Two hundred and eighty-nine years ago, on Oct. 30, 1735, one of the most important yet least appreciated Founding Fathers was born in a place we now know as Quincy, Massachusetts. The birthday of John Adams provides an opportunity to…
What should serious conservatives do about the election? Donald Trump is certainly not George Washington or Ronald Reagan; but they are not on the ballot. What about for Kamala Harris? Her main selling point is that Trump is a threat…
The 2024 presidential race has once again revealed a fundamental problem in the modern U.S. political discourse: Very few Americans seem to understand the proper role of the president. From politicians to pundits, and even among voters, the president is…
We do not dislike Kamala Harris. Rather, we despise her. But why? Republicans obviously always have opposed liberal Democrat candidates opposing GOP standard bearers. Often, the opposition was quite strong. But very few of those Democrats generated a visceral emotion we can…
Joy! Vibes! A big smile and surprisingly few cackles. Vice President Harris lately has enjoyed buoyant poll numbers, some large rally audiences, and the salivation of the regime media. The same news outlets that tried to pry her from President Joe Biden’s ticket at…
No one seems to have picked up on this: If Joe Biden had stuck it out to the brutal end, he probably would have lost — but might have won. Republicans, talk radio hosts, and Fox News analysts are fond…
In the immediate aftermath of the near-miss, but-for-the-grace-of-God attempt on Donald Trump’s life this weekend, many pundits and politicians on the Left felt compelled to moderate or soften their tone — at least briefly. President Biden — or more accurately,…
I mentioned in Sunday’s special-edition Five Quick Things column that my novel King of the Jungle, which The American Spectator subscribers got to read in serial form earlier this spring before it was published (you can still do that, if…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom was last seen in New Hampshire, where he was touting President Joe Biden’s reelection in a Democratic-leaning swing state. Whatever the political merits of the governor’s visit, it left Californians wondering about Newsom’s…
