The Return of Trump—I
On losers, fear, the Supreme Court, the end of the FDR era, antisystemic times, and words without consequences.
November 8, 2024
The Dream of the Raised Arm
In early Thirties Germany, as the Nazi threat grew, the state’s propaganda machine began to penetrate the dream life of its citizenry. What of our dreams today, under the influence of the algorithms? And what will come with the return of Donald Trump?
December 5, 2024 issue
The Second Coming
Disinhibition will be the order of the day in Donald Trump’s America.
December 5, 2024 issue
Toward a New Realism
Rachel Cusk’s latest experiment with the novel seems too influenced by a style of abstraction she deployed more successfully in her Outline trilogy.
November 21, 2024 issue
All Bets Are Off
“The Democrats must do everything in their power and influence to oppose, slow down, and attach political costs to the Trump agenda.”
November 9, 2024
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Christopher R. Browning: The Suffocation of Democracy“As a historian specializing in the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, and Europe in the era of the world wars, I have been repeatedly asked about the degree to which the current situation in the United States resembles the interwar period and the rise of fascism in Europe. I would note several troubling similarities and one important but equally troubling difference.”
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