What Trump Supporters May Be Thinking What Trump Supporters May Be Thinking
A man who goes ballistic At trivial rebukes Is just the sort of person One wants in charge of nukes.
Aug 11, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Did Donald Trump Just Suggest Hillary Should Be Assassinated? Did Donald Trump Just Suggest Hillary Should Be Assassinated?
It’s not about what Trump truly meant, but what his supporters will hear.
Aug 9, 2016 / George Zornick
Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable
Bernie Sanders should call on her to repudiate him as the war criminal he is.
Aug 9, 2016 / Greg Grandin
France’s National Front Draws Strength From Brexit France’s National Front Draws Strength From Brexit
The party has long shrouded racism in the language of “self-determination”—now, they feel vindicated.
Aug 5, 2016 / Richard Wolin
Trump and Ryan Deserve Each Other Trump and Ryan Deserve Each Other
Ryan legitimized Trump, and now he’s getting what he deserves.
Aug 5, 2016 / John Nichols
The Party of the Constitution Versus the Party of the Authoritarian The Party of the Constitution Versus the Party of the Authoritarian
Trump has no respect for equal protection under the law, but the American voters do.
Aug 2, 2016 / John Nichols
We Need a Big Debate About Serious Issues, Not a New Cold War We Need a Big Debate About Serious Issues, Not a New Cold War
In their zeal to defeat Trump, Democrats are getting in the gutter with him—and as a result are on the verge of becoming the Cold War party.
Aug 2, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is Trump’s Style of Politics the New Normal for the GOP? Is Trump’s Style of Politics the New Normal for the GOP?
Trump’s policies are repellent, but the real danger comes from the acceptance of menace and ridicule as substitutes for political debate.
Jul 27, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
Why We Need to Listen to the Mothers of the Movement Why We Need to Listen to the Mothers of the Movement
Both parties use grief to sell their messages. But not all uses of emotion in politics are the same.
Jul 27, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
Neo-McCarthyism and Olympic Politics as More Evidence of a New Cold War Neo-McCarthyism and Olympic Politics as More Evidence of a New Cold War
McCarthyism was a characteristic feature of the preceding Cold War, but now it is coming from liberals, even from the Clinton campaign.
Jul 27, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen