A Modest Proposal Explaining the Midterm Rout
Donald Trump implored voters to “pretend that I’m on the ballot.” To that end, he held an unusual midterm Republican...
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Behind Republicans’ Midterm Disaster
President Trump’s tariffs, one of the largest peacetime tax increases in history, worsened inflation and just cost Republicans both houses...
Candidate Quality Mattered
A lesson for both Democrats and Republicans pertains to candidate quality. If Democrats had nominated that weasel Alexander Vindman instead...
The Rout
Democrats won back both the House of Representatives and the Senate last night. The historic triumph gave Democrats a U.S....
The Marines Deserved Better Than This
Perhaps you missed the news of the attack by an illegal immigrant who took a sledgehammer to the Iwo Jima...
While the Public Fears AI, These Ohio and Iowa Business Owners Are Finding Relief
COLUMBUS, Ohio — On a recent afternoon, April Polk was driving to a doctor’s appointment when her assistant flagged something...
Republicans Shouldn’t Have to Work This Hard to Beat Crazy
Midterm elections are like a first date with a girl you like, the very day before she leaves to study...
The Spectator P.M. Ep. 258: The Iowa, Kansas, and California Elections Are Must-Watch Races
Candidates up for this year’s midterm elections have been working around the clock to reach their party base and beyond...
The Spectator P.M. Ep. 257: Haley Stevens Betrays Abdul El-Sayed, and High School Students Can’t Write
In a surprising turn of events, Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens revoked her endorsement for Abdul El-Sayed, instead supporting El-Sayed’s rival,...
Don’t Expect a Blue Wave This Tuesday
If you had asked me over the last few months about the Republicans’ chances in the midterm elections, I would...
Poland’s Return to the Bad Old Days?
In Poland, Nov. 1 marks All Saints’ Day, a national holiday in which Poles customarily visit the graves of deceased...
The Trump Era Marches On
The headline from CNN was as basic as it was bold. It read: “Trump ramps up attacks on Democrats as...
Generic Polls v. Specific Races
Generic polls give generic results; they do not give specific outcomes. Obvious as this may seem, it bears remembering that...
Michigan Choices
“Michigan Choices,” editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich for The American Spectator on Nov. 2, 2026.
Dems Turn to Misogyny Against Haley Stevens, Say She Is Controlled by Her Fiancé
Democrats are absolutely furious that Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers and made known her opposition...
The Democrats’ Black-Pill Cult Is on Full Display in Michigan
Last Friday, I published the final installment of The Five Black Pills, a series on the tools of civilizational destruction...
Dem Party Bullies
“Dem Party Bullies,” editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich for The American Spectator on Nov. 2, 2026.
Germany’s Green Dream, America’s Industrial Gain
Natural gas now costs roughly 10 times as much in Europe as in the United States. While consumers and small...
‘Islamophobia’ Is Used to Silence Critics of Political Islam
The suffix “phobia” means an irrational fear. Arachnophobia, for example, is an irrational fear of spiders, while claustrophobia is an...
Why Do So Many Countries Seem To Be Preparing for Disaster?
Being an information hoarder, I am in the habit of looking for patterns in just about everything, which often helps...
The Trump Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Without Illusions
Is there a “Trump Doctrine” that describes or explains the foreign policy of the Trump administration? Yes. It is best...
Did Army General Brett Sylvia Betray His Country’s Secrets?
A Leaky General? Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia has been relieved of his former job as a top Defense Department...
A Republican Victory Could Drive the Left to Bedlam
In 18th century London, the Bethlehem Royal Hospital, better known as Bedlam, was a popular attraction. Visitors paid a penny...
Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Experiment Takes a Sinister Turn
If you look at the history of Alaska’s elections since it was admitted to the Union in 1959, it becomes...
The UN Human Rights Council’s Vendetta Against Israel
What must a country do to earn a permanent place in the dock of world opinion? Commit the worst atrocities?...
The NFL Wants to Conquer the World — and the Afterlife
Over the past year, the NFL has demonstrated its willingness to play football just about anywhere on this third rock...
