Zack Christenson is the publisher of The Spectator's World edition
In the 1966 novel Colossus by British author D.F. Jones, a supercomputer (which goes by the name of Colossus) is given control and decision-making power over the US’s nuclear arsenal – a logical and unemotional computer being better placed, it is assumed, to make unemotional decisions than a human. Eventually, Colossus discovers the existence of a similar
How might the ayatollahs know an American strike force is coming? Advanced radar technology, perhaps, or a mole somewhere in the Pentagon. Or they could just look at Polymarket. There is currently around $125 million wagered in the largest market predicting when the US will next strike Iran. Given the current odds, traders reckon an
About 15 miles off the I-80, tucked away in the Cleveland suburb of Warren, you’ll find a delightful bit of yesteryear, preserved from the 1970s and serving up your childhood dreams. Here you’ll find a Pizza Hut that forgot to evolve into a quick counter-service and delivery outpost like almost all the others. I had
Who’s footing the bill?
“WAITING FOR GODOT IS A RUBBISH PLAY.” So declared Keith McNally in an Instagram post that caught my eye. “I urge you not to see Waiting for Godot.” Accompanying the statement was an image of the two stars who headlined this fall’s production at Broadway’s Hudson Theater, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. The play is
‘Today will be remembered as the day that the American people regained control of their country’
The blue-collar union voters could prove even more influential than Arab Americans
A note from the editor about our change in ownership
Michelle was the star of the night
Is the West ready to face the challenges of advancing technology?
Why DC is a ghost town
It’s the story of a mid-Seventies rock band coming to terms with success
Upon entering the restaurant, you’re instantly greeted with a sensory overload and the immediate need to bring tidings of comfort and joy
I have two hours to kill before my train to Lviv, so I do what anyone would do
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Of all the things in the world of entertainment that might get me excited, ‘a new Michael Mann project’ tops the list. A film writer and director, Mann not only is a talented storyteller, but has mined the criminal underworld for his subject matter, from his debut feature in 1981, Thief. Since then, he’s rarely veered from
That test drive was bliss, something like the feeling of your first cigarette after your third drink
The Cheesecake Factory is what a fashionable French writer would create in a novel if he needed a restaurant to embody American food excesses
No matter your politics, it was hard not to turn on the AM dial and be enraptured by the sound of his voice
A postal election becomes a digital election, which should benefit the GOP
Frozen in culinary time
