Your Baby & Child: The Classic Childcare Guide, Revised and Updated By Penelope Leach (Knopf, 640 pages, $20) Marigold and Rose: A Fiction By Louise Glück (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 64 pages, $22) When I first suspected I was pregnant,…
It’s been a long year. But in the darkness spread by the many challenges our country faces, this Christmas season shines more brightly by contrast. We at The American Spectator consider ourselves blessed to share great writing that sheds light…
I Must Betray You By Ruta Sepetys Philomel Books, 336 pages, $19 Ruta Sepetys writes about a different kind of vampire. The young adult novelist’s new book, I Must Betray You, is set in Romania, an Eastern European country whose…
Don’t let our Grinch of a president steal Christmas — check out our gift recommendations for the conservative book lovers in your life! ***** R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr: How long does it take an author to write a very good…
Our “best of” lists may be thin this year: best movie you watched in theaters? Best new restaurant? Best travel experience? Nope, nothing, nada. Thanks, COVID. But we held on to at least one of our favorite hobbies this year…
Election Day! A great day, and often a brutal one. What can we do about it? Libby commented on my last column: “Any suggestions for how to avoid all media on election night? The temptation is too great at home…
How are you dealing with pre-election nerves? Pianist Adam Golka is celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a concert series called 32@32, in which the 32-year-old musician will play all 32 Beethoven sonatas. Saint Thomas Church in New York City is…
With politics the only show in town, does unplugging feel stranger than ever? Instead of watching the presidential debate last night, I flew to Colorado for a friend’s wedding. I wrote this from approximately the distance above Earth that I…
What are the signs of the times telling you? A road trip to rural Michigan last weekend traded the sea of Arlington “Dump Trump” signs for these: “Trump–Pence 2020,” “Jesus 2020,” “No More Bulls**t,” “My Governor Is an Idiot,” the…