Thinking about baby names
Why do Americans insist on using last names as first names?
Matt McDonald
Matt McDonald is the managing editor of The Spectator’s US edition.
Tuesday
Monday
Di another day
There’s a Princess Diana photography exhibition in a DC shopping mall. Why?
Sunday
Trump at CPAC Texas: America should kill drug dealers like China does
‘When you look at China and other places, they don’t have a problem’
Monday
Slowly roasting in heatwave Britain
AC-free UK sweats it out like Prince Andrew
Thursday
Masks on planes are making me sick
Is it ‘Following The Science’ to extend the mandate by another two weeks?
Thursday
Down with the Senate theater kids
Make Supreme Court hearings dull again
Thursday
Infrastructure Republicans aren’t ‘traitors’
It’s a strange world where voting on behalf of your voters’ interests is seen as an act of party disloyalty
Sunday
What do last week’s defeats mean for the Democrats?
From our UK edition
20 min listen
Freddy Gray talks to Amber Athey and Matt McDonald about the results of the race for the governorship of Virginia and more.
Friday
The trouble with Trump’s new social network
What kind of free speech site won’t allow its users to speak freely about it?
Wednesday
Progressive scare tactics won’t work on Joe Manchin
He’s your archetypal politicker who believes bills are best passed through compromise
Saturday
Am I still fully vaccinated?
Given how confused the government seems, I no longer know
Tuesday
In defense of Spirit Airlines
For too long has Spirit been the punchline of hastily written Saturday Night Live jokes
Thursday
Do I get Friday off for Juneteenth?
June 19 is now a federal holiday — but this year it falls on a Saturday
Thursday
Facebook should never have stifled the debate about COVID’s origins
Clearly the social-media giant is uneasy with its role in the public square
Tuesday
Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd’s murder
The jury returned guilty verdicts on all three counts
Monday
Why the European Super League is a really bad idea
Americans love upsets — the new league will offer none
Tuesday
America: approve AstraZeneca
Clearly Europe needs your help, again
Friday
The mask of authority vs the mask of freedom
How ‘mandated’ were masks, anyway?
Sunday
He’s back: Trump flirts with 2024 run in first speech since leaving office
‘Who knows — I may even decide to beat them for a third time?’
Is CPAC now TPAC?
From our UK edition
14 min listen
Freddy Gray, Amber Athey and Matt McDonald discuss 2021’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida, ahead of Donald Trump’s appearance tomorrow.