Boasting Limitations Boasting Limitations
There’s something Trump won’t brag about? Well, yes, as other gropers fall, We’ve never heard him boast he has The most accusers of them all.
Dec 14, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the January 1-8, 2018, Issue Letters From the January 1-8, 2018, Issue
What happened—and what didn’t… The postmortem continues… Troubling the water [web only]…
Dec 14, 2017 / Our Readers
White Whale White Whale
The captain of the American ship continues dangerously off course.
Dec 14, 2017 / OppArt / Eric Drooker
From Paid Sick Leave to Municipal ID Cards: New York’s City Council Leaves an Impression From Paid Sick Leave to Municipal ID Cards: New York’s City Council Leaves an Impression
During the last four years, the council has passed significant legislation to stem inequality. Can it do better during the next four?
Dec 14, 2017 / Jarrett Murphy
Savor This Victory: Doug Jones Is Taking Jeff Sessions’s Old Seat Savor This Victory: Doug Jones Is Taking Jeff Sessions’s Old Seat
Howell Raines on Alabama, Joan Walsh on #MeToo after Al Franken, and John Nichols on Net Neutrality.
Dec 14, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis
When one side is fascist, there’s no reason to show “both sides.”
Dec 13, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Roy Moore Isn’t the Only One Who Thinks Dating Kids Is Fine Roy Moore Isn’t the Only One Who Thinks Dating Kids Is Fine
Just ask their parents first.
Dec 13, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia
The pillorying of General Flynn and hounding of Secretary of State Tillerson equate détente with “collusion with the Kremlin.”
Dec 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Second Klan The Second Klan
Linda Gordon’s new book captures how white supremacy has long been part of our political mainstream.
Dec 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse