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The Unbelievable Trump: Smashing Daily Briefings The Unbelievable Trump: Smashing Daily Briefings

It hard job, being president.

Jun 5, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Second and Third Thoughts on Tom Wolfe

Second and Third Thoughts on Tom Wolfe Second and Third Thoughts on Tom Wolfe

He was blithely unaware of how his journalistic cutting edge sliced one family into ribbons—mine.

Jun 1, 2018 / Feature / Jamie Bernstein

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Nazis? Or Just Really Big Racists? Nazis? Or Just Really Big Racists?

Trump supporters can’t handle the name-calling.

May 29, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

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The Problems of Liberalism: A Q&A With Patrick Deneen The Problems of Liberalism: A Q&A With Patrick Deneen

An effort to determine whether common ground can, or should, be found between factions of the left and right against liberalism.

May 28, 2018 / Q&A / Joseph Hogan

Finding a Way Back Home

Finding a Way Back Home Finding a Way Back Home

The many Philip Roths.

May 25, 2018 / David Marcus

Philip Roth

Remembering Philip Roth, 1933–2018 Remembering Philip Roth, 1933–2018

The late writer specialized in answering low blows with high spirits.

May 25, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda

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Letters From the June 18-15, 2018, Issue Letters From the June 18-15, 2018, Issue

The devil in the details… Massing replies… The ACLU forsworn…

May 24, 2018 / Our Readers and Michael Massing

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Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp!

This metaphor for cleaning up DC Has now become a Trumpian refrain. The task is getting harder day by day, With Trump appointees clogging up the drain.

May 24, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

What Does It Take to Write a Novel About Prison?

What Does It Take to Write a Novel About Prison? What Does It Take to Write a Novel About Prison?

An interview with Rachel Kushner about her new novel, The Mars Room.

May 23, 2018 / Jon Wiener

Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor

Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor

Even after Emancipation, Kossula Oluales spent the rest of his life trying to recover what was lost.

May 23, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

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