In terms of sheer numbers, Republicans did the worst in governorships among all the electoral positions up for grabs this year. Republicans did make gains, although modest, in the House. In the Senate, Republicans will either have a net gain…
In late 2015, I ran into a veteran Republican on the streets of Washington, D.C. This gentleman had worked in several Republican presidential administrations. I asked him what he thought of Donald Trump. He launched into a diatribe against him,…
In a previous article for The American Spectator reflecting on the underperformance by Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections, I concluded that the Republicans — and the country — need a reincarnated Ronald Reagan who can tell the American people that…
In what was an overall frustrating election night for Republicans, in which the oft-predicted “red wave” failed to materialize nationally, there was one state above all that provided a clear beacon of hope. That would be my adopted state of…
The modern Left has managed to unite two groups historically at crossed swords: Christians and Muslims. Concerned parents of both faiths are now confronting a common enemy — sexual perversity and indoctrination at their children’s schools, with transgender orientation the…
The Red Wave is here, but if you’re a reader of The American Spectator you already know that. You’ve read Josh Hammer’s column here last week, you read my pontifications on it, and you even know what Newt Gingrich had to…
Honestly, I can’t decide whether to interpret this strange three-way micturation contest between Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Joe O’Dea, the Republican Senate nominee in Colorado who has an outside shot of knocking off Democrat incumbent Michael Bennet, as a…
With the grim inevitability of Greek tragedy, three things always happen when a hurricane makes landfall in the United States. First, the storm will be touted by the corporate media as evidence that anthropogenic climate change presents an existential threat…
We’ll start this column off with a point that must be belabored, and for that I’ll apologize to those of our readers who already get it. Namely, that when we here at The American Spectator talk about Joe Biden, particularly…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has done it again. In using already-appropriated government funds to fly 48 illegal alien Venezuelan migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to the tony blue enclave of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, DeSantis has once again demonstrated his mastery…