Bourdain’s Wake Bourdain’s Wake
How to tell the story of Anthony Bourdain?
Aug 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer
Like JFK, Biden Has Good Reason to Be Wary of the Military Like JFK, Biden Has Good Reason to Be Wary of the Military
In the 1960s, anti-communism provided an entry point for the far right. Today, it’s opposition to anti-racism.
Utopia and Dystopia Are Twins—Both Are Born Out of Criticism Utopia and Dystopia Are Twins—Both Are Born Out of Criticism
But it is only Utopia that allows us to dream together.
Are Dems Incapable of Defending Democracy? Or Just Unwilling? Are Dems Incapable of Defending Democracy? Or Just Unwilling?
Bolstering voting rights is both urgent and popular. Yet for all his talk of “existential crisis,” Biden hasn’t turned up the heat on Manchin or Sinema.
Philip Roth and His Defensive Fans Are Their Own Worst Enemies Philip Roth and His Defensive Fans Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Why did it take a sexual assault scandal to raise red flags about a deeply flawed biography?
Apr 30, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Free Dr. Seuss! Free Dr. Seuss!
Corporate ownership of his classic works shouldn’t prevent us from having a grown-up conversation about racism and children’s literature.
Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue
Along the Texas border… Leveling up… In the vicinity of bigotry (web only)…
Mar 23, 2021 / Our Readers and Jeet Heer
The Importance of Logging Off The Importance of Logging Off
How Neera Tanden’s hard-punching tweets knocked her right out of Joe Biden’s cabinet.
A Mainstream Mass Murderer A Mainstream Mass Murderer
Emerging evidence about the Atlanta shooter paints a picture of young man imbued with distressingly common American ideas about race and gender.
Mar 19, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders Is at the Apex of His Power Bernie Sanders Is at the Apex of His Power
The stimulus bill shows how much Sanders has changed the Democratic Party on domestic policy. Foreign policy is the next hurdle.
Mar 17, 2021 / Jeet Heer