye View of the Ford White House by John R. Coyne, Jr., pp. 9-10
- RFK: Ruthlessness Reconsidered by Stephen Miller, pp. 11-13
- Voices of Solitude: The Modern Latin American Novel by Noel M. Valis, pp. 14-15
-
[+]
Review Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue,... by E. Digby Baltzell, p. 16 - 1 Review- Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue by Merrill D. Peterson
-
[+]
2 Reviews The Oxford Conspirators, by Marvin R. O'Connell by Jacques Barzun, p. 16 - 2 Reviews- The Oxford Conspirators by Marvin R. O'Connell
- Uncollected Prose by W.B. Yeats by John P. Frayne and W.B. Yeats
-
[+]
Review Ever Since Darwin, by Stephen Jay Gould by James L. Buckley, p. 17 - 1 Review- Ever Since Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould
-
[+]
2 Reviews Jake's Thing, by Kingsley Amis by Alistair Cooke, p. 17 - 2 Reviews- Jake's Thing by Kingsley Amis
- Into That Darkness by Gitta Sereny
-
[+]
Review The Way the World Works, by Jude Wanniski by Jack Kemp, p. 17 - 1 Review- The Way the World Works by Jude Wanniski
-
[+]
Review The Illusion of Technique, by William Barrett by Eugene J. McCarthy, p. 17 - 1 Review- The Illusion of Technique by William Barrett
-
[+]
Review And Even Now, by Max Beerbohm by Richard Pipes, p. 18 - 1 Review- And Even Now by Max Beerbohm
-
[+]
Review Witness, by Whittaker Chambers by William A. Rusher, p. 18 - 1 Review- Witness by Whittaker Chambers
-
[+]
Review Left and Right in Science and Life, by Vilma F... by Paul Seabury, p. 18 - 1 Review- Left and Right in Science and Life by Vilma Fritsch
- Anthony Trollope by John Toland, p. 18
-
[+]
Review RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, by Richard M... by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 19 - 1 Review- RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon by Richard M. Nixon
-
[+]
2 Reviews Historical Consciousness; or The Remembered Pa... by Peter Viereck, p. 19 - 2 Reviews- Historical Consciousness; or The Remembered Past by John Lukacs
- Stained Glass by William F. Buckley, Jr.
-
[+]
3 Reviews Science Since Babylon, by Derek J. de Solla Price by Edward O. Wilson, p. 19 - 3 Reviews- Science Since Babylon by Derek J. de Solla Price
- Beyond Economic Man by Harvey Leibenstein
- The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg
-
[+]
3 Reviews The Drunkard, by Emile Zola by Tom Wolfe, p. 19 - 3 Reviews- The Drunkard by Emile Zola
- Nana by Emile Zola
- The Human Beast by Emile Zola
- The Talkies by Ben Yagoda, p. 20
- Capitol Ideas by Tom Bethell, pp. 21-22
- Mid East Countdown by John Nollson, p. 23
-
[+]
The Pursuit of Equality in American History by Nathan Glazer, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review- The Pursuit of Equality in American History by J.R. Pole
-
[+]
L'Etabli by Roger Kaplan, pp. 26-31 - 4 Reviews- Demain Le Liberalisme by Henri Lepage
- La Nouvelle Censure by Jean-Francois Revel
- Autogestion et capitalisme by Henri Lepage
- L'Etabli by Robert Linhart
-
[+]
Cambodia: Year Zero by William Murchison, pp. 32-33 - 2 Reviews- Murder of a Gentle Land by John Barron and Anthony Paul
- Cambodia: Year Zero by Francois Ponchaud
-
[+]
Summons of the Trumpet by George S. Patton#2, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review- Summons of the Trumpet by Dave Richard Palmer
-
[+]
The Camp of the Saints by A. Lawrence Chickering, pp. 36-39 - 1 Review- The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail
- Spectator's Journal, pp. 40-41
- Index for Volume Eleven, pp. 42-44
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 45-48
-
[+]
Issues of the 1980s = 10 Years, 115 Issues, 2,559 Articles-
[+]
Issues of 1980 = 9 Issues, 164 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 207 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1982 = 10 Issues, 209 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 267 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 265 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 285 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 290 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 303 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 285 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 284 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 119 Issues, 2,873 Articles-
[+]
Issues of 1990 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1991 = 12 Issues, 281 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1992 = 12 Issues, 270 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1993 = 12 Issues, 303 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1994 = 11 Issues, 270 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1995 = 12 Issues, 291 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1996 = 12 Issues, 312 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1997 = 12 Issues, 293 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1998 = 12 Issues, 293 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 300 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of the 2000s = 6 Years, 36 Issues, 975 Articles-
[+]
Issues of 2000 = 10 Issues, 257 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 2001 = 8 Issues, 222 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 2002 = 6 Issues, 148 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 2003 = 1 Issue, 19 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 2008 = 1 Issue, 38 Articles
-
[+]
Issues of 2009 = 10 Issues, 291 Articles