For the past week, my team at America 2100 and I have been in Charleroi, Pennsylvania — a downwardly mobile, 4,000-person town in the southwestern part of the state. We went to Charleroi to document and report on the flood…
Young men once occupied a special — even unique — place in the West. Alexander the Great was 20 years old when he became king of Macedonia, and 25 when he conquered the Persian Empire; by the age of 30,…
Amid the seemingly infinite mass of aliens flooding across our southern border, public opinion on immigration has swung dramatically to the right. Over the past 12 months alone, the share of Americans who want less immigration has jumped 14 points,…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed presidential nominee Donald Trump last week. In today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, host Scott McKay and American Spectator writer Nate Hochman discuss RFK Jr.’s influence and what his endorsement…
“First and foremost, I avoid all confrontation,” Robert Freeman, a 47-year-old bus driver in Queens, remarked to the New York Times. “Me, I just concentrate on driving, and I don’t say nothing.” It was an apt summary of the city’s…
To be a citizen is to own and be owned in turn. The civis possesses a stake in the civitas, and is entitled to a share in its common life, even as he is bound by its rules and regulations….
Tim Walz’s radicalism makes him Kamala’s perfect choice from the perspective of Trump’s presidential campaign. Can Trump take this golden ticket and usher in another victory? In today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, host Scott McKay is joined by American…
Since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and off the media’s radar, he’s left Americans wondering who is running the country. In today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, host Scott McKay is joined by American Spectator…
As the Kamala Harris campaign unveiled their vice-presidential pick last week, conservatives could hardly contain their glee. The man of the hour, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, was a radical, they reasoned. The 2020 George Floyd riots began in his backyard….
