Woke up, it was Chelsea tweeting, and the first thing Corey Robin heard
Like so many stories lately, this one starts with a tweet that came ringin’ out like Christmas bells. No, not another Trumptweet™ — this one sprang from the Blackberry of overpaid… Read more »
Reeling from Trump’s executive orders, some unacknowledged legislators propose a few of their own
Since the Donald Trump took office in January, executive orders have been one of the primary means by which our long national agita is continually stoked. If you’re unclear on the exact definition,… Read more »
Gee, I wonder why this big heady book about totalitarianism is selling so well!
A couple weeks back we reported that sales of a permanent good-seller, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, were on the rise. And while Atwood voiced a pretty good idea… Read more »
Hannah Arendt is afraid she has to protest
There’s plenty that’s messed-up about this world, but at least it would be jaw-dropping in 2016 for a television interview with a major public intellectual to open with these words:… Read more »
Eichmann’s German: what English-speaking viewers are missing in the new film, Hannah Arendt
This week marks the U.S. opening of Hannah Arendt, a movie from German director Margarethe von Trotta that portrays the months Hannah Arendt spent reporting on the trial of Adolf… Read more »