The proliferation of retail boutiques in California did not really bother him, Evan told me, but the billboards did. Advertisements for delivery, advertisements promoting the substance for relaxation, ...
The Man Who Almost Discovered the South Pole
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew embarked upon the vessel Endurance. Their destination: the South Pole, in an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. But the Imp...
Are Trump’s Lawyers an Asset or a Liability?
It was like clockwork: On Sunday morning, Rudy Giuliani appeared on Meet the Press and, as he seems to do every time he gives a televised interview, delivered a head-slapping remark. “Truth isn’t trut...
The Sunday Shows Set the Agenda in Trump’s Washington
Millions of elite viewers still tune into the Sunday-morning talk shows, watching top Trump administration officials spin and spar. “I think, without any question, this is the biggest moment of the Tr...
The U.S. Will Spend Billions in Syria—Just Not on Rebuilding It
When President Trump said on Twitter this weekend that the U.S. had ended “the ridiculous” $230 million in civilian funds it provides for Syria, he seemed keen to emphasize the savings to the U.S. He ...
Democrats Don’t Need a National Message
On an early morning in June, I joined several dozen Democratic donors in a plush residence on the 64th floor of Trump World Tower to