FROM THE MAGAZINE

September 2023

Spectator Editorial

Stuck watching the Trump show

Whatever happens, one side will judge that democracy has failed

By Spectator Editorial

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Diary

Summer vacation fatigue

There is no proposition that carries a higher risk and lower reward than the family portrait

By Billy McMorris

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Law

Inside the progressive war on the Supreme Court

The longer the spasm of investigative reporting goes on, the more desperate it sounds

By Ben Domenech

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Politics

The rise of the popcons

Rejecting populism led the post-Reagan GOP to defeat and disaster

By Daniel McCarthy

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Politics

Confessions of a Russiagate survivor

During the febrile peak, now two special counsels ago, I was the one facing a chance of getting locked up

By Sam Patten

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Politics

Has America lapsed into a gerontocracy?

It used to be said that America was a young country, naive, perhaps, but bristling with youthful energy and optimism

By Roger Kimball

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Politics

Homelessness in black and white

The so-called ‘equity lens’ is hindering help for people living rough

By Kevin Dahlgren

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Education

Why Putin should watch his back

How secure is Vladimir Putin?

By Peter Jones

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Family

Real America is the middle seat in coach

Thoughts from a thirty-six-hour trip home

By Bridget Phetasy

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International

Fear and complacency in Taiwan

Taiwanese officials talk tough. Are they as prepared as they claim?

By Zoe Strimpel

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Europe

Europe is not a museum

The continent is changing faster than America

By Ben Judah

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Business

Is the era of the corporate DEI officer coming to an end?

Corporate diversity efforts have backfired — and elitism is to blame

By David Christopher Kaufman

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Education

College-town blues

Why is academia so rife with lefties?

By Teresa Mull

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Religion

Will Orthodox Judaism accept female rabbis?

One rabbi’s decision to ordain a woman inspired others to follow suit — and triggered an apoplectic backlash

By Nomi Kaltmann

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Business

Has the patriot economy’s moment finally arrived?

It can be harder to earn and keep money if you’re a conservative. Hence the need for an alternative

By Amber Duke

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Europe

Across Europe by train

Berlin may be the only city in the world whose entire tourist industry is predicated upon repentance

By Rod Liddle

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Education

Disinfo-nation: the new censorship is here to stay

The list of topics on which the government and mass media feel called to protect us from ‘disinformation’ is very long

By Peter W. Wood

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