Visiting with bears on the Russian border
Russian tourists are no longer free to travel to Finland — but thankfully for us Russian bears still are
Spectator Life
An intelligent mix of culture, style, travel, food and property, as well as where to go and what to see.
Tuning in and dropping out at Gilpin Hotel
We set our phones to Do Not Disturb and tuck away our laptops. Goodbye, world
In praise of corn, a Thanksgiving essential
I do not know if there was corn in Eden but would like to think so
A one-pan, one-pot Thanksgiving
In a world of ‘girl dinners,’ Melissa Clark is a woman
Football is now going hog-wild for legal betting
You can bet the game’s embrace of its sportsbook partners will turn out better for them than for bettors
Slow down, shop less and style more: lessons from Allison Bornstein
In her universe, honing an individual style is not about how many clothes you have but how you put them together
October 18, 2023
A culinary tour of southern France and northern Spain
The French love their oysters, and those from Arcachon are considered among the best
October 13, 2023
It can happen at Harvard
Hamas is inside the gates of American campuses
October 8, 2023
A fairytale wedding in Mallorca
And a few of the classiest sick days of my life
October 2, 2023
Tom Ford is back (without Tom Ford)
What is his fashion house without him?
September 26, 2023
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s descent into ‘woke’ madness
Over the past year or so, the astrophysicist has made it his life’s mission to advance the idea that gender is little more than a social construct
Welcome to the Travis Kelce chapter in Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’
The Chiefs tight end has reclaimed America’s sweetheart from lithe, drippy Brits — rejoice!
The slow death of ‘balanced literacy’
After dismal and ever-declining scores on reading tests, many schools are switching back to the basics of teaching kids to read
September 22, 2023
Kendi gonna Kendi
When racial grifters tell you who they are, believe them
September 21, 2023
Hasan Minhaj’s race-filled fantasies
Minhaj is, in many ways, the Jussie Smollett of comedy
The problem with Burberry
The brand continues to struggle at remaining relevant
September 15, 2023
Don’t cry from pleasure: chef Ciccio Sultano’s Sicily
Foodies flock to hilltop city Ragusa for technically impressive dishes
September 14, 2023
Deion ‘Prime Time’ Sanders’s moment in the spotlight
Not many monster on-field players become successful coaches. Could the Colorado Buffaloes man kick the trend?
September 13, 2023
The lessons of ancient Rome’s dangerous doctors
‘I died of a surfeit of doctors,’ read one Roman funerary inscription. But where did this surfeit come from?
A month in the Baltics
Lithuania offers plenty to a family of four
A beginner’s guide to noodling
For generations, Okies have been jamming their hands in crevices, trying to find the gaping maws of unsuspecting catfish to rip out of their hideaways
The joy of baking your own bread
These days, we are long into the age of commercial breadbaking and far-removed from the sight of a field of waving wheat
The best cooking podcasts
Cooking involves all senses, and a purely auditory recipe feels more like ASMR than education
Basketball is more popular, and soccer-like, than ever
The NBA relies more and more on international players who grew up playing soccer
September 11, 2023
Four bold but real predictions for public schools this year
Hello to more teacher strikes and so long to parental opacity, Hemingway and gym class
September 7, 2023
Vogue circles wagons around the Biden admin with KJP profile
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is the fashion magazine’s latest star
August 22, 2023
Why public schools never have enough money
The funding is, indeed, ‘inadequate,’ because it’s mostly spent on nonsense
August 21, 2023
The virtue-signaling behind the renaming of the Middlebury College chapel
Even small schools must find demons to exorcize — and the busybodies at Middlebury were ready
August 18, 2023
College-town blues
Why is academia so rife with lefties?
