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Spectator Life
An intelligent mix of culture, style, travel, food and property, as well as where to go and what to see.
Back to Bangalore
Quantity is quality in the new India
Be my Valentine
A French Valentine classic
Welcome to Waffle House
Long live the short order
The pan handler
In our anemic age, cast-iron pans are just what we need to re-enrich the American bloodstream
China’s Olympic propaganda show ends in global shame
The Russian doping committee set Beijing on fire
February 19, 2022
Gang Chen, the China Initiative and open-borders academia
Should we take the DoJ’s decision to drop charges at face value? I’m not so sure
February 12, 2022
Politics should be more like fantasy football
Government should be small and entertaining — with the ability to bench and cut congressmen, of course
February 11, 2022
The restaurant that set Miami ablaze
Café Habana came to town extolling Castro, and Cuban Americans pushed back
February 10, 2022
The twisted love affair with Eileen Gu
She’s the pretty face of CCP propaganda, so why is the American media carrying her water?
Too many scientists spoil the job market
The misnamed American Association for the Advancement of Science targets the tenured professoriate under the guise of diversity
February 8, 2022
Our media helps China hush up the Peng Shuai scandal
Why are they repeating Communist Party talking points over a coerced interview confession?
Georgetown limits class reunions to the boosted
Unvaccinated alumni should take their donations elsewhere
February 7, 2022
Drinking your way through the Chinese Olympics
Bottoms up for every reference to bats, pangolins and wet markets
February 4, 2022
Pelosi to Winter Olympians: shut up and dribble
Free speech is on ice in Beijing
February 3, 2022
Tom Brady’s transgressive excellence
The GOAT couldn’t have cared less what you thought of his avocado ice cream
No love for the gays at the Beijing Winter Olympics
Grindr has been pulled from Chinese app stores ahead of the Games
February 2, 2022
The Washington Redskins have a new name
They’re the Washington Commanders now — but love it or hate it, the biggest problem is still their owner
January 31, 2022
I sold my soul to a cosmetics store
Makeup is a zillion-dollar American industry but get ready to lose your self-esteem
January 26, 2022
Banning Critical Race Theory in schools isn’t enough
Just as conservatives changed the courts, so too do they need to overhaul the education system
January 25, 2022
Who really deserves to have their honorary degree revoked?
Whom we honor and whom we cast out are decisions that may have little to do with who people really are
January 24, 2022
Harvard’s diversity disgrace
Why should Asians take one for the team?
Blowing my mind in the Electric Forest
What happened to the all-embracing, welcoming spirit emanating from the Electric Forest?
Return to Iraq
More than two millennia of Jewish history stalks the land that now encompasses the modern state of Iraq
A load of old crêpes
Eat crêpes on Candlemas, enjoy a year of happiness, says a traditional French-Canadian proverb
Marmite man
On a cold day in winter, there is nothing as cozy as buttered toast with a thick smear of Marmite and a cup of tea in front of afternoon TV
The millennial kitchen
Millennial chefs are phoning it in
January 23, 2022
Jordan Peterson and the crisis of totalitarian academia
Just as cascades of disbelief collapsed communist regimes, could our universities be next?
January 18, 2022
Why we pulled our kids out of public school
And you should too
