FROM THE MAGAZINE

May 2023

Spectator Editorial

Make tech great again

Why America needs an optimistic and responsible, not utopian, Silicon Valley

By Spectator Editorial

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Business

The end of the Silicon Valley dream

How the home of big tech lost its way

By Joel Kotkin

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Europe

Charles III is fighting for the monarchy’s life

A challenge fit for a king

By Alexander Larman

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Family

A lament for the Los Angeles we lost — and why I’m off

As much trash as I’ve talked about this city, this state, it’s the closest thing to home I’ve had

By Bridget Phetasy

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Politics

Why Bernie Sanders has no heir

The left will soon be leaderless

By Billy McMorris

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Politics

Why Ron DeSantis should wait for 2028

Thanks to Don, Ron doesn’t have a clear shot next year

By Daniel McCarthy

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Policy

Why ‘harm reduction’ is no match for fentanyl

Fentanyl has changed everything — except the policies we use to fight it

By Kevin Dahlgren

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Science & Tech

Good riddance to the metaverse

The project’s signal achievement was to light untold quantities of money on fire

By Matt Purple

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Business

Inside Pennsylvania’s gas station wars

The Keystone State’s defining divide: Sheetz vs Wawa

By Teresa Mull

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Business

Inside the unlikely return of WeWork’s Adam Neumann

With Flow, he is once again trying to change the way we live and work

By William D. Cohan

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Politics

Is it too late to save America?

Our biggest threat isn’t Russia or China, but our own elite

By Roger Kimball

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Family

The A-lister next door

Does my celebrity neighbor think I’m a stalker?

By Josie Cox

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Politics

Why ‘woke’ doesn’t have the moral high ground

Woke’s belief in universal principles of justice is highly colored, often extremely self-interested and sometimes morally reprehensible

By John R. MacArthur

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Politics

The New Right is going nowhere — and knows it

What the realigners got wrong

By Ben Domenech

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Education

The ancient relationship between comedy and politics

Our brave comedians spend much of their time fearlessly attacking politicians. So did the comic playwright Aristophanes

By Peter Jones

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Education

Will US colleges’ brand power survive falling standards?

Elite schools have embraced the Red Bull model

By Will Collins

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Law

Who is the real Anna Delvey?

She insists when we speak, ‘it was never about money’

By Kara Kennedy

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