“All great change in America begins at the dinner table,” President Ronald Reagan told the nation in his 1989 farewell address — and the 2024 Alfred E. Smith Dinner is no exception to the rule. Politics, money, and religion were…
“Scary Halloween Decorations,” editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich for The American Spectator, Oct. 18, 2024.
On July 26, in the aftermath of the Democratic Party’s ruthless midsummer coup of their own democratically elected presidential nominee, this column predicted that the elevation of dimwitted cackler-in-chief Kamala Harris to the party’s presidential slot would “spectacularly backfire.” More…
This election cycle has been a bit of an odd one. There are plenty of important policy issues that could define it — the border, taxation, inflation, or foreign aid, for example — but none of them (despite how much Americans…
In 1985, the Coca-Cola Company took one of the biggest gambles in marketing history. It changed the formula for its widely popular soft drink and branded it “New Coke.” The result was an unmitigated disaster. Sales crashed, and the company…
Porn: everyone can see it but few will talk about it. Before photography, there were tasteful paintings at a downtown museum. Before the internet, there were tasteless videos at a few across-the-tracks theaters. Now in every man’s pocket cellphone is…
A couple of months back, this column noted a narrative being pushed by, among others, Donald Trump surrogate and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump isn’t really running against Kamala Harris, said Ramaswamy; instead, he’s running against a machine. Instinctively,…
Kamala Harris gave the silent treatment to the press for over a month to start her campaign. She ends it by squeezing in interviews with everybody from Bret Baier to Charlamagne tha God. The change in strategy tacitly acknowledges a…
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is a much better person than Donald Trump. But that didn’t keep Biden’s poll numbers from tanking — and ultimately driving him off the 2024 campaign trail. Kamala Harris’ performance as vice president? I don’t recall…
