The end of the Orbán era
A rising right in Europe marks the end of the Hungarian’s outsized influence
Features
‘Blood! Blood! Blood!’: the Battle of Fallujah twenty years on
Was it worth the price paid?
Black Sunday: reckoning with October 7 a year later
In the end, our ability to hold fast may prove to be the most important weapon of all
The pro-life problem
Abortion opponents will have to bring about a change in the public’s values as profound as the one wrought by supporters of same-sex marriage
Letters from Spectator readers, October 2024
Californication and tiring of travel
There is always Hope
Pets are woven into the fabric of your life — but more than that, your life revolves around them
What does Appalachia mean?
J.D. Vance has put a regional identity created by politics at the center of the election
Forget about the Trump assassination attempt
An incurious media memory-holes the MAGA rally shooting
Inside the unlikely success of Patrick Bet-David
The YouTuber and entrepreneur has improbably emerged as one of the most prominent voices in right-wing media
Tim Walz’s Minnesota vibes
The vice presidential candidate’s biographical points have significant political resonance in 2024
The academic legacy of Donald J. Harris
Beneath Kamala Harris’s performative shifts lies an economic and social philosophy handed down by her father
The rise of BlueAnon
Unhinged left-wing conspiracy theories have entered the mainstream
Facing down the Democratic legal tsunami
To say that the prosecutions are ‘dubious’ is to belittle the unsettling power of dubiety
The meme election
The Kamala Harris campaign clearly isn’t about policies or speeches; it’s about willing her presidency into existence