The Trump Derangement Syndrome has now gone full bat-dung crazy. Here’s what those wonderful, kooky kids at the Washington Post had to say. “The Republican candidate for president [ahem] has invited a hostile foreign power to conduct an unlawful cyberattack…

Yesterday Rush Limbaugh raised the possibility that Russian intelligence services may have been responsible for the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and could blackmail a second Clinton White House. In so doing he sounded a concern earlier voiced by…

As TAS regulars know, I can find a way to relate most things to baseball. No exception this morning. As fans of the Grand Old Game know, most pitchers lose arm-speed as they get older. At some point they no…

For only the second time in franchise history, Tampa Bay’s Rays will visit Dodger Stadium. They’re in Tinsel Town for two games beginning tonight. The Rays’ season is beyond hope and prayer. They have an iron grip on last place…

By now, readers know that the Democratic Party has designated Debbie Wasserman Schultz for assignment after she finished dead last in the Miss Congeniality balloting. Other candidates included Lady Macbeth, chef Gordon Ramsey of “Kitchen Nightmares” fame, the ghost of Leona…

It appears that the Chicago Cubs have acquired closer Aroldis Chapman from the New York Yankees in a multi-player deal. The Cubs have been interested in obtaining Chapman for more than a month. At one point, it appeared the Cubs…

Who said, “I predict he [Trump] is going to run a great race for president…”? Well, that would be me. Moreover, I said it eight days after Donald declared for the presidency. Other political sages kept declaring he would drop…

As many longtime readers of AmSpec know, this magazine originated in Indiana where it raised hell from the Heartland for twenty years before moving on to Washington and raising even more hell — ask Bill and Hillary. Thus today and…

I flew into Cleveland yesterday accompanied by a reassuringly large veteran of the Iraq war, the war in Afghanistan, and military service around the world (he also is from the Spectator’s Board of Directors), and a woman who has been stalking me…

How does ESPN muck up the televising of baseball games? Let me count the ways. Not only does ESPN disfigure the game screen with that pointless strike zone box and those X marks at the spots where the pitch arrives,…