Between Mark Bowden’s outstanding book Black Hawk Down and director Ridley Scott’s spectacular film of the same name, most Americans have at least a passing familiarity with the “Battle of Mogadishu,” Oct. 3–4, 1993, a battle in which 18 American troops…
Ya gotta laugh. Over there at The New York Times is this headline: Trump’s Choice Makes a Joke of ‘Election Integrity’ The article, designed as yet another Trump attack by his hometown paper that can’t abide him, was penned by…
The massive number of immigrants flooding into America are born to fundamentally reshape the country — that’s been true of every successive wave of immigrants that cross the border. But there’s something different about this most recent wave. On today’s Spectacle podcast, The…
“Under the Sea With Xi’s TikTok,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, March 7, 2023.
Following this week’s primaries, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both attained enough delegates to be their respective parties’ presidential nominees this fall. Barring some sort of unforeseen event — a debilitating hospitalization, an ultra-expedited criminal prosecution,…
The Kinsey Institute celebrates Indiana University’s decision to retain ties despite a 2023 state law barring tax dollars subsidizing the controversial group. The decision to keep the sex-research outfit as part of the university seems to rely on accounting gimmicks…
In the current discourse surrounding the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), a prevailing narrative has emerged, as highlighted in a recent Politico article, that mistakenly warns of a future Trump administration’s destruction of the IC as we know it. This perspective…
Thursday, March 14, 2024. This morning, as America began its morning commute, the most powerful rocket ever built is poised to hurtle skyward from Elon Musk’s Boca Chica, Texas, Starbase orbital launch platform. The integrated Starship launch system, Booster 10…
The headline in the Washington Times reads: “West Point deletes ‘duty, honor, country’ from mission statement.” The letter announcing this from West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland recommends that the iconic phrase be replaced with the following mission statement:…