Marshall Berman: All That Is Solid Melts… Marshall Berman: All That Is Solid Melts…
Liberals honor a great public intellectual—while the editor of Commentary compares him to a Nazi.
Oct 2, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
Iran Comes to the Table Iran Comes to the Table
So how about the folks who wrote That sanctions never work, just force? That's very simple: now they write, “The sanctions did their job, of course.”
Oct 2, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Everything I Need to Know About the Legislative Process I Learned at a Tea Party Rally Everything I Need to Know About the Legislative Process I Learned at a Tea Party Rally
If we can’t win the game, If we can’t have our way, We’ll take the bat and ball. Then no one gets to play.
Sep 25, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pope Francis: Sexism With a Human Face? Pope Francis: Sexism With a Human Face?
He seems like a lovely, modest man, but there's no sign he will change the church’s stance on issues that matter to women.
Sep 25, 2013 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Complicated Politics of Self-Exploitation The Complicated Politics of Self-Exploitation
As the wealth gap grows, so have the number of ways a woman can sell her body. What is the cost?
Sep 25, 2013 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Exit Weiner: A Confession Exit Weiner: A Confession
Though no one was at times much keener Than me to joke about A. Weiner, Though his transgressions, being serial, Provided us with rich material, I have to say that we were lucky That he got skunked. Those posts were yucky. And toward the end the jokes grew grim. I’m glad to see the back of him.
Sep 18, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Frank Bruni, the Plutocrats’ Pundit Frank Bruni, the Plutocrats’ Pundit
All too often, the most prestigious perch in journalism—the New York Times op-ed page—is given to those who flatter the powerful.
Sep 18, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
George Zimmerman’s Way Is the American Way George Zimmerman’s Way Is the American Way
Instead of focusing on the psychology of Trayvon Martin’s killer, we should be examining the meaning of his actions.
Sep 18, 2013 / Column / Gary Younge
Demonizing Putin Endangers America’s Security Demonizing Putin Endangers America’s Security
Putin-bashing on the left and the right must stop in the interest of US national security.
Sep 16, 2013 / Column / Stephen F. Cohen
Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15–October 15 Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15–October 15
The members of Congress are ready to cheer Latinos and what they’ve accomplished right here. There’s praise for Latinos in all of this chatter. But making them legal? A different matter.
Sep 11, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin