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When the Bogeyman Comes Down With Covid | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

“Hush! Hush! Hush! Here comes the Bogeyman! Don’t let him come too close to you, He’ll catch you if he...

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Exclusive: $1 billion-plus riot damage is most expensive in insurance history

The violence after George Floyd's death is the costliest since the 1992 L.A. riots.

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What's Wrong with Wind and Solar?

Are wind, solar, and batteries the magical solutions to all our energy needs? Or do they come with too high a price? Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, analyzes the true cost — both economic and environmental — of so-called green en

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Journalistic integrity is dying

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Police Go Where the Crime Is

Are the police friend or foe? Are they necessary to preserve order, or are they unnecessarily intrusive? Do they have society’s best interest in mind, or are they racist and violent? Heather Mac Donald, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, analyzes

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Facts emerging on Jacob Blake shooting contradict the narrative that sparked riots

It is stunning how many recent riots over purported racial injustice have been based on phony stories. Ferguson, Missouri was pillaged and burned over the false contention that  Michael Brown was gunned down with his hands up (the Obama Justice ...

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MRCTV on Twitter

“MUST SEE: Democratic state Rep. John Deberry Jr. delivers an incredibly powerful speech on race in America. https://t.co/Q34HouVGYC”

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Lavender Sales Are Surging Amid Pandemic

Lavender sales are surging among people seeking relief from stress and sleep deprivation during the pandemic.

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Sons use e-books to help virus-stricken dad, other patients

LONDON (AP) — Geoff Woolf gave his sons a love for literature. When he got sick with COVID-19, they turned to books to help him — and others. The 73-year-old retired lawyer was hospitalized...

Literature

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South Dakota - Which Never Shut Down - Declines Trump's Unemployment Boost. Governor Says They Don't Need It

Not every state is New York.

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Police Save Thousands From Drug Overdoses Every Year | The American SpectatorThe American Spectator

Following the death of George Floyd, a nationwide campaign is claiming that all police officers are racists who disproportionately kill...

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Family plants 10 sunflower fields for everyone to enjoy for free

Johnny Fish has been planting sunflower fields in the north metro for five-plus years.

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Nikki Haley, capitalism, and fighting the coronavirus pandemic | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Of course federal research spending is important. But ignoring the indispensable role of the private sector in frontier-pushing innovation and tech progress is a massive mistake. The development of a coronavirus cure is no exception.

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Nikki Haley and former Walmart U.S. president Bill Simon: Coronavirus makes the case for bringing manufacturing back to America

Commentary: PPE shortages over the past few months show that the U.S. needs to bring manufacturing companies and jobs back home.

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Seniors in a North Carolina Assisted Living Facility Are Looking for Pen Pals

Residents of Victorian Care Center in North Carolina are hoping to connect with people in a time when family visits are being restricted.

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Four Stages of Marxist Takeover: The Accuracy of Yuri Bezmenov | The American Spectator

It’s important to understand that this is a revolutionary moment in American history, and it isn’t a bad idea to...

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Cat gets voter registration application in the mail – after dying 12 years ago

An Atlanta family said it received a voter registration form this week for their cat Cody Tims – who died 12 years ago. 

And this is why some of us are skeptical of the honesty of mail-in voting.

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5 Ways You Can Fight Back In The Cultural Civil War

It can be hard for ordinary Americans who oppose the radical agenda of the woke left to know how to fight back. Here are a few practical ideas.

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Signaling to the Virtuous | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.

During the ’30s and ’40s, a number of different people and institutions went around the U.S., and occasionally outside of...

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Kira Davis: The Problem Isn't Bubba Wallace, or a Noose...the Problem Is the Media

Our progressive media is bound and determined to feed us nothing but rage until we all die.

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The Krugman-Led Mob Comes for Academic Freedom | National Review

The Left seems increasingly incapable of living by neutral principles.

“These aren’t liberals anymore. (They) have no interest in universally applied rights. They have no interest in a endemic freedom. (Unless it can be used to save a leftist professor.) They have no interest in genuine debate.”

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Black Lives Matter: A Thing of the Left Anchored on a Cop-Hate Strategy | National Review

A report argues that the movement vilifies the police to achieve the objective of harming the principle of the rule of law.

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Black Lives Matter Is a Slogan and an Organization, So Be Careful What You Endorse

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Want to See What Happens When You Defund the Police? Here's the Tragic, Deadly Impact

The recent push to defund police departments sweeping the country is not without precedent. In fact, it's already been tried in one of America's largest cities - San Francisco. The effects of those policies are devastating.

