“A Tale of Two Presidents,” editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich for The American Spectator on April 29, 2025.
One presidential perk is to decorate the Oval Office. With every change in administration, portraits, busts, carpets, draperies, and furniture come and go. Every president seeks to project his own image and message via the office décor. Donald Trump is…
The headlines speak plainly. As with this one from the Washington Times: “Trump ‘not joking’ about a 3rd term, says there are ways around constitutional limits.” The story reports: President Trump is flirting with running for a third term —…
“Who is James K. Polk?” his opponents in the 1844 presidential election mockingly asked. Two centuries later, the question is asked again more quizzically. For one thing, James K. Polk proved a president can be both a big-picture visionary and…
Why not the best? That question is not a mere rhetorical question. In fact, in the fall of 1975, this was the title, Why Not the Best?, of a bestselling book by a new figure on the national stage: former…
In March 1976, Time magazine profiled a Democratic governor from Georgia who was making a long-shot bid for the presidency. A former peanut farmer, he was viewed as an oddity in progressive circles. He talked about his relationship with Jesus…
Well, that’s a seriously historical feat. With the pardon of son Hunter Biden — for all manner of influence-peddling schemes, not to mention the revelations about what critics refer to as the “Biden crime family” — when added to the…
Those who wish to govern must sacrifice their freedom. It is not only the grinding demands of a campaign, with its enormous demands on the body and the spirit as well as on the finances. It is, when the campaign…
One is tempted to say Donald J. Trump became the 47th President of the United States at 18:11 EDT on 13 July 2024. The image of him fist-pumping the air in bloodied defiance after the failed assassination attempt in Butler,…
