Category: The American Spectator
The Soviet Defector Who Did the Most Damage
During the past 30 years, extraordinary material released from American and Russian archives has enormously expanded our understanding about Soviet espionage directed at the United States and its allies during the 20th century. The Venona decryptions were the product of American decoding of KGB messages. The Vassiliev Notebooks were based on documents the KGB provided to a researcher as part of a negotiated book deal. The only material provided by a genuine spy was the Mitrokhin material, several thousand pages of notes made surreptitiously by a KGB archivist. While British historian Christopher Andrew collaborated with Vasili Mitrokhin to write two books based on his notes, Mitrokhin himself has not received the attention he merits. Venona and Vassiliev exposed a great deal about Soviet espionage from the 1930s and ’40s. Mitrokhin’s information covered more recent operations and did far more damage to Soviet intelligence than any other defector.
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To Accept the Things I Cannot Change
Menstrual cycles are not an illness, and medicating them as if they are—suppressing the body’s natural hormonal rhythms—clashes with what was once left-wing skepticism of corporate influence in medicine, while conveniently profiting Big Pharma. This should not be a controversial or political claim. And yet, as the New York Times recently noted, it has become one—and a conservative one at that.
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Medicine’s Descent Into Madness
The Minnesota chapter of White Coats for Black Lives, a medical student group, greeted the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attack on Israel by saying that Palestinians should “free themselves from their oppressors by any means necessary.”
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‘Like Do We Have a Game Plan To Turn This Around?’: Inside ‘Gen Z for Crockett,’ the Group Chat Where Jasmine Crockett’s Most Committed Supporters Are Questioning Her Strategy
Left-wing Texas Senate candidate Jasmine Crockett has collaborated with a group of her youngest and most enthusiastic supporters, Gen Z for Crockett, in flashy campaign videos and fundraising appeals. Inside Gen Z for Crockett’s group chat, however, members aren’t so convinced by Crockett’s campaign, spending much of their time complaining that Crockett appears directionless with no clear policy positions or core message.
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The Nobel Prize Trump Didn’t Earn
“Vanity made the Revolution; liberty was only a pretext,” is a quote widely attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte — and germane…
The Weekend Spectator Ep. 54: Remembering Michael Reagan
Michael Reagan, a friend of Paul Kengor and a giant of the conservative movement, leaves an incredible legacy. (READ MORE:…
EU Launches ‘Hate Speech’ Crackdown in New ‘Anti-Racism’ Drive
This week, the European Commission issued a direct challenge to the Trump administration by releasing a sprawling “Anti-Racism Strategy” for…
While Canada Cozies Up to China, Mexico Imposes Harsh Tariffs Due to Chinese Auto Dumping
In an attempt to figuratively poke Donald Trump and the United States in the eye, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney…
A Fairly Open Response to ‘An Open Letter to Europe’
I thoroughly enjoyed Drew Allen’s “Open Letter to Europe” in The American Spectator. I am not “Europe.” I am a…
