Politics

Columns

Football Nation

David Roth

December 05, 2018

The NFL repeatedly mistakes itself for a nation state—a sort of parallel America.

A Christmas Story

Ben Schwartz

December 04, 2018

George H. W. Bush has been transformed into a symbol of bygone kindness and civility. It's a Christmas Miracle!

Death and Taxes

Bruce Bartlett

December 01, 2018

Forces within the GOP intentionally destroyed Bush, putting the far right in complete control of the party’s ideology.

Yesterday’s News

Noah Kulwin

November 29, 2018

An former Guardian editor lays out a vision of the global media crisis that is largely detached from actual politics.

Worked Over

Catherine Tumber

November 27, 2018

In The Once and Future Worker, Oren Cass’s labor sympathies only extend so far.

Apex Predators and Elena Ferrante

G’Ra Asim

November 26, 2018

Once Audrey and I had drifted uneasily to sleep, the bat emerged seemingly from nowhere and soared about the room . . .

Scary Clowns

Brendan O’Connor

November 21, 2018

The far right may be disorganized, but that doesn't mean we should ignore them.

Where There’s Smoke

Lia Russell

November 20, 2018

In California, deadly wildfires are at the center of several different crises.

It Happened in Vegas

Sammy Feldblum

November 15, 2018

The Culinary Workers Union tips the mid-term elections in Nevada.

Mr. Difficult Jr.

Sho Spaeth

November 14, 2018

The new "William Gass Reader" celebrates the great essayist and philosopher—but it's Gass's fictions that will stand the test of time.

Fanatical Moderate

Nathan Goldman

November 13, 2018

In Dear Zealots, Amos Oz is unwavering in his commitment to a Jewish nationalism as simple and brutal as any other.

The Business He’s Chosen

Ben Schwartz

November 13, 2018

Tucker Carlson shed his bow-tie, and the kind of deferential comportment it symbolized, years ago.