Russia, Ukraine, and “The New York Times” Russia, Ukraine, and “The New York Times”
The paper of record’s coverage of the crisis has been a series of shameless provocative conjectures posing as facts.
Feb 5, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich
The Protest Movement and the Protest Government The Protest Movement and the Protest Government
No one acquainted with right-wing media can doubt that anger over the 2020 riots—in Portland, Seattle, Kenosha, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—fed the wildness of the January 6 riot.
Jan 14, 2022 / David Bromwich
Averting Climate Catastrophe Should Be Issue Number One Averting Climate Catastrophe Should Be Issue Number One
And now is the time to explain why.
Dec 25, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Mort Sahl, 1927–2021: The Comic as Social Critic Mort Sahl, 1927–2021: The Comic as Social Critic
Sahl diagnosed the disease of America in 1967 as “right-wing social democracy,” an ideology that is fine with war.
Nov 15, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
The Use and Disadvantage of Doctrine in the Classroom The Use and Disadvantage of Doctrine in the Classroom
What does the debate over critical race theory in schools tell us about the place of doctrine in education?
Oct 29, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Our Foreign Policy Elite Has Learned Nothing From Afghanistan Our Foreign Policy Elite Has Learned Nothing From Afghanistan
The War on Terror’s promoters and apologists are determined to blame Biden for finally bringing one bloody chapter to an end.
Oct 4, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich? Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich?
If you’re waiting for Democrats to talk as frankly about wealth as they do about race, don’t hold your breath.
Aug 20, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Fauci’s Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research Fauci’s Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research
As recently as 2018, Fauci celebrated the lifting of the “pause” on such research. With government in “upstream” control of funding, guidance, and publications, he argued, what cou...
Jul 13, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship
A restrictionist mentality is taking over certain segments of the left.
Jun 7, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Notes on Cant—and Other Ways of Saying What We Don’t Mean 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.
Apr 23, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich