And the Most Disturbing Presidential Candidate of 2015 Award Goes to… And the Most Disturbing Presidential Candidate of 2015 Award Goes to…
Not, somehow, Donald Trump.
Dec 30, 2015 / John Nichols
The Dickensian Politics of Trump and His Fellow Scrooges The Dickensian Politics of Trump and His Fellow Scrooges
Political misers still refuse to make it their business to improve the lot of the working poor.
Dec 24, 2015 / John Nichols
Instead of Calling Him a ‘Jerk,’ Bush Should Say ‘Donald Trump Is Making Overtly Fascist Appeals’ Instead of Calling Him a ‘Jerk,’ Bush Should Say ‘Donald Trump Is Making Overtly Fascist Appeals’
While Republicans pull their punches and embarrass themselves, Democrat Martin O’Malley says what should be said.
Dec 23, 2015 / John Nichols
Why Are the Democrats Burying Their Best Moments? Why Are the Democrats Burying Their Best Moments?
Their debate was a welcome contrast to GOP bombast and bigotry—but in scheduling it at an inconvenient time, the DNC seemed determined to protect front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Dec 23, 2015 / The Editors
‘New Bush Strategy: Attack Trump’—Newspaper Headlines ‘New Bush Strategy: Attack Trump’—Newspaper Headlines
They said that Jeb would now get tough. First shot: He said that Trump’s “a jerk.” If that’s a sample of his cuts, Jeb’s insult skills could use some work.
Dec 23, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
What Do We Laugh at When We Laugh at Trump? What Do We Laugh at When We Laugh at Trump?
Cruelty wrapped in irony is easier to swallow.
Dec 23, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians
Instead of heralding “the end of history,” Sanders called on Americans to take the revolutions of 1989 as a model.
Dec 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Schlonged? Donald Trump’s Pathetic Frat-Boy Politics Schlonged? Donald Trump’s Pathetic Frat-Boy Politics
Describing the way Obama defeated Clinton, Trump displays the psycho-sexual paranoia of the right.
Dec 22, 2015 / Joan Walsh
A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders
A long-overdue debate has opened.
Dec 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
In the So-Called ‘Abortion Wars,’ Only One Side Is Murdering the Other In the So-Called ‘Abortion Wars,’ Only One Side Is Murdering the Other
Kurt Eichenwald’s Newsweek cover story completely misunderstands the fight over abortion in the United States.
Dec 21, 2015 / Katha Pollitt