The House of Representatives devolved into chaos after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Oct. 3. During the frustrating three-week stalemate that followed, three Republican representatives failed to clinch the top position. The impasse finally broke on Oct. 25,…
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World By Richard Cockett (Yale University Press, 464 pages, $35) A few years ago, I read a very interesting book by Arthur Herman entitled How the Scots Invented the Modern World….
Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s support of Palestine, while far from new, has been roundly criticized in recent weeks as Israel responds to attacks by Hamas terrorists. Tlaib personally supports Palestine — her parents immigrated to Detroit from East Jerusalem and the…
Those cheeky, ungrateful and xenophobic Poles really went too far this time around! In their resistance against immigration, they have resorted to “blackmail” against the European Union (EU), according to the left-leaning Dutch newspaper NRC. Which also accuses critics of…
Three weeks have elapsed since a military junta ejected the democratically elected president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, from power. Much has been said in many capitals; little has been done. This, frankly, is unsurprising since the U.S. and France, the…
Border Patrol agents apprehended a record 525 known or suspected terrorists attempting to enter the country in just the first nine months of this year, according to recent statistics. That number has increased since last year, when agents apprehended 98. …
I hope that every American Spectator reader will take the time to read and ponder Carina Benton’s wonderful analysis of the French riots. She provides an excellent summary of the deterioration of public order in France over the last several…
The scene of a wretch stabbing babies in their strollers in a playground will stay with us for a long time. Out of disgust, out of horror, out of impotence, out of shame. I will not be so simplistic as…
In the eternal bid for minority votes, Republicans’ attempts have failed: A recent study published by Pew Research Center states that a whopping 88 percent of registered Asian-American voters between the ages of 18–29 said they “identify with or lean…
