David N. Bass Archives - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
by | Sep 9, 2013

Sometimes, I wonder why I bother to read Time magazine. Then a rare gem surfaces that makes the drudgery of leafing through each issue worth it. Or at least, almost worth it. Time’s August 12 cover story is a case…

by | Jul 26, 2013

Following in the footsteps of states like Texas, North Carolina is on the verge of enacting critical new pro-life policies that likely will result in the closure of abortion clinics in the state. In one omnibus bill, the state legislature…

by | Jul 8, 2013

I hope that the pro-abortion movement follows Beth Matusoff Merfish’s advice in this column appearing in The New York Times — because doing so will cement the declining fortunes of the pro-abortion crowd. Merfish writes about the shame and secrecy…

by | Apr 11, 2013

One of the best indicators of media bias isn’t how an outlet chooses to portray a story, but whether they choose to run the story at all. A good example is the Kermit Gosnell trial in Philadelphia. Journalists are ignoring…

by | Mar 28, 2013

I rub elbows with libertarians (note the lower-case “l,” signifying a political philosophy rather than political party) quite frequently. Their most common rejoinder to the traditional conservative argument (that marriage should be recognized for what it is — between one…

by | Feb 20, 2013

Establishment Republicans warn that the GOP must abandon social issues to cope with new political realities, but they forget the shifting tide on perhaps the most prominent social issue of our time: abortion. D Magazine, a periodical out of Dallas, has…

by | Dec 29, 2009

Days after becoming the nation’s first female Speaker of the House in 2006, Nancy Pelosi pledged to create “the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.” The statement appears ludicrous now given Congress’ smarmy image, thanks in…

by | Dec 11, 2009

Diane Francis, Editor-at-large for the National Post, contributes this pure drivel to the commentary page of the Financial Post. She argues that a “planetary law, such as China’s one-child policy, is the only way to reverse the disastrous global birthrate”…

by | Dec 10, 2009

Remember that questionable meat the lunch ladies served at your school cafeteria — the kind that always seemed, well, horribly off? It turns there was plenty of reason to be afraid. USA Today reports that meat in public school lunches…

by | Dec 7, 2009

Infuriated by a stinging loss in California last year, same-sex marriage advocates are resorting to a favorite tactic of political despots — the witch hunt. Two homosexual couples have asked the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to force religious…

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