FROM THE MAGAZINE

December 2023

Spectator Editorial

The fight ahead

Will America’s leaders be up to the task of tackling the disinformation campaigns and rampant antisemitism plaguing the country?

By Spectator Editorial

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Diary

On the ground in Ashkelon

One of my goals in Israel was to find the stories that the international media was missing

By Julio Rosas

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Middle East

Is killing civilians ever justified?

Israel is killing large numbers of unarmed men, women and children as it tries to destroy Hamas

By Paul Wood

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Education

Hamas and retaking higher education

The cheerleading for Hamas on many campuses has precipitated a shattering moment of moral clarity

By Roger Kimball

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Politics

Unpacking the GOP’s red October

Matt Gaetz is content to watch the world burn — and he’ll keep all the rubies he can gather along the way

By Ben Domenech

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Middle East

The year’s horrors have left me speechless

I fear that the internet is driving me and everyone around me insane

By Bridget Phetasy

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Family

The world of future heirlooms

The nature of our here-today-gone-tomorrow culture is amplifying people’s innate desire for connection to things that are unchanging

By Teresa Mull

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Middle East

Israel’s imperial problem is ours, too

The country is facing today a dilemma that the West will face tomorrow

By Daniel McCarthy

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Education

How Harvard befriended Hamas

The roots of the elite university’s antisemitism and Nazi association run deep

By Ashley Rindsberg

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Media

A look inside Right Side Broadcasting Network

In the 2024 race, the popularity of RSBN among the MAGA faithful and Trump himself could revive the dynamics of 2016

By Aidan McLaughlin

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Health

The key to peace of mind? Repressing your feelings

Easier said than done, perhaps, as one thinker, Plutarch, acknowledged — but that’s life

By Peter Jones

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Business

Was 2023 the year of the labor union?

It’s been a good year for unions, without much help from Democrats

By Billy McMorris

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Policy

Why the post-Cold War era is far from over

Avoiding repetition of the errors that marred US policy in the recent past will require more than money

By Andrew Bacevich

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Politics

Facing the facts of the West

In the years to come, we will have to persuade rather than compel other nations

By Henry Olsen

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Europe

Poland and Hungary learn different lessons from history

The Polish elections offered another blow to a Polish-Hungarian relationship already fraying over the war in Ukraine

By Will Collins

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International

Indian Exodus: the Jewish population exits after 2,000 years

Many who left retain a deep affection for India, visit regularly and find the departure difficult to discuss

By Thomas Easton

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Internet

The promise and peril of Facebook Marketplace

The internet reduces the friction of finding something but increases the friction of attaining it

By Mary Kate Skehan

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