Letters From the April 17, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 17, 2017, Issue
For the public, not profit… Russia’s a touchy subject… Book learning: Hitler and the labor movement…
Mar 30, 2017 / Our Readers
Trump Fails to Close His First Big Washington Deal Trump Fails to Close His First Big Washington Deal
But how? His book defines the art. Reporters often cite it. One salient fact that they forgot: He didn’t really write it.
Mar 30, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Americans Everywhere Benefit From the NEA and NEH Americans Everywhere Benefit From the NEA and NEH
And that includes coal miners who voted for Trump.
Mar 30, 2017 / Column / Laila Lalami
The Sovietization of the American Political-Media Establishment? The Sovietization of the American Political-Media Establishment?
The hunt for Trump’s “Kremlin connections” indulges in practices reminiscent of the Soviet Kremlin and its media.
Mar 29, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why Trump’s Climate-Wrecking Agenda Could Fail Why Trump’s Climate-Wrecking Agenda Could Fail
Activists as well as local and state governments are fighting back—but global energy markets could be his most powerful opponents.
Mar 29, 2017 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Tea Party Helped Build the Bridge to Single Payer The Tea Party Helped Build the Bridge to Single Payer
By pushing a draconian repeal of Obamacare, they awakened a giant. Thanks, guys!
Mar 29, 2017 / Richard Kim
Russia Is Not the Reason to Block Gorsuch Russia Is Not the Reason to Block Gorsuch
President Trump’s greatest political weakness isn’t his alleged ties to Russia. It’s a cruel policy agenda that the American people overwhelmingly reject.
Mar 28, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump’s Daily Diary Rants Trump’s Daily Diary Rants
Where Trump thinks about things like, why won’t the fake news shut up about Russia?
Mar 28, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
This Is What’s Really Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations This Is What’s Really Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations
It’s easy to dismiss Kim Jong-un as a madman. But there’s a long history of US aggression against the North, which we forget at our peril.
Mar 23, 2017 / Bruce Cumings
Trump’s Wiretapping Accusation Trump’s Wiretapping Accusation
Though almost no one else has shrunk From saying that it’s total bunk, This man-child who must show he’s strong Cannot admit that he was wrong. No matter if his facts are checked…
Mar 23, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin