Where to begin? Where would modern American conservatism be without William F. Buckley Jr.? Born on Nov. 24, 1925, the precocious young man gained national attention by attacking his alma mater in his first book, God and Man at Yale….
Full disclosure. I am a Newsmax TV contributor. But I write this as a conservative — and as someone who has observed the serious rise of conservative media over time. The prompting for this column was the invitation to be present on…
The year 2025 represents a pivotal moment for those of us on the political right. President Donald Trump enters his second term as the 47th President of the United States with control of both chambers of Congress and a mandate for…
The Panama Canal is back in the news. President-elect Donald Trump, a few days before Christmas, suggested that he might try to regain control of the Panama Canal, saying that it was “foolishly” ceded to Panama by President Jimmy Carter….
For over 30 years now, possibly more, The American Spectator has been holding monthly meetings, usually in local eateries. We continue to do this despite the atrocious manners of some of our guests, most notably guests who are members of…
James Burnham: An Intellectual Biography By David T. Byrne (Northern Illinois University Press, 256 pages, $33.95) “Only by renouncing all ideology can we begin to see the world and man.” So wrote James Burnham in a 1963 edition of The…
PBS’s The Incomparable Mr. Buckley is in many ways a favorable treatment of the founding father of modern conservatism, William F. Buckley Jr. The program explores Buckley’s many fine personal qualities and professional talents and tells the story of his…
PBS premiered “The Incomparable Mr. Buckley” coincidentally on the same day that I visited Yale University’s Sterling Memorial Library to explore William F. Buckley Jr.’s correspondence. The epistolary Buckley encountered Friday morning clashed as much as he meshed with the…
The American Spectator founder R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., has a new book coming out next month. It’s called How Do We Get Out of Here?: Half a Century of Laughter and Mayhem at The American Spectator—From Bobby Kennedy to Donald…
