As I wrote in my previous essay, one of the most profound and deeply damaging impacts of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society was the destruction of the family for the poor — and especially for poor African Americans. This defines…
If there is one thing artificial intelligence should be great at, it’s treating everyone equally. As far as the algorithm is concerned, everyone in the human race can be represented by 0s and 1s. AI doesn’t necessarily see black and…
Wandering through Life: A Memoir By Donna Leon (Atlantic Monthly Press, 193 pages, $26) When a writer charms, instructs, amuses, or simply mightily entertains us, it’s natural enough to wish to know more about the creator behind the creation. What…
Most businesses have to make a profit to stay open — but not the government. While big grocery stores like Walmart and Whole Foods leave crime-ridden Chicago, Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson remains convinced that the solution to “food deserts” in…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a 28th constitutional amendment to “enshrine in the Constitution common sense gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and gun owners overwhelmingly support — while leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America’s gun-owning…
“Kids Love to Shop in Newsomland,” editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich for The American Spectator, Aug. 17, 2023.
If recent reports are to be believed, academic crimes are on the rise. In a world with shrinking enrollments and many underemployed professionals with PhDs, the temptations to cheat and lie to get published are intense. We are in an…
In the 1930s, New York City was at the height of its heyday. Its population was booming, the world was watching Wall Street, and the city had become Franklin Roosevelt’s poster child for New Deal spending. This was the age…
Musk will continue to headquarter his social media company X, the rebranded version of Twitter, in San Francisco, according to a recent tweet. Since he bought the company in 2022, Musk says he has received multiple offers to move the…
The Hunter Biden plea deal was so sweet that reading about it made my fillings ache. Under its terms, Biden was to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges for failure to pay taxes in 2017 and 2018 after receiving more than…