The Perils of Fortress NATO, Gatekeepers to Europe’s Walled Garden The Perils of Fortress NATO, Gatekeepers to Europe’s Walled Garden
The West’s exclusive focus on Ukraine is creating a new global divide.
Supply-Side Economics Strikes Again Supply-Side Economics Strikes Again
We bid farewell to poor Liz Truss. Her economics caused a fuss. Supply-side loyalty prevails. Despite the fact it always fails. Liz thought that wealth would downward trickle. That…
Nov 1, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
How Social Media Erases Context How Social Media Erases Context
Indiscriminate sharing has dissolved the boundaries between what we say and when and where we say it.
Nov 1, 2022 / Column / Alexis Grenell
Russia Hating: A Study of the News—and Views—We Find Fit to Print Russia Hating: A Study of the News—and Views—We Find Fit to Print
Journalists and professors who have called Russia a fascist country are playing a poisonous game.
Oct 31, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich
Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Tres Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Tres
NYU organic chemistry professor fired after students complain that his course is too difficult.—News reports A pity that she’s now beneath the soil. She rests in peace, where one c…
Oct 18, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Democrats Still Aren’t Trying Hard Enough to Reclaim the Judiciary Democrats Still Aren’t Trying Hard Enough to Reclaim the Judiciary
If Democrats really want to take back the judicial branch, they can start by ditching an old tradition: the blue slip.
Oct 17, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal
Banning Books Is a Threat to Public Education Banning Books Is a Threat to Public Education
To say nothing of the fact that we don’t value reading enough in the first place!
Oct 13, 2022 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms
(Draft-age Russian male version)
Oct 4, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Political Lessons of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” The Political Lessons of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis”
The 1927 film raises the question, “Who will mediate between our head and our hands?”
Oct 4, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich
Queen Elizabeth Was No Mere Symbol Queen Elizabeth Was No Mere Symbol
But after her death, fury erupted at those who refused to whitewash her legacy.
Sep 29, 2022 / Column / Kali Holloway