Dear Ms. Mackenzie and Mr. McKay, I am writing to you after hearing your podcast on JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference. (LISTEN HERE: The Spectacle Ep. 193: The Future of U.S. Relations With Europe, Russia, and Ukraine) Myself, I…
Regarding “The Civil War I Grew Up With”: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is one of the best contemporary conservative authors. I grew up with the Civil War, too! My grandfather was born in 1855, the youngest of my great-grandparents’ three…
The title pretty much says it all. You may ask yourself: “Why didn’t I think of that?” But you see, you knew it all along. How many times did you miss voting — before the more liberal rules of mail-in…
I congratulate your contributing writer Rebekah Mercer on her timely report on the fraud that is rampant among charitable groups; especially those who play on our heartstrings with the promise to help our veterans — but don’t. I take exception…
Thank you, Michael, for responding so quickly and so candidly. My thoughts are these: • Let’s agree to disagree about what constitutes a belittling comment. When you call National Review, the centerpiece of William F. Buckley’s legacy, “a joke,” I…
For the record, contra Neal B. Freeman’s assertion, I did not make, and to the best of my recollection have never made, “belittling remarks” about William F. Buckley, Jr. As it happens, two of my teachers — Harry V. Jaffa and…
It has become commonplace for historians and scholars to compare presidential corruption to Warren Harding, claiming he is the standard to measure dishonesty in the White House. It is repeated on both sides of the political aisle, Republicans as well…
Americans are aware that there have been past presidents of the United States who have concealed health problems. Two in recent memory were Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he could no longer walk because of polio and JFK who concealed celiac…
I have been a subscriber to The American Spectator since 1992. Among the seven conservative publications I currently subscribe to, that length of time is exceeded only by founder Bill Buckley’s erstwhile tome National Review, which I have been receiving since 1973. However,…
