FROM THE MAGAZINE

July 2022

Spectator Editorial

As goes Florida…

Things feel different down there: more exciting, more open-minded, more American

By Spectator Editorial

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In and out of the Pistols

Cameras clicking and lights flashing everywhere. This way, that way, over here!

By Paul Cook

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Culture

A sunshine state of mind

Floridians are proud and protective — and for good reason

By Karol Markowicz

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Business

Undercover in DeSantis’s Disney World

Hunting for evidence of Republican authoritarianism in the Magic Kingdom

By Matt Purple

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Culture

Is Miami really on the rise?

Some hope the boom continues but others are less pleased

By Alex Perez

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Policy

What Florida gets right

The state has a very lean government — that’s no accident

By Sal Nuzzo

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Culture

Who will stand for free speech?

The forces of cancellation require confrontation

By Ben Domenech

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COVID

Why Operation Warp Speed worked

America’s vaccine initiative was more than a miracle

By Paul Mango

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Culture

Greetings from the Newborn Bubble

It’s all white noise and shushing and singing and rocking

By Bridget Phetasy

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Culture

The last cowboys

What is a cattle drive without good neighbors?

By Teresa Mull

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Business

Sheryl Sandberg leans out

She needs even her mixed-legacy departure to somehow be a feminist act

By Mary Kate Skehan

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Law

Chicago is coming apart

The city’s very real progress is being squandered as crime spreads

By Ed Zotti

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Education

The culture war over the Middle Ages

The left thinks it was too white while the Catholic New Right sees much to admire

By David Marcus

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Science & Tech

Brave new wombs

Sometime this century, or early in the next, women will no longer have to give birth

By Daniel McCarthy

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Politics

How to not argue at the dinner table

Family dinners, like almost every area of American life, have become fiercely politicized

By Nate and Thomas Hochman

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Culture

The ancient Greek ship that was too big for any harbor

The Syracusia was constructed out of enough material to build sixty triremes

By Peter Jones

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Economics

Taking a page from Lenin’s playbook

It’s like Biden wants us to be poor

By Roger Kimball

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Business

The rise of the corporate abortion

Termination is set to become an HR perk

By Billy McMorris

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Culture

Get off the La-Z-Boy this summer

Our hot-vax summer do-over is here, and I’m going to stop ignoring the items on my to-do list

By Daniella Greenbaum Davis

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Internet

Rise of the anti-woke weirdos

It’s not a good idea to make anti-anything the center of your identity

By Jesse Singal

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Business

Members’ clubs are having a moment

Might the uptick in club openings tell us something profound?

By Josie Cox

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