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Scott McKay

Scott McKay is a contributing editor at The American Spectator  and publisher of the Hayride, which offers news and commentary on Louisiana and national politics, and RVIVR.com, a national political news aggregation and opinion site. Scott is also the author of The Revivalist Manifesto: How Patriots Can Win The Next American Era, and, more recently, Racism, Revenge and Ruin: It's All Obama, available November 21. He’s also a writer of fiction — check out his four Tales of Ardenia novels Animus, Perdition, Retribution and Quandary at Amazon.
by | Apr 7, 2025

This column isn’t what you probably expect it to be. I’m sure you read that headline and expected we’re going to be decrying the legacy corporate propaganda press and its ubiquitous fearmongering over the economic effects of the tariffs which…

by | Apr 3, 2025

There’s so much I could say about the imposition of President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on countries across the globe that these would not be quick things unless I do my best to make them so. So I’m going to…

by and | Apr 3, 2025

Netflix’s current top show, Adolescence, is a chilling tale of a teenage boy who is accused of murdering his female classmate. The show spiked in popularity due to the underlying emphasis on larger issues, such as “toxic masculinity” and violence. (RELATED: Five…

by | Apr 2, 2025

From the time I found out about her, I’ve had a positive opinion of Ann Paulina Luna. She seems pretty conservative, and she seems pretty, well … pretty. So those are a couple of things that would perhaps make her…

by and | Apr 2, 2025

Europe’s over-reliance on the United States to fight its battles has got to end. (READ MORE: Europe Is No Longer Worth Defending)  Townhall senior editor Kurt Schlichter joins hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay on The Spectacle Podcast to discuss why the United States…

by | Mar 31, 2025

Monday morning’s edition of the RealClear Politics news aggregator contained a very interesting manifestation of their usual juxtaposition of left vs. right thought pieces. It looked like this… The articles themselves were no less notable in their approach to the…

by and | Mar 28, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that bolsters election integrity at the federal level. (RELATED: Five Quick Things: The Party of Vote Fraud) Join Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay on this episode of The Spectacle Podcast as they discuss the implications…

by | Mar 27, 2025

There is a poll that popped up this week and it explains most of what you see in the news. Did you see it? It has the Democrats actually all the way down at 26 percent approval. That poll explains…

by and | Mar 27, 2025

The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg leaked a Signal chat between top officials, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz that discussed plans to strike the Houthis in Yemen. (RELATED: This Aspect of the Atlantic’s “Scoop” Is All…

by and | Mar 26, 2025

Disney continues to showcase how anything woke goes broke with its newest live-action film, Snow White. (WATCH FOR MORE: The Spectator P.M. Ep. 121: Rachel Zegler Ruined Snow White) Heritage Foundation media fellow Tim Young joins The Spectacle Podcast hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay…

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