FROM THE MAGAZINE

October 2022

Science & Tech

Nuclear power is the answer to our energy woes

Once the bête noire of energy, nuclear has been experiencing a renaissance of late

By Emmet Penney

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Spectator Editorial

The Biden ultimatum

Joe Biden launched into midterm campaigning with a strategy of demonization

By Spectator Editorial

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The last days of Liz Cheney

Everyone knew Liz Cheney was going to lose the primary

By James Pogue

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Campaign 2022

Will the GOP blow the midterms?

The Republican enthusiasm advantage has all but disappeared

By Amber Duke

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Campaign 2022

Here come the Hispanic Republicans

Latinos are voting exactly like an earlier wave of immigrants

By Patrick Ruffini

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Campaign 2022

Dobbs won’t save the Democrats

In a choice between abortion absolutism and a variety of approaches, variety will prevail

By Daniel McCarthy

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Politics

Joe Biden and the Sovietization of America

What does it mean that he’s demonized half the country?

By Roger Kimball

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Campaign 2022

Where the Tea Party went wrong

Can the right’s new populists avoid its mistakes?

By Ben Domenech

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Politics

Connecticut and the rise of blue-state MAGA Republicans

Caught between Trump and wanting conservatives who can win

By Matt Purple

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Europe

Queen Elizabeth II made a difference — to Britain and the world

Her commitment to duty was remarkable

By Alexander Larman

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Culture

Inside Meghan Markle’s royal flop

The Duke and Duchess are being frozen out of Hollywood, one red-carpet event at a time

By Kara Kennedy

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Culture

So much for #MeToo

The movement was meant to change sexual politics forever. What happened?

By Phoebe Maltz Bovy

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China

America’s chip war with China

The US is working to limit China’s access to semiconductors — but is that a good idea?

By Francis Pike

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What will the media look like after the #Resistance?

The journalistic backlash to Trump led to a backlash of its own

By Jesse Singal

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Education

How the ancients treated gout

Medical problems come and go in the media, and at the moment the flavor of the month appears to be gout

By Peter Jones

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Culture

I wanted to leave California before it was cool

We can’t pretend that the problems ravaging the state are new

By Bridget Phetasy

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Culture

Why is New York parenting so competitive?

‘Wait, your daughter isn’t enrolled in a single language class yet?’

By Josie Cox

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Business

Rupert Murdoch goes west

Succession meets Yellowstone in Dillon, Montana

By Hannah Moore

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Politics

Andrew Yang’s doomed revolution

The Forward Party wants to become the first successful political venture founded on etiquette

By Billy McMorris

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