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Tolosa Winery: my latest discovery

California

Religion

Ranked: which state is the best place to base a faith-based nonprofit?

‘The laws do not always fall on partisan lines or reflect the culture we would expect in states that seem to be friendly to religious values’

Teresa Mull

Meet the MAGA porn stars

When an adult performer looks in the mirror, they look way more like a Trump than an MSNBC wine mom

Cherie DeVille

No matter who wins, you lose

What do you think one man and a few ‘based’ people can do against hundreds of rotting bureaucracies?

Riva-Melissa Tez

The Magic 8 Ball election

Like many voters in our polarized world, I’m straddling the divide between Democrat and Republican

Cat Castellanos

Economics

The West faces a new type of housing crisis

Will new generations ever be able to afford a home?

Joel Kotkin

Mexico
October 2, 2024
Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum begins her presidency
She sounds like a more refined AMLO. For the US, this means a very different negotiator but, essentially, the same terms
Juan P. Villasmil
Letters
September 12, 2024
Letters from Spectator readers, October 2024
Californication and tiring of travel
The Spectator
Campaign 2024
September 2, 2024
Kamala’s history of backstabbing her bosses
How she first won political office feels oddly similar to 2024
Amber Duke
Politics
August 27, 2024
Steve Hilton wants to challenge Gavin Newsom for the chance to run California
The former Fox host has been very vocal on the state’s public policy
Cockburn
Politics
August 19, 2024
The Californication of the Democratic Party
Does the rest of America want to be like the Golden State?
Joel Kotkin
Campaign 2024
August 12, 2024
Gavin Newsom decides to tackle California homeless crisis… now it’s an election year
If T-shirt and Jeans Newsom were running against French Laundry Newsom in 2026, the former would win in a landslide
Grace Curley
Politics
August 8, 2024
The moment I became a friend of Richard Nixon
Oh and also his biographer
Jonathan Aitken
Campaign 2024
July 25, 2024
The strange rise of Kamala Harris
The VP is only the presumptive nominee thanks to extraordinary circumstances
Kate Andrews
Business
July 24, 2024
Trouble in paradise: thousands of Disneyland employees threaten strike
‘25$ or bust. I’m not settling for anything less’
Ella Johnson
Education
April 30, 2024
Banana skins from the UCLA encampment
Violence has been escalating as counter-protesters, also referred to as Zionists, clash with UC Divest members
Cockburn

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