For decades, American politicians have promised to revive manufacturing, especially factory jobs. This is viewed as a way to rebuild the middle class and restore national pride. Donald Trump has made it a central promise of his campaigns, repeatedly vowing…
What happened to America’s pioneering spirit? According to a new Pew Research report published this month, Silicon Valley tech experts are more confident than the general public that AI will benefit future Americans. Yet, the same report reveals that neither experts…
Conservative women find fulfillment and purpose more than their liberal counterparts. The 2024 American Family Survey found that 37 percent of young conservative women are “completely satisfied” with their life, compared to 12 percent of young liberal women. Join Ellie Gardey Holmes…
Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he escaped from slavery in Talbot County, Md., Douglass eventually settled in New Bedford, Mass., an anti-slavery stronghold, and got…
If you have never attended a scholarly lecture by the late Prof. Irwin Corey, please begin by viewing this 82-second link. He died at 102. He has been reincarnated in Kamala Harris. I taught law school for twenty years. During those…
Numerous professional writers — historians, political scientists, and journalists — have described a divided and dispirited America with no shining city on a hill in sight. In a 2023 Wall Street Journal–NORC poll, only 38 percent of respondents said patriotism…
Okay, I know, maybe “perfect” is too strong a word. It’s certainly not a word that one writer uses lightly to describe another writer’s work, even that of a respected colleague on the pages of The American Spectator. But I…
I grew up in New York City, in Queens, in a neighborhood that few people outside of the borough have ever heard of: Middle Village. It’s relatively unknown because it’s always been relatively quiet and peaceful. It consists of tree-lined…
A new book — or, rather, a reprint edition of a not-so-new book — has got me cogitating about the classic Broadway musicals. This, given many of the less than delightful things that one finds oneself compelled to think about…
