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…
The American Spectator lost a great friend today, Ted Olson. He was a steadfast Spectator board member, a gifted writer of some of our most memorable anti-Clinton diatribes, and an all-around wise counselor. He remained vigorous and intellectually curious all…
As I sit here in my library, with the sun streaming again, I cannot help but think that it is once again morning in America. My chair is under the portrait of Abraham Lincoln, which his son, Robert Todd Lincoln,…
Readers have been pestering me for months as to who is going to win the election. You will remember that in 2016 I made a fool of myself when I cast my vote early for Donald Trump, the greenhorn Republican,…
Venice, Italy — A few days ago, when Ethel Kennedy passed away, I was in faraway Italy. Padua to be exact. But I did not want her passing to go unnoticed by me. She was a special kind of Democrat…
The following is adapted from R. Emmett Tyrrell’s memoir, How Do We Get Out of Here?: Half a Century of Laughter and Mayhem at The American Spectator―From Bobby Kennedy to Donald J. Trump. The American Spectator’s “big picture” includes the…
This weekend, while at the Jersey Shore, I viewed the film Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid. I last saw Quaid about 45 years ago in the movie Breaking Away, an entertaining movie but one tarted up by Hollywood fictions, class warfare,…
WASHINGTON — I am very surprised that so many adults are having such a difficult time of it in dealing with the Hon. Matt Gaetz, Florida’s boy congressman. The American Spectator had Mr. Gaetz as a guest at one of…
WASHINGTON — What is happening with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign for the presidency? Well, he is running second behind President Joe Biden, but I am counting on Bobby to make a race of it with the old boy. Joe…
WASHINGTON — Well, we finally got to see the funny side of Vladimir Putin, the usually dour president of Russia. Vladi is not known for joking around a lot. Ask Yevgeny Prigozhin, if you can find him. But seriously, Vladimir…
