When I heard about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, I sighed. He was one of the final remaining pivotal figures in the end of the Cold War: Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Margaret Thatcher, Václav Havel, Boris Yeltsin,…
The death of Olivia Newton-John is a sad loss to so many of that generation. It comes as somewhat of a jolt, a shock, even as she managed to reach the age of 73 after three decades of battling cancer….
Back in the days when The American Spectator offered chic apparel, I had an attractive “hoodie,” which I wore on the tennis courts of Georgetown* to both hoots and applause, until I noticed the label that read “made in China,”…
One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General By William P. Barr (William Morrow, 608 pages, $35) The reviewer’s first responsibility is to tell readers if a book is worth the reading time. In the case of Bill…
Washington — Well, Moscow is in the news again. Vladimir Putin is irritated by the citizens of disobedient Ukraine. He is discarding his sporty demeanor for a more hostile style. He has not been seen for a long time in…
Among former President Trump’s many accomplishments — the best economy in memory, a secure border, a strong military, energy independence, peace in the Middle East, a China Virus vaccine in record time, and more — the most unsung yet increasingly…
Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign brought me to Washington, beginning a 40-plus year career in public policy. While attending Stanford Law School, I worked as a research assistant at the Hoover Institution and met Martin Anderson, Reagan’s domestic policy adviser….
The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle against ISIS Margaret Coker (Dey Street Books, 336 pages, $29) Following a three-week war in 2003, the United States tried to put Iraq on the…
Here’s the headline at U.S. News & World Report on this story from Reuters: Exclusive: Dozens of Former Bush Officials Leave Republican Party, Calling It ‘Trump Cult’ And here was the headline on the same story from the Hill: Former…