One would think we could all agree that foreign spies and domestic crooks are not good for government employment and that a universally accepted and fair methodology for keeping them out is essential to good administration. Unfortunately, the Biden administration…
In this episode of The Spectacle, American Spectator publisher Melissa Mackenzie and RVIVR.com publisher Scott McKay start off discussing the revelations from Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6, 2021, video and specifically the footage of Jacob Chansley, who was dubbed the “QAnon…
What once proudly called itself the country’s “paper of record,” the New York Times, has sunk to a new low in tabloid journalism. A recent front page article relies on half-truths and innuendo to attack former Attorney General Bill Barr…
So. Last week, former President Donald Trump announced that he is running for a second term as president. Great! Let the 2024 race begin, democracy proceeds! Unless. Unless Attorney General Merrick Garland gets his way in a full-scale assault on…
Josh Rogin’s book Chaos Under Heaven is a less than admiring look at the convoluted evolution of the Trump administration’s strategy for dealing with China. Rogin, who writes for the Washington Post, details the infighting among Trump advisers and blames…
If confirmed, Elizabeth Prelogar, Joe Biden’s solicitor general nominee, will be a partisan disaster. Until her nomination last week, Prelogar served as Joe Biden’s acting solicitor general. In this capacity, she’s signed off on a number of the administration’s destructive…
In September 2019, I was privileged to attend a private dinner hosted by The American Spectator at Washington’s Capitol Hill Club. In attendance were approximately 30 distinguished journalists, editors, commentators, and political insiders. The guest of honor was Attorney General…
We stayed quiet when reporters uncovered that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt started pushing the Biden administration to appoint Google’s allies to top federal government positions. We stayed quiet when the then-president-elect named a swath of Big Tech alumni to his transition team, including…
Less than two months ago, Facebook’s Andy Stone labeled the New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s business dealings with authoritarian governments as “part of a foreign manipulation attempt” and announced “reducing its distribution on our platform.” It turns out…