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The LeftJune 7, 2021
When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship
A restrictionist mentality is taking over certain segments of the left.
David Bromwich
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Media AnalysisApril 23, 2021
Notes on Cant—and Other Ways of Saying What We Don’t Mean
A close relative of hypocrisy, cant speech conceals the iron fist of conformity inside the velvet glove of cliche.
David Bromwich
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Foreign PolicyMarch 11, 2021
Will the Democrats Renew Their Membership in the War Party?
Regardless of which party is in power, US foreign policy since 9/11 has meant a unified government under the masters of war.
David Bromwich
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HistoryJanuary 25, 2021
We Balk at ‘Law and Order,’ but Democracy Needs the Rule of Law
The preservation of our liberties has always depended more on habit than on compulsion.
David Bromwich
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Climate ChangeJune 12, 2019
Will the World End in Nuclear—or Climate—Catastrophe?
Our politicians’ warmongering merely distracts us from the bigger picture of global disaster.
David Bromwich
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January 12, 2018
Donald Trump’s Ruling Passions
Driven by publicity and money, Trump wields prejudice to serve his aims.
David Bromwich
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The RightMay 17, 2016
The Soul of the Tea Party
The Koch brothers may have paid for some buses, but Fox News and talk radio filled them with bodies.
David Bromwich
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War and PeaceAugust 24, 2015
The Same People Who Pushed for the Invasion of Iraq Now Want to Scrap the Iran Deal
Even if the agreement is signed into law, Iran hawks will keep lobbying for a president who will abandon it.
David Bromwich
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Foreign PolicyOctober 24, 2014
It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism
To believe that our nation has always been exceptional requires a suppression of ordinary skepticism and a belief that calls for extraordinary arrogance.
David Bromwich
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Political FiguresMarch 10, 2014
How Obama Became a Publicist for His Presidency
Obama takes himself to be something like a benevolent monarch—a king in a mixed constitutional system, where the duties of the crown are largely ceremonial.
David Bromwich