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Civil Rights Veteran Shelby Steele: The Idea Of ‘Systemic Racism’ Is A ‘Corruption,’ Blacks ‘Have Never Been Less Oppressed’ In America

Speaking with Fox News’ Mark Levin on “Life, Liberty and Levin”on Sunday, civil rights veteran Shelby Steele, the author of “White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era” and “Shame: How

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#EXPOSEANTIFA: New Project Veritas Video Offers Chilling Inside Look at Antifa [Watch]

Antifa member: "The whole goal of this, right, is to get out there and do dangerous things as safely as possible."

Be sure to read the list of backers at the end.

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The Return of the Riot Ideology | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.

James Scurlock was a criminal. David Dorn was a cop. The two men never met, but the cause of their...

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Why Antifa has 'free rein' to grow on college campuses

Cabot Phillips, Campus Reform, explains why Antifa targets college students, 'more Americans need to wake up to this'

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No Peace, No Justice | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.

It is a favorite mantra at leftist demonstrations: “No Justice, No Peace.” To engage in constructive dialogue, it is important...

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MADE IN THE USA | Act For America

Most extensive and comprehensive site of Made-In-America products, services, and companies. Link available to add more of the same.

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Israel Makes ‘Significant Breakthrough’ In Developing Coronavirus Antidote

Israel’s main biological research lab has reportedly made a “significant breakthrough” in the fight against the coronavirus as it has isolated a key antibody that will go toward potential treatments for the virus. Defense Minister Naftal

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Has China Compromised Every Major Mainstream Media Entity?

It seems a number of major US media outlets have financial ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and it shows in their coverage of coronavirus.

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Our Virus Is a Violent Teacher - American Greatness

“War is a violent teacher.”—Thucydides efore this virus has passed, those of the New York Symphony, like the defeated Redcoats at proverbial Yorktown, will be playing the real “The World Turned Upside Down”: And then strange motions will abo

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Georgia Is Open for Business — if by 'Open' You Mean Increased Prices and Reduced Service

As I wrote earlier, my governor took endless media criticism for taking steps to reopen Georgia’s economy. Turns out “reopening” means increased prices and reduced service. I am a big fan of supporting local businesses. My hair salon is owned by a l

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Workers Lived in Factories for Nearly a Month to Make PPE to Fight CCP Virus

Workers lived in factories in the United States for nearly a month to make personal protective equipment (PPE) ...

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'A Reminder That Nature Is Strong': In Japan, A 1,000-Year-Old Cherry Tree Blooms

For now, the coronavirus pandemic has stopped tourists from visiting the ancient tree in Fukushima prefecture. "No matter what," says the tree's caretaker, "the cherry blossoms are still there."

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Modeling COVID-19 and the Lies of Multiculturalism

Perhaps the best thing that could come out of this entire debacle and turning America into a police state — where people are arrested for going somewhere in their cars and never leaving their cars — should be a total disdain for and disbelief in

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Coronavirus: The Extended Sabbath | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.

Something very eighties happened. My son took a bike ride. He didn’t tell me that he’d stopped off at a friend’s house to play socially distanced Horse. He was supposed to be back in 30 to 45 minutes. Instead, hours...

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Overreacting to a Serious Situation | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.

I am a practicing physician (a dermatologist). I was a medical student when HIV was discovered. As a dermatology resident, I dealt extensively with AIDS patients, because AIDS — as with most infectious diseases — often presents with skin lesions,...

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Suggestions for This Difficult Time

Since we are all stuck at home for weeks, here are some suggestions to help you and help America. Watch less news. Interview and opinion shows on TV and talk radio shows that add to one's understanding of the situation can be valuable. But watching de

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Wow! Take a Break from Bad News and Watch This 'Cellphone' Choir Belt Out an Old-Timey Hymn.

With the unemployment numbers predictably hitting an all-time high, knowledge that the $2 trillion bailout is going to have to be paid back someday, live entertainment silenced, not to mention fears that you could get sick or die from COVID-19, it's t

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Newt Gingrich: Coronavirus spread because of Chinese government mismanagement, corruption and dishonesty

Watching the Chinese Communist dictatorship mismanage the initial coronavirus epidemic, cover it up and then lie about it has been infuriating. But it is also a good lesson in how dangerous and how profoundly dishonest the dictatorship is.

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Your Parents Aren't Idiots For Not Freaking Out Over Coronavirus Like You

I asked my parents if they are worried about the virus, and they told me they had been through much worse in their lives. They have seen it all.

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Why On Earth Should Anyone Believe China’s Coronavirus Statistics?

To understand Communist China’s cover up and delay, all you have to do is to go through the timeline of the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak.

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To Protect the Future, Hold China to Account | National Review

In any just and lawful setting, actors who recklessly pursue hazardous activities would be held accountable for foreseeable harm caused to others.

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Will The Costs Of A Great Depression Outweigh Risks Of Coronavirus?

Federal and state governments are making a massive gamble about a little-understood new virus. They are betting our future as a nation.

