Jeet Heer
National Affairs Correspondent
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PoliticsSeptember 16, 2021
America’s Afghanistan Amnesia
To scapegoat Joe Biden, the national security establishment covered up two decades of lies.
Jeet Heer
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Media AnalysisSeptember 4, 2021
How Cheerleaders of the Forever Wars Got Away With Murder
In reckoning with post-9/11 fantasies and lies, don’t forget the role of the press.
Jeet Heer
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FilmAugust 4, 2021
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The RightJuly 26, 2021
Like JFK, Biden Has Good Reason to Be Wary of the Military
In the 1960s, anti-communism provided an entry point for the far right. Today, it’s opposition to anti-racism.
Jeet Heer
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HistoryJuly 14, 2021
Utopia and Dystopia Are Twins—Both Are Born Out of Criticism
But it is only Utopia that allows us to dream together.
Jeet Heer
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DemocratsJune 14, 2021
Are Dems Incapable of Defending Democracy? Or Just Unwilling?
Bolstering voting rights is both urgent and popular. Yet for all his talk of “existential crisis,” Biden hasn’t turned up the heat on Manchin or Sinema.
Jeet Heer
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CultureApril 30, 2021
Philip Roth and His Defensive Fans Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Why did it take a sexual assault scandal to raise red flags about a deeply flawed biography?
Jeet Heer
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Arts and EntertainmentApril 7, 2021
Free Dr. Seuss!
Corporate ownership of his classic works shouldn’t prevent us from having a grown-up conversation about racism and children’s literature.
Jeet Heer
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InequalityMarch 23, 2021
Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue
Along the Texas border… Leveling up… In the vicinity of bigotry (Web only)…
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CongressMarch 22, 2021
The Importance of Logging Off
How Neera Tanden’s hard-punching tweets knocked her right out of Joe Biden’s cabinet.
Jeet Heer