FROM THE MAGAZINE

March 2020

‘Never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to incompetence, they say. Sure enough, there is plenty of the latter at work in national politics. The Democratic side of the presidential race has become a muddle, with too many candidates and no clear message.’

Politics

Impeachment: the verdict of history

The 22nd century looks back on the last days of liberal democracy

By James Hankins

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In 2020, the best is marked for oblivion

A progressive-minded man born into the 14th century would have fought the Renaissance tooth and nail

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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We’ve been pansexual for a while now

Like ‘television’, ‘pansexuality’ is a bastard form, founded half on a Greek word and half on a Latin one

By Dot Wordsworth

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Middle East

Shia chaos

The militia that’s holding Iraq hostage

By Colin Freeman

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Spectator Editorial

Democracy in danger

Nothing quite matches the scale of today’s disillusionment with democracy

By Spectator Editorial

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Politics

What makes Bloomie run?

Let’s not hear it for the little guy

By Taki

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Will you guys take Harry and Meghan to your hearts?

California, here one comes…

By Rod Liddle

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Moderation, one day at a time

A part of my brain is perpetually searching for an excuse to drink — and what better excuse than half the country descending into a collective existential crisis?

By Bridget Phetasy

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Politics

What the new nationalism means

The revolution is complete. The old revolutionaries are now the establishment

By Daniel McCarthy

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My time in the Yang gang

This wasn’t scripted. This was never meant to be scripted

By Caroline McCarthy

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China

In coronavirus quarantine

House arrest in China could be worse

By Alex Colville

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Politics

Global warning: 2020 Dems are floundering on foreign policy

We must end forever wars, except when Trump tries to end them

By Matt Purple

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Politics

Andy Khawaja: ‘the whistleblower’

Andy Khawaja is charged with campaign finance violations. He says there’s a bigger story

By Paul Wood

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Politics

Bernie Sanders is The Corbynizer

A true socialist, Sanders has been poised on his Marx all his life for this moment

By Dominic Green

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My favorite gun is the gun that will save my life

‘Any man with any strength should go to a .45’

By John Meroney

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Politics

The Democrats are fracking insane

Proposing a ban is election suicide. The Democrats are doing it anyway.

By James Delingpole

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Politics

Democrat blues: the leadership fears and loathes the grassroots

Party bosses appear to espouse the betrayal of their base as a core value

By Andrew Cockburn

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Politics

Trump steals the Dems’ spotlight at New Hampshire rally

‘We have the highest poll numbers we’ve ever had — thank you, Nancy, very much’

By Amber Duke

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Politics

2020 is a mirror image of 2016

Bernie is the Chinese finger trap of the election — the harder you pull, the stronger he gets

By Stephen L. Miller

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Politics

Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address was nothing less than magnificent

His major speeches will go down as among the most eloquent and important in the nation’s history

By Roger Kimball

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