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…
Melbourne is in its glorious summer — not that anyone from TAS is there, except via high tech — and it is time to assess the 2024 pro tennis situation. But after the first week of the year’s first major,…
WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden is under the skin of House Republicans. He made a surprise cameo Wednesday morning at a House Oversight hearing, where members were considering holding him in contempt of Congress. As the hearing started, President Joe Biden’s…
Sunday Why do people hate Jews? The Jewish religion and faith is the oldest continuously practiced as such in mankind’s history. Jews — an immeasurably small percentage of the world’s population — have been spectacularly productive in terms of science,…
With abortion cast as a “losing issue” for Republicans, former Trump counselor and campaign manager Kellyanne Conway thinks she’s found the silver bullet: contraception. Conway visited Capitol Hill this week to propose that Republican candidates shift their talking points to…
In the dynamic landscape of American politics, a transformative moment is unfolding, offering Republicans a unique opportunity to broaden their support base, notably among black voters traditionally aligned with the Democrat Party. This seismic shift is underscored by a growing…
People who have only experienced the highly polarized and often dysfunctional party system of today are often surprised to learn that a generation ago, the system was dramatically different. The bitter partisanship and hostility that especially marks the House of…
The exuberance that accompanied the start of Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive has soured into uncertainty. A recent TIME magazine piece on Zelensky paints a picture of a man struggling to battle impatience in his American allies and corruption in his own…