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China's relationship with WHO chief in wake of coronavirus outbreak under the microscope

China's cozy relationship with the head of the World Health Organization.

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Chick-fil-A Delivers 1,000 Free Meals to Hospital Staff To Thank Them

It's Saturday's delivery that has grabbed people's attention: The Cascade Park location blessed local healthcare providers with a much-needed meal break.

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This. Is. AMERICA: Garbageman writes one of the most powerful threads we’ve seen on the coronavirus YET (you’ll fist-pump)

Coronavirus doesn't know who it's messing with.

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He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

Amazon cracked down on coronavirus price gouging. Now, while the rest of the world searches, some sellers are holding stockpiles of sanitizer and masks.

How can these people not realize how wrong this is?

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What the Death of the Apostrophe Protection Society Means for Grammarians

The head of the society signed off for good, declaring that “The ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!”

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Wash Your Hands to Your Favorite Songs With This Website

Washing your hands for at least 20 seconds is the best way to protect yourself from coronavirus. If you're looking for a way to pass that time, this tool can help.

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After Brexit, Britain Carries On | National Review

The dire predictions look alarmist now.

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Barry Shaw - Philip Haney did not commit suicide. He was murdered

Barry Shaw – Philip Haney did not commit suicide. He was murdered Philip Haney was a frustrated patriot. Haney was a hero. He was a founder of the United States Department of Homeland Security, created to defend America against all enemies, both for

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Maybe the Coronavirus Will Teach Millennials the Dangers of Communism | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.

Millennials love socialism. They like redistributive social policies. They want everyone “taken care of.” The purveyors of current American socialist policy are a communist, Bernie Sanders, and current “democrat socialists” aka 

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Behind The Daring Move To Stop Ugly Federal Buildings

This order would do more than any move in recent history to undo the 1960s and '70s blight every person passing through a major city is subjected to.

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Shock Report Finds at Least 1000 Christians Have Been Killed in Nigeria During 2019

A new report into the persecution of Nigeria’s Christian community has found that around 1,000 believers have been killed by Islamic militants over during 2019 alone.

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Michigan boy's entire kindergarten class shows up to adoption hearing: 'Too cute!'

A Michigan kindergarten class took a one-of-a-kind field trip on Thursday — they went to see one of the classmates get his forever home, and just in time for Christmas.

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Agriculture Secretary Perdue: On Thanksgiving, be thankful for the farmers who provided your feast

Because of our farmers, Americans are blessed with an abundance of nutritious and affordable food.

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Child miners aged four living a hell on Earth so YOU can drive an electric car

Dorsen, just eight, is one of 40,000 children working daily in the mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The terrible price they will pay for our clean air is ruined health and a likely early death.

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5 feel-good stories from this week you don't want to miss

Here are some good stories of inspiration, patriotism and giving back that we could all use this week.

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'Jesus Is Lord, Every Knee Shall Bow': Prophetic Minister Says Kanye's 'Sunday Service' Just Might Change the World

The whole audience prayed loudly and it left my wife and me to wonder, is this a new modern-day crusade model that just might change the world?

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Many Christians in Syria Support Trump’s Decision to Withdraw Troops: Report

Syrian Christians have praised President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops in a move they believe will help restore peace and security in the country.

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The Lights Are Out in California, And That Was the Plan All Along

Before planned blackouts are through in two or three days, as many as 3 million Californians may go without power. Blame government mismanagement.

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2019 ozone hole could be smallest in three decades

The deep thinning in Earth's protective atmospheric layer is not as extensive as it normally is.

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Chief of World Meteorological Organization Castigates Climate Alarmists

Chief of World Meteorological Organization Castigates Climate Alarmists

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Earth’s Orbital Shifts May Have Triggered Ancient Global Warming

A new study combining astronomical and geologic data hints at an extraterrestrial cause for extreme climate change 56 million years ago

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Health Care Systems in Other Countries: Would They Work in the United States? | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.

The United States has a complex health-care delivery system composed of private and government-funded insurance plans. Half of all Americans receive their health insurance from their employer or their spouse’s employer. Over 40 percent of Americans rece

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Why in the World Is Snopes Targeting the Christian Satire Site, the Babylon Bee, AGAIN?

Left-leaning fact-checking website Snopes has doubled down on its monitoring of Christian satire site The Babylon Bee even after receiving heavy mockery for dedicating resources to covering a website that creates comedic stories.

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Noel Yeatts: Millions of girls are missing in India — Here’s why you should care

Valuing women quite literally can change the world.

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Chapter Sixteen: The Communism Behind Environmentalism (Part I)

The specter of communism did not disappear with the disintegration of the Communist Party in Eastern Europe

Interesting information here, especially “The Myth of Consensus on Climate Change”. Saving to read later.

