Watch The American Spectator’s 57th Robert L. Bartley Gala

Join us this evening, Thursday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time to watch The American Spectator Foundation’s 57th annual Robert L. Bartley Gala live online! Please go to The American Spectator’s Facebook page, found here, to watch the event.

This year, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin will be awarded our inaugural Good Governance Award and commentator Scott Jennings will be awarded the 2025 Barbara Olson Award for Excellence and Independence in Journalism. The evening also features a Q&A with American Spectator editor Paul Kengor and senior editor Daniel J. Flynn about Flynn’s new book, The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer. The evening additionally showcases a special preview and discussion of Robert Orlando’s new documentary, Surviving the Kultursmog: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr, and the Rise of The American Spectator.

The event honors Robert L. Bartley, editor of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page for more than 30 years. It will take place at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.