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Mob mentality

The Spectator World

CONTRIBUTORS

Miller time

DIARY

Normie-in-Chief • J.D. Vance looks almost unstoppable

Woodlouse

The elimination of motherhood

Israel’s turning point • The Jewish state has won. But at what cost?

Legal immigration is a nightmare

La Diabla’s work • How the drug cartels are ‘diversifying’ into baby-trafficking

Info warrior • How Alex Jones won

Justice was already weaponized

War games • On maneuvers with the Bundeswehr

ANCIENT AND MODERN

Mount doom • The Army needs the cavalry

Pipes of war • Will the Nord Stream saboteurs be extradited to Germany?

SPECTATOR ACADEMY READING LIST

Rise of the mayors • Innovative local leaders are having their day

The Clinton curse

Kids in crisis • ‘Gender-affirming care’ is almost never justified

OK, Loomer • Meet the President’s ‘extra set of eyes and ears’

Rat race • New York City belongs to its rodents

The Chinese century • The Asian superpower has already leapfrogged the US

‘We don’t control the current’ • An interview with Nick Land, the ‘father of accelerationism’

On Tor y Foel

Under a cloud • Will the US government ever escape the clutches of Microsoft?

Excuses, excuses • Kamala Harris is living in dreamland, says Travis Aaroe

Power corrupts

Family affair

Changed man

The Murmur

Smoke and mirrors • A new Tucker Carlson documentary claims the Saudis were behind 9/11 — and the CIA then protected them, writes Paul Wood

Obits and dull horrors

Fame, feuds and family

Plumbing the depths

Curtain call

American life

Dolce vita

Best life

Prejudices

Losing my appetite • When did restaurants get so boring, asks Gage Klipper

Salad days

Table talk • Can American restaurants thrive in Britain?

In awe of Fuji-san • Glamping in the foothills of the iconic volcano that won’t let you out of her sight

Gossip

Greenlit