On Tuesday, Florida’s GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation strengthening civics instruction and literacy education in the state’s public schools. This includes providing a library of “Portraits in Patriotism” based on personal stories of those who immigrated to the U.S….
At the outset of his classic work The Unsettling of America, Wendell Berry notes a peculiarity of American culture: “As a people, wherever we have been, we have never really intended to be.” From our earliest history to the present…
The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghan War Bing West (Bombardier, 383 pages, $28) Quat was crouching next to a steel stake that anchored the wire. While waiting for Zar to bring up the assault wave, he had pulled…
Washington Saturday was a good day for the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. The First Amendment has been validated once again, this time by the United States Senate. Simply by speaking his mind Citizen Trump…
Our “best of” lists may be thin this year: best movie you watched in theaters? Best new restaurant? Best travel experience? Nope, nothing, nada. Thanks, COVID. But we held on to at least one of our favorite hobbies this year…
President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden are quite different from each other. It is obvious in their personalities and in their policy positions. So we can reasonably assume that their White House management styles will also be radically different….
Joe Queenan wrote many so-so books and one great one, a memoir called Closing Time. What he had to say about reading books is vital for many people to hear right this minute: “[B]ooks are without question the wealth of…
It is no secret that Mark Levin writes great, insightful books. Whether discussing the Supreme Court in Men in Black, examining the left-wing assault on the Constitution in Liberty and Tyranny, or looking for the essence of American freedom in Ameritopia: The Unmaking of…
’Tis the season to celebrate great writing. The year-end books special is a long-standing tradition at The American Spectator — and it’s our gift to you. Enjoy, and let us know what books are at the top of your wish list…
