3+ hour, 23+ min ago   (248+ words) RFK Jr. stated that neither his father (Robert F. Kennedy) nor his uncle (John F. Kennedy) would recognize today’s Democrats. Jeane Kirkpatrick in 1984 noted that neither Harry Truman, JFK, nor Lyndon Johnson would recognize the Democrats who gathered that year in San…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (465+ words) Last week, America commemorated the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and, the following day, the 25-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. While Charlie Kirk was widely recognized as a political activist,…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (133+ words) Using terms like “birthing people,” “chestfeeding,” and “LatinX” is being discouraged by Democrats like Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and even Gavin Newsom. (RELATED:The New Witch Hunt) The Spectator P.M. Podcast hosts Lyrah Margo and Madelynn McLaughlin expound on…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (610+ words) Entertainment Weekly has previewed an interview with John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton on March 31, 1981. A new generation may be unaware that, in an alleged attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster, Hinckley actually shot…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1385+ words) It’s been a week. Last week I was off. At least from here at The American Spectator, I was off. I took a “vacation” from the day-job activities here and at The Hayride so that I could focus on The…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (638+ words) “Your child belongs to us already.” — paraphrased form of line attributed to Adolf Hitler in the context of speeches about youth indoctrination in Nazi Germany. A true statist won’t use “statism.” It’s a word that evokes the Third Reich, the…...

3+ mon, 3+ hour ago   (336+ words) In a book excerpt from Vice President JD Vance’s upcoming memoir, he shares that his wife Second Lady Usha Vance’s agreement to welcome their fourth child was inspired by Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (208+ words) Zeitgeist is a fascinating subject for study, conducive to a number of questions. Here are three. At what point does the culture change? When does the change become undeniable? Does it come from the top down or the reverse? [T]…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (303+ words) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass insists that “climate change” caused the Palisades Fire. Federal prosecutors believe that an angry, anti-capitalist Uber driver who frequently posted that climate change caused wildfires set the conflagration that destroyed so much of Los Angeles…...