Which GOAT really is the greatest?
From DiMaggio’s fifty-six-game hitting streak in 1941 to the ‘Tiger Slam,’ a look back at the true sporting marvels of the ages
Life
Monday
Friday
Are we still doing phrasing?
In our irony-sodden age, children may be the last reminder that words mean something
A tale of two parties
The secret to working a room is to know when you’re in a room that can’t be worked
With reference to
You never know when or wherefrom these pitches are coming. I doubt that even Oscar Wilde could hit much above .500 in this league
A symbol of hope for Europe
Trump came to office on January 20 in the strongest possible position
On the front line of the tennis magazine wars
How many more boutique mags can the sport bear?
Thursday
Road-tripping with Wittgenstein
Prior generations of children grew up with definitive signs of when they had entered an adult space. Their senses told them so
On embracing the winter years
I don’t know where the time has gone
The new political era
Donald J. Trump is, without a doubt, the most remarkable American politician to hold office since 1945
A week at the World Backgammon Championship
Only 300 players entered the World Championship in 2024 — and I was one of them
Thursday
The war against slovenliness
As a father you are part prison guard, three parts beat cop
Is it better to be posh or cool?
The tribes have a lot in common
An ode to six-on-six
The wonderfully idiosyncratic sporting variant achieved extraordinary popularity in rural Iowa
The climate ‘calamity’
The road to hell, as they say, is paved with good intentions
The Spectator’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide
Our staff and regulars help you spread goodwill to all men
Monday
The new worst team in baseball
Perhaps the Chicago White Sox’s swift decline was not the result of a calculated scheme but rather a classic case of Murphy’s Law
Cacophony at the dinner table
The NIH operates a website called Noisy Planet. There you will learn that experts advise you to ‘move away from the noise’
How to know when to let friends go
I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately because I recently turned seventy and was considering throwing a big birthday party
‘Democracy’ in New York State
Since democracy is dead in New York, I write in dead persons
The joy of politics
Does the Old Republican Establishment really believe that it can resurrect, reassemble, recreate itself and run — and win — again?