Trumpism Is Finished
Schoolchildren will learn about Donald Trump more than a hundred years from now, but his successor will likely be a footnote and historical nobody.
Michael J. Totten
Michael J. Totten is a former journalist and the author of ten books, including ‘Write, Edit, Publish: What Every Writer Needs to Know but Only an Editor Will Tell You.’ He is the founder of Ink Lab Editing and Publishing.
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Master of the Hunt
Two recent films offer very different portraits of Chris Hansen, the controversial journalist behind America's hit TV show ‘To Catch a Predator.’
Trauma and Terror
If you’re not already familiar with the casus belli that ignited the Gaza war, watching the fifth season of ‘Fauda’ will be good for you, but it will also be bad for you.
The Wrong Man
In Iran, Donald Trump is showing us what a populist war looks like.
The Liberal Internationalist
A fine new book argues that the contemporary Left could learn a lot from the life and work of the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens.
America’s Forgotten Crisis
A terrific new account of America’s social and political turmoil during the 1910s and ’20s provides some much-needed perspective on the problems afflicting the country today.
Hofstadter’s Paranoid Style Revisited
Hofstadter argued that McCarthyism was simply the latest iteration of a longstanding American tradition.
Ukraine: On the Fault Line Between East and West
Ukrainian nationalism and its clear expression as part of a larger European identity has burst into the open with the power of a hydrogen bomb.
Leaving Portland
Leaving was a relief but also a loss. There’s plenty to love about Portland.
Laws and Values
Scott Z. Burns’s political thriller ‘The Report’ is a careful examination of the CIA’s interrogation methods.