Life & Arts coverage from Spectator USA
Robert Kraft and the so-called sex trafficking ‘sting’
The New England Patriots owner’s case continues to spotlight prosecutorial overreach
The best comedy is the type that makes white people feel terrible about themselves
Many sensitive souls find the sound of merriment jarring
Hog wild in Indiantown
Armed with a lever-action rifle, some elephant-gun slugs and a pack of six dogs, we set out into the brush
ETF, WTF?
Regulators – both in the USA and Europe – are voicing concern over exchange traded fund liquidity
CNN’s LGBT Town Hall collapses into trans madness
In its quest for every gender on the spectrum, the network couldn’t even find a single top to stuff into the audience
Hipsters are getting high on an alcohol-free cocktail
Kin has become popular as swatches of America veer towards sinless living and self-care
A great time in the Faddisphere
Faddis took a break, sat down on a chair onstage near me, then started blowing along with the band again
Don’t blame oil and coal companies for climate change
If climate change is a crisis, or even just a challenge, it is one in which we are all implicated
Why Roy Cohn is not one of the world’s most evil men
He may have had a gruff exterior but I always thought he was gooey inside
Why do Americans and Brits write about alcohol so differently?
American drink writing tends to be self-flagellating: the recovering alcoholic’s remembrance of sins past
I am a part of Batavia, New York
My friend Henry W. Clune used to say that all he ever really wanted was to appear considerable in the eyes of his hometown
Hillary beat Trump once, she can do it again
Imagine waking up each day, knowing that a strong empowered woman was in the White House
Facebook’s fake news problem is about more than just ads
Chris Hughes’s attack on his co-founder won’t stop the spread of misinformation
Would UBI actually work in America?
There is an ill-defined and naive hope that UBI will solve whatever particular political bogeyman is brought to the party
Who killed the American arts?
The decline from Duke Ellington and Aretha Franklin to A$AP Rocky and Lizzo is a slide from civilization to barbarism
The gilded rage: why is America so angry?
Most Americans now believe it is ‘healthier’ to unleash their negative feelings than to bottle them up
Space is the place – for war
Foreign hackers have broken codes that are integral to the effectiveness of satellites
Impeach Boris Johnson
Boris makes enthusiastic speeches, which is an obvious parallel to the speeches Mussolini made
Grade A: what Adderall has taught me
‘Come to think of it, no. I’ve never had a patient, once prescribed, go off them’
The alternative media has censorship problems too
It is not especially unusual for figures in the alternative media to use the power of law to silence criticism
