Spencer Klavan

Spencer Klavan

Spencer Klavan (@SpencerKlavan) is host of the Young Heretics podcast, associate editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and features editor of The American Mind.

An attendee wears a Meta Platforms Inc. Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality (VR) headset at the Telefonica SA stand on day two of the Mobile World Congress at the Fira de Barcelona venue in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. The annual flagship mobile industry and technology event runs from Feb. 27 to March 2. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Metaverse Was Never Inevitable

By Spencer Klavan

A Christian tradition that symbolizes the four weeks of Advent. One candle is lit each Sunday until all four are lit on the last Sunday before Christmas.

The Case For Advent-Maxxing

By Spencer Klavan

Why You Should Celebrate Thanksgiving

By Spencer Klavan

Fight The Left: Get In Shape

By Spencer Klavan

A board displays cancelled flights of German airline Lufthansa stand at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on November 7, 2019, as cabin crews kicked off a strike. - Tens of thousands of Lufthansa passengers faced disruptions as cabin crew in Germany started to stage a "massive" 48-hour walkout in the biggest escalation yet of a bitter row over pay and conditions. (Photo by Silas Stein / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo by SILAS STEIN/dpa/AFP via Getty Images)

There is No Such Thing as Reverse Cancel Culture

By Spencer Klavan

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 26: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Pelosi spoke about the Police Bill and DC Statehood. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

D.C. Statehood Is A Democrat Power Grab

By Spencer Klavan

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 17: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) A 6.6 meter replica Godzilla is lit up during a press preview at Tokyo Midtown on July 17, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. The 'MIDTOWN Meets GODZILLA' project is in collaboration with the Japan release of the Hollywood film version of 'Godzilla' The Godzilla built on the lawns of Tokyo Midtown will host a light show everynight complete with mist, audio and fire rays. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

The Death of Movies Has Come

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President Ronald Reagan, campaigning for a second term of office, smiles during a rally speech at the California State Capitol the day before the 1984 presidential election. (Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Limited Government Isn’t Everything.

By Spencer Klavan

A person holds a transgender pride flag as people gather on Christopher Street outside the Stonewall Inn for a rally to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York, June 28, 2019. - The June 1969 riots, sparked by repeated police raids on the Stonewall Inn -- a well-known gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village -- proved to be a turning point in the LGBTQ community's struggle for civil rights.

Men Are Not Women

By Spencer Klavan

The Woke Policing the Woke

By Spencer Klavan

TOPSHOT - Democratic presidential candidate former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding his plane at Hagerstown Regional Airport October 6, 2020, in Hagerstown, Maryland. - Democrat Joe Biden warned on October 6, 2020 that "the forces of darkness" are dividing Americans, stressing that as president he would strive to "end the hate and fear" consuming the nation. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

There Are Only Three News Stories That Matter In America Right Now

By Spencer Klavan

HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 11: Children read from "The Cat in the Hat" book at a ceremony honoring the late children's book author Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 11, 2004 in Hollywood , California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

Dr. Seuss and the Culture of Fear

By Spencer Klavan