Jaye P. Morgan gave Paul Reubens a “10” before the rest of America did. The man who became Pee-wee Herman previewed his famous “Tequilla” dance on The Gong Show in the 1970s as part of a “Suave and Debonair” double-act…
The women were expendable. They were sex workers, after all. When they disappeared between 2007 and 2010, Long Island law enforcement formed no task forces. There was no huge outcry from the public. Their killer had chosen victims who could…
LifeNews reported that a Canadian was euthanized because the person could not afford rent. The report included a poll conducted by Research Co. that found that 27 percent of Canadians cite poverty as an acceptable reason for euthanasia. Twenty-eight percent…
Ali Tate’s grandmother is dying. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, she has chosen to enroll in Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) program. Tate, a model and with 256,000 Instagram followers, shared several videos about her grandmother’s decision last week. Tate’s…
“I feel only sympathy for the Russians. No people have suffered as much death.” That was the response of a colleague of mine, Jan, a Polish professor and adviser to the Solidarity movement in the 1980s. I had hosted Jan…
“I would love to see a world in which Boy Scouts make handing out naloxone as their Eagle Scout project,” said addiction scholar Stefan Kertesz in the Washington Post. Naloxone prevents opioid overdose deaths — which is a good thing….
Elon Musk’s trolling skills are without equal, but I didn’t think he’d ever make me cry. And yet, there I was not all that long ago, driving the roads of my Whatcom County, Washington, having a hard time of it…
The host or the producers of The Dick Cavett Show possessed a sense of humor — or at least a sense of the absurd. The program’s many odd pairings included, especially, Raquel Welch and Janis Joplin. And then Douglas Fairbanks…
Editor’s note: American Spectator writer Aram Bakshian Jr. died on Sept. 14. He contributed to the magazine for nearly 50 years. Author’s note: Since the Great American Saloon Series has run dry due to the milksop nature of most Alternative…
As a practicing Anglophile, heavy TV news consumer, and borderline insomniac, there was no chance that I would miss the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The 4 a.m. ET start of coverage was less a deterrent than a lure. I…