By

Roger Kimball

Kamala Harris vs James Madison

She wants to replace the free market engine of prosperity with a top-down leveling of aspiration and achievement

kamala harris james madison
Kamala Harris in Duluth, Georgia (Getty)
NULL

If Joe Biden loses the presidential election tomorrow, he will not have any shortage of people to blame.

The first culprit will be himself. Why did he do it? Why did he run? There are some vigorous 78-year-olds. Joe Biden is not among them. Physically, he’s ready for a nice cup of Ovaltine, not the Oval Office. In the matter of stamina, it is unfair to measure most people against Donald Trump. The man is a machine. As Ann Althouse pointed out, the President visited five states yesterday, covering about 3,000 miles. Joe traveled to two…

By

Roger Kimball

Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of the New Criterion, publisher of Encounter Books and a Spectator columnist and contributing editor.

1 Comments
Share
Text
Text Size
Small
Medium
Large
Line Spacing
Small
Normal
Large

For You

Next Reads

Biden uses the gilded cage of the White House to his advantage

It isn’t a basement, but it’ll do

Grace Curley

How the British look at the world

The ingrained habit of proving that they are worthy of a first has shaped the style of many British journalists

Yascha Mounk

Mike Johnson’s olive branch

Plus: Biden book market goes bust

The Spectator

RFK’s veep pick could be a gamechanger

What if a running mate was made of money?

Ben Domenech

The Lincoln Project’s cringe attempt to attack Trump through musical theater

‘Phantom of the MAGA’ is the kind of spoof you’d expect from a prep schooler

Daniel Rey

Trump falsely accuses hush-money judge’s daughter of posting picture of him behind bars

A new Twitter account was created in April 2023, using Loren Merchan’s old handle

Jacqueline Sweet

Is a Christian revival underway?

As a believer, I see signs that Christ is moving in the minds and hearts of secular intellectuals

Justin Brierley

Biden uses the gilded cage of the White House to his advantage

It isn’t a basement, but it’ll do

Grace Curley

Finding joy at a ‘happiness summit’

The happiness business is just the newest incarnation of a decades-old western addiction to self-care

Max Jeffery

Carys Davies’s Clear is austere yet not passionless

She manages to pack in more drama and nuance into 160 pages than other authors manage in novels twice that length

Alex Peake-Tomkinson

The Regime is bad eastern European pastiche

It was clearly inspired by satirical American and British shows about politics

Will Collins

Who thinks Biden is a bigger threat to democracy than Trump?

Plus: State Dept hires DEI guru & celeb chef’s team dies in Gaza

The Spectator