Father's Day Archives - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
by | Jun 17, 2023

When my Dad met my Mom for the first time, he threw her straight into a lake without a single word. Debbie Bailey came up sputtering mad. “You jerk!” she called him, among other things. That is … No hoodwinking…

by | Jun 20, 2021

Like many sons as Father’s Day approaches, I have only fond memories of my father, Frank F. Sempa. I loved and admired him while he was alive, but my admiration for him only grew greater after he died… No hoodwinking…

by | Jun 20, 2021

Some people pretend that a family’s structure doesn’t matter so long as a child has a parent who supports and loves him or her. But this isn’t the case. Children do best when they live with their moth… No hoodwinking…

by | Jun 17, 2021

In January 1995, I made a list of 18 attributes that described the type of man I wanted to marry. The list included “wants children,” “high family ties — loves his mother,” “secure in themselves,” an… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling…

by | Jun 16, 2019

“Only you — only you! — could manage to get shot in the ass!” The year was 1987. A group of middle-aged men sat under the umbrellas at the cheap fiberglass tables of the Holiday Inn in Columbus, Ge… No…

by | Jun 18, 2018

When I opened Google this Sunday, I was wished a happy Father’s Day by the mighty search engine’s anonymous powers. It was a sharp change of pace from recent Google greetings celebrating Gay Pride Mon… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

by | Jun 17, 2018

One day in early 1974 I was a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon. I needed data about the economy for my work. I walked up 3 flights of stairs to my father’s office. He was Chairman of the Pr……

by | Jun 18, 2017

My father was the most reasonable man I have ever known. The most loving man I have ever known. He had a challenging life: father unemployed during most of the Great Depression. Shy. But brilliant bey… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling…

by | Jun 17, 2017

This will be the first father’s day that I won’t be able to talk to my dad by phone or in person. He died at the ripe old age of 94 back in February. ‎I wish you could have known…

by | Jun 17, 2016

Man does not live by bread alone. And a father, well, he needs even more, what with the middle of the night wake-ups, the tantrums, and the exploded filthy diapers. I have four children. Under the age… No hoodwinking or…

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