According to Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), over 40 million people are trafficked globally — 25 percent of whom are children. Human trafficking impacts every zip code in the United States and is the second-largest illicit industry. Nearly 2 million children,…
A great principle underlies human affairs, in the view of the Psalmist: “The earth is the Lord’s and its fullness.” It is an idea fully harmonious with that expressed as a narrative by Genesis: God creates the world, forming it…
Between Tucker Carlson’s sharing of video from Jan. 6, the Twitter Files congressional hearings featuring Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, which demonstrate the government’s censorship mission, and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ reading of porn books from various school districts in Florida…
In the last few years, we’ve heard empty platitudes from pious politicians and lectures from smug pundits about the need to unite our country and come together to heal our wounds, set aside our differences, find commonality, and rally around…
Democracy emerged in the West as a consequence of secularization. Religion lost its privileged position in human life, we embraced material science and secular philosophy, and democracy began to take hold. Religion is imperious, intolerant of answers other than its…
Longtime American Spectator contributor Neal B. Freeman was honored by the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday for “advancing American values.” In accepting the award at the annual dinner in Nassau County, Florida, Freeman made these remarks. I am delighted…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom was vacationing in Montana, where he has family, on July 4 when his reelection campaign ran a 30-second spot on Fox News in Florida in which he called out Florida for “banning books, restricting speech, making…
In one of his most moving speeches, President Ronald Reagan declared: “Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected and handed on for…
After four decades of apparently losing the argument that the 17th-century English philosopher John Locke was religious and not a hedonistic utilitarian, I apparently recently proved my case here in The American Spectator so well that Locke is now being…
