The new McCarthyism
Nancy and Chuck should preside over the new House and Senate American Activities Committee
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.
Thursday
Wednesday
Calm down about the Delta variant
There is no good reason for the US to keep its ‘essential’ travel restrictions in place
Saturday
Will Dr Fauci ever take responsibility for COVID’s emergence?
St Anthony was raked over hot coals by Sen. Rand Paul again this week
Wednesday
A taste of heresy
The weight of history — a seemingly infinite vista of incident — hangs heavy in the Languedoc in the South of France
Tuesday
The FBI has lost the plot
Who gave the Feds access to Twitter?
Thursday
The embarrassing and pathetic Vogue profile of Dr Jill Biden, EdD
The 7,000-word piece is an earlobe-licking valentine
Monday
Will Tripp keeps it short
Will Tripp Goes Hollywood by Harry Stein reviewed
Thursday
Joe Biden is not Mr Normality
His comments on guns show how far removed he is from the average American
Wednesday
A party and a half
The current political disposition of the United States is at most a one-and-a-half party system
Monday
A summer solstice on Long Island Sound
As is only proper, today promises to a dazzling sun-drenched day
Sunday
The green, green wines of Portugal
Grab a case before setting out on your next boat trip or barbecue
Tuesday
Joe Biden’s summer vacation
He’s going for a nice ride across the big, big ocean in a very shiny airplane. Weeee!
Saturday
The Capitol ‘armed insurrection’ narrative is crumbling
The more we know about January 6, the less we see
Wednesday
Paying the price of free speech
The union of fragility and intolerance has given us that curious and malevolent hybrid I have called the crybully
Friday
Pahlmeyer’s proprietary perfection
Stand and deliver
Thursday
How are we enjoying the Biden presidency so far?
It’s only mid-May 2021
Tuesday
The staggering stupidity of Don Lemón
The CNN host’s rant about America’s founding is historically illiterate
Friday
The truth about beauty
Beauty speaks with such great immediacy because it touches something deep within us
Thursday
Is Joe Biden trying to make America poor again?
From our UK edition
John Maynard Keynes is alleged to have said ‘When the facts change, I change my mind — what do you do, sir?’ I am no fan of Keynes generally, but there is something to be said for that pithy ‘second-thoughts’ comment. It pains me to admit it, but the president’s address to the joint session
Tuesday
A tale of two tapas
Vintners’ Punic victories
