The fake think tank that fueled the Russiagate narrative
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Hamilton 68 marks a new chapter in politically motivated disinformation
Roger Kimball
Roger Kimball is a US columnist for The Spectator, the publisher of Encounter Books and the editor and publisher of the New Criterion.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Stepping out into freedom
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The FBI and other left-leaning entities have left us in our own Truman Show
Planning world domination, fueled by Burgundy
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One more bottle and we would have gotten ourselves into a land war in Asia — and you know where that leads
Thursday
The beautiful people turn their private jets towards Davos
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It’s that time of year again!
Tuesday
It’s different when Biden gets caught with classified docs
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There is one law for the elite, quite another for you and me
Friday
Harvard’s new president is the next chapter of its racial spoils system
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Claudine Gay wants to exploit the ‘legacy of slavery,’ now and forever
Tuesday
Why globalism is the enemy of freedom
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Like The Wizard of Oz, it is all show and no substance
The Deep State vs Donald Trump saga is not over
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Will the J6 Committee backfire as its status as a politicized vendetta becomes unbearably obvious?
Saintly succor
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Today, St. Émilion is home to some of the most luscious and delectable red wines in Bordeaux
Monday
The Republican march on Rome
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Will the Republicans fritter their wins away as Hannibal did after Cannae?
The Chablis complex
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The wine is renowned for its consistency, intricacy and near-immortality
Wednesday
What to drink at Thanksgiving
This is a tricky column. It’s still hot and humid where I am, which inclines me to tell you about some summer wines. But you won’t be reading this until just before Thanksgiving, which means something robust and cockle warming is in order. A fork in the road rises up before me. Which path should
Thursday
Republicans need to figure out mail-in voting
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It’s being used by Democrats to influence the course of elections
Wednesday
How did I get the midterms so wrong?
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I was hardly alone but that is no consolation
Monday
The Republicans will come for the FBI after the midterms
As one commentator noted, Tuesday’s red wave in the midterm elections is going to be like the red elevator scene in The Shining. I had to look that one up but, yep, it seems like an appropriate metaphor for what is about to happen. Some hapless scribe called Emily Oster recently wrote an article for the Atlantic called ‘Let’s declare
Sunday
How the midterm polls became Democratic fan fiction
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Psephologists of the world unite: you have nothing to lose but your fibs!
Monday
Roger Scruton's philosophy of wine
The philosopher Roger Scruton died in January 2020 just a few weeks shy of his 76th birthday. He left behind a large circle of admirers and a correspondingly large shelf of books in a variety of genres – novels, opera libretti, volumes of occasional journalism, cultural and architectural criticism, and various philosophical works, popular as
Saturday
A history lesson for Donald Trump
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The former president should follow precedent
Thursday
Alejandro Mayorkas has no shame
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The DHS secretary is clearly the winner of this week’s Best Lying Despot Contest
Tuesday
Joe Biden and the Sovietization of America
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What does it mean that he’s demonized half the country?
