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War and peace

The Spectator World

CONTRIBUTORS

Carr alarm

DIARY

Violence and silence • Welcome to the current state of the American left

Tail End Charlie

LETTER FROM ENGLAND

The lesson of Zohran • The Democratic establishment has fallen

Crime and no punishment

True colors • The race hustle is losing its power

Trump knows personnel is policy

Canadian death march • The country’s assisted suicide laws are out of control

SPECTATOR ACADEMY READING LIST

Great expectations • The reality of raising an autistic child

Recovery position • Would taking back lost territories make Ukraine whole again?

Freudian slip • The study of psychology has been a disaster

Leap of faith

Extinction rebellion • Is it time to bring back the dodo?

Born skeptic • The fad for transgenderism is unbelievable — and should stay that way

The bully doctrine

Time bomb • Israel and Iran are heading for war — again

HAMPTONS NOTEBOOK

Through the looking glass • What folklore can teach us about our online lives

The AI who loved me • Why people are falling for chatbots

Coining it • Can stablecoins make America the crypto capital of the world?

Fast fiction • J.S. Barnes asks: is Dan Brown finished?

Modern great

The One

Sobering experience

A man of many words

Fright at the Opera • The Met won’t fill the house until it gives audiences what they want, writes Don Baton

Homage and harmony

Space oddity

Few like it haute

Stupidity on tap

Swiftian

DC life

California life

London life

Still life

The gourd life • There’s more to pumpkins than you might think

In vino veritas

Easy as pie • Don’t let science stop you from baking

THE CHEAT’S APPLE PIE

Ways of eating

All the world’s a stage • The theater of the Galápagos Islands

Doorbells

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