Republicans show their fecklessness with Mayorkas
At some point between the Nixon administration and Donald Trump’s first administration, impeachment went to drama school
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.
Wednesday
Thursday
The Justice Department won’t prosecute Biden? Color me shocked
Don’t we have trials precisely to establish the guilt or innocence of a defendant?
Saturday
Biden’s action in Iraq and Syria is merely delayed reaction
He doesn’t do, he dithers
Tuesday
The course of the American empire
Instead of frank acknowledgment and robust action, Biden and his minders have retreated into Stalinist Newspeak
A Champagne winter
I write at the absolute nadir of daylight
Saturday
Fani Willis’s romance keeps the ‘Get Trump’ efforts entertaining
She hired her boyfriend, Nathan Wade, as chief prosecutor to go after Trump
Tuesday
Trump’s big Iowa win spells the end for Ron DeSantis
From our UK edition
Until now, the person who won the Iowa caucus by the largest margin was Bob Dole back in 1988 – by 12 points. A ray of hope that the Nikki Haley contingent and the Ron DeSantis faction harboured was that even though Trump was likely to win, perhaps he wouldn’t win convincingly. An achievement they understood — history
Monday
Trump trounces everyone in Iowa
It’s game over for Ron DeSantis
Wednesday
Claudine Gay was bad for Harvard, but Harvard is bad for the country
She was the perfect embodiment of ‘Harvard,’ the scare quotes indicating not so much a single institution as a state of mind
Friday
When will Harvard give Claudine Gay the boot?
Gay is bad for Harvard, but Harvard is bad for the country, so her continued presence is a net positive
Wednesday
The looming Lenin comeback
On the centenary of his death, it is worth pausing to remember the hideous legacy of that ice-cold totalitarian
Madeira, our onetime national drink
John Adams remarked that a few glasses made anyone feel capable of being president
Thursday
The disgraceful, ducking, diving, dodging college presidents
Their testimony to Congress was saturated by feminization
Monday
Vivek is right: America is devolving into tyranny
We can already see the troops deployed and the battle lines drawn
Tuesday
Hamas and retaking higher education
The cheerleading for Hamas on many campuses has precipitated a shattering moment of moral clarity
A very Sherry Christmas
It is the perfect mid-afternoon tipple: clean, light, delicate
Wednesday
Why Trump’s rally mattered more than the GOP debate in Miami
Most people are swayed by intangibles: by moods, sentiments, feelings
Friday
The changing season brings a change in politics
What we’ve been told about Trump and Biden, about the other candidates for the Republican nomination and other Democratic aspirants, has mutated
New wines from Devin Nunes
The farmer turned politician is making a splash with two new blends
Monday
Who or what are ‘the Palestinians?’
From time immemorial, Jews occupied the spot history knows as ‘Judaea.’ What happened to that?
