Twitter no longer bans users who refer to people using biologically accurate pronouns. Instead, it now allows accountholders to determine how they express themselves. This victory for freedom of speech won scorn from outlets existentially dependent on freedom of speech….
Fifty-four years ago, Fred Rogers — Mister Rogers to his viewers — testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications and asked for $20 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). He explained to Sen. John Pastore, a man as…
Twitter has labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media,” in the style of outlets in Russia and China. Despite protest from NPR bosses, the designation is fully accurate and deserves application to other government media funded by American taxpayers. In…
When I say “Five Quick Things,” I recognize I’m usually lying. Of course, as brevity is in short supply in this space, I require you to judge not harshly the definition of “quick.” But seriously — I mean it this…
“Propping Up the Dominoes,” editorial cartoon by Yogi Love for The American Spectator, Feb. 13, 2023.
I realize I probably could have been doing columns like this for a long time now, and I’ve certainly touched on this subject a bit. But really, at this point, just how terribly much the cultural and political Left sucks…
In a 1789 letter to the British philosopher Richard Price, Thomas Jefferson observed that “wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government.” By that standard, it’s no longer clear that the American electorate is…
Talk about a double standard. Talk about abuse of power. Again. On Friday, Dec. 30, the Democrats running the House Ways and Means Committee are releasing former President Donald Trump’s taxes. Which is to say, they are launching one of…
Neo-reactionary pundits recently called for the creation of a 21st-century House Un-American Activities Committee. Jon Schweppe at Newsweek argued, “Republicans in the House should think bigger than simply calling former Twitter executives before the House Oversight Committee. We need a…