FROM THE MAGAZINE

January 2024

Spectator Editorial

The fight ahead in 2024

The new year seems set to offer us more of the same

By Spectator Editorial

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Diary

Remembering January 6

A new holiday was born

By Adam ‘Lectern Guy’ Johnson

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Business

The gloomy future facing trade unions

Why has it been so hard to get unionizing efforts off the ground?

By Joel Kotkin

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Politics

The looming Lenin comeback

On the centenary of his death, it is worth pausing to remember the hideous legacy of that ice-cold totalitarian

By Roger Kimball

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Politics

Can Ronna McDaniel survive calls for her resignation?

Few seem to have the appetite for another public RNC chair battle so close to the 2024 presidential election

By Amber Duke

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International

The meaning of Javier Milei

What can we learn from his upset win in Argentina?

By Henry Olsen

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Politics

The 2024 regime referendum

When voters go to the polls in November, everyone will know that with Trump on the ballot the regime is on trial

By Daniel McCarthy

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International

War tourism is alive and well

The traditional way to see a war is to fight in one. This can be a problem if your country is not actually at war

By Paul Wood

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Education

Homer’s take on theology

The world Homer depicts is one which maintains a dramatic balance between man, fate and gods

By Peter Jones

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Science & Tech

Bowling Alone reads like a nostalgic look at the good ol’ days

However bad Robert Putnam thought it was, it has become considerably worse

By Bridget Phetasy

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North Korea

The Americans who defected to North Korea

With the apparently quixotic exception of Travis King last year, defection to the country has all but ended

By Oliver Jia

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International

How Canada discovered resistance

‘There is a renaissance of freedom’

By Teresa Mull

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Middle East

How the Democrats went anti-Israel

Democrats have a massive Israel problem. What’s the way out?

By Ben Domenech

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Sports

Is flag football the future of the game?

As fewer parents are letting their children play, many are seeking a less dangerous alternative

By Kevin Cook

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Politics

Zucked up: private election funding’s new form

The grant money from the Center for Tech and Civic Life wasn’t just free money for election centers to use at their own discretion

By Elaine Mallon

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