The turnout election: a tale of two ground games
Voters will determine who has the better strategy
Features
Monday
Unpacking the race for the US Senate
When it comes to what a Trump or Harris presidency could achieve, the answer may be determined by a handful of extremely close senatorial elections
The life and times of Sheldon Whitehouse, the last patrician liberal
The Scheme may not be of much interest, but it certainly tells its reader something about the man whose name is on the cover
Inside the frazzled mind of the undecided suburban mom voter
I still feel politically homeless, only it’s different: I don’t know which candidate terrifies me more
The West faces a new type of housing crisis
Will new generations ever be able to afford a home?
Letters from Spectator readers, November 2024
Appalachia and assassination attempts
The classroom panopticon
America’s elite has been cowardly and conformist for too long, with effects that are only too obvious
Inside the ‘next Gaza’
Fraught times on the ground in the West Bank
The endgame: Biden’s quest for a foreign policy legacy
Dreaming about being a statesman is one thing; being one is quite another
Thursday
The meme election
The Kamala Harris campaign clearly isn’t about policies or speeches; it’s about willing her presidency into existence
Facing down the Democratic legal tsunami
To say that the prosecutions are ‘dubious’ is to belittle the unsettling power of dubiety
The rise of BlueAnon
Unhinged left-wing conspiracy theories have entered the mainstream
The academic legacy of Donald J. Harris
Beneath Kamala Harris’s performative shifts lies an economic and social philosophy handed down by her father
Tim Walz’s Minnesota vibes
The vice presidential candidate’s biographical points have significant political resonance in 2024
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
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
There is always Hope
Pets are woven into the fabric of your life — but more than that, your life revolves around them
Letters from Spectator readers, October 2024
Californication and tiring of travel
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