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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.

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Five Quick Things: Has Mike Johnson Broken the Left Already?

by Scott McKay | Oct 27, 2023

I had a feeling we would see this, but boy, did it happen fast. The Left absolutely CAN’T EVEN with…

Hither and Yon

The Speaker We Need

by Scott McKay | Oct 25, 2023

It might have been embarrassing, and it might have given the enemies in the political class ample opportunities to snicker…

Hither and Yon

Biden Pays Cash for a Beach Palace While You Struggle to Get a Mortgage

by Scott McKay | Oct 23, 2023

Anybody else here sick and tired of the Joe Biden sycophants coming out of the woodwork to declare his innocence…

Hither and Yon

Five Quick Things: The Blood Libels of Rashida Tlaib

by Scott McKay | Oct 19, 2023

Boy, has this been a week! This edition of the 5QT won’t even comment on the pristine failure of the…

The Spectacle

The Spectacle Ep. 49: A Good Old-Fashioned Down-South Butt-Kickin’

by Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay | Oct 19, 2023

Co-host Scott McKay is a happy camper in this week’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, as Saturday’s primary elections in…

Hither and Yon

A Masterclass in Conservative Media Relations

by Scott McKay | Oct 18, 2023

I’m not going to tell you that I know much of anything about Pierre Poilievre. I know that he’s considered…

The Spectacle

The Spectacle Ep. 48: Biden’s Brand Is Chaos

by Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay | Oct 16, 2023

There’s an awful lot — and we mean that in every way imaginable — going on in the world, and,…

Hither and Yon

Will Louisiana’s Red Blowout Translate Nationally?

by Scott McKay | Oct 16, 2023

The joke in Louisiana in certain circles is that this is a red state, but we suck at it. After…

Hither and Yon

Five Quick Things: Now Isn’t the Time for Holdouts; Just Get the Speaker Thing Done

by Scott McKay | Oct 12, 2023

I’m writing this on Thursday afternoon, just a couple of hours away from The American Spectator’s annual Robert L. Bartley…

Hither and Yon

Fair Play: D+37 Goes to the Movies, Netflix-Style

by Scott McKay | Oct 10, 2023

I’ve got a running theory — called D+37 — about culture and politics in America that started as idle speculation…