FROM THE MAGAZINE

October 2023

Spectator Editorial

Welcome to the new counterculture

The most talked-about song of the summer of 2023 was a stripped back political ballad by an unknown country musician

By Spectator Editorial

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Diary

The quest for an authentic bite of Americana

Authenticity is a subtle thing. American authenticity, subtler still

By Winston Marshall

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Politics

Why Democrats and Republicans are so worried about third parties

Americans have been telling pollsters for months that a 2020 rematch is the last thing they want

By Billy McMorris

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Politics

Why we’re all populists now

If events continue to take their current course, the world in 2070 will be as different from today as that of 1970 was from 1920

By Henry Olsen

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Politics

Battle cry of the politically listless

We are stuck in this weird purgatory between what America used to be and what it is becoming

By Bridget Phetasy

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Politics

The Youngkin blueprint

Can Virginia be a model for Republicans nationwide?

By Amber Duke

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Science & Tech

We’re fighting the Covid censors

When there is scientific disagreement or uncertainty, the government must never pretend there is consensus and certainty

By Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff

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Politics

Why the new right is like the old left

For coming round on war, NAFTA and raw food, conservatives get zero credit

By Matthew Walther

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Business

The problem facing US cemeteries

Cemeteries like ours ‘saw their best days prior to 1900,’ says Paul

By Teresa Mull

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Internet

Doombragging: the rise of sustainable boasting

The old-fashioned humble-brag looks passé next to the doombrag

By Neal Pollack

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Politics

Dobbs needn’t be a Pyrrhic victory for Republicans

Pro-life politicians haven’t gotten their legs under them yet

By Ben Domenech

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Policy

What happened to the great West Coast cities?

Never before have all the burgeoning metropolises of the future started to shrink

By Joel Kotkin

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International

World events are not going America’s way

We need not doubling down but fundamental change

By Elbridge Colby

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International

NATO’s post-Cold War strategy has been a disaster

The alliance is fighting for its life — and dying

By Daniel McCarthy

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Health

The lessons of ancient Rome’s dangerous doctors

‘I died of a surfeit of doctors,’ read one Roman funerary inscription. But where did this surfeit come from?

By Peter Jones

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Internet

The rise of the lazy-girl job

Gen Zers are quite right to call time on a lifestyle that glamorizes overtime, burnout and the ceaseless rat race

By Josie Cox

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Business

How does Michael Klein do it?

He is the Rasputin of Wall Street. Just when you think he’s down and out, he pops back up and puts himself right back in the middle of things

By William D. Cohan

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