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8 Back-to-School Books To Protect Students Against Leftist Brainwashing

High schools and colleges have become factories of anti-American, leftist indoctrination. Here are eight books every student needs to balance the fight.

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Mass Shootings in Gun-Free Zones | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.

Consider this excerpt from the “manifesto” issued by the shooter who murdered 22 people Saturday in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart store: Remember: it is not cowardly to pick low hanging fruit. AKA (sic) Don’t attack heavily guarded areas to...

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Anti-sex trafficking leader praises ICE, Trump: 'No question' he's done more than previous presidents

Director and activist Jaco Booyens touted President Trump's historic work in fighting sex trafficking and defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as "incredible people" who helped keep children safe.

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Throwing cold water on extreme heat hype

You may have noticed it was hot in July. Did you also notice the radical idea someone proposed for how to deal with heat waves?

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Jason Chaffetz: To stop more shootings, stop erasing criminal records of juveniles prone to violence

The pattern of mass shooters whose violent rhetoric began as minors is not new. But once these kids reach that magical age of 18, no background check will detect the red flags that signal the potential for violence. That should change.

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These are the 5 best (and worst) airports in the country

The study ranked San Diego International Airport as the best airport because of its ample amenities, a great record of timeliness and the best score for commute time.

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Want to Live Past 100? Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Living Longer, Healthier

Dr. Steven Gundry reveals secrets to living a longer, healthier life and how you can live past 100.

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There Is No Epidemic of Racist Police Shootings | National Review

A new study debunks a common myth.

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Trump's New Immigration Lieutenant: 'We're Trying to Unbury Ourselves So We Can Let the Good Ones In'

A new Gallup Poll shows that immigration is the top issue for Americans as President Trump continues to highlight the problem. He recently appointed Ken Cuccinelli acting director of an immigration agency that few had ever considered until he took over. B

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Dr. Baron: The Advantages of Learning on Paper

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6 Benefits of Reading Every Day

Committing part of everyday to reading printed books can make you a smarter, kinder, more relaxed individual—and the positive effects can be felt at any age.

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How Socialism Works: Part Two — A Primer for Economic Idealists and Others Who Just Seek Goodness | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.

When you give someone welfare handouts and food stamps, you help him or her until the cash soon runs out. But when you create conditions that enable such people to obtain employment and to work gainfully, you help them and...

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Second Son of Hamas Leader Flees Group, Condemns it as 'Racist Terror Organization'

Suheib Yousef's life had a clear path. As the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, he was raised to hate Israel and actively seek its destruction as a leading member of the Palestinian terror organization. oday, Yousef receives death threat

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The week's good news: June 27, 2019

It wasn't all bad!

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The week's good news: June 13, 2019

It wasn't all bad!

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Want to Reduce Poverty, Abuse, Drug Use, and Violence? Then Dad, We Need You

Once every year we dedicate a day to remember our fathers. I'm glad we do. The role of a father is irreplaceable. The sad truth is, not everyone has fond memories when their dad comes to mind. Some don't have any memories at all.

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Is There Finally More Help in the Fight Against Robocalls?

New tools are coming to fight robocalls, but don’t expect unwanted calls to disappear.

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Transgender woman who last year competed as a man wins NCAA track championship | TribLIVE.com

A transgender woman who competed as a man as recently as last year won an NCAA women’s track national championship on Saturday. Franklin Pierce University senior Cece Telfer beat the eight-woman field in the Division II women’s 400-meter hurdl

Umm...I think the women’s movement is going backwards. Why will girls want to compete when they know they are up against an unfair advantage? Doesn’t this kind of put men in a superior position in women’s sports? This is wrong on so many levels....

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The Reason Why We Sing in the Shower

The urge to pretend you're the lead singer of Journey while bathing is no accident. Showers are ideal places to optimize your vocal range.

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A British Tourist Heads West Through America | National Review

On discovering that there’s more to the U.S.A. than New York City.

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Why Trees Can Make You Happier

Trees are an amazing plant. According to research, they can ease stress, make us kinder, and even reduce crime.

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'An Islamist War Against Jesus': How This Imam Is Fighting Radical Islam to Build Peace with Christians, Jews

Mohammad Tawhidi calls himself an "Imam of peace" and is urging fellow-Muslims to support Christians and other people of faith who routinely suffer for their beliefs.

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Mattress Firm Is Hiring a 'Snoozetern' to Sleep All Summer

The intern will be paid to spend 30 hours a week at Mattress Firm's Houston, Texas headquarters eating, binge-watching, and sleeping in bed.

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Burly Man Coffee Co. Destroys Leftist Label of 'Toxic Masculinity': 100 Cars for Single Moms

A South Florida coffee company says it's fighting back against the message of "toxic masculinity" by donating their profits to help struggling single mothers.