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Warfare: Can the U.S. Military Keep Up?
Back in the last decade of the last century, all of the services were — each in its own way...
School Choice Is Bringing Back America’s Founding Values
On October 7, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a widely covered address in Athens, Greece, which warned that the...
In America’s Priciest Cities, Belonging Is the New Mortgage
For the first year of his life, Giles R. and Lis H.’s son slept in a wardrobe. The couple had...
Barack Obama’s Politics of Deception: From Obamacare to Iran
Our American political life is noisy and messy. Providing simplicity can be a winning strategy. Most prefer order to noise...
Catholics Have a Moral Obligation to Vote in the Midterm Elections
American Catholics have a moral obligation to vote in the upcoming midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The Catechism of...
Repeated Ethical Shortcomings at Instacart Hamper the Task of Those Defending Capitalism
Instacart’s repeated instances of unethical business behavior are giving ammunition to the critics of capitalism. Those of us who defend...
Israel’s Election Results Still Far From Conclusive
Voter turnout for Israel’s parliamentary elections reached a record high as Israelis took to the ballot boxes on Oct. 27...
The Individual’s Choice: Everything I Reject in the Collective Swamp
I do not like shouting choruses, ranks of people marching in lockstep, group slogans, or trendy movies. I do not...
Pete Buttigieg Wants to Be the Democrats’ Radical Man
Pete Buttigieg adopted fairly radical positions during his first bid for the presidency, feeling he had to match the radical...
The Tyranny of #BeNice
On the eve of the midterm elections, one searches in vain for a coherent expression of the ideology that animates...
Move the NFL Out of Manhattan
I took the bait and clicked the headline, “Super Bowl LXI halftime headliner announced.” And the headliner is … Jay-Z,...
The Left Is Jealous of Elon’s Success
While sore Leftists (namely, Robert Reich) shake their fists at Elon Musk and demand that SpaceX and Starlink become “nationalized,”...
New 9/11 Memorial Vandal Underscores Left’s Deep-Rooted Hatred of America
America’s left-wing fringe, which is increasingly indistinguishable from the Democratic Party mainstream, absolutely hates our nation. You’d have to be...
Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest and the Danger of Erasing History
Adolph Hitler’s former Bavarian mountain retreat, the Eagle’s Nest, was burned to the ground by an alleged arsonist on October...
2028 Begins!
The race is on. That would be the 2028 race for president. With President Trump unable to run again, both...
Alaska Dem Bait-and-Switch
“Alaskan Dems Bait-and-Switch,” editorial cartoon by Jon Russo for The American Spectator on Oct. 29, 2026.
The Weirdo Factor Quells the Blue Wave
Many Americans do not vote Democrat on Tuesday for the simple reason that so many Democrats do not represent them....
Horror Sequel
Snopes Determines That Claim Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother Is ‘Unfounded’
It’s been obvious for a pretty long time that Ilhan Omar married her brother. All the way back in 2019,...
The 5QT Presents: The Five Black Pills, Part 5 — What You Hate About AI Is Not Really About AI
AI is here. We’re all using it. And like everything else, it seems, we’re finding reasons to dislike what we...
Polymarket or Kalshi Markets Don’t Decide the Election
The midterm elections are bringing high-priced bets on Polymarket and Kalshi, impacting voter sentiment across the board in different races....
The Spectacle Ep. 484: Anthropic’s IPO Problems, and the Rise of Local AI
Anthropic’s initial public offering, which is set to roll into the stock market in mid-November, released information regarding its nearly...
Let’s Pass the ‘A River Runs Through It’ Act
When I was a boy, the fishing expeditions to Montana’s Blackfoot River launched from our family cabin at nearby Seeley...
Gov. Newsom’s Election Guide
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently went on record that closing beaches during the COVID pandemic was “insane” and he regretted not...
Catholic Bishops Should Pray at the White House. No Apology Was Necessary.
Dialogue. For better or worse, it’s quite possibly the defining attitude of the modern Catholic prelate. He is supposed to...
Billionaires Compensate Us Many Times Over. Wealth Taxes Endanger That.
