Politics

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Decisions, Decisions
Matt Hanson asks why so many voters are still undecided with such a clear choice.
Matt HansonOct 28, 2024
- Politics
A Technicolor Key to Trump’s Desires
Bill Lattanzi illuminates Trump’s dark fantasies through the lens of a Hollywood classic, Melville Shavelson’s “Houseboat.”
Bill LattanziOct 26, 2024
Eastern Moonbeams
Jonathan Conlin reviews Nile Green’s “Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan: The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah.”
Jonathan ConlinOct 26, 2024
On Cat Memes, Cannibalism, and Election Lead-Up Laughter
Maggie Hennefeld writes on the powers and perils of satirical laughter in the run-up to the 2024 US elections.
Maggie HennefeldOct 20, 2024
Is It Time to Have Real Universal Suffrage in the United States?
Paul Finkelman reviews Richard L. Hasen’s “A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.”
Paul FinkelmanOct 20, 2024
Manuscripts Don’t Burn
Raymond De Luca reviews a long-awaited new film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita.”
Raymond De LucaOct 17, 2024
Cop Cities Mock Cities
Stuart Schrader examines the historical origins and current ramifications of “cop city” complexes.
Stuart SchraderOct 12, 2024
- Law
- Politics
Is Trump “America’s Hitler”?
Donald Trump is sometimes compared to Adolf Hitler in his narcissism and authoritarianism. Tom Zoellner looks at German history for parallels and contradictions.
Tom ZoellnerOct 11, 2024
- History
- Politics
A Chaos of Privilege and Prejudice
Charlie Tyson identifies a political turn in Alan Hollinghurst’s latest novel, “Our Evenings.”
Charlie TysonOct 10, 2024
- Fiction
- Politics
The Definitive History of Neo-Nazi Edgelords
Jordan Carroll reviews Spencer Sunshine’s “Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s ‘Siege.’”
Jordan S. CarrollOct 9, 2024
- History
- Politics
Russia’s Media-Ideological Complex
Michael David-Fox reviews Mikhail Suslov’s “Putinism—Post-Soviet Russian Regime Ideology.”
Michael David-FoxOct 7, 2024
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics
Kipling in Langley
Was the CIA more a product of the 19th-century Great Game than the 20th-century Cold War? Greg Barnhisel reviews “The CIA: An Imperial History” by Hugh Wilford.
Greg BarnhiselOct 5, 2024