Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida recently signed into law legislation which prohibits children under the age of 14 from having social media accounts, allows 14- and 15-year-olds to have such accounts only with parental consent, and requires age verification for…
WASHINGTON — It took the threat of being jailed to move former President Donald Trump to show some respect for the criminal justice system. On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $9,000 — the $1,000 maximum for nine violations of…
Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth By Catherine Pakaluk (Regnery, 256 pages, $30) Women are shedding the “girlboss” mindset of no man needed, no children wanted. Though the term originated with millennial businesswoman Sophia Amoruso’s 2014 memoir…
The shocking and horrific Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, triggered by the Singaporean-flagged cargo ship Dali striking it during the wee hours of Tuesday morning, has functioned as something of a Rorschach test. That test cuts to the…
Happiness is an odd thing to measure. To begin with, it’s incredibly subjective. For instance, let’s suppose you’re a Gallup pollster and you ask me, “Were you happy last year?” while I’m listening to Pachelbel’s organ fugues on the Magnificat…
On today’s episode of The Spectator P.M. Podcast, hosts Ellie Gardey and Aubrey Gulick discuss all the ways TikTok has contributed to the destruction of American culture and Gen Z’s attention spans. They comment on the U.S. House of Representative’s…
I’ve never been a fan of TikTok. Maybe it’s because I’m generally skeptical of social media (Yeah, I know, I’m a journalist. I’m in my early 20s. I grew up in the internet age. Call me an anomaly.); or perhaps…
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, known by many as Kate Middleton, released an official apology after sparking outrage online for photoshopping a photograph of her and her children for the U.K.’s celebration of Mother’s Day. The photo quickly began trending…