Matt Manochio
Politics, law, education, and culture ran four-way stop signs simultaneously to detonate a mushroom cloud known as 2024. The highlights are apparent, but you may have forgotten some lesser-known events. Here’s a recap of the year’s most consequential stories. Trump…
My fellow Armenians, When I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice League’s ability to prosecute my political enemies. I kept my promise. But my son’s criminality is a different matter. Look, folks, I gave you…
Setting: A tuxedo-clad Donald Trump cradles a calico cat while sitting behind an oak desk in a replica Oval Office in Mar-a-Lago. Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski stand before him. Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., flank the room’s…
Editor’s Note: Barack Obama, who served as the 44th President of the United States, spoke at a post-election gathering of black voters. Matt Manochio of The American Spectator was present and submits this transcript of Obama’s brutally honest speech. African…
60 Minutes finally released the transcript of CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker’s interview with Kamala Harris. Now we know why the network hesitated. “Usually the teleprompter lets me know, except when it glitches.” One-on-One With Kamala Harris Whitaker: Hello, Madam…
Chester Finch (he/him) is a film critic and the Robert Mapplethorpe Professor of Pre-Colonial Criticism at Harvard University’s Department of Inclusionary Art. Right-wing provocateur and Daily Wire blogger Matt Walsh recently befouled American movie theaters with his immoral hate flick,…
The Democratic National Convention kicks off Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. Here is the party’s platform. Democratic National Convention Land Acknowledgement We acknowledge we operate on stolen land originally belonging to Native Americans. We therefore thank the Chicago Blackhawks for…
Mr. Chairman, Former President Trump avoided assassination by the tip of his ear because my agents acted fast. Still, the Secret Service failed the country because not one of the female agents who shielded Trump from bullets scooted up to…
List of Characters Man: a 30-something year-old man attending a gay pride parade. Volunteer: a 30-something year-old male assigned by parade organizers to hand out fliers and paraphernalia along the parade route. The scene: A man watches a pride parade…
The following chapter was cut from South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s recently released autobiography, No Going Back. The chinook’s rotors pumped a distant heartbeat into the South Dakota night. “The cartel. They found me.” I flapped away the bed sheets…
