The depressed press
Polls say trust in media is at an all-time low. But a better reflection than that can be found in what’s happening in the journalism business
Ben Domenech
Ben Domenech is a US editor-at-large of The Spectator and a Fox News contributor.
Sunday
Where is the clarity in modern center-right foreign policy?
Matthew Kroenig and Dan Negrea suggest a response to the new isolationism that is essential for understanding contemporary foreign policy debates on the right
Friday
The worst State of the Union in history
A speech that will go down in infamy
Wednesday
Haley is out. How can Trump pick up her voters?
Tone is obviously one factor
Thursday
Mitch McConnell and the party of Trump
The Old Crow as the last fusionist
Who will replace Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell?
From our UK edition
The announcement by Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader of the United States Senate, that he will step down in November came in anticipation that he would be bounced from his role regardless of the outcome of the 2024 election. Either Donald Trump’s victory would be deemed by populists as a chance to remake the Republican party,
Tuesday
Trump needs to win over some of Nikki Haley’s voters
From our UK edition
The math is clear for Nikki Haley. Even though she outperformed polling expectations in her home state of South Carolina, getting 40 per cent of the vote to Trump’s 60 per cent, her path to the Republican nomination is only going to get harder now. Thanks to significant Republican rule changes that increased the number of winner-take-all
Friday
Is there an election going on?
South Carolina doesn’t feel like it
Wednesday
Bring back the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine
For Americans to have confidence once again, the protection of our flag travels with them wherever they go
Tuesday
A subdued Donald Trump in South Carolina
His voice has changed, his mannerisms are more restrained, he seems somehow less goofy and more serious
Friday
Will the West make Putin regret the death of Navalny?
His defiant stand in opposition to the corrupt Putin regime is the definition of courage
Thursday
What will the new Trump foreign policy look like?
The former president came into office as an agent of chaos, but his foreign policy ended up relatively stable. Will that change in a second term?
The big 2024 question for Democrats isn’t Joe Biden’s age
It’s figuring out messaging on the border
Wednesday
Congress is a very silly place
The appeal of being a member of the House is serving as hype men for your side of the partisan aisle
Friday
Democrats face a self-reinforcing 2024 nightmare
Things have not gone according to plan, to say the least
Thursday
SCOTUS seems ready to side with Trump
Justices were highly skeptical of Colorado’s arguments
Women watched the NFL before Taylor Swift’s WAG era
What Taylor has done is dramatically increase the attention paid to the sport by women who aren’t already sports fans
Wednesday
Shane Gillis and the year cancel culture dies
His return to SNL enshrines the ability of comedians to offend and move on
Thursday
Waiting on the world to change
For how long must we pretend this isn’t over?
Thursday
Who’s afraid of Nikki Haley?
Trump projects total confidence, but those around him freak out
