Benjamin Ayanian, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
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Benjamin Ayanian
Benjamin Ayanian is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he studied philosophy, business law, and political science. He has also been published in the Star Tribune and the Wall Street Journal. Follow him on Twitter at @BenjaminAyanian..
by | Jun 30, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission continues to attack big businesses — like Amazon — just to spite them. Last week, the FTC filed a dubious lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that the online retailer has “duped” customers into signing up for Amazon Prime…

by | Jun 5, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and presidential candidate, have been engaged in an adversarial back-and-forth for quite some time now. Most recently, Newsom took to Twitter to blame DeSantis for a Memorial Day shooting in Hollywood,…

by | May 15, 2023

The coverage of Jordan Neely’s death on the New York City subway displays, yet again, the media’s tendency to overstate the relevance of race. The mainstream media’s obsession with race has been clear to any casual consumer of news in…

by | Apr 27, 2023

The obsession over group identity has been a conspicuous centerpiece in the Left’s political messaging and policy of recent years. Last Wednesday, in his final splash as a CNN anchor, Don Lemon had a heated exchange with GOP presidential candidate…

by | Mar 28, 2023

On Monday, the city of Nashville, Tennessee, was the scene of another gut-wrenching school shooting. A 28-year-old transgender individual with 2 assault-style weapons and a handgun murdered 3 adults and 3 children at a Christian elementary school. The police ultimately…

by | Feb 18, 2023

In recent years, the Republican Party has placed significant attention on parents’ rights. Republicans have pledged to fight the political indoctrination of children in public schools, and conservative politicians across the country have pushed for school choice in their respective…

by | Feb 1, 2023

The commercial space industry is set for takeoff. The small list of companies offering commercial space flights is set to grow this year, with Virgin Galactic recently announcing that it is still on track to begin commercial flights. Despite the…

by | Jan 25, 2023

Some of our nation’s politicians seem to know very little about basic economic principles despite constantly proposing legislative action on economic issues. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and Rep. John Bowman (D–N.Y.) now want federal regulators to impose rent control on…

by | Jan 7, 2023

The House of Representatives’ struggle to elect a speaker has been repeatedly defined as “chaotic” by mainstream media outlets. Apparently, deliberation and debate are signs of disorder and are not to be desired in our society. While the phrase “threat…

by | Dec 23, 2022

The cosmetics at your local store need new rules and enhanced oversight, according to Congress. Tucked deep inside the 4,155-page omnibus spending bill is the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022. Americans should be skeptical of the measures in…

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