February 2020 Issue

FROM THE MAGAZINE

February 2020

The Spectator has, since its founding in 1828, always stood on the side of free expression and thought. Without those freedoms, civilized society will quickly fall apart.’

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The evolution of Vermont

I’ve wintered here all my life and during that time Vermont has, like old Digby’s marital status, seen three permutations

By Digby Dent

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Place

Palermo without borders

At first glimpse there appears to be no serious backlash against incomers

By Kapil Komireddi

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Place

Cape of many colors

Some call Chatham slightly precious, too sure of its own perfection. They have a point

By Benjamin Riley

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Humor

Speed-dating in Portland with Godfrey Elfwick

If you have a ‘type’ when it comes to matters of the heart, then your narrow-mindedness sickens me

By Godfrey Elfwick

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Diary

The Democrats shouldn’t nominate some outlier candidate on a gamble

The British election of 2019 offers them an obvious warning

By David Frum

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Generation Gender Reveal — the weirdest fad of the 2010s

In the vacuous, conservative world of Instagram, it’s just easier to accept that the color pink is shorthand for femininity

By Lara Prendergast

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