The Weekend Spectator with Paul and Grace is a new show featuring Paul Kengor and Grace Reilly and will release episodes every Saturday. Both having roots at Grove City College, Paul Kengor and Grace Reilly have collaborated through The Institute…
1958: July 4th Comes to Life The president of the United States — the 34th — is Dwight D. Eisenhower, the hero general from World War II. Rock and roll is still brand new, Elvis Presley the first rock star…
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order last month that excludes pride flags from flying over federally operated buildings. In today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay discuss Landry’s order and the precedent it…
It’s the middle of the summer, and once more our thoughts turn to that special place in our consciousness we reserve for July 4. We will again celebrate what we have and how we got it. We may even argue…
The Declaration of Independence was, of course, just that. It was an official declaration of independence by the “United Colonies” (upper case), as they were thus described by Thomas Jefferson, his editors John Adams and Ben Franklin, and the Congress…
“Cultures are held together by the stories they tell about themselves, and America is struggling to find a new national story, one that can acknowledge past injustices without becoming defined by them. The old all-or-nothing morality tale of Good America…
While most spend the Fourth of July celebrating our great nation’s history, the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s took the holiday to blast the United States for existing on “stolen land.” This 4th of July, it's high time we…
We’re probably overdue here at The American Spectator to give due recognition to Trump-appointed federal Judge Terry Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana. It’s Doughty’s courtroom from which come a disproportionate number of rulings that breathe life into the…
This past April, I found myself lamenting the continued loss of America’s greatest generation, heartbroken by the news of the passing of Ken Potts, one of the two remaining Pearl Harbor survivors serving aboard the USS Arizona on that fateful…
