The Last Westerner captures the American Southwest
As far as the Western landscape, it is here too in all its awful grandeur, evoked beautifully by riveting, descriptive prose like that found in McCarthy
Arizona
Wednesday
Wednesday
Where did Kamala most underperform in 2024?
Plus: a history of misguided pollsters
Thursday
Trump holds first outdoor rally since assassination attempt
He was surrounded by panes of bulletproof glass
Thursday
Inside the parlous state of state Republican parties
In an attempt to understand what is driving the tumult, The Spectator spoke to half a dozen individuals whose political careers have revolved around their work with state parties
Tuesday
Only Biden wins when conservatives fight over abortion
Pro-choicers have won every post- Roe abortion ballot initiative
Thursday
Why Biden and Trump risk upsetting ‘the base’
Trump’s abortion stance is challenging some of his fiercest activists — while Biden is walking a tightrope on his support for Israel
Tuesday
Sinema exits, leaving behind a divided Arizona
Her likely replacement will better fit the angry public mood, whoever wins
Thursday
Inside TPUSA’s wacky AmericaFest convention
A gay black commentator was accosted and abused by teens at a nearby fringe event
How Kyrsten Sinema could hamstring Bernie Sanders’s fundraising
If ActBlue removes her, it would be hard not to kick fellow Independents off too
Tuesday
Kari Lake is seeking to remake the Arizona GOP in her image
The defeated candidate for governor is said to be placating ‘a fringe that is largely out of step with your average Arizonan’
Thursday
The new battleground for abortion
States are making moves post- Roe
Monday
Scoop: sitting congressman running for Senate threatened to ‘execute’ delivery worker
A police report from 2021 details how David Trone said he would ‘end’ a merchandiser
Wednesday
The valiant Vladimir Kara-Murza
The father of three is a former advisor to an assassinated Putin critic and a longtime advocate against the regime
Saturday
Republicans tackle the Super Bowl
House GOP predictions for the clash between the Eagles and the Chiefs
Monday
Kari Lake isn’t about to go away
Electoral defeat is by no means a political death knell for the Arizona firebrand
Thursday
Why the counting in Arizona is taking so long
Never credit to conspiracy what is adequately explained by incompetence
Tuesday
The midterm results are good for Republicans, if not great
If Democrats have deluded themselves into thinking they won last week, that’s a huge opportunity for the GOP
Monday
We can blame Mitch McConnell, too
His disastrous approach to spending money cost the GOP the Senate
Thursday
Republicans need to figure out mail-in voting
It’s being used by Democrats to influence the course of elections
Tuesday
The Spectator’s 2022 midterms election night: live coverage
Commentary as the results come in from Amber Athey, Ben Domenech, Bridget Phetasy, Chadwick Moore, John Pietro, Matt McDonald, Matt Purple, Oliver Wiseman and Roger Kimball
