If, like most Americans, you’ve been reading news of ICE raids in Los Angeles and the accompanying riots while trying to keep up on the latest developments in Iran, you might have forgotten that June is typically a hallowed month dedicated to exposing our children to LGBTQ fetishes in our city streets, libraries, and schools. After all, it wasn’t immediately apparent upon entering Target, since the company opted to bury its Pride Month merch under Father’s Day gifts, summer-themed T-shirts, and Fourth of July sparklers. Meanwhile, Walmart satisfied itself with a half-hearted collection that received dismal reviews from LGBTQ activists. As if that weren’t victory enough, major corporations including Apple, IBM, HP, American Airlines, Paramount, and even (perhaps shockingly) Vogue, didn’t try to redesign their logos in all the colors of the rainbow this year and, more importantly, many of them pulled or reduced funding for Pride events across the country. That’s not to say the “community” didn’t give it their best. Earlier this week, drag queen Jake Boyce gave the weather forecast on prominent television station and ABC affiliate News Center Maine. The whole performance, per the Maine Wire, was just as cringe as you’d expect, between the meteorologist “fawning over Boyce” and Boyce’s insistence on referring to the audience as “honey” ad nauseam while mistakenly claiming a high-pressure system in the Carolinas was a hurricane. (READ MORE: Corporate America Withdrawing Support for LGBTQ Pride Celebrations) There has been, of course, a collection of smaller Pride events: Park Ridge, Illinois held a Pride event featuring drag queens taking money from children in front of the city hall, another event in Boston, Massachusetts was advertised as “all ages family friendly” despite featuring degenerate dancing, Orange County School of the Arts featured an “exciting drag show” during its Pride celebration, and Pride events in Dallas and Arlington, Texas, were marketed to kids an... No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access to quality commentary. Subscribe Already a subscriber? Login here The post Pride Month 2025 in Review: A Total Flop appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

On June 21, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 10 into law, requiring Texas schools to display the Ten Commandments in their classrooms. This legislation, also known as the Texas Ten Commandments Bill, has received grateful praise from social conservatives, but has also garnered sharp criticism across the political and religious spectrum. Introduced to the Texas Senate government in February, the Ten Commandments Bill requires that public elementary and secondary schools “display in a conspicuous place in each classroom of the school a durable posted or framed copy of the Ten Commandments” that meet the specifications it provides. According to the legislation, the poster must be at least 16 by 20 inches and contain only the protestant version of the Commandments- most similar to the King James Translation- in a legible font.  Should a school not abide by this order, from which there are no exceptions other than those provided by preexisting laws, district funds can be used to purchase a poster. If the district is not willing to purchase such a poster, it is not required to do so, but classrooms are required to accept private donations of compliant posters. The bill also requires the state to protect schools from “expenses, costs, judgments, or settlements of the claims” that may arise as a result of their  display of the Ten Commandments posters.  Texas state Sen. Phil King, who sponsored the bill, said that the Ten Commandments are “ingrained in who we are as a people and a nation,” and suggested that they should be displayed to provide students with a sense of “moral clarity.” The Ten Commandments, King argued, are the basis for most American legislation and values.  Texas Values, an organization that seeks to preserve and implement Judeo-Christian values in the state, celebrated SB-10. Jonathan Saenz, president of Texas Values, called the bill a “Texas-sized blessing” and expressed gratitude to Abbott for signing it into law. The American Civil Liber... No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access to quality commentary. Subscribe Already a subscriber? Login here The post Ten Commandments to Be Displayed in Public School Classrooms in Texas appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

In 1795, Immanuel Kant wrote a book titled Perpetual Peace just prior to the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars. More than a century later, Norman Angell wrote The Great Illusion, which argued that great power wars were becoming obsolete, just prior to the outbreak of World War I. H. G. Wells and Woodrow Wilson described World War I as “the war to end all wars,” when in fact it was the prelude to what Raymond Aron accurately called The Century of Total War. When the Cold War ended, President George H. W. Bush spoke of a “new world order,” while Francis Fukuyama wrote that we were at The End of History, yet the 21st century has experienced lengthy wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a Global War on Terror, the Russia-Ukraine War, and warfare between Israel and its enemies in the Middle East. Yet the quest for permanent solutions continues — most recently in proposals for regime change in Iran, which, according to Sen. Lindsey Graham, will result in permanent peaceful relations between Israel and the Muslim world. There is obviously something within the human spirit that longs for a permanent global peace, but that quest is an illusion, a mirage that enters our sight only to disappear in the ashes of war. Henry Kissinger, a brilliant scholar of world history who saw firsthand the tragic side of human nature as a refugee from Hitler’s Germany whose family members died in the Holocaust, as a soldier in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, and as a national security adviser and diplomat during the Cold War, tried repeatedly to educate the American people about the realities of international politics. In one speech in 1976, Kissinger told his audience that “there are no easy or final answers” in global affairs; that the reach of American power “has its limits”; and that “what is attainable at any one moment will inevitably fall short of the ideal.”  Kissinger’s message, which he repeated in other speeches and in his remarkable memoirs and his erudite and scholarly books on h... No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access to quality commentary. Subscribe Already a subscriber? Login here The post The Mirage of Permanent Solutions in International Relations appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it has determined that California’s Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation have violated Title IX.  The reported violations are that the California school system has permitted males to participate in girls’ sports and use female-only facilities, despite prior warnings. The investigation was based on discrimination against women and girls on the basis of sex.  The department stated that the Trump administration has “prioritized protecting female athletes from the unfair competition, unsafe situations, and the indignities involved when male athletes compete in athletic competitions designated for girls.” The California Department of Education and California Interscholastic Federation could face harsh consequences as a result of the investigation. The Education Department stated that failure to address and correct the policies may result in “referral to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for proceedings.” The U.S. Education Department outlined a 10-day window in which reparative actions can be taken to avoid the harsh penalties outlined by the statement. The department offered a six-point resolution agreement in its press release, which includes a requirement for all California departments receiving federal funding to comply with Title IX requirements. If the California departments agree to this resolution plan, further punishment may be avoided. Other proposed steps include restoring all awards, records, and titles to women who may have unfairly lost sporting competitions to biologically male competitors. The federal government would also require the California Department of Education to apologize to each female competitor who had any award or title misappropriated by a transgender athlete.   Liz Sanders, director of Communications at the California Department of Education, told The American Spectator: “The California Department of Education believes all students should have... No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access to quality commentary. Subscribe Already a subscriber? Login here Username Password Remember Me     Forgot Password The post California School Systems in Violation of Title IX, Department of Education Finds appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

In the shadows of American history, countless voices have remained unheard—until now. Recently unearthed journals from early settlers are illuminating the rich tapestry of colonial life through intimate, firsthand perspectives. These diaries capture more than just events; they reveal the daily rhythms, hardships, and deeply personal relationships that shaped the fledgling colonies. As we turn ...

by Lucas Leiroz, Strategic Culture: The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025) concluded this past weekend, reaffirming its status as one of the most significant political and economic events of the contemporary world. Over the course of four days, the Russian city welcomed representatives from governments, businesses, religious institutions, academia, and think tanks from […]

The enemy doesn’t always come roaring—sometimes he just waits until we’re numb.