In the absence of an extremely unlikely recovery of public confidence in the President and the Democrats, the voters will attempt to return the White House and the Senate to the Republicans in November. As to the presidency, Trump is…
The partisan divide in America makes it difficult to agree on anything in politics. But this much is certain, the House Republicans are a mess, and their incompetence has been a boon the President Biden and the Democrats. Whether their…
Mitch McConnell announced Wednesday his retirement from the Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate. He leaves his post when this session of Congress ends but indicates he remains as a sort of backbencher with standing, à la Nancy Pelosi in…
Republicans have increased their odds of winning back the U.S. Senate as former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that he is running for the seat left vacant by retiring Senator Ben Cardin. This surprise move by Hogan is a strategic…
WASHINGTON — How bad is the situation at the Southwest border? I attended a hearing Thursday of the House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs on the consequences of the current “catch and release” policies to observe…
At first, Sen. Mitch McConnell was proud to have worked with Democrats in the Senate to propose the now-infamous border bill. Now, he and the GOP are backpedaling just as fast as they can. On today’s episode of The Spectacle…
If you are a novelist, you may abandon inconvenient reality for richly imagined fiction. Consider Evelyn Waugh, who converted to Roman Catholicism in 1930. Rather than embrace the low-born majority of his new fellow congregants, he wove the richly tragic…
RETURN ADDRESS: Mr. Abraham Lincoln Eighth and Jackson Streets Springfield, Heaven 77777 January 29, 2024 Hon. Donald Trump The Mar-a-Lago Club Palm Beach, Florida 33480 My Dear Sir: Our mutual acquaintance, Pres. Nixon, asked me to reach out to you….
The Republican primary delivered no surprises in New Hampshire, and The Spectacle podcast’s hosts, Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay, are here to talk about it. Melissa assures listeners that, while Haley probably didn’t sleep around with South Carolinian troglodytes, she’s far…