Politics

Donald Trump, As Told By Shirley Jackson

What the Methodical, Sun-Filled Horror of "The Lottery" Tells Us About Ourselves

 
By Nick Ripatrazone  March 11, 2016
Essay

When America Turns on Its Hyphenated Citizens

By Michelle Hoover  March 9, 2016
Politics

A New Low in Political Discourse!

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  March 7, 2016
Politics

Not Even the Donald Has Such Small Hands

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  March 1, 2016
Politics

Umberto Eco on Donald Trump: 14 Ways of Looking at a Fascist

By Lorraine Berry  February 29, 2016
Politics

How We Fictionalize Our Politics

By Tobias Carroll  February 18, 2016
Politics

“Seriously, This Is Insane.” And Other Debate Reactions.

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  February 16, 2016
Politics

Was Antonin Scalia the Most Literary Supreme Court Justice?

By Ami A. Dodson and Scott Dodson  February 15, 2016
News

Pander, Lie, Equivocate: The New Hampshire Primary Debates

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  February 9, 2016
Politics

Deciphering a Trump-Free Debate

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  February 1, 2016
Op-Ed

Donald Trump, All-American Know-Nothing Nativist

By David L. Ulin  February 1, 2016
Excerpts

A Very Odd Night in a Possibly Fake North Korean Village

By Magnus Bartas and Fredrik Ekman  January 21, 2016
History

There’s No Place For Joy in Today’s Moscow

By Sergei Lebedev  January 20, 2016
Events

The Democrats’ Secret Debating Society, Part IV

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  January 20, 2016
Politics

Cheats, Liars, and Madmen: “New York Values” and Other Lines

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  January 19, 2016
Excerpts

Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World

By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 14, 2016
End of Year Lists

The Year in Quotations

By Literary Hub  December 31, 2015
Politics

A Master Class in the Passive Voice

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  December 22, 2015
Events

The Fifth Republican Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  December 17, 2015
Essay

A Report From the (Hopefully Last) Climate Convention

By Tim Flannery  December 10, 2015
Excerpts

Guantánamo Diary

By Lit Hub Excerpts  December 8, 2015
Politics

Teddy Roosevelt Supports Bernie Sanders, and Other Weirdness

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  November 16, 2015
Politics

The Philosopher vs. The Welder: Translating the GOP Debate

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  November 12, 2015
Politics

Weasel Words Unite the Parties

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  November 10, 2015
Politics

The Third Republican Party Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  October 30, 2015
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