Riot Acting

The key moment in the self-destruction of the once great American city of Detroit over the past half century can be dated precisely to July 23, 1967, when blacks began the Detroit ...

RIchard Dawkins

Then They Came for the Atheists

It's official: Atheists now occupy a lower place than Muslims in the "€œprogressive stack,"€ meaning that in the Sacred Church of Equality, Muslims are now considered holier ...

The Week That Perished

The Week's Rowdiest, Dowdiest, and Cloudiest Headlines SPERM COUNTS PLUMMET ACROSS THE WEST It should come as no laughing matter to those who fret about the demographic decline ...

Cyclades, Greece

A Tale of Two Parties

I am surfing along the Cycladic islands on a 125-foot classic that was launched in 1929 by John Alden and has remained among the most beautiful sailing boats ever: Puritan. ...

Hostage to Fortune

Poor Chris Hughes. Poor, poor, insanely rich Chris Hughes. The Facebook cofounder is the Bertie Wooster of digital philanthropy. Ever of good heart and dumbfounded by his moneyed ...

Exit the President

NEW YORK"€”Stop saying dystopian. The next person who uses this word gets a Billy Jack leg whop to the right side of his face. Donald Trump is not dystopian. There's nothing ...

St. James's Park, London

‘Spectator’ Sport

I switch personalities at Spectator parties, depending on who the guests are: For our readers’ tea party, I am a warm and gracious semi-host, swigging scotch but graciously ...

The Tragedy of Doctor Who

The new Doctor Who is a woman. "€œAll the cool humans are thrilled,"€ cooed Mashable; "€œPissboys Are Melting Down,"€ added Dorkly (when did nerds start talking like ...

Skeered o”€™ the Racisms

There's a short story I read in my youth, but for the life of me I can"€™t recall the title or the author (if any readers can place the tale, I"€™d be extremely grateful. As ...

Isis flag

Should it Be a Crime to Hurt Allah’s Feelings?

Is there any evidence in the past 50 years of anyone, anywhere being charged with a “hate crime” for mocking Christianity? If there is, I haven"€™t seen it. I ...

Conor McGregor

The Week That Perished

The Week's Flabbiest, Scabbiest, and Crabbiest Headlines MAYWEATHER & MCGREGOR MAKE HURTFUL AND INSENSITIVE COMMENTS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER On August 26, MMA superstar Conor ...

Everyday Snowflakes

A young man of my acquaintance recently ended his intimate relationship with a girl that had lasted some years, and announced the fact to the world on Facebook, together with some ...

Long Live the Pugs

I was going through my paces in Hyde Park, sweating out the booze, raising the heartbeat with short wind sprints, keeping my mind off the weekend’s debauchery and the ensuing ...

“€˜New York Times”€™ Reveals: Men Like Sex!

NEW YORK"€”In 1943 the great Tex Avery created an animated cartoon character called, simply, Wolf. Wolf was a modern version of the wolf in "€œLittle Red Riding Hood,"€ so ...

They Call Americans Monsters

This week gossip blogs like CNN focused on a black stripper who was being harassed by her ex-fiancé, Kim Kardashian's brother. It was obviously a pathetic display of myopic ...

CNN Channels Its Inner JDL Thug

"€œI was not angry since I came to France/Until this instant."€ So cries Henry V in one of the play's pivotal moments. Henry, having just learned of the slaughter of his ...


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