A summer solstice on Long Island Sound
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As is only proper, today promises to a dazzling sun-drenched day
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.
Monday
Sunday
The green, green wines of Portugal
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Grab a case before setting out on your next boat trip or barbecue
Tuesday
Joe Biden’s summer vacation
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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
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The more we know about January 6, the less we see
Wednesday
Paying the price of free speech
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The union of fragility and intolerance has given us that curious and malevolent hybrid I have called the crybully
Friday
Pahlmeyer’s proprietary perfection
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Stand and deliver
Thursday
How are we enjoying the Biden presidency so far?
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It’s only mid-May 2021
Tuesday
The staggering stupidity of Don Lemón
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The CNN host’s rant about America’s founding is historically illiterate
Friday
The truth about beauty
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Beauty speaks with such great immediacy because it touches something deep within us
Thursday
Is Joe Biden trying to make America poor again?
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
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Vintners’ Punic victories
Thursday
Georgians on my mind
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Amphora euphoria
Wednesday
Joe Biden and the ‘fourth wave’ mania
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Give me liberty or give me desk
Thursday
A tame press conference for a lame president
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The air of unreality that suffused the Biden presser was stultifying
Friday
Joe Biden’s dire opening chapter on the world stage
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A pattern of contempt for America and its leaders seems to be taking hold
Saturday
Amazon’s book bullying is just the latest act of woke intolerance
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The world’s biggest bookstore has sided firmly with the bullies
Tuesday
Justice for Derek Chauvin
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If you were a juror, would you dare to return a ‘not guilty’ verdict?
Thursday
The Judgment of Paris
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Putting California on the map
Tuesday
There’s no equality in equity
From our US edition
The advent of Joe Biden is another step on the road to the destruction (or ‘fundamental transformation’) of America
Sunday
Why we need an inquiry into January 6
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I agree with Nancy Pelosi
