It was January 2018, and America’s political class was apoplectic. The sitting president of the United States had said something terrible — unforgivable, even. “[A]bhorrent and repulsive,” then-Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) fumed. “We are deeply disturbed and offended,” thundered a…
The day had started out calm and sunny, until, for some strange reason, I opened the newspaper. There I learned that there is a mad scientist working to resurrect the extinct woolly mammoth. Seriously. A company named Colossal is working…
For some reason, I’ve never understood the hype around Valentine’s Day. It may have something to do with the fact that my parents never bothered to celebrate it. I received those pink, heart-shaped candies just once during my entire childhood…
Talking is easy. It happens when air passes from the lungs through airways and the larynx, making the vocal cords vibrate and resulting in sounds that, in most adults, we interpret as language. When those sounds correspond to the concrete…
The futuristic Allegiant Stadium — dubbed the “Death Star” because it resembles the Star Wars space station — is the perfect setting for an event that has now achieved almost supernatural status. The stadium, with its black façade, dark windows,…
Saturday mornings at The American Spectator are about to get a whole lot more fun. For the next 10 weeks, Scott McKay’s newest novel, King of the Jungle, will come out chapter by chapter. On today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Melissa…
Everywhere we turn, the country looks as though it is falling apart. Crime is out of control. Millions of illegal immigrants are pouring across our borders. Our schools are more interested in cultivating gender dysphoria and a proclivity for porn…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is blaming barriers to high-quality prenatal care and systemic racism for the alarming 30 percent increase in newborn syphilis cases in the past year, but the real cause is much more complex than…
I don’t know whether I should be proud or ashamed to say this publicly. (Let me pause a moment to be sure I want to admit this.) (Still thinking…) (Still…) Oh, OK. What the heck. Here goes: I have never…
Country music giant Toby Keith died peacefully of stomach cancer Monday in his native Oklahoma. He was 62. He’s survived by his wife, Tricia, and three children. His family was with him at his death. Keith was a country megastar,…