No matter what happens in Tuesday’s elections, support for wealth taxes keeps growing. Its justification is based on the idea...
At Last, Officials Question ‘Housing First’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that California has made significant progress in reducing its homeless population, with...
The Spookiest Interview in American Political History
You probably have seen this X post. It’s Ed Markey, the utterly cracked senator from Massachusetts, in an interview with...
The Spectacle Ep. 483: Here’s Why Brazil’s Election Matters to America
Brazil is in a big uproar over Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s being ‘re-elected’ this past Sunday. President Trump even...
Bad Night for Netanyahu
It looks as though an unusually high percentage of Israelis — estimated at 78 percent — turned out to vote....
‘Settler Violence’ Narrative Vilifies West Bank Jews
“All Jews currently living in various parts of the city … are bound to go at once to live together...
The Iron Chancellor’s Guide to Avoiding World War III
Otto von Bismarck is counted among the most effective statesmen of the 19th century — or, for that matter, any...
The House Is Restless. It Has Been Before.
PITTSBURGH — In April 1894, a ragged column of unemployed men attempted to come through Pittsburgh on the way to...
The Decline and Fall of the Knuckleball
Once more this fall, for the 22nd consecutive year, no knuckleball pitchers will be playing in the World Series. Tim...
Getting Reagan’s Conservative Fusionism Right for Today
Reviews of Stephanie Slade’s fine new book Fusionism: Liberty, Virtue, and the Future of the American Right have produced a...
A Republican Guide to Losing the Midterms
Two weeks ago, I offered some humble advice (as humble as advice from a columnist can possibly be, given that...
Tim Walz Turns Against Kamala and Embraces This Candidate
“I’ve become friends with school shooters.” That was a real line uttered by Tim Walz during the 2024 vice presidential...
The Spectator P.M. Ep. 256: Women Are Aborting Sons Due to Toxic Masculinity
Social media users are chiming in on a woman’s post about her aborting her pregnancy upon learning that her baby...
The Spectator P.M. Ep. 255: What a Mess: Airbnb Hosts Are Furious With New Rules
Starting on Nov. 20, Airbnb hosts can no longer require guests to strip the sheets, wash dishes, or to throw...
The Department of War: True to History
President George Washington was on the ball. Washington, who famously had an entire career in the military, (first for the...
Ilhan Omar Marriage
“Ilhan Omar Marriage,” editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich for The American Spectator on Oct. 26, 2026.
Why Is Vlad the Impaler in a Negotiating Mood?
Vlad the Impaler Putin seems to have finally agreed to U.S. brokered peace negotiations with Ukraine as his forces get...
The Great Rude Awakening
“The Great Rude Awakening,” editorial cartoon by Yogi Love for The American Spectator on Oct. 26, 2026.
A Time for Choosing: Reagan’s Warning for Republicans and Democrats in 2026
It was 62 years ago, Oct. 27, 1964, that Ronald Reagan delivered a speech designed to help salvage Republican Senator...
What Happened in Brazil on Sunday Was Absolutely Outrageous
They’re calling it an upset. But nobody — nobody — should be surprised that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was...
How Soviet Propaganda Found a New Home in ‘Human Rights’ Organizations
The prevailing ideological hostility directed at liberal democracies within the international human rights ecosystem is neither an organic moral awakening...
America’s Debt Crisis: We’re Running Out of Cans to Kick
America’s federal tax base currently generates over $5 trillion annual. The nation has an attended annual budget expenditure that exceeds...
Is America’s Healthcare Crisis a Sleeper Issue for the Midterms?
Whether it is exorbitant business expenses or unaffordable consumer costs, healthcare costs may indeed be the determining “sleeper issue” of...
NFL Games Are Getting Longer. Will More Instant Replay Make Things Worse?
For years, the NFL has prided itself on being the perfect television product consisting of three hours of drama, violence,...
Why Trump Is Backing Netanyahu in Israel’s Crucial Election
On Sunday, October 18, U.S. President Donald Trump threw in his official endorsement behind Israeli Prime Minister incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu...
