Alternative Explanations for Trump’s Outrageous Statements Alternative Explanations for Trump’s Outrageous Statements
The standard line is that he’s simply a pathological liar and braggart. But maybe he has the gift of macro vision.
Feb 24, 2017 / Calvin Trillin
Defending Our Borders From Hell-Demons From Another Dimension Defending Our Borders From Hell-Demons From Another Dimension
“Only Trump can make Americans safe again!”
Feb 21, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives
What is the relationship between the Holocaust’s history and its memory?
Feb 15, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes… About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes…
A joke? Who was it that said the use of jokes “points the way to their future uses”? It’s Götterdämmerung time.
Feb 3, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Who Will Fund Investigative Reporting in the Age of Trump? Who Will Fund Investigative Reporting in the Age of Trump?
Anya Schiffrin reviews a new book on the history and economics of investigative journalism.
Feb 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Anya Schiffrin
President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This
Wowee.
Jan 19, 2017 / Matt Bors
President Obama’s Last Confession President Obama’s Last Confession
Gasp!
Jan 10, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Wait! The Election’s Not Really Over Wait! The Election’s Not Really Over
We could debate the hypothetical outcomes until the end of time.
Jan 4, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Taiwan Calling Taiwan Calling
“President-Elect’s Phone Chat Raises Fears of New Tensions and a Bolder China.” —New York Times subhead His ignorance is showing. Again, his cover’s blown. It isn’t just the tweeti…
Dec 6, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin