One of my favorite authors is the late British journalist, intellectual, and cultural critic Malcolm Muggeridge. I was reminded of Muggeridge as I followed competing Iranian protest reports on Twitter a few weeks ago. One narrative claiming that it was much ado about nothing or that it was Trump’s fault; Read more
Americans are easily the most economically prosperous people to ever walk the earth. Why do we seem so miserable? Angry? Dissatisfied? Full of grievance? We are living proof that money doesn’t buy happiness, but that never stops us from giving it our best shot. Our national discontent shows up regularly Read more
It’s official: America is losing its religion. According to Pew Forum, Gallup, the General Social Survey, and several other studies in recent years, this downward trajectory in American religious belief has been the trend for decades. But since 2001, the de-Christianization of America has progressed with startling speed. What happened? Read more
As the race for the Oval Office was heating up back in 2012, I published a little column that caught CNN’s attention: “WWJVF: Who Would Jesus Vote For?” I had written it because candidates on all sides — even Obama — were invoking the King of Kings to support their Read more
Jwan Zhumbes, The Anglican Bishop of Bukuru, Nigeria, is interviewed by Danny Wood, the Senior Pastor of Shades Mountain Baptist Church at an event for the Persecuted Church.
University of Oxford developmental psychologist Dr. Olivera Petrovich has spent years researching a single question: Are children predisposed to belief in a transcendent being? Read Full Article on The American Spectator Larry Alex Taunton is an author, cultural commentator, and freelance columnist contributing to USA TODAY, Fox News, First Things, The Atlantic, CNN, and The American Spectator. In Read more
As the World Series approached a finale, I was in Panama City — the one with the canal, not the popular spring break destination of the same name in the Florida panhandle. With every television in every sports bar or lobby here tuned to the World Series, baseball’s power to Read more
Larry is here interviewed by Tom Barnard on Minneapolis’s Sports Talk on everything from Tom Brady to dodgeball. This is a fun interview. Enjoy it! LISTEN NOW
I hope Larry Alex Taunton’s Friday lament of the advancing feminization of what’s left of the Western world, and the demonizing of masculinity by the smart set, receives the wide readership it deserves. What a fine and insightful fellow Taunton is, though he hangs more of masculinity’s hat on hunting than I would. Read more
Rapper Kanye West’s much anticipated latest album Jesus Is King dropped yesterday to the howls of critics and, as is to be expected of a medium designed to give electronic voice to the reactionary, social media. But why? Read Full Article on The American Spectator Larry Alex Taunton is an Read more