The American Spectator intern Grace Reilly sat down with Paul Kengor, Editor of The American Spectator. The conversation details Kengor’s future vision for The American Spectator and provides insight into the current state of political coverage while offering historical analysis….
I just took a trip with old geezers. I signed up for a dreaded package tour, this one for Ireland, and found myself surrounded by a mix of oldsters and retirees. How could that happen? Other than three 20-30-somethings traveling…
We’ve all become accustomed to the calming — almost soporific — euphemisms that arrived with space exploration back in the 1960s. The euphemisms went along with the smiling, stoic bravery of the astronauts. Everything was “nominal,” until it wasn’t. At…
Former U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster, a one-time pillar of both Pennsylvania politics and American transportation policy — and my first boss on arriving in Washington — died this week. The boss was 91, had suffered a recent fall that broke…
One pervasive problem with our political discourse is the constant attribution of sinister motives to opponents. We see this done by both the Left and the Right, and it is a move that effectively ends any discussion of differing opinions….
When I say “Five Quick Things,” I recognize I’m usually lying. Of course, as brevity is in short supply in this space, I require you to judge not harshly the definition of “quick.” But seriously — I mean it this…
Well, it’s been a hell of a week, and I feel like I missed most of it. Regular readers of this column know I missed a regularly scheduled appearance in this space earlier in the week. And on top of…
Russia reportedly plans to launch a second-wave invasion of Ukraine in the next two weeks on a grander scale than the first. “Russia is believed to be massing 1,800 tanks, 3,950 armoured vehicles, 400 fighter jets and 300 helicopters for…
In this episode of The Spectacle, Scott McKay and Melissa Mackenzie discuss former President Donald Trump’s Ron DeSantis obsession. This leads to a discussion about Republicans who obsess over other Republicans instead of focusing on the obvious failures of Democrats…
In this episode of The Spectacle podcast, what was planned to be a regular discussion of American politics quickly turned into something else altogether. Melissa Mackenzie begins with a discussion of a YouGov poll that covers political orientation and how…