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Assassination’s awkward tendency to backfire

Assassination

Book Review

Assassination’s awkward tendency to backfire

As for the efficacy of assassination campaigns, Ball is doubtful

Alan Judd

Mossad’s secret allies in Operation Wrath of God

Aviva Guttmann recounts how the security services of European nations aided Mossad in its pursuit of vengeance

Alan Judd

Wesley LePatner and the sinister rise of ‘Luigism’

The Blackstone CEO was not the shooter’s intended victim. All too many think she deserved to die anyway

Max Horder

Is Trump killing the American dream for mom-and-pops?

Trump is hoping to appeal to small-business owners’ patriotic hearts rather than their wallets

Ben Clerkin

Politics

When government officials are threatened, they deserve protection

That includes former officials, even if they are the president’s political opponents

Charles Lipson

Politics
January 2, 2025
Will terrorists target the Trump inauguration?
It is reasonable to be concerned. The president-elect was the target of two near-miss assassination attempts in one year
Freddy Gray
Russia
December 26, 2024
Russia’s sabotage campaign against the West
Outsourced criminal hackers get a free pass so long as they are targeting the West
Mark Galeotti
Europe
December 12, 2024
Bureaucrat Main Character Syndrome is killing Ukraine — and America
Victoria Nuland, the Vindman twins and Hunter Biden all share a problem: they think they’re the stars of a story that isn’t theirs
Joe Lindsley
Internet
December 9, 2024
Inside the mind of Luigi Mangione
The suspect in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO weaves a complicated digital footprint
Katherine Dee
Letters
October 21, 2024
Letters from Spectator readers, November 2024
Appalachia and assassination attempts
The Spectator
DC Diary
October 7, 2024
Trump returns to site of first assassination attempt
Plus: The anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks on Israel
The Spectator
DC Diary
September 23, 2024
Kamala punts on amnesty for ‘DREAMers’
Plus: Would-be Trump assassin ‘stalked’ former president, offered bounty
The Spectator
Politics
September 19, 2024
The sad, warped world of Ryan Routh
He seems to be a war zone archetype
Paul Wood
Campaign 2024
September 17, 2024
Why the Palm Beach assassination attempt is unlikely to affect the 2024 race
The attempt on Trump’s life comes when acts of political violence have disturbingly been on the rise
Daniel DePetris
Campaign 2024
September 16, 2024
Democrats shouldn’t be surprised by Trump’s would-be assassins
They have been screaming for seven years that their chief political opponent is ‘Hitler’ or worse
Roger Kimball

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