America
Welcome to the age of post-Covid nihilism
Washington, DC Amid the recent orgy of violence across America, it was the carjackings that finally got me. Lost amid all…
Lionel Shriver on mass shootings, gun control and American carnage
This is an edited transcript of a conversation between Freddy Gray and Lionel Shriver on The Spectator’s Americano podcast, which you…
Barometer
A slip of the tongue George W. Bush condemned a political system where one man could wage a ‘brutal and…
The dishonesty of our age
It isn’t hard to notice that some crimes are more important than others. Or at least more politically advantageous. It…
What is Black Lives Matter?
It’s hard not to admire Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter foundation. Under fire over yet another…
BLM is dying but it’s legacy lives on
It can be hard to remember just how strange things were during the pandemic. Every day the front pages covered…
Diary
I wonder at times how some of my fellow hacks in America get out of bed in the morning. The…
Why progressives can’t tolerate Christians
For decades, Christians have talked about feeling persecuted in advanced secular and liberal democracies. They’ve often sounded a bit hysterical.…
Taking the Mickey
How Disney fell foul of Florida’s governor
America has betrayed its young
Two articles last weekend made me feel sorry for American young people. We in the anti-woke brigade can be awfully…
West is best
So why be ashamed of ourselves?
The Biden Bust is here
A wave of government spending would reboot the economy. Fairer taxes would pay for restored infrastructure. Skills would be improved,…
Will Ron DeSantis run against Donald Trump?
Last week, Florida governor Ron DeSantis took two big steps to solidify his popularity with the Republican base, not only…
When cities accommodate lawlessness
A shoot-out in downtown Sacramento, California, at two in the morning on Sunday, April 3 left six people dead and…
How to lose elections
I have remarked here before about our era’s tendency to accept election results if your side wins but to reject…
All the rage
Aggression is everywhere in New York
The artful todger
Mikey (Simon Rex) first appears striding down a road in utterly wrecked jeans and shirt. He is carrying nothing and…
Kamala invades Poland
You can tell that the Biden administration is getting serious. They have unleashed their ultimate weapon, cackle diplomacy. The warhead is…
Why would the Saudis bail out Biden?
Is Saudi Arabia shunning Washington? Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly been refusing to phone Joe Biden, who wants the kingdom to…
What the right gets wrong about Putin
A fracture on the international right may seem small fry given everything that is going on right now. But it…
Portrait of the week
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, said of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia: ‘Never in all my study or…
Has Putin’s invasion changed the world order?
Is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘a turning point in history’? Does it spell the end of the American era, and…
The Theroux Paradox
In the latest episode of Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America, Louis asked a rapper called Broke Baby if ‘it’s important to…
Would Trump have prevented the crisis in Ukraine?
‘I know Vladimir Putin very well,’ said Donald Trump yesterday, speaking of the Ukraine crisis, ‘he would have never done…
Money is in trouble
OK, I finally watched Netflix’s Don’t Look Up. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it — especially before its effective subtitle for us…
