First Reformed is Taxi Driver for the age of Trump
‘That was some weird shit,’ George W. Bush is said to have muttered after Donald Trump’s desolate inauguration speech of…
Europeans are hurting themselves on Iran — and the US
Will France, Britain and Germany really pay the price of guaranteeing the international order? Of course not — they can’t afford it
Bernard Lewis was right about ‘the return of Islam’
When Edmund Burke died, he asked that his grave be hidden, so that his enemies wouldn’t disinter him and defile…
Review: Let the Sunshine In
Here in the English-speaking world, the hours after work and before dinner are known as the ‘reverse commute’. We spend…
Meghan’s embarrassing relatives means she will fit in with the Windsors
You don’t get to choose your parents or your siblings. You do, however, get to choose whether you speak to…
Israel is losing the war of images but winning the battle of reality
The killing of dozens of Gazans in today’s assault on the Gaza-Israel border was not a surprise, but a strategy—certainly…
Review: Racer and the Jailbird. Terrible name, great film
Racer and the Jailbird is a terrible name for a film. It sounds like an unsolicited tribute to that sorrily…
Europe’s leaders need Trump more than they wish to admit
America, meet your European allies in the effort to contain Iran: Emmanuel Macron of France, Theresa May of Britain, and…
What happened to honour in American public life?
‘Honour,’ the French poet Nicholas Boileau wrote in 1666, ‘is like a rocky island without a landing place; once we…
Disobedience is disappointing
If you were to revisit the house you grew up in, would you take a look at your old bedroom?…
Peace in Korea doesn’t make war with Iran more likely
Readers of Spectator’s USA’s mothership, the venerable yet sprightly London Spectator, will know that one of the secrets of the…
It’s time to end the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
You have to give it to Donald Trump. Not for pushing North Korea towards negotiations, or for holding China to…
Review: Godard Mon Amour
It is now fifty years since the événements of May 1968, when young Parisians lobbed onobble stones at the police,…
The partisan Russian meddling cases are helping no one
There are two ways of looking at the multi-million dollar suit that the Democratic National Committee filed last week in…
A reek of imperial failure and War-on-Terror resentment: Beirut reviewed
Is Jon Hamm’s name really Jon Hamm? Or is it a stage name, meant to telegraph his acting style? When…
Israel at 70: there’s no failure like success
On Wednesday, Israel marks seventy years of statehood. When David Ben Gurion declared independence on May 14th, 1948—the anniversary floats…
Comey pees on Trump
And we thought the FBI knows things that we don’t know. On Sunday night on ABC News, James Comey, who…
Review: Chappaquiddick – Ted Kennedy and the Fall of Dickarus
They called Ted Kennedy the Lion of the Senate. He spent most of his time stuffed, satiated and asleep, and…
Bombing Syria would be a grave mistake
‘The whole of the Balkans,’ Otto von Bismarck said, ‘is not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier.’ He…
Zuckerberg’s Facebook hearing makes me fear for the future of democracy
Mark Zuckerberg came to Washington this week. Just an ordinary, common-sense guy, with matching hoodies in his roll-on, and a…
America’s defeat in Syria is complete
The Syrian civil war is in its endgame, and the ‘political solution’ that the leaders of the Western democracy talk…
Mohammed bin Salman’s fake news
Some people will believe anything, so other people will say anything, especially if they’re desperate. The headline news in Saudi…
Why are Harvard and MIT selling out to the Saudis?
Harvard and MIT will sell anything to anybody, regardless of the national interest
Does President Trump believe in the resurrection?
Easter weekend must be interesting for the interfaith First Family
Trump vs Biden, Peterson vs Mishra — American culture is going the way of WWF
Americans breathed a sigh of disappointment last week when the promised super-heavyweight bout between Joe Biden and Donald Trump stalled…
