In the long ago and far away, I went to what was the first or one of the first CPACs in the mid-1970s. A young staffer in the Pennsylvania State Senate, I went down to Washington for this new political…
In a column for The American Spectator last week, Mary Grabar asked, “Why does Black History Month ignore the author of ‘the most talked about column in Negro America?’” That label for the late, great George Schuyler was given by…
WASHINGTON — There is a phenomenon that has been creeping across America for at least the past 30 years that I have yet to comment on. Social scientists, however, have been writing about it for a long time. It is…
In this episode of The Spectacle, Melissa Mackenzie returns from the inauguration of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott impressed by the state’s Republican officials and their determination to engage in the battle over cultural, political, and economic issues. That starts a…
Civilization, under nearly continuous and effective assault since the temper tantrums and abdications of the sixties, took another major hit with the death of Elizabeth II. Of the millions of words, most of them laudatory, that have been spoken about…
As I, along with Sohrab Ahmari and Michael Anton (and I don’t mind being put in that category), was called out this week in these pages by the venerable Neal B. Freeman of National Review fame, and as Mr. Freeman…
TAS: So, this time you’re interviewing yourself? NBF: I’ve been told that I’m the only person still living who worked closely with William F. Buckley, Jr., in his prime. A firsthand account might be useful. TAS: Why now? NBF: The…
What does progressive conservatism mean? Labels can confuse more than they clarify, and sometimes they lie. People asked how Obamacare could raise healthcare costs. It was labeled the “Affordable Care Act.” And how could the mobs in Portland be dangerous?…
The most uncomfortable thing about being a conservative is that every few days someone asks you for a signature of adherence to some statement of principles. Unfortunately, they are often just nice words that do not transcend far beyond preaching…
The Religious Right has left. So says National Review fellow Nate Hochman, penning a long essay in the New York Times on the declining clout of religious conservatives. The New Right that continues to gain ground within the Republican Party…
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