In a previous article in The American Spectator, I asked: “Are we at the end of American maritime hegemony?” The article noted the concern expressed by two naval experts that our diminished shipbuilding capacity was endangering our maritime supremacy. I…
It is common to regard Christmas as a time of family gatherings, gift giving, and traditions. Today, we often regard Christmas as a moment of fellowship and harmony. But for the people of 1914, Christmas was far from those things….
The last light in the nativity scene has been turned on. The room is dimly lit. Blue and yellow sparkles glitter in the building’s windows. There’s just the reflection of a silver foil river, which runs through the fields, and…
Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets By Michael Korda (Liveright Publications, 381 pages, $30) The First World War saw an outburst of poetic creativity unmatched in European history. Fueled by bitter…
It seems to strange to talk about laws of war. As William T. Sherman declared, war is hell. On the other hand, the story of the misuse of law reaches into antiquity as well. And as we see today, distorted…
Americans have very little patience for being told to stay quiet. As far as they are concerned, their speech is a God-given right they should be able to exercise at all times despite any minor extenuating circumstances, like war. That…
Adolf Hitler gained power in Germany in 1932. His rhetoric and actions between 1932 and 1939 made it clear to anyone willing to see and hear and read that he sought German hegemony in Europe and beyond. He ignored and…
Ohne jene Kunst würden wir Nichts als Vordergrund sein und ganz und gar im Banne jener Optik leben, welche das Nächste und Gemeinste als ungeheuer gross und als die Wirklichkeit an sich erscheinen lässt. Without art we would be nothing…
We spoke to Roger Kaplan, the regular American Spectator tennis correspondent, on the subject of Presidents Day, who admitted to feeling peeved by the lack of response from the White House to the offer from his organization, the East Side…
