James Comey’s Indictment, While Without Merit, Is Part of Comey’s Own Legacy James Comey’s Indictment, While Without Merit, Is Part of Comey’s Own Legacy
The former hard-charging deputy attorney general succumbed to political hubris as FBI director, and discredited the federal justice system in the process.
Sep 30, 2025 / Paul Pelletier
What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan
Rather than deporting millions of migrants, this Republican president opted for the opposite strategy—legalizing them.
Jul 28, 2025 / Brad Swanson
The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat
The Democratic National Committee’s forthcoming “autopsy” is a cover-up to protect the failed leaders who twice lost to Trump.
Jul 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer
This Viral Speech Shows How We Win Back Rural America This Viral Speech Shows How We Win Back Rural America
Voters aren’t tuning out because they don’t care. They’re tuning out because they’ve been exhausted by fake choices, sold out by both parties, and tired of inauthenticity.
Jul 18, 2025 / Kaniela Ing
Sorry, Donald Trump: Many People Are Still Interested in the Jeffrey Epstein Case Sorry, Donald Trump: Many People Are Still Interested in the Jeffrey Epstein Case
The Epstein scandal deserves a real investigation, not Trump’s hand-waving cover up.
Jul 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer
If Democrats Want to Appeal to Rural America, They Need to Talk Like a Neighbor If Democrats Want to Appeal to Rural America, They Need to Talk Like a Neighbor
Saving a democracy that has delivered diminishing returns for 50 years—and is widely seen as rigged on behalf of the 1 percent—is not as compelling as the political class thinks.
Jul 11, 2025 / Erica Etelson
Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great
By attacking equality of citizenship, MAGA is smashing the foundations of national pride.
Jul 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity
Peter Thiel and his friends feel they no longer belong to our species.
Jun 30, 2025 / Jeet Heer
“No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars” “No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars”
Donald Trump killed the anti-war right—but offers a chance to revive the anti-war left.
Jun 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Those Sometimes-Trump Neocons Are Returning to the Fold Over Iran Those Sometimes-Trump Neocons Are Returning to the Fold Over Iran
As the president backs Israel’s long-awaited war with Iran, his neoconservative critics find themselves in an awkward position.
Jun 20, 2025 / Column / David Klion