Hollywood’s Feminist Reckoning: The Girlboss Era Is in Trouble
I’ve long written that feminism has been one of the vilest ideological evils of modern times. It began by fracturing...
Emmanuel Macron and the Unraveling of France
If you listen to its savants and politicians, you’d think that France was unravelling, on the brink of a civil...
The Weekend Spectator Ep. 63: Riots in France, the Natural Hotbed of Marxism
The West has been under attack by both radical Islam in the East and secular Marxist leftism in the West....
Netflix’s Narnia Problem: You Can’t Modernize C.S. Lewis Without Losing Him
Netflix has released the first trailer for Greta Gerwig’s The Magician’s Nephew, and it is quite a production: Led Zeppelin’s...
Obama’s Legacy: A Stronger Iran and a Weaker Welfare System
President Obama has taken some grief for claiming that Israel was founded on stolen land to house those fleeing European...
Science or Faith? You No Longer Have to Choose
A few decades ago, there seemed to be only two choices on origins: If you doubted that Darwinian natural selection...
America’s Best of Times, Worst of Times: Can Adam Smith Save the Future?
The first line of Dicken’s Tale of Two Cities resonates even today: “It was the best of times, it was...
Psychology Gone Mad: When Every Quirk Becomes a Disorder
Psychology is the science that studies the mind, and it is the only medical science that examines something whose exact...
LutherLand: The Martin Luther Theme Park You Never Knew You Needed
At a family gathering a few days ago I mentioned that I was planning on traveling to Germany next spring....
Bishop Robert Barron Shows Germany’s Catholic Critics What Courage Looks Like
Most weekends, I take issue with some statement from some bishop, so I hope this weekend will be a welcome...
Europe’s Oldest Hatred Returns Under a New Flag
We have been seeing day after day of spreading chaos on the streets of France and Italy. Since we Americans...
France Should Export a Warning, Not Its Tax Ideas
French economist Gabriel Zucman has come to California bearing a familiar French solution to a fiscal problem: another tax. Once...
The Many Names of Ilhan Omar
While Capitol Hill may run on Zyn and Celsius, Representative Ilhan Omar apparently runs on deception and incest. Yes, dear...
Living in Fear
I have reached full-scale terror. I get fearful when heavy rain falls here in our glorious Los Angeles. I am...
What’s the Matter With Kansas (the Senate Race, That Is)?
Republicans face a challenging situation as they enter the November midterms. President Trump has a historically low approval rating, and...
Democrat’s Double Standard
“Democrat’s Double Standard,” editorial cartoon by Jon Russo for The American Spectator on Oct. 23, 2026.
Call Her Daddy Ex-Host Reveals That She Had an Abortion, and That It Was Awful
On Thursday, Call Her Daddy ex-host Sofia Franklyn revealed for the first time that she had an abortion. The revelation came...
Poland’s Enemies, Foreign and Domestic
On Oct. 18, a drone exploded in northern Lithuania, triggering the latest regional alarm in a conflict that, as of...
A Gala of Ghouls: Joe and Jill’s Planned Parenthood Lovefest
In one of my Cold War courses, I show students a documentary dramatization of the lavish feast hosted by Joseph...
The Spectacle Ep. 482: Apple Homeview: The Device You Don’t Want or Need
Apple released a new commercial promoting their Apple Homeview product, and in turn became one of the worst ads ever...
November’s Stark Choice: Two Visions for Justice and the Rule of Law
Democrats, suffering from denial and delusion, tend to think of themselves as the guardians of the rule of law. Back...
Seven Lessons From the 1956 Hungarian Revolution for America Today
Seventy years ago this October, Hungarian university students demanded Soviet withdrawal and free elections. Their uprising challenged a communist dictatorship....
The War Iran Chose: Remembering the Beirut Bombing
On Oct. 23, 1983, shortly after 6:00 a.m. local time, a hijacked Mercedes stake-bed truck carrying approximately 6 tons of...
Judge Gives Thumbs Up to Noncitizen Voting
This isn’t rocket science. The only people who have the right to vote in the upcoming midterm elections — or,...