Who Said It: Beto O’Rourke, Howard Schultz, or a Punk Rock Band?
Much has been made of Beto O’Rourke’s punk rock bona fides, or lack thereof. On the one hand, he used to play in a punk band and cites Ian MacKaye—the Pete Seeger of the American punk movement—as an...
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Mitch McConnell, Young and . . . Moderate?
After a failed attempt to run for the House of Representatives (he was tossed from the ballot for failing residency requirements), Mitch McConnell’s first real campaign was for judge-executive of...
View ArticleBill de Blasio’s Embarrassing Quest for National Fame
It’s rare for The New York Post to understate a story in a headline, but late Sunday, the tabloid posted a piece titled “De Blasio speaks to crowd of only 20 people in New Hampshire.” The reality was...
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Nihilist in Chief
In the midst of this January’s historic, senselessly protracted government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided it was time to put forward his vision of how government should...
View ArticleThe New Republic April Issue: MitchWorld, the GOP’s Unlikely Savior
New York, NY—(March 21, 2019)—The New Republic today published its April 2019 issue with a cover story that details the banal, evil, all-destructive reign of Mitch McConnell. In “Nihilist in Chief”,...
View ArticleBolsonaro Is Betting His Presidency on Trump
During his visit to the United States Monday and Tuesday, Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing extremist sworn in as Brazil’s president in January, appeared visibly giddy at the prospect of meeting Donald...
View ArticleJordan Peele’s “Us” Goes Down the Rabbit Hole of Identity
Jordan Peele loves a rabbit. There is a song that appears in the first scene of Get Out, Peele’s Oscar-winning debut as a movie writer and director, that goes “Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run! Run! Run!”...
View ArticleConservatives’ Disingenuous Attacks on Democratic Reforms
If their presidential candidates are any indication, Democrats may finally be getting serious about structural reforms to American democracy. Some proposals, such as packing the court with additional...
View ArticleJoe Biden’s Half-Baked Political Gimmicks
Joe Biden knows what you’re thinking. He has seen the stories, too.He knows he’s too old: 76 years old today, and 78 on Inauguration Day, 2021. He knows that, as a senator representing Delaware for...
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The Growing Crisis of Guns on Campus
Anthony Bouchard, who often sports a waxed handlebar mustache that recalls the outlaws of the Wild West, has a habit of showing up at public events where everyone is unarmed and explaining that they’re...
View ArticleHow to End Endless War
In 1992, Pentagon officials took stock of America’s fortunes. “Today, there is no global challenger to a peaceful democratic order,” observed the group, led by Under Secretary of Defense Paul...
View ArticleTrump’s Golan Heights Tweet Is a Gift to the Far Right
With a few strokes on his keyboard on Thursday, President Trump undermined one of the fundamental norms of international law. “After 52 years,” he tweeted, “it is time for the United States to fully...
View ArticleYes, Trump Obstructed Justice. And William Barr Is Helping Him Cover It Up.
In a letter to House and Senate leaders on Sunday, Attorney General William Barr revealed that he would not charge President Trump with obstruction of justice over his efforts to thwart the...
View ArticleHistory Will Damn Donald Trump
The Russia investigation is over. The story about Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia during the 2016 election is, in some ways, just beginning.Over the last two years, special counsel Robert...
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How the Cold War Defined Scientific Freedom
The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, says NSC-68, the planning document adopted by the Truman administration in 1950 and one of the foundational texts of the early Cold War, was...
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Right Makes Might
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has eagerly embraced foreign autocrats, portraying brutal dictators as allies to be courted and celebrated. He has backed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince...
View ArticleThe Christianization of U.S. Foreign Policy
Last Thursday, Donald Trump announced, via Twitter, a radical shift in foreign policy, saying it was time to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied territory of Golan Heights, seized from...
View ArticleThe Act Illuminates a Lethal Bond
Dee Dee Blanchard—who gave birth to her daughter, Gypsy Rose, on July 27, 1991—could not abide by the traditions of child-rearing. She rejected the most common narrative of parenthood, wherein her...
View ArticleWhat Should Stacey Abrams Do?
To borrow from Irving Berlin, there was nothing Beto O’Rourke did that Stacey Abrams didn’t do better in her historic campaign for governor of Georgia. She came closer than Beto, the near-miss Senate...
View ArticleGive It Up, Democrats. The Russia Investigation Is Over.
For nearly two years, Democrats desperately hoped that Robert Mueller would ride in on a white horse and save the country from Donald Trump’s corrupt presidency. But three days after the special...
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