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Florida, you might have heard, is no longer a swing state. Since Ron DeSantis became governor, Republicans have gained nearly 2 million registered voters on Democrats in the Sunshine State. It is an astonishing change in partisanship for the state that famously decided the 2000 presidential election by 537 votes. The outcome of the statewide races in Florida this November, such as those for governor and U.S. senator, are therefore not in much doubt. Democrats might dream about making Florida com

Every year, on Aug. 1, Poles commemorate “W” Hour at 5 P.M., the start of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The Polish insurgents waged a heroic struggle against Nazi occupiers and their allies for over two months, famously trudging through the city’s sewer system after their lines of communication were cut, while Soviet forces observed the attrition from across the Vistula. It is arguably the defining moment of modern Polish history. History, of course, can be requisitioned for various purposes. Wit

Dr. David Morens, a former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Aug. 18, to conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with concealing federal records during the COVID pandemic. Morens was a long-time official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). He worked with NIAID for 20 years and served as a senior adviser in the Office of the Director from 2006 to 2022. Federal prosecutors charged Morens in April for working with two co-con

Well, let’s start with the name. It is demeaning. Sheep run in flocks. Are herded. The name tells us what those who intend to herd us have in mind for us. Keep in mind what eventually happens to sheep. Our would-be shepherds — so to speak — are not herding us to “keep us safe.” They intend to fence us in — so that we are easier to shear. They do not say this, of course. They say it is for our safety. By now, people should reflexively become alarmed whenever they hear others tal

“TDS Victims,” editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich for The American Spectator on Aug. 20, 2026.

In the end, the truth outs. In this case, the truth is the apparent instinctive, sexist nature of Georgia Senate Democrat candidate Sen. Jon Ossoff. Ossoff is running for re-election in Georgia. In that capacity, he decided to attack President Trump. Fair enough — this is election season, and Trump is doing well — so if you’re a Democrat opponent, you attack. Got it. But Ossoff just couldn’t resist going over the top and taking a shot at Trump aide Natalie Harp. Said the senator of the president

Less than seven years ago, Alexander Vindman played left-wing darling on MSNBC as he testified in full military regalia against Donald Trump during his first impeachment. If progressives published a Tiger Beat, then Vindman would have graced its cover with David Cassidy-like frequency (with his twin Eugene enjoying the Shaun Cassidy role). But tastes among leftists like little kids change rapidly. Then, they flew the Ukrainian blue and yellow in solidarity; now, they hang Palestinian flags. MSNB

I’m looking forward to a long vacation from social media. Unfortunately, I don’t have the luxury of taking such a vacation — unless a Friday-Saturday-Sunday absence can be considered a long vacation. The day job requires me to be plugged into the social media sewer. There is no other way to effectively promote a website you publish, or intellectual property you’re trying to sell, than to plug your stuff on social media. And if you’re there plugging it, you’re also t

From Chief Judge Lance Walker (D. Me.) today in Nass v. Maine Bd. of Licensure in Medicine: As alleged [in the Complaint], this case arises out of the COVID-19 pandemic and the desire of the medical establishment, in this instance the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine, to compel medical practitioners to toe the line in all matters related to COVID medical treatments as well as messaging concerning vaccination efficacy and treatment alternatives. Plaintiff Meryl Nass, M.D., has been a Maine-li

Mark the summer of 2026 as the moment when an unlikely supermajority of Americans came together on one issue: their opposition to data centers. This new, big, messy coalition spans the political spectrum and is rooted in a fear that the sociopaths of Silicon Valley will determine the future of our lives, our communities, and our economic prospects. And (most) politicians have noticed which way the wind is blowing. Plus: Carbon emissions are getting better but the planet is still getting warmer,

No, Boris Sanchez, it won't matter if the DSA talks to a million survivors of socialism and communism. They know the history and the implications of that political ideology -- and it doesn't bother them.

Some excerpts from Judge Kathleen Waterman-Marshall's longish decision filed Monday in Abdou v. Columbia Univ. (an appeal appears imminent): Plaintiff Mohamed Abdou … is a North African-Egyptian Muslim scholar in the field of Cultural Studies, who was employed as a visiting professor at Columbia for the Spring 2024 academic term; his employment term end date was May 31, 2024. On April 17, 2024, Dr. Shafik, the former Columbia President, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Educati

"Washington D.C. went from High Crime to NO CRIME — Thank you President Trump!" reads a Truth Social post from President Donald Trump in July. The president has attributed the district's drop in crime to his deployment of the National Guard, but a recent report says otherwise.  In the year since the National Guard arrived in the nation's capital, it was mentioned in just 1.3 percent of criminal prosecutions, Reuters reported. Most Guard activity took place "near the city's core," with "little ev

The Department of Justice (DOJ) put California on notice last week that the state's decades-long failure to protect incarcerated women in two state prisons from rampant sexual abuse likely violates the Constitution. An August 13 report by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division concluded that there was an "unbroken pattern of often violent, sexual misconduct by staff against prisoners from 2000 through 2024, continuing to the present" at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchil

Declassified documents from the FBI from an operation codenamed “Freshman 15” identified Christine Fang, or “Fang Fang,” as a Chinese intelligence spy connected with disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell. Fang raised money illegally for Swalwell, had a sexual relationship with him, and placed Chinese-linked interns in Congress. (RELATED: Believe All Women — Unless They’re Inconvenient)  In a separate case, court documents released this month also revealed that former Playmate Audra Christiansen’s story o

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Last week, the Tennessee Supreme Court denied the parents' application to review the Tennessee Court of Appeals' ruling, so that now goes into effect. Here's my post on the Court of Appeals ruling, from February: [* * *] Following the 2023 Covenant School shooting in Nashville, in which the shooter was killed by responding police officers, the shooter's parents inherited the shooter's copyright interest in various writings (including the shooter's manifesto). They then assigned it "to a trust to

There's an old saying: Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. A similar idea underscores the debate over wealth taxes in California and elsewhere: Those who can, build companies. Those who can't, devise ways for the government to take shares in what others have built. This new version might sound unfair until you listen to Rep. Ro Khanna's (D–Calif.) pitch for an allegedly onetime, 5 percent wealth tax on California billionaires, tied to November's vote on Proposition 40. Space constraints p

In an increasingly morbid world, we can learn from graveyards.

He deserves the same fate as every other two-bit provocateur — to be relegated to the oblivion of complete and utter irrelevancy.