Does Hard Work Pay Off?

Though now proud to call America my home, I was born in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, in a rural, semi-nomadic community with no modern amenities whatsoever. I grew up surrounded by people who worked very hard, but they never...

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Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:30:33 +0000

Hindu Nationalism Against Religious Freedom

NEW DELHI, INDIA — Perhaps the most striking first impression for any visit to India, the world’s most populous nation and most complicated democracy, is the traffic. Even in the nation’s capital the roads are barely organized chaos. Lane markings...

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Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:30:32 +0000

Our Young Must Aim for Adulthood

“Kids these days.” We often hear older generations complaining about the younger generation because of how they’ve gotten softer and had much easier lives than previous cohorts. Young people respond with “OK Boomer,” blowing it off as something the old,...

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Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:30:30 +0000

If Only We’d Had the National Popular Vote Bill

Ever since Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election in 2000, the Dems have been pitching a temper tantrum about the electoral college. It’s been a 24-year drumbeat of: The electoral college is an obsolete artifact of...

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Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:20:21 +0000

November Brings Disturbingly Few Blondes

I understand that people are very upset that the angonoka turtles are disappearing, but what has me on edge is the slow extinction of blondes. For years, blondes have been the last hope for joy in a declining world. I...

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Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:20:19 +0000

Trump’s Well-Chosen Promises

Donald Trump’s historic election victory has completed the realignment of American politics. The GOP has emerged as the party of the working class, while the Democrats are now the party of financial and cultural elites. Trump won 31 of the...

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Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:20:18 +0000

We Must All Renew the American Covenant

Those who wish to govern must sacrifice their freedom. It is not only the grinding demands of a campaign, with its enormous demands on the body and the spirit as well as on the finances. It is, when the campaign...

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Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:20:16 +0000

Catholic Bishops Stumble on Immigration

America’s Catholic bishops are giving President-elect Donald Trump a mixed reception ahead of his second term. Following Trump’s overwhelming victory in Tuesday’s election, Archbishop Timonthy Broglio, head of the Military Archdiocese and president of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference (USCCB),...

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Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:20:14 +0000

The Weekend Spectator Ep. 20: Election Aftermath Frenzy

The aftermath of the Left’s unhinged rhetoric is on full display following the re-election of Donald J. Trump this week. Across the country, Leftists are saying that women and people of color are losing their rights, which has resulted in...

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Sat, 09 Nov 2024 12:05:04 +0000

The Age of Trump

We live in the Age of Trump. Kamala Harris’ failure to realize this helps explain why we can bestow a name to our time (placeholder presidents do not bequeath an “Age of Biden” or a “Fillmorian Era” to the history...

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Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:53:26 +0000