In American criminal law, there is a doctrine called the “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree,” a term that obviously derives from the Biblical Adam and Eve account. Under that doctrine, government violations of citizens’ core constitutional rights are deemed so…
“Trump Shows His Spine,” editorial cartoon by Patrick Cross for The American Spectator, Nov. 11, 2020.
In a proper inaugural ceremony next January 20, absent artifice and minus political cliches, Joe Biden would be called to stand and put his hand on the Bible, and assisted in so doing, and then would start to repeat the…
Most of us are most comfortable when things are under our control. We like using the skills and powers with which we have been blessed to make life better, both for ourselves and for others. Sometimes, life just hums along…
A test of faith. What is happening with the presidential election in the United States is a good chance to trust that, as a kind reader of The American Spectator told me this week, “God is in charge” no matter…
I’m getting a lot of email from readers asking about Donald Trump’s continued prospects for victory in Pennsylvania, particularly given my piece on Tuesday morning on “Why Donald Trump Will Win Pennsylvania.” The issue, of course, is whether Trump can…
America’s election reflects perfectly her psychological state. Divided and frustrated, citizens are realigning not along race or gender lines, but along philosophical ones. What does it mean to be an American? Who gets to define it? On one side: citizens…
Popcorn reserves have been depleted all over the free world. It has been so exciting that, glued to the TV screen, I have managed to put my cigarette out in my drink several times and have tried to drink from…
