December 2022


Culture December 5, 2022

Have yourself a very basic Christmas

Normal is nice. Basic is beautiful

Bridget Phetasy

Politics December 5, 2022

Mike Pompeo prepares for 2024

He has the energy of a politician who believes he can achieve whatever he sets his mind to

Ben Domenech

Education December 5, 2022

How would the Romans have defined Meghan Markle?

They took the view that all human beings were personally accountable for their actions and fully responsible for the outcomes

Peter Jones

Europe December 5, 2022

Europe’s euthanasia policies are uncivilized

There is something deeply strange, almost dystopian, in it

Douglas Murray

Politics December 5, 2022

What conservatives lack

What the cultured right needs is what the left has: an avant-garde

Daniel McCarthy

Culture December 5, 2022

Big Pickleball is coming for your tennis court

A casual pastime appealing to limited-mobility seniors develops big ambitions

Rosie Gray

Russia December 5, 2022

A declaration of Cold War

Seventy-six years after Churchill’s warning, Garry Kasparov castigates a complacent West

James Kirchick

Education December 5, 2022

The outrage fever over Critical Race Theory

It’s a strange and unwitting collusion between left- and right-wing actors

Jesse Singal

Business December 5, 2022

How Politico’s Playbook went from must-read to spam

Spotted: a Spectator journalist realizing it was probably always irrelevant navel-gazing

Amber Duke

Campaign 2022 December 5, 2022

The Republican march on Rome

Will the Republicans fritter their wins away as Hannibal did after Cannae?

Roger Kimball

Business December 5, 2022

How I went from woke capitalist to victim of the woke mob

Levi’s was among the wokest of the woke. And I was in on it

Jennifer Sey

Science & Tech December 5, 2022

At war with my pearly whites

It feels good to smile again, in the American way, blinding anyone who looks at me directly

Matt Purple

Culture December 5, 2022

The office Christmas party is back with a vengeance

There is no comparison to any other work event

Kara Kennedy

Culture December 5, 2022

How Formula One took America by storm

One of the world’s most popular sports has begun to get a foothold in the US

David Marcus

Politics December 5, 2022

My travels in DeSantisland

I decided to spend some time in the Tampa suburb where he grew up

Dave Seminara