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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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A Most Irritating Bowl Season

by Scott McKay | Jan 2, 2022

I guess I’ll start off 2022 by assuming the role of Grumpy Old Man. But after enduring the binge of…

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Five Quick Things: Bloody, Beaten, and Staggering Toward 2022

by Scott McKay | Dec 30, 2021

Well, this is it. The final Five Quick Things of 2021. Have you had enough yet? Are you among our…

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A Very Omicron Christmas

by Scott McKay | Dec 28, 2021

This year our family decided to do something a little off the beaten track for Christmas. We spent it at…

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Five Quick Things: A Presidency Built for Festivus

by Scott McKay | Dec 23, 2021

This column may be debuting in front of the public on Christmas Eve, but it was written December 23. That,…

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The Vortex Deepens, and the Danger Grows

by Scott McKay | Dec 20, 2021

On August 18 of this year, when the current occupant of the White House first began to implode with respect…

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National Review’s Surrender Caucus Folds on Elections

by Scott McKay | Dec 19, 2021

I’m friends with just about every one of the eight people who served as Louisiana’s Trump electors following the 2016…

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Fighting Crime the Soros Way

by Scott McKay | Dec 16, 2021

Last week in Philadelphia, during an episode which is predictably all too common in that city and lots of others…

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A Page From Jesse’s Book

by Scott McKay | Dec 15, 2021

A piece posted at The Hill Tuesday night provides an interesting little teaching moment for budding conservative politicians eager to…

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Gov. Keyser Soze Speaks

by Scott McKay | Dec 13, 2021

If you remember the classic movie The Usual Suspects, you know who Keyser Soze is. He’s the mythical villain — a…

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Five Quick Things: What Is White Privilege, Anyway?

by Scott McKay | Dec 10, 2021

A not-exactly quick trip through this crazy world we’re in, with a bit quicker comment on Thursday’s least surprising news…