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Democrats will face a dilemma if they win control of the House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections. Should they impeach President Trump over the Russia affair? Or should they impeach him over the Stormy Daniels porn-star payoff? Or should they impeach him over something else? There’s no doubt the party’s base of voters is
Uppsala, Sweden When I dropped off my kids at school early last week, I noticed that -another parent’s car was covered in ash — it had been parked in a garage where arsonists had been at work, attacking scores of vehicles. His Volvo had got away: just. ‘My car can be cleaned,’ the father told
It may seem odd that a cabal of politicians, celebrities and millionaires can successfully present themselves as a great democratic force and seek to overturn Brexit, Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. But the people behind the People’s Vote have one big advantage: their opponents are in disarray. Vote Leave ceased campaigning after the
When Muslims make headlines, it’s invariably for the wrong reasons. The fuss over Boris Johnson’s burka joke is a case in point: he was making an argument in defence of Muslims, but was instead condemned for attacking us. Why the confusion? Because of how little our faith is understood. Let’s start with the burka. Islam
In a recent column, I vowed to return to a point made in passing. To refresh your memory, the American magazine the Nation printed a formal apology for running a harmless 14-line poem by a white writer about homelessness. The poet’s sins: using the word ‘cripple’ and adopting a voice lightly evoking what I gather
If the head of any other organisation were guilty of such complicity, he or she would not only be forced to resign but could also end up in the dock
Will Trump’s support damage Brian Kemp in the Georgia race?
The President’s preferred candidates had the edge on Tuesday
Google is the latest tech giant ‘rigged’ against conservatives, according to the President
The result may surprise you
The allegation by a former senior Vatican diplomat that Pope Francis vigorously covered up sex abuse is looking more credible by the day. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, says he told Francis in 2013 that Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired Archbishop of Washington, was a serial abuser of seminarians. The Pope ignored him,
Try reading what they wrote about him in 2008, when he represented a threat to Democratic hegemony
He was a man of many virtues. It’s a shame his politics were so flawed
Pope Francis stands accused this morning of covering up the crimes of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, one of the most senior and sinister sex abusers in the history of the Catholic Church. The allegation comes from the Vatican’s former apostolic nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, 77, who has called on the
The Vice President is the only one who has everything to gain by remaining at his side and replacing him
Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp face off — and they couldn’t be more different
From first senator on the Trump train to an Attorney General scorned
Voters knew they weren’t electing a saint
Weekly Standard editor Stephen F. Hayes is lashing out for a reason
In previous decisions, Judge Kavanaugh has demonstrated faithfulness to the Constitution
Everyone knows the real reason people like Donald Trump are sceptical of climate change is that conservatives are fundamentally anti-science. Some doubt science because it conflicts with their religious beliefs; others because its implications might mean radically shifting the global economy in an anti-growth or heavily statist direction, which goes against their free-market ideology; others
I got some bad news this week. I discovered that I’m a ‘privileged, white male’. It was my agent who broke it to me. We were talking about the trouble he’s having in finding a publisher for my book — a work of non-fiction — when the following exchange took place. Me: What’s wrong with
The Cohen and Manafort trials haven’t really changed anything for the man in charge
Republicans have stuck by Trump through thick and thin…so far
Donald Trump’s Twitter feed was oddly silent on Tuesday as the news came that his former campaign manager and his former lawyer were going to jail. Perhaps his staff have finally seized control of his Android phone. Perhaps his lawyers have convinced him that every time he reaches for it to tweet on anything relating
It is a well-known tactic of oligarchs to use the courts to try to silence critics
Another foreign policy item bites the dust
The New York Times is at it again. It was only back in May that Spectator USA was forced to call into question the paper’s coverage of Britain, after a curious article on ‘Austerity Britain’ by one Peter S Goodman appeared, complete with a slew of glaring omissions. Well, now it seems that the NYT has staggered off its
Don McGahn has sent Trump into another Twitter frenzy
The White House Counsel has spoken to Robert Mueller’s team on three separate occasions.
What, no tanks?
The chain have opened a sleek glass restaurant in their home city of Chicago
‘The Great Manipulator’ is back on the warpath on two continents
The DNC were silent on abuse allegations against their deputy chair…until Tuesday’s polls closed
