When the important writer Max Boot released his ten-year study of Ronald Reagan recently, it won a nice roll-out from the newspaper where he works, the Washington Post. The “Books” section showed a fine, noble, full-page color photograph of the…
Lee Edwards’ impact on the conservative movement cannot be overstated. From his role in founding the Victims in Communism Memorial Foundation to his 25 books, he provided insight into the conservative movement for decades. In this episode of The Weekend Spectator Podcast,…
Reds: The Tragedy of Communism By Maurice Isserman (Basic Books, 384 pages, $27.99) Reds: The Tragedy of Communism opens with a warning aimed at the reader: the “history of American Communism requires the ability to weigh complex and often ambiguous…
The critics have been unmerciful in their reviews of the movie Reagan which features Dennis Quaid in the titular role. Inspired by The American Spectator editor Paul Kengor’s book The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism, the film…
The Victims of Communism Museum held the opening reception for Belene – A Bulgarian Resistance Story this week. The groundbreaking and immersive pop-up exhibit is a worthwhile visit. The interactive exhibit is based on an interview conducted with survivor Nikola…
Here follows a translation (substantive rather than literal) of the latest in an occasional “Letter from America” (Lettre d’Amérique) that I send to the website of a think tank in Paris, Histoire & Liberté, which is best described as the…
“Even by today’s low standards, this is shockingly delusional,” I thought after reading Kati Marton’s diatribe against the current Polish and Hungarian governments in the Los Angeles Times last week. Most such pieces are relatively standard and don’t warrant a…
Marxism’s footprints in history are incredibly relevant when trying to understand the motivations of the radical Left today. Historically, Marxism’s oppressed-vs.-oppressor construct was narrow and class-based — the bourgeoisie vs. the proletariat. Today, in its expansion to the culture, Marxism…
“The Day of Infamy: Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, May 31, 2023.
