Trump’s Pick

Nov 29, 2024 | thespectator.com | Isabel Hardman |Trump’s Pick |Kate Andrews |Amber Duke

Elsewhere in the world, they just call Thanksgiving “Thursday.” But in the addled minds of some on America’s progressive left, it’s something far worse. Joy Reid aired her “Thanksgiving message to MAGA trolls,” in which she discussed her “alternative” Thanksgiving idea for those who voted for Donald Trump: “Make your own dinner, MAGA, make your own sandwiches, wipe your own tears, troll among yourselves with Elon and leave us alone.

Nov 29, 2024 | thespectator.com | Isabel Hardman |Trump’s Pick |Kate Andrews |Arieh Kovler

Britain’s debate on assisted dying, which culminated in a victory for those in favor in Parliament today, hasn’t been long enough — we knew that from the start — but it has been a very good one. There have been some very powerful arguments on both sides.

Nov 29, 2024 | thespectator.com | Kate Andrews |Trump’s Pick |Arieh Kovler |ArtThe triumph

How rare it is to be given a second chance. That’s what the American people have handed Donald Trump. His second shot at the presidency means avoiding past mistakes, which in Trumpworld means finally harnessing the full power of the state. Even in the last year of his first term, Trump was struggling to fill all the political appointment vacancies he had at his disposal.

Nov 14, 2024 | inkl.com | Trump’s Pick

A child picks his way through wreckage after Israeli shelling at a camp housing internally displaced people in Khan Younis, Gaza. Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA Israel has been accused of crimes against humanity over its use of evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of civilians in Gaza, in a new report by Human Rights Watch.

Feb 15, 2024 | thespectator.com | Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore |Isabel Hardman |Trump’s Pick |Kate Andrews

For Eric Ripert, cooking is like jazz. Ad-libbing, balance, motion. “One day the garlic is very pungent, one day it is not pungent. One day the onion is very juicy and sweet, one day it’s less, so you have to adapt all the time,” says the celebrated chef, who is the co-owner of Manhattan’s Le Bernardin, a close friend of the late Anthony Bourdain and a TV personality in his own right. “So, it’s very similar to music — I do not play the same notes all the time, I take a lot of freedom and liberties.