What does a ‘proportionate’ response to Hamas look like?
From our US edition
Israel ought to do for Hamas what Donald Trump did for ISIS, i.e., destroy it utterly
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.
Friday
Friday
What’s going on in the Republican party?
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Freddy speaks to Roger Kimball, editor of the New Criterion and columnist for The Spectator’s US edition. After Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker of the House this week, they discuss why the Republican party is such a mess.
Wednesday
What hath Matt Gaetz wrought by tipping over the House apple cart?
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It will be a while before the dust settles from this (to use Karl Marx’s evocative term) ‘plastic moment’
Friday
In Representative Victoria Spartz, a star is born
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The Ukrainian-born Congresswoman gave a passionate, indeed an electrifying performance
Tuesday
The Biden crime family is our own reality-TV mafia show
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You cannot make this saga up. And you don’t have to
Wednesday
Why dry Sauternes are the next big thing
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There is an ambrosial quality to the wine that promises popularity
Tuesday
Joe Biden has become a global embarrassment
What time is it? A bit like the emperor Domitian, Joe Biden seems confused about the time. Warned by an omen that his death would come at midday, Domitian daily pestered people around him with that question, relaxing only after the dreaded hour had passed. Alas, his caution availed him not. One day in September 96
Thursday
Trump’s interview blows the Republican debate away
One of the reasons that Donald Trump is so despised by the beautiful people of America – the people that the New York Times columnist David Brooks memorably evoked when he began a tweet ‘We in the educated class…’ – is that he consorts with so many unbeautiful people: not just working stiffs but B-list entertainers, Nascar
Friday
Has America lapsed into a gerontocracy?
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It used to be said that America was a young country, naive, perhaps, but bristling with youthful energy and optimism
It’s always Chablis weather
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Sitting out on a balcony in the afternoon, armed with the Chablis and a bowl of Kalamata olives, I was at peace
Sunday
The atomic bomb saved Japanese lives, too
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The choices we face are often not between good and bad but between bad and worse
Wednesday
The only way Ron DeSantis prevails
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Stop attacking Trump, for starters
Thursday
Hunter’s sweetheart deal goes bust
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The deal collapsed under scrutiny from Judge Maryellen Noreika and the threat of future liability
Friday
Will Chuck Grassley’s Burisma bombshell finally get the Bidens fired?
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Don’t hold your breath
Tuesday
What went wrong for Ron DeSantis?
30 min listen
Freddy is joined this week by Roger Kimball, editor of the New Criterion to talk about the diminishing power of Ron DeSantis. It wasn’t so long ago he looked like a serious challenger that could beat Donald Trump to the Republican nomination. Where did it all go wrong?
Monday
Operation Get Trump
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For the FBI and other agencies, going too far has been worth it in the past
David Bruce, a doctor in the vines
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He had a plan for his vineyard — and he saw it through
Wednesday
Milan Kundera’s ‘transcendental buffoonery’
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A look at the late Czech novelist’s legacy and philosophy
Sunday
The known unknowns of 2024
‘Trump can’t win,’ say his rivals. What makes them so sure?
The known unknowns of 2024
From our US edition
‘Trump can’t win,’ say his rivals. What makes them so sure?