Category: Opinion
Shaping the Narrative
by Hamilton Fish | Mar 6, 2024 | OpinionThere is an alchemy to the way information finds its way into the discourse, it’s unpredictable and difficult to steer. But during these last several weeks, we’ve seen how a small and independent voice can have an outsized impact. Jonathan Winer last wrote for the Spectator on both the unlikely rise and exaggerated demise of the Independent State Legislature (ISL) doctrine, […]
Editor’s Note
by Hamilton Fish | Dec 28, 2023 | OpinionWe posted a flurry of notable stories this month, and I thought the holiday break would be a good time to give you a sense of why we chose some of the subjects we covered and provide more background on the remarkable writers who have contributed their thoughts and findings to these pages. We’ve been […]
Dealing with History’s Demons
by Mark Medish and Alex Rondos | Dec 8, 2023 | OpinionHistory has come roaring back to challenge our sense of global order. So long as the post-World War 2 international system commanded broad respect, we could pretend to keep the peace while camouflaging the contradiction between the principles of sovereignty and self- determination that are embedded in the UN charter. The system assumed that the […]
How We’re Forgetting the Greatest Generation’s Message to Us
by Hugh Taylor | Mar 10, 2023 | OpinionIn 1974, a squirrel trap in the attic of our big house in Scarsdale, New York, snagged a rat. My father took the rat out into the driveway, doused it with lighter fluid, and burned it alive right in front of me. I was 9. It shocked me that my father—the son of impoverished immigrants, who had […]
A Fork in the Road
by WS Editors | Nov 3, 2022 | OpinionBefore heading to the polls next week, voters are encouraged to peer over the horizon at what a government controlled by the far right in this country will actually look like. For this elections issue of The Washington Spectator we have drawn on some of the valuable reporting and commentary we’ve seen recently that bears […]
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Editor’s Picks
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Dancing in the Dark: Steps to Avoid a Constitutional Coup in the 2024 Election
By Mark Medish and Joel McCleary
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The Wide Angle: Is a UFO Hoax a Ticking Time-bomb for Biden?
By Dave Troy
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How Christian Nationalists, Big Oil and the Big Lie Seized the Speaker’s Gavel
By Anne Nelson
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By Art Levine
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