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The Trump-Kennedy Center Naming Kerfuffle, Part 2

Ya gotta love it. President Trump, an active player on the Board of the Kennedy Center, has had the audacity...

Why the West Needs the American Founding

The United States has always occupied a unique place in the civilization broadly known as the West. For one thing,...

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How the Author of Jurassic Park Foresaw the Dangers of AI Chatbots

Famed atheist Richard Dawkins now thinks Artificial Intelligence models can be sentient. In a recent essay for UnHerd, the evolutionary...

The Cost of Trump’s Politics of Subtraction

The Age of Trump paradoxically witnesses a calcified electorate that votes for the party rather than the person and a president...

Beware the Renegade Caucus

President Trump’s golden touch remains undefeated this primary cycle, with every endorsed candidate making it to the November election. The congressmen he...

60 Minutes Is Burning. Bring Marshmallows.

Long-time readers of this space surely know of my delight in the demise of CBS News and 60 Minutes; I...

The Spectator P.M. Ep. 219: Lesbian Minister Cancels July 4th to ‘Understand Our Own Whiteness’

Rev. Erin Splaine decided to cancel her church congregation’s annual Fourth of July celebration in protest against the Supreme Court’s...

Tiananmen Square Anniversary Reminds Us of Freedom Lost

June 4 is the 37th anniversary of Beijing’s brutal suppression of demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Naturally, there is no...

The Ballot Is Not a Compliance Form

In an era saturated with identity markers, qualifiers, and classifications, the voting booth used to stand as a last refuge...