Spectator Editorial

The 2024 election may come down to whether an electorate firmly in the acceptance stage of grief backslides into the second

The Kamala Harris campaign clearly isn’t about policies or speeches; it’s about willing her presidency into existence

For the people condemning ‘Genocide Joe,’ it may only be a matter of time before they set their sights on ‘Killer Kamala’

If the debate exposed Biden’s frailties, its aftermath exposed why party leaders had fought like hell to keep them under wraps

2024 should have presented a golden opportunity to the Republican Party

These encampments are remarkable not by their tactics but by what’s being said

The rest of the world is playing with a different rulebook

There’s a significant reason why DC workers don’t want to go downtown: crime

Biden’s decision-making is making America weaker on the world stage. But would a second Trump term be all that much better?

Campaigns are no longer a game of wooing voters with public debates, rallies and door knocking

The new year seems set to offer us more of the same

Will America’s leaders be up to the task of tackling the disinformation campaigns and rampant antisemitism plaguing the country?

There are two sets of rules in Washington, one for the powerful and one for the rest of us

The most talked-about song of the summer of 2023 was a stripped back political ballad by an unknown country musician

Whatever happens, one side will judge that democracy has failed

‘ The Spectator  is firmly in favor of actual debate, not just performative chest-puffing’

2024 is already shaping up to feel very different from previous, TV-news-dominated campaigns

Our government institutions are in crisis — which is why the Supreme Court is so important

Why America needs an optimistic and responsible, not utopian, Silicon Valley

How much worse do things have to get before they get better?