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The Spotlight

Nicole Gelinas New York’s Unsettling Mayoral Race

Whatever the outcome in November, the city will get (another) highly flawed leader.

Jul 01 2025
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Kay S. Hymowitz The New Girl Disorder

Why are young women so prominent in anti-Israel protests?

Jul 21 2024
Jonathan Clarke The Fast Casual Society

Our abandonment of standards of dress means the loss of expressive potential and our sense of occasion.

Apr 14 2023
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Theodore Dalrymple Why We Love Falstaff

There is some of Shakespeare’s incorrigible rogue in all of us.

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