When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians
Instead of heralding “the end of history,” Sanders called on Americans to take the revolutions of 1989 as a model.
Dec 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Schlonged? Donald Trump’s Pathetic Frat-Boy Politics Schlonged? Donald Trump’s Pathetic Frat-Boy Politics
Describing the way Obama defeated Clinton, Trump displays the psycho-sexual paranoia of the right.
Dec 22, 2015 / Joan Walsh
A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders
A long-overdue debate has opened.
Dec 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Tells the Truth About Race, and the Right Explodes Obama Tells the Truth About Race, and the Right Explodes
And people wonder why he doesn’t talk more about race relations.
Dec 21, 2015 / Joan Walsh
With Lindsey Graham’s Exit, a Dismal Republican Race Is Diminished Further Still With Lindsey Graham’s Exit, a Dismal Republican Race Is Diminished Further Still
The candidate who called out Trump’s bigotry is now out of the running.
Dec 21, 2015 / John Nichols
Democrats Debate in the Shadows of a Saturday Night Before Christmas Democrats Debate in the Shadows of a Saturday Night Before Christmas
The Democratic debate schedule keeps the candidates out of the limelight. That’s bad politics.
Dec 20, 2015 / John Nichols
Democrats Better Get to the Bottom of Datagate, and Soon Democrats Better Get to the Bottom of Datagate, and Soon
In the meantime, both sides should ease off the bluster.
Dec 18, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet
A major progressive activist group and a major union issue endorsements of the insurgent Democratic contender.
Dec 17, 2015 / John Nichols
Party Disarray Party Disarray
Republican factions are fighting it out. Who knows what the future will bring? But, meanwhile, which faction is calling the shots? The one-blowhard-narcissist wing.
Dec 17, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin