The Spectator World Magazine – June 2025

THE SPECTATOR WORLD (May 6, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The Reviving of the American Mind’…

The reviving of the American mind

For too long, academia has stifled intellectual originality

Keep AI ghouls out of the classroom

What if your first encounter with Shakespeare or Herman Melville was with an AI avatar in history class?

The Palisades, reimagined

You can see how wrecked the place is, and how temporarily low the de jure population – but the clean-up and rebuilding are well under way

The Trump administration is giving us excellence, not equity

We may not be in a golden age, but we can see one on the horizon

Wokeism is stifling thought in America’s universities

What if your first encounter with Shakespeare or Herman Melville was with an AI avatar in history class?

The New York Times – Tuesday, May 6, 2025

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Trump Crypto Deals Provoke Senate Backlash and Calls for Investigation

Some Democrats who had supported legislation for so-called stablecoins are now demanding tougher language to prevent fraud and money laundering.

Guantánamo Migrant Operation Has Held Fewer Than 500 Detainees, and None in Tents

The three-month-old operation never expanded to fulfill President Trump’s vision of housing 30,000 at the offshore U.S. base.

Congress’s Fight Over Trump’s Agenda Runs Through Alaska

Republicans in Congress are clashing over whether to repeal Biden-era clean energy tax credits that are a lifeline for some of their constituents.

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