Roundup Top 10!
The Man Who Saw Trump Coming A Century Agoby Ann JonesA Reader’s Guide for the Distraught. |
2 Minutes and Countingby Oliver Stone and Peter KuznickCrises that seemed contained not long ago have now spiraled out of control—and the prospects for resolving them peacefully look depressingly bleak. |
Harvard's Communist Uprising, 50 Years Laterby Daniel PipesThat takeover and bust culminated my political education. |
‘Not a racist bone in his body’: The origins of the default defense against racismby Christopher Petrella and Justin GomerThe rise of the colorblind ideology that prevents us from addressing racism. |
What Donald Trump Doesn’t Get About George Washingtonby Peter Canellos“If he was smart, he would’ve put his name on it. You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.” |
Anti-vaxxers are comparing themselves to Holocaust victims — who relied on vaccines to surviveby Helene SinnreichThe comparison is offensive. It’s also historically wrong. |
People Used to Hate the Electoral College for Very Different Reasonsby Justin FoxA half-century ago, the House voted to replace the Electoral College with a direct vote and the Senate came close. The arguments made then are enlightening. |
How Trump finally turned Republicans against McCarthyismby Jonathan ZimmermanAfter nearly 70 years, Republicans have stopped defending Joe McCarthy. |
The End of the American Centuryby George PackerWhat the life of Richard Holbrooke tells us about the decay of Pax Americana. |