Unsurprisingly, there are no online images of this periodical which is all text and no pictures.
I don’t even recall where I first heard of The Washington Spectator, or when I even started my subscription (although it is going on at least ten years now). No one else seems to have heard of it, so maybe it’s printed just for me.
The Washington Spectator comes out every two weeks. It is a 4 page (that’s right, four page– it doesn’t even have a staple) newsletter that covers national politics. For the most part, every issue covers one topic. Usually that topic is, if not ignored, then certainly under-reported in the mainstream press. And each issue is more or less an extended article about that topic.
The most recent issue’s main topic, for instance, is “Republicans Shocked, Shocked, by Partisan Behavior of Democrats.” And yes, this publication is pretty exclusively pro-Democrat. It’s not even issues-related as much as it is party-related (unless that’s just because the last eight years basically just chronicled the offenses of the Bush White House and the Republican majority).
I always enjoy the last page which usually has four or five short pieces (about a paragraph or two each) that sum up the rest of the goings on in Washington. Sometimes they say who voted for or against a proposed bill (they name names and often say how much the politicians have received from the powers that supported or opposed the bill). Sometimes they do a brief update on some hypocrisy or other. And sometimes they just tell a funny story. The back page always has a bit of humor that the main article typically lacks.
Another nice feature about the periodical is that the paper they use is quite waterproof, so if you read it in the shower or drop it in the bathtub, it stays in one piece, doesn’t smudge, and doesn’t even tear. (How many periodicals can you say that about?)
Online edition is available here.
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The Washington Spectator. This is a fascinating little four page newsletter type thing that comes out every two weeks. It seems to speak for the Democratic Party, but not always. They usually have a healthy dose of righteous outrage. Back in the day I subscribed to The Nation, Mother Jones, The Progressive and The Utne Reader. But man, it got so depressing, that I had to quit them all. I still harbor much happiness for them, and enjoy seeing The Nation writers in The Week, but I don’t have the energy for so much teeth gnashing anymore. So, this little newsletter keeps me somewhat it the loop of indignation. Plus, strangely, it is water resistant, so you can just stick it to the wall of the shower and finish it by the time your hair is clean.
I’m a subscriber for many years but cannot access the website. Can you help with that?
Thank you.
-John.
I had never logged into the webiste before, but since I just got my recent issue, I had my customer number handy. Click on the link in the post. When the website opens, click First Time User. On that page, fill in the customer number on your address label (There’s a picture, but it comes after the C# in your address). From there type in your email and a password and click Login. I got an error when I completed this page, but when I tried to log in shortly thereafter it accepted my email and password. You get full access to the articles this way.
Good luck!
Hello Paul! Thanks so much for the very generous words, and for being such a loyal subscriber. I thought you might be interested to know that the Spectator has started expanding online, and now has its own Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/TheWashingtonSpectator
We’d be honored to have you join us there! I may even feature your blog post at some point. 🙂
Also, if John Busse happens to see this, he’ll be glad to know that the entire website is being redesigned and will be much easier to use come January.
Thanks again for reading and for pointing out that the issues are waterproof. That’s a feature we should promote more often.
Emily Gordon, Online Editor
The Washington Spectator
Washington Spectator is a rag paper that allows for the support of the left disinfranched to unable the enabled.
The most recent example of Dubose’s lack of editorial skills are to allow C.Mador’s review of Beinert’s excuse of inside knowledge of the dynamic democratic open society of Israel.
The best that can be said is that both deserve each other for the distortion of facts and working as self promotors.
Enjoy,
AlanC.