Congress’s Twitter hearings show Democrats are done with free speech
Unity over the First Amendment is of a different time
Ben Domenech
Ben Domenech is a US editor-at-large of The Spectator and a Fox News contributor.
Thursday
Wednesday
Biden’s State of the Union went quiet on China
He barely mentioned Beijing, and for good reason
Monday
So we’re canceling AI for being transphobic now
Surely it was only a matter of time
Thursday
Trump forfeits his vaccine success to attack DeSantis
Operation Warp Speed is out of bounds now, apparently
Friday
Can Mitch Daniels fight the culture war?
The days of campaigns focused on fiscal balance and shrinking government are long gone
Wednesday
Mike Gallagher’s China challenge
The chair of a new House committee on the PRC faces a daunting in-tray
Monday
The Last of Us is a video game adaptation that actually works
From our UK edition
The Last of Us may be remembered as the point when Hollywood’s approach to video game adaptations finally changed. In this, it’s as significant a creative development as Jon Favreau’s Iron Man was in creating a new formula for Marvel superhero movies. The series, which began on Sky Atlantic last week, is set 20 years after a
Tuesday
Here’s how extreme Democrats have gone on abortion
A law protecting newborn lives that passed easily in 2002 is now a red line
Wednesday
Prince Harry and Andrew Tate are two sides of the same coin
On narcissism and sham masculinity
Saturday
What has Kevin McCarthy won?
Concessions made to leapfrog individual members into key committee positions could have significant ramifications
Wednesday
Who would be the Republican House Speaker now?
From our UK edition
The clash that has led to the historic abnormality of a House of Representatives without a speaker is fascinating in part because of the odd combination of factors at play. Rather than a battle over a single policy or ideological issue, the frustrations of the chaotic 10 per cent of House Republicans who voted against
Tuesday
Trump’s war on pro-lifers is a sign of desperation
From our UK edition
Donald Trump just made his first significant political error of the 2024 nomination battle, and it’s a doozy. After being asked about the abortion issue, Trump took to Truth Social to post the following: ‘It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms. I was 233-20! It was the “abortion
Saturday
A Winston Churchill Christmas
The British prime minister addressed the American people from the White House eighty-one years ago today
Tuesday
Will Republicans learn from the midterms?
Trump promised they’d get tired of winning, but at this point they’re tired of losing
Tuesday
The Twitter Files communication breakdown
The ‘lengthy Twitter thread as method of storytelling’ is a bust
Thursday
How to end the permanent pandemic
Reject the nonsense behind policies and rules long proven to have been of little to no use in practice
Monday
One failed Republican autopsy was enough
The GOP got Mitt Romney’s loss wrong; why should they get 2022 right?
Thursday
An errand into the wilderness
The necessity of appreciating the virtues of the Pilgrims
Monday
Dave Portnoy is the degenerate gambling king
Apparently the New York Times just found out
Mike Pompeo is the dark horse in the Republican race
From our UK edition
The race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination began in earnest on 9 November 2022 — and it could prove far more competitive than many people think. Baked into the thinking of virtually every centre-right commentator, consultant and grifter is the assumption that former president Donald J. Trump will be the nominee. Only Trump opponents and