Jeet Heer

National Affairs Correspondent

@HeerJeet

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, The Time of Monsters. He also pens the monthly column “Morbid Symptoms.” The author of In Love with Art: Francoise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman (2013) and Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays and Profiles (2014), Heer has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The American Prospect, The GuardianThe New Republic, and The Boston Globe.

Trump Putin Vietnam

The Coming Republican Civil War Over Russia The Coming Republican Civil War Over Russia

The crucial debate goes on hold during the invasion of Ukraine, while Republican realists remain MIA.

Mar 1, 2022 / Jeet Heer

The American Right’s Cult of Victor Orbán

The American Right’s Cult of Victor Orbán The American Right’s Cult of Victor Orbán

The Hungarian autocrat is proving worryingly influential.

Feb 23, 2022 / Column / Jeet Heer

A man with his back to the camera waves a Canadian flag in front of a protest

A Working-Class Uprising in Canada? A Working-Class Uprising in Canada?

The organizers and money are from wealthy right-wingers, but the “Freedom Convoy” touches broader popular discontent.

Feb 21, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Terry Teachout and the Last of the Conservative Critics

Terry Teachout and the Last of the Conservative Critics Terry Teachout and the Last of the Conservative Critics

He was a generation younger than Joan Didion and her cohort of critics who got their start at National Review. With his death, their strain of criticism seems not only rare but per...

Jan 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer

David Brooks on Meet The Press

When Will David Brooks Admit That Conservatism Paved the Way for Trump? When Will David Brooks Admit That Conservatism Paved the Way for Trump?

The New York Times columnist’s nostalgia whitewashes a nastier and much more consequential history.

Jan 10, 2022 / Column / Jeet Heer

Senators Meet For Weekly Policy Luncheons

The Republicans Have Become the Party of Organized Violence The Republicans Have Become the Party of Organized Violence

Right now, the GOP views threats of violence as offering a political advantage with no real downside. Normalization of this behavior by President Biden or the media will only make ...

Nov 29, 2021 / Column / Jeet Heer

Mark Zuckerberg stares down at his lap

Mark Zuckerberg Knows Exactly How Bad Facebook Is Mark Zuckerberg Knows Exactly How Bad Facebook Is

Whistleblower testimony proves the social media giant is harmful and dishonest, and can't be trusted to regulate itself.

Oct 18, 2021 / Column / Jeet Heer

George Bush Mission Accomplished Banner

America’s Afghanistan Amnesia America’s Afghanistan Amnesia

To scapegoat Joe Biden, the national security establishment covered up two decades of lies.

Sep 16, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Jeffrey Goldberg and John Brennan

How Cheerleaders of the Forever Wars Got Away With Murder 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.

Sep 4, 2021 / Column / Jeet Heer

Bourdain’s Wake

Bourdain’s Wake Bourdain’s Wake

How to tell the story of Anthony Bourdain? 

Aug 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer

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