US EDITION OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST MAGAZINE

August issue

The real threat of AI is spiritual

Read Latest Issue Read it now. >>

Hulk Hogan, my hero

Peter Thiel

The Gawker slayer

Hulk Hogan, my hero

Hogan helped bring about the defeat of one of my life’s great villains: Gawker Media

Neal Pollack

The real threat of AI is spiritual

We’re primed to think of any existential threat from computers as fiction

Spectator Editorial

J.D. Vance’s summer plans in the Cotswolds, the ‘Hamptons of England’

The VP is looking to stay in the Cotswolds at around the time of the state visit

Cockburn

Mountainhead gets nowhere near the polished vitriol of Succession

You’re moderately engaged by the characters’ awfulness, but it is only a passing diversion

Alexander Larman

Get Luckey

Is Anduril Industries building the future of warfare?

The firm stands free of the embarrassments of over-priced and underperforming programs that burden the record of legacy defense giants

Andrew Cockburn

Health
January 24, 2025
Bryan Johnson and the meme-ing of life
There’s a difference between living and existing
Bridget Phetasy
Tech
December 26, 2024
The battle of the oligarchs
The billionaires have chosen their sides. What does that mean for the rest of us?
Joel Kotkin
Tech
August 19, 2024
How Silicon Valley fell for Trump
Tech culture and Trumpian politics are evidently having a symbiotic moment
Ashley Rindsberg
Sports
July 25, 2024
Aron D’Souza: the man behind the ‘Olympics on steroids’
The games are designed to wind up old-guard sporting bureaucrats
Max Jeffery
Campaign 2024
July 9, 2024
J.D. Vance a ‘GREAT GOP candidate,’ says Ron Klain
Klain and Vance worked together at a DC-based investment firm
Cockburn
Cockburn’s Diary
November 10, 2023
Which presidency does Joe Manchin want more?
Plus: Elves and Epstein with Peter Thiel
Cockburn
Thunderdome
November 9, 2023
An election and debate overtaken by events
The dynamics of the 2024 election change dramatically
Ben Domenech
DC Diary
April 26, 2023
Biden 2024’s shaky foundations
Plus: Thiel sits this cycle out
Oliver Wiseman
Politics
December 20, 2022
Will Republicans learn from the midterms?
Trump promised they’d get tired of winning, but at this point they’re tired of losing
Ben Domenech
Culture
October 23, 2022
It’s the parallel economy, stupid!
When they said ‘build your own internet,’ some conservatives took it seriously
Bridget Phetasy

Subscribe today