Ron DeSantis, American Psycho Ron DeSantis, American Psycho
The Florida governor’s irony-poisoned ad uses far-right memes to sanction homophobic and transphobic violence.
Jul 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Aleksandar Hemon’s Kaleidoscopic Fiction of War and Peace Aleksandar Hemon’s Kaleidoscopic Fiction of War and Peace
While most of his studies of dislocation were set in the present, in his new novel he examines a lost past.
Jul 10, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Adam Kirsch
Henry Kissinger, Elliott Abrams, and the Rot of American Foreign Policy Henry Kissinger, Elliott Abrams, and the Rot of American Foreign Policy
Our bipartisan elite is always willing to forgive war crimes by its made men.
Jul 7, 2023 / Jeet Heer
A Dark Tour Through Fernanda Melchor’s Veracruz A Dark Tour Through Fernanda Melchor’s Veracruz
Before she was a novelist, she covered crime and human interest for Mexican magazines. A collection of her nonfiction, This Is Not Miami,shows the building blocks of her fiction.&n...
Jul 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Laura Adamczyk
Remembering Marvin Kitman Remembering Marvin Kitman
He ran for president of the United States in 1964—as the candidate of Monocle magazine.
Jul 5, 2023 / Richard Lingeman
The Miseducation of Mario Vargas Llosa The Miseducation of Mario Vargas Llosa
A recent collection, The Call of the Tribe, explains why the Peruvian writer rejected the left and embraced the thinking of Friedrich Hayek and his ilk.
Jul 5, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jack Hanson
Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution
In John Roberts’s America, it’s good to be the king.
Jul 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Long and Sometimes Lost History of Trans The Long and Sometimes Lost History of Trans
To borrow a phrase from the photographer and activist Samra Habib, “We have always been here”—or, at least, people somewhat like us have always been here.
Jun 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie Burt
When FDR Took On the Supreme Court When FDR Took On the Supreme Court
The standard narrative of Roosevelt's court-packing efforts casts them as a failure. But what if they were a success?
Jun 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / John Fabian Witt
How the Supreme Court Got This Powerful How the Supreme Court Got This Powerful
It goes all the way back to Marbury v. Madison.
Jun 27, 2023 / Stan Mack