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Politics
The optics looked like a lefty senior citizen in a desperate attempt to win back the love of a nihilistic, Bushwick-dwelling grandchild
Paul du Quenoy
Chaos theory
One by one, countries line up to make a deal with the world’s largest economy
Roger Kimball
Vance is wrong – the US controls the British economy
Angus Hanton
Poll position
Higher turnout wouldn’t have saved the party in 2024
Ryan Girdusky
Tariffs
The President has done nothing to prepare voters for the pain ahead
Matthew Lynn
Court Circular
Both women have discovered the same lucrative truth: in the modern marketplace of ideas, victimhood sells
Kara Kennedy
Pod help us
Plus: The Obamas are doing fine, seriously
Cockburn
Trade
That’s how you do it in the MAGA world: forget who started the chaos, then take credit for calming it
Kate Andrews
Almost unnoticed amid the tariff battles, the President is working to reclaim the mineral supply chains that power the modern world
James Tidmarsh
Space
What this ‘mission’ represents is a show of wealth and physical flaunting
Teresa Mull
They have morphed more broadly from modest celebrations into full-throttle wealth and status flexes
It remains to be seen whether Outrageous lives up to its billing
Nancy Alsop
He once painted fakes to trick art galleries; now he paints them for wealthy customers
Adrian Brune
The story of how she, living in fear in the occupied Netherlands, would produce a global bestseller
Bart van Es
Why did the Duchess put herself – and us – through the horror of another Netflix show?
James Delingpole
It could be the opposite of assisted dying, I suppose
Dot Wordsworth
I like being married. I like the clarity; one side of my life is resolved
Lionel Shriver
Mixed with rye or cognac – or both – the Sazerac cocktail remains a classic
Ross Anderson
The whole question fascinated the ancient Greeks
Peter Jones
Liberals offended by Trump’s war on DEI should learn from my YMCA pick-up basketball game on West 14th Street
Dem Quixote
They are less powerful and less popular than at any point in recent history
Aidan McLaughlin
Trump administration
What will happen if the Trump administration stumbles into a war it wasn’t planning on?
Spectator Editorial
America first, Europe last
It is our weakness which they most despise. Our frailty and fallibility
Rod Liddle
The monster I love
George is a large gray kitten with disproportionately big ears and I didn’t plan for him or want him
Mary Wakefield