The National Football League goes international
On a beautifully gray Madrid afternoon, a group of prominent executives and representatives of America’s most popular sports league gathered…
Is MAGA cracking up?
In the year since his triumphant reelection, Donald Trump has racked up an enormous list of accomplishments, both foreign and…
How Israel won the war – and lost the PR battle
Regardless of the ultimate outcome of the Gaza peace deal brokered by Donald Trump, the past two years have seen…
Why does the left hate J.D. Vance so much?
Freddy Gray’s latest Spectator cover piece on J.D. Vance’s status as the heir apparent for Donald Trump, well-above the scrum of…
Schrödinger’s covert action
While much of the pushback from the right wing to Donald Trump’s international hawkishness has come from voices focused on…
The joke’s on Dave Chappelle
The problem with Dave Chappelle taking his comedy to Saudi Arabia isn’t the money they paid him. It’s what they…
How does the American right move on?
At the time, it was audacious. Guy Benson, now a commentator for Fox News and Townhall, recalls being approached by…
Charlie Kirk saw himself as holding back a revolution
Charlie Kirk was, from an incredibly young age, the sort of person willing to try things that seemed impossible. Last…
Why is ESPN ruining NFL RedZone?
Until this week, NFL RedZone stood alone as an untainted representation of hyper fandom in the sports television arena, in…
By taking on the cartels, Trump is reasserting American authority
The reporting process on Donald Trump’s war on the cartels for my latest cover story for The Spectator, published here…
Inside Trump’s war on the cartels
To deal with big problems, the second presidency of Donald Trump adopts a three-step approach. First, the declaration of authority:…
Exclusive poll: are you proud to be an American?
With the 250th anniversary of America’s founding approaching next year, the majority of Americans are happy to applaud their country…
Why Trump is right to take over DC
Donald Trump‘s press conference announcing a federal takeover of Washington, DC‘s police force was packed to the gills with White…
Theater kids are holding Texas hostage
The theater kids are at it again. The Texas Democratic Party is engaged in yet another performative act of resistance –…
Just how high did the Russiagate farce originate?
Tulsi Gabbard’s declassification of documents that support the view that the intelligence community engaged in a deliberate conspiracy to target the…
Why Trump’s ‘Washington Whatevers’ threat matters
In The Spectator’s lengthy sit-down interview with President Trump earlier this year, 45 teased the idea that the return of Washington’s…
Will Trump bail out Texas Republicans?
With the retirement of North Carolina’s Thom Tillis, the Republican with the heaviest Senate primary burden in 2026 becomes John…
The great big, beautiful risk
The electoral risk to politicians involved in passing a dog’s breakfast of a “big, beautiful bill” – and there have…
Trump shows the world what he’s made of
In what will likely be remembered as the most monumental decision of his presidency, Donald Trump decided to pull the…
The left needs a Joe Rogan – why not Tucker?
For months, the conversation on the American left has revolved around that thorny question: where can we find our own…
Trump: America First, c’est moi
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty told Alice scornfully, “it means just what I choose it to mean –…
Gavin Newsom blew his chance to stand for law and order
Gavin Newsom had a golden opportunity this week to prove that he’s learned something in the time since the summer…
Why you should fear the post-DoGE right
Elon Musk’s departure from Washington was celebrated by many in the media. In the space of just a few years…
Dan Patrick’s war on weed gummies could endanger Texas Republicans
In a press conference that veered into awkward sketch comedy in Austin, Texas, yesterday, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick railed at…
One Big Beautiful win for House Republicans
The passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” early Thursday morning by the slimmest of margins in the House…
