There once was a British Labour Party politician named Glenda Jackson. She represented a London district in the House of Commons from 1992 to 2015, identifying strongly as a socialist, a feminist, and a republican (that is, a non-monarchist), serving…

Word is just in that noted “televangelist” Pat Robertson has died at the age of 93. Robertson will no doubt at this moment be maligned by the secular Left, which he would expect and literally laugh off with his characteristic…

“I don’t want to offend, and yet I do, in a way.” — Dame Edna, 2004 No, Dame Edna Everage was not drag.  When the masterly Australian performer Barry Humphries put on a purple wig, a bedazzled frock, and a…

Former U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster, a one-time pillar of both Pennsylvania politics and American transportation policy — and my first boss on arriving in Washington — died this week. The boss was 91, had suffered a recent fall that broke…

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on March 7, 2023, at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Alexandria, Virginia. To continue George’s legacy of reporting God’s truth, donations may be made in his name to The American Spectator…

I spoke with George Neumayr on the last day of last year. The call was cut short by an operator speaking French. I believe she was asking one of us to deposit more funds. Before that disruption, we did some…

My parents were very different people from very different backgrounds, but they bonded over at least two things: movies and music. While their tastes in film overlapped heavily, he liked a lot of movies she didn’t care for — such…

Last week, economist, professor, and adventurer Yuri Maltsev passed away. Yuri’s passing is a gigantic loss for the economics profession, for the conservative and libertarian movements, and for me personally. He was a courageous advocate for truth, justice, and liberty…

I not only write for The American Spectator but also am among its most voracious readers. Throughout my years at The American Spectator, I always found George Neumayr to be among the very, very best contributors amid a collection of…

Regular readers of The American Spectator knew George Neumayr as a gifted writer, an incisive polemicist, and an astute observer of U.S. politics and the Catholic Church. He was also a first-rate media critic, a relentless investigative journalist, and an eloquent…