This is part of a series of articles on Gavin Newsom. Click here to read more. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Gov. Gavin Newsom followed the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy of shuttering businesses and requiring people to stay inside their…
Nobody thought it was going to be a humble shuffling off into anonymity. And I suppose we cannot begrudge the most celebrated bureaucrat in the U.S. government a final retracing of his much-trodden path through the green rooms of New…
In this episode of The Spectacle, Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay discuss Democrats’ pleas for pandemic amnesty, including Atlantic writer Emily Oster’s article titled “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty” MELISSA MACKENZIE: The chick who wrote it wants COVID amnesty. And,…
The primary fault line in our current political climate is that between a belief system rooted in law and policy championing the primacy of the individual and the various isms seeking societal advancement through collective action. This contest appears in…
COVID school closures hurt American kids. American parents have seen it: The longer schools were closed and replaced with remote learning, the more students fell behind. It didn’t have to be this way. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
“Tolstoy used to write in the town square. The faces inspired him.” Elaine’s boss said it on Seinfeld, so it must be true. Now that the masks have all been put away — no, make that most of the masks,…
“China’s Permanent COVID State,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, Oct. 14, 2022.
During the past three years, under COVID lockdowns and particularly during the period of 2020–21, the federal government has shuttered our economy. The feds’ actions caused a major reduction in America’s capacity to produce. The federal government also increased demand…
“Wow, what a mistake that was,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said of New York’s decision “to have all the kids go home and learn remotely.” “Women couldn’t go to their jobs,” she added. Forget all those 2020 lectures from…
