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.’

Humor

Headlines of the coming year

Trump Tweet Hints At Displeasure With Lawyer ‘Rudy Is A Great Guy But He Is Making Trump Look Evil And Should Stop Going On TV NOW!!!’

By Christopher Buckley

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Humor

Christmas greatness: a Yuletide sermon

Christmas is under attack. It has to be defended

By Dr Sebastian Gorka, DrG, FBE, CPA

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Humor

Godfrey Elfwick’s Nativity drama

I’m dreaming of a woke Chr*stm*s

By Godfrey Elfwick

From the Magazine

Home

American English must be the most carelessly spoken and written dialect on Earth

Part of the problem is sheer mental and physical laziness

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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Home

White Christmas: the magic of the festive drugs binge

Among partying druggies, the trust that has disappeared from every level of society is fully present

By Jeremy Clarke

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Humor

The joy of spending Christmas alone

I learned it’s frowned upon to say things like Christmas carols make me want to blow my brains out

By Bridget Phetasy

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Faith

Let Utah be Utah

I dig the Mormons and even pull for Brigham Young University’s football team

By Bill Kauffman

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Humor

Digby Dent on lawn darts in winter

Taking a doughy-handed son of privilege and making him clubbable doesn’t happen by magic

By Digby Dent

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Place

My wild Key West

I have never been anywhere where the sea has such beautiful colors that change so rapidly

By Elisa Segrave

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Home

Notes on…bridge

I am a very demanding partner and, sometimes, unpleasant competition

By Daniella Greenbaum Davis

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Diary

Michael Wolff is working on ‘nothing’

A surprising number of my contemporaries have children who are stand-up comics

By Michael Wolff

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Place

Franco’s ghost

The generalísimo kept Saint Teresa of Avila’s mummified hand by his bedside

By Ian Thomson

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