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May 27, 2023

Let’s Bankrupt All the Pride Sponsors (With Joy and Conviction)

Let’s Bankrupt All the Pride Sponsors (With Joy and Conviction)


For once, for once in our lives, let us wage war. Not like in the old days, hand-to-hand combat is so last century, but ChatGPT to ChatGPT ("Tell me something…


Itxu Díaz



No Meat? No Problem: Meal Hacks For Times of Inflation

No Meat? No Problem: Meal Hacks For Times of Inflation


With all the talk of lower gas prices, a full tank of gas still costs me over $100, and I use regular. Even with spring sprung, heating bills have me…


Mike Howard



Who Let Roderick Spode Edit Jeeves?

Who Let Roderick Spode Edit Jeeves?


Will publishers next lop off the silent “P” in “Psmith” for fear of otherwise offending the pterodactyls? Penguin Random House most recently insensitively sicced its censors, which it euphemistically calls…


Daniel J. Flynn



Left, Right, and Center Agree Big Government Doesn’t Work

Left, Right, and Center Agree Big Government Doesn’t Work


Government Executive public administration expert Donald F. Kettl has recently come to the painful conclusion that the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership 2025 proposal on government reform is “a…


Donald Devine



There Must Not Be Another Bakhmut

There Must Not Be Another Bakhmut


So Bakhmut falls, and the war in Ukraine continues. The lesson is: Don’t hype a battle unless you know you can win. The struggle for Bakhmut started in earnest last…


James S. Robbins



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American Spectator Editor on Drag Queens


American Spectator editor Paul Kengor appeared on the Drew Mariani Show Thursday. Up for discussion were two articles published in the American Spectator on how drag queens have become a weapon…


The Editors



The Case for Ron DeSantis

The Case for Ron DeSantis


Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' much-anticipated 2024 presidential campaign is finally here. DeSantis is, by any empirical metric or otherwise reasonable estimation, the only person with a viable chance of defeating…


Josh Hammer



Five Quick Things: Are Democrats the Gay-Porn-For-Kids Party?

Five Quick Things: Are Democrats the Gay-Porn-For-Kids Party?


It would seem so, as we'll see below. We didn't have a Spectacle podcast this week, as Melissa was on injured reserve with some sort of a plague, and I'm…


Scott McKay



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