Are Colbert’s New Politics Softer, or Just More Subtle? Are Colbert’s New Politics Softer, or Just More Subtle?
A political comedian reviews the first of the new Late Show.
Sep 16, 2015 / Katie Halper
September 12, 1880: H.L. Mencken Is Born September 12, 1880: H.L. Mencken Is Born
“What ails liberalism, as a practical scheme of reform, is its naive and irrational belief in law, a superstition that has cursed the human race long enough.”
Sep 12, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Joe Biden Bares His Soul to Stephen Colbert Joe Biden Bares His Soul to Stephen Colbert
And Colbert finally breaks through the stifling late-night format.
Sep 11, 2015 / Leslie Savan
The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started
Salvador Allende warned against neoliberalism’s disastrous effects just before he was overthrown. He was right to be worried.
Sep 11, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Divided Affections Divided Affections
One writer’s fight against traditions that stifle women in Pakistan.
Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
Letters From the September 28–October 5, 2015, Issue Letters From the September 28–October 5, 2015, Issue
Ishmael Reed on life in the Major League; Scott Walker as Nixon’s protégé…
Sep 10, 2015 / Our Readers and Jesse McCarthy
‘Nation’ Awards ‘Nation’ Awards
The National Association of Black Journalists’ Salute to Excellence Awards honored our special issue, “The Fight for Racial Justice,” as well as columnist Patricia J. Williams for…
Sep 10, 2015 / The Editors
Classics of Catholic Economics Classics of Catholic Economics
In this issue, Nathan Schneider writes about Pope Francis’s economics. Here, he recommends five books of Catholic thought that display strikingly similar concerns to those of secul…
Sep 10, 2015 / Nathan Schneider
The Unfathomable Sadness The Unfathomable Sadness
Miriam Toews writes about death and mental illness without sentimentality or sweeping platitudes.
Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Oyler
The Flow of Life The Flow of Life
Is Saul Bellow the central American novelist since Willa Cather and William Faulkner?
Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Mikics