Nathan Robinson

Nathan J. Robinson is the editor of Current Affairs and the author of Responding to the Right.

“Big Money” Jeff Bezos attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on March 15, 2026.

The Bezos “Post” Editorial Page Has Become a Mouthpiece for Pro-Billionaire Propaganda The Bezos “Post” Editorial Page Has Become a Mouthpiece for Pro-Billionaire Propaganda

Jeff Bezos said The Washington Post would no longer publish opinion pieces critical of free markets. Recent editorials show just how seriously the paper has taken this mandate.

Apr 21, 2026 / Nathan Robinson

A John Birch Society exhibit held at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Boston, 1972.

How the John Birch Society Won the Long Game How the John Birch Society Won the Long Game

The American right doesn’t need the John Birch Society these days, but that is because it’s adopted the Birchers’ extremism wholesale.

Jun 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Nathan Robinson

US radio talk show host and conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh’s Toxic Legacy Rush Limbaugh’s Toxic Legacy

The more unpleasant side of Limbaugh does not appear in his new posthumous bookbut it is hard to not think about its influence.

Jan 23, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Nathan Robinson

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Turkey Is Using ISIS as Cover for Its War Against Kurdish Activists Turkey Is Using ISIS as Cover for Its War Against Kurdish Activists

Exclusive interviews with survivors and witnesses of an Islamic State bombing show that the Turkish government has finally declared war… on the activists ISIS attacked.

Aug 26, 2015 / Nathan Robinson

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