Politics

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Reluctant Warriors: How the Pentagon Fights the US President
On "The Pentagon’s Wars: The Military’s Undeclared War Against America’s Presidents."
Henrik BeringJan 24, 2018
- History
- Politics
Squaring the Conservative Circle
Conservatives haven’t always worshipped the free market, and Donald Trump’s strange economics actually have historical grounding. Two new books show how.
Jacob HamburgerJan 23, 2018
- History
- Politics
Most Resistance Does Not Speak Its Name: An Interview with James C. Scott
Francis Wade interviews James C. Scott about state resistance in Southeast Asia and beyond.
Francis WadeJan 22, 2018
The Majesty and the Mystery of Impeachment
Richard Blaustein evaluates “Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide” by Cass R. Sunstein.
Richard BlausteinJan 20, 2018
Conservatives and Counterrevolutionaries: Corey Robin’s “The Reactionary Mind”
Lily Geismer on the second edition of Corey Robin’s “The Reactionary Mind.”
Lily GeismerJan 19, 2018
- History
- Politics
On the Brink
Before he made the most important disclosure of the Vietnam War, Daniel Ellsberg saw inside the United States’s nuclear empire — and it terrified him.
Daniel BessnerJan 14, 2018
- Politics
Rebel Yale: Reading and Feeling “Hillbilly Elegy”
An article from 2018 illustrates how his refusal to speak directly about “issues” made J. D. Vance, now Donald Trump’s running mate, the new pundit for white people.
Dan Sinykin, Florence Dore, J. D. ConnorJan 10, 2018
More Speech or Enforced Silence? Stephen Rohde Reviews Two Recent Books on the Subject of Free Speech on Campus
How to protect free speech on campus.
Stephen RohdeJan 9, 2018
Winners: Ayn Rand’s Teenage Daydream
On Toneelgroep Amsterdam’s theatrical adaptation of Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead.”
Peter TrachtenbergJan 8, 2018
- Fiction
- Politics
The Neoliberal Feminist Subject
How neoliberalism is co-opting and undermining feminism.
Catherine RottenbergJan 7, 2018
Is Government a Protection Racket? How Wheat and Taxes Built the Ancient States
The foundation of the state isn’t warfare; it’s actually the tribute that a strongman would demand from your garden.
Antonio GilmanJan 6, 2018
Tiny Books of the Resistance
On the outside, they may be small, defiant, and cute, but inside they are much weaker.
Rachel Greenwald SmithJan 6, 2018
- Politics