In my recent American Spectator article, I recall learning about heroes throughout childhood, focusing largely on the simple, “everyman” heroism that emerges among comrades amidst the pounding misery of large-scale infantry combat. Since Saturday morning, I’ve found myself reflecting on…
At an event long ago, someone made the mistake of saying to Vince Lombardi, “Football is a contact sport.” The great coach fixed this naïf with a cold stare and said, “No. Dancing is a contact sport. Football is a…
For some time now, people have been dying like crazy. I am against death because it seems to me to be very unprofessional. A true pro tries never to die, and, if he does, he waits until his absence can…
Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson, the best-fielding third baseman in baseball history, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86. Robinson, whose career stretched from 1955, when he got into six games as an 18-year-old rookie, to 1977, when…
Fifty-three years ago, Life magazine proclaimed them “The Buckleys: A Gifted American Family.” The passing of James L. Buckley at 100 means that all eight of the surviving Buckley siblings who appeared on that memorable magazine cover are, like Life…
Word is just in that noted “televangelist” Pat Robertson has died at the age of 93. Robertson will no doubt at this moment be maligned by the secular Left, which he would expect and literally laugh off with his characteristic…
A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on March 7, 2023, at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Alexandria, Virginia. To continue George’s legacy of reporting God’s truth, donations may be made in his name to The American Spectator…
I spoke with George Neumayr on the last day of last year. The call was cut short by an operator speaking French. I believe she was asking one of us to deposit more funds. Before that disruption, we did some…
Long ago and far away, through the miracle of my parents’ friendship with the immortal columnist and speechwriter Bill Safire, I met a young executive at Warner Bros. TV named Steve Greene. I had pitched an idea to a wonderful…
My parents were very different people from very different backgrounds, but they bonded over at least two things: movies and music. While their tastes in film overlapped heavily, he liked a lot of movies she didn’t care for — such…