‘True Detective’ Gets Bleaker and Better ‘True Detective’ Gets Bleaker and Better
Carried by Mahershala Ali, the haunting new season of the HBO series marks a return to form.
Jan 11, 2019 / Sam Sodomsky
A Presidential Negotiating Stance A Presidential Negotiating Stance
If he can’t get the wherewithal To build at once his precious wall— A wall that’s thick, a wall that’s tall, The strongest, toughest wall of all— Then to the floor he’ll surely fa…
Jan 10, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue
Fuzzy math… Where there’s smoke… The real George Bush… Thanks, but no thanks (web only)…
Jan 10, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers and Ben Ehrenreich
Puzzle No. 3487 Puzzle No. 3487
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 A bit of zesty sex with, um, a deer maybe? That’s almost certain to end badly for someone (4-3,4) 7 and 29 Invert…
Jan 10, 2019 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Eyewitness to the German Revolution Eyewitness to the German Revolution
Victor Klemperer’s dispatches from interwar Germany.
Jan 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
Is Populism What’s Really Threatening Democracy? Is Populism What’s Really Threatening Democracy?
What many liberal commentators miss about the growing crisis of liberal democracy rippling through Europe and the Americas.
Jan 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Steven Hahn
Beyond the Wall: A Q&A With Wendy Brown Beyond the Wall: A Q&A With Wendy Brown
For the Berkeley political-science professor, border walls signify a population in distress.
Jan 9, 2019 / Q&A / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019 Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019
For those of us who worked with Norman, it’s hard to imagine The Nation without him. He contributed articles, editorials, and reviews to our pages for an astounding six decades.
Jan 9, 2019 / Editorial / The Nation
The Last Great Literary Painter The Last Great Literary Painter
The legacy of Eugène Delacroix.
Jan 7, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky