Robert Taylor, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
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Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor is a journalist and communications trainer who has written for a range of publications, including the International New York Times and the UK’s Daily Telegraph. Follow him on Twitter: @TaylorColumnist.
by | Oct 22, 2022

So, Britain’s latest prime minister lasted just 44 days. Yup, that was it — less than the lifespan of a mosquito. It’s the time David Blaine spent starving himself in a glass box overlooking London’s Tower Bridge. Some people have…

by | Sep 8, 2022

We are privileged to have lived through this Elizabethan era. The late queen’s reign was magnificent in its longevity. It was unparalleled in its success. It was inspiring in its adaptability to a world changing at a far greater pace…

by | Jul 7, 2022

Boris has gone. He really has. The biggest personality in postwar British politics, bigger even than Churchill, has been brought down. His many opponents are jubilant, his many supporters distraught. Boris, as befits someone of such incredible charisma (he was…

by | Jan 20, 2022

Who’d have thought a 95-year-old woman, who’s just lost her husband of seven decades, could be so utterly ruthless? Who could know she’d stand ready to desert her favorite child? And who could imagine that she would put her business…

by | Jul 25, 2021

Why do people work all the hours God sends, then, when they finally get to take a vacation, insist on sleeping in a field? I’ve never understood camping. Well, that’s not quite true. When I was 21 and impoverished, I…

by | Apr 24, 2021

We Brits used to snigger at how few Americans had passports. Apparently, in 1990, passport ownership among Americans stood at just 4 percent. It’s grown massively since then, of course, but even now less than half of all U.S. citizens…

by | Jan 18, 2021

One big positive to put alongside the many negatives about COVID-19 is that millions of us should never have to commute again. It just isn’t necessary, and still won’t be when we’re free of the wretched virus. We can work…

by | Dec 5, 2020

If there’s one thing this pandemic has revealed, it’s that business travel was never anything more than one gigantic jolly. Call it a gravy train, if you like, or a big trough of goodies into which people stuck their heads…

by | Oct 26, 2020

Our host’s mouth fell open, her eyes wide with shock. It had been a joyful, trouble-free dinner party until that moment. In typical British fashion the wine had been flowing for several hours, the chat had been getting progressively louder…

by | Aug 31, 2020

When it comes to muscle tone, loveable Boris Johnson is no match for Vladimir Putin. During the summer, Vlad likes to whip off his top and showcase those bulging biceps and shiny pecs. (By happy coincidence, a photographer is always…

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