What anti-racism really means and how to talk about it
In Critical Race Theory, ‘racism’ means ‘systemic racism’, which is said to be ‘the ordinary state of affairs’ in the United States
Spectator Life
An intelligent mix of culture, style, travel, food and property, as well as where to go and what to see.
June 15, 2020
Anonymous Instagram account accuses Ivy Leaguers of racism
The lust for cancel culture is infecting America’s top colleges
Strawberry yields forever
The ultimate summer fruit, if you can afford it
June 14, 2020
Professing virtues
Not since the late 19th century in Germany have the Herr Professor Doktors been held in such high esteem
Arise, the cupcake
It’s the Taylor Swift of snacks
June 13, 2020
Feed it to the Marines
There’s no taste like home
June 10, 2020
Horrors of the plantation
Former slaves who worked for wages still had to buy food from the plantation shop: they were trapped
June 5, 2020
Cellar’s market
What bubbles up must go down
June 3, 2020
What are the long-term effects of keeping schools closed?
The crisis in lockdown learning
How to destroy civilization
Thanks to tenured radicals, we are witnessing the retribalization of the world
May 26, 2020
Czar quality
Under the czars and the communists, Georgia was where Russians went to party
Reopen schools now
Protect at-risk teachers — but let children learn
May 22, 2020
Viva Las Vegas?
The future of Sin City is the future of every American city
May 17, 2020
The renaissance of the porch
You could not ask for a more perfect COVID cloister
May 15, 2020
Civilized caffeination
A frothy tour of Vienna’s coffeehouses
May 14, 2020
Welcome to COVID College
Corona bursts education’s business bubble
May 13, 2020
Upper crust: a sweeter approach to sourdough
According to French tradition, it is wrong to throw away old bread because it is sacred
May 11, 2020
Texas or Hell
‘You can go to Hell, but I am going to Texas,’ said Davy Crockett. I think he had a point
Him too: is Alec Klein a predator — or a victim?
An unwanted shoulder rub is a bit sleazy but it hardly places a man beyond redemption
May 10, 2020
Cooking for dad: real food is nothing fancy
Alison Roman’s tastes are like my father’s: particular, strident and requiring a capacious definition of the word ‘unfussy’
May 6, 2020
Ghost riders in the sky
In Lavenham, American history is unlocked by a pint of fine English ale
May 4, 2020
Forget Zoom college: it’s time for America’s youth to embrace entrepreneurship
No one should pay $40,000 a year for an online college degree
April 29, 2020
Wine is for lovers: mein Gott and yours
I have some good advice about some things you might want to drink after you have gathered with one or two appropriate friends
April 14, 2020
Lacking liquor in Northern Virginia
Even closing liquor stores temporarily is dovetailing into a minor if global trend towards prohibition
April 12, 2020
Cab and conversation
A Healdsburg symposium
April 11, 2020
Salami of the sea
Seacuterie is a delicious but annoying culinary portmanteau
April 3, 2020
Lure of the jungle
The monkeys have become experts not only at stealing fruit from rooms but also at plundering minibars
March 23, 2020
Save French food!
A cuisine in crisis
March 21, 2020
The carnivore confessions: I’ve never felt better than on my meat-only diet
Online carno-forums are growing like mushrooms (which I no longer eat)
