FROM THE MAGAZINE

February 2023

Spectator Editorial

The United States of paranoia

The country is stuck in a vicious cycle in which one side’s paranoia feeds the other’s

By Spectator Editorial

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Children aren’t the enemy of the writer

Having kids has never interfered with my literary aspirations

By Billy McMorris

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Culture

Thirty years from Waco: what the fatal siege wrought

An unhinged David Koresh and a bungling government collided

By Kevin Cook

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Culture

In defense of paranoia

Social media is the jet fuel that melts the steel beams of skepticism

By Bridget Phetasy

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Science & Tech

Morris Chang: the microchip mogul caught between Biden and Xi

He might be the most important businessman you’ve never heard of

By Chris Miller

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Culture

Going native: is ancestral eating the answer to our dietary woes?

No processed foods, no seed oils, no refined sugars, no problem?

By Birdie Hall

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Politics

Tocqueville’s warning about the Democrats

The emotional glue of the Democratic coalition is resentment of the Republican coalition

By Daniel McCarthy

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Internet

Has time finally run out for TikTok?

The Chinese social media app is ‘digital fentanyl’

By Kara Kennedy

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Politics

Stepping out into freedom

The FBI and other left-leaning entities have left us in our own Truman Show

By Roger Kimball

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China

Mike Gallagher’s China challenge

The chair of a new House committee on the PRC faces a daunting in-tray

By Ben Domenech

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Education

Plato and the problem with Netflix’s Atlantis

The idea that the story of Atlantis records a historical event takes fantasy to new levels

By Peter Jones

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Culture

When the moon brought America together

For me, it all mattered. I saw something unfold, and I felt like a part of it

By Peter Van Buren

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Economics

Jim Cramer versus the world

How the Mad Money host went from stock-picking star to the ‘anti-Midas’

By William D. Cohan

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Culture

Save American tipping culture

The problem is that if everything merits a tip, then nothing merits a tip

By Matt Purple

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Culture

Why after Covid does everyone drive like maniacs?

If you feel as if the driving public is increasingly unsafe, you’re not alone

By Teresa Mull

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Culture

The queen of chess makes her next move

Judit Polgár is so much more fascinating than her male counterparts

By Zoe Strimpel

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