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Tech
Adherents believe that technological progress is the best way to fix the world’s problems
Max Jeffery
Campaign 2024
The president will instead cling to power as long as possible
Roger Kimball
A short speech that said little and never explained why he withdrew
Charles Lipson
Democracy is saved, weren’t you looking?
Grace Curley
Middle East
Not just an end of its war against Hamas
David Christopher Kaufman
Fourteen million people voted for Biden in the primaries. What about their votes? Don’t be naive
Harris is a vehicle for Dems now, and they don’t want to go off-road. Picking someone like Kelly is entirely consistent with that aim
Ben Domenech
‘Joe Biden’s legacy of accomplishment over the past three years is unmatched in modern history… yes, you may clap’
Matt McDonald
In the wake of the shooting, Trump has begun to sound, believe it or not, graceful and magnanimous
Freddy Gray
Kimberly Cheatle labeled the shooting a ‘security lapse’
Teresa Mull
Spectator Editorial
If the debate exposed Biden’s frailties, its aftermath exposed why party leaders had fought like hell to keep them under wraps
General McKenzie’s fine memoir is a rich and powerful testament to the qualities that our best military commanders bring to their service to the nation
David J. Garrow
The film does at least do what it says on the tin, which is subject you to extremely bad weather over and over
Deborah Ross
The Playbook is a dramatic tale, full of overreaching ambition, dastardly plots, embattled heroes and last-minute reversals
Philip Womack
In a new biography of the former First Lady, Heath Hardage Lee attempts to uncover the real woman
Christopher Sandford
Why you should pair the Maasai Mara’s iconic savannah-scapes with Kenya’s Northern Frontier
Estella Shardlow
Aristotle thought that, while there was a sense of pleasure at the prospect of getting your own back, there was a limit as to how far one should go
Peter Jones
Sporting events like the Olympics generate billions. But while officials, organizers and broadcasters are well-compensated for their roles, the athletes are not
Ed Horler
Any child can transition out of diapers in a weekend so long as Dad commits to the Lethal Weapon 2 method of potty training
Billy McMorris
It was clearly inspired by satirical American and British shows about politics
It’s a tall order to have less than a year both to reform the GOP’s primary party machine and deliver a win in a presidential election
Amber Duke
Politics
At least it seems like the secretary of state is having fun
Book Review
Autocracy, Inc. is woefully inadequate to the times in which it appears
Daniel McCarthy
International
His insular communications strategy is a necessary defense against Canada’s anti-American psychosis
Sam Forster
Culture
Birding has become a battleground — far from the broad sunny uplands it was before 2020
Parker Bauer