A few weeks ago, while I was on my honeymoon in Rome, I was walking among the city’s ancient ruins. As I walked down the path that was once Rome’s main street, I suddenly encountered a man who I immediately…
Unlike, for example, the shiny dolts who control Hollywood, this column prides itself on its capacity to learn. For example, last week’s Five Quick Things led with a condemnation of Alan Ritchson, the beefy buffoon who plays Jack Reacher in…
I’ll admit this up front: I’m not a huge fan of Tulsi Gabbard, the former congresswoman from Hawaii, former presidential candidate, and current media personality. And no, I’m not going to be one of these pundits playing around with making…
Editor’s Note: When asked why, after thousands of years and millions of words, he felt that the world needed still another book arguing the case for God’s existence, Evan Sayet said: I wanted to write a book for the lay-reader…
Last week, the Canadian actress Ellen Page, who now goes by the name “Elliot” and claims to be a man, delivered a speech at the Juno Awards — Canada’s equivalent to the Grammys — in which she argued that “the…
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth installment of Scott McKay’s new novel, King of the Jungle, which is being released exclusively at The American Spectator in 10 episodes each weekend in February, March, and early April, before its full publication on Amazon later this spring….
In some sense, writing is guesswork. You put words on a page and hope people like them — generally, some do, and some don’t. Writing is also an incredibly objective thing. Sentences are well-structured and paragraphs flow; if a writer…
Hitchcock’s Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director’s Dark Obsession By Laurence Leamer (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 336 pages, $29) When I first heard about Laurence Leamer’s Hitchcock’s Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director’s Dark Obsession, I was…
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment of Scott McKay’s new novel, King of the Jungle, which is being released exclusively at The American Spectator in 10 episodes each weekend in February, March, and early April, before its full publication on Amazon later this spring….
