December 2019 Issue

FROM THE MAGAZINE

December 2019

‘A Democratic party a little less obsessed with digging around for presidential conspiracies and a little more eager to call out Trump for bad housekeeping might have a better chance of defeating him in 2020.’

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Eggs and hard liquor: Spectator writers serve up their favorite literary meals

Our own age has good reason to sigh over the unrepentant enjoyment that mid-20th century America managed so well

By The Spectator

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Bowl food: childhood memories have inspired a new craze for cookie dough

Hundreds of customers can be seen snaking around the block, eagerly awaiting tubs and cones of buttery, sugary batter

By Madeleine Kearns

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For duck’s sake: New York’s foie gras ban is classic political posturing

The ban is about much more than animal rights. It is about punishing the rich. And it has to be, because the animal-rights case has no merit

By Benjamin Riley

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Transparent spirit: craft distilling has come to Washington DC big time

Everything at One Eight Distilling is good. The vodka is somehow bearable. The rye is melt-your-face fantastic

By Billy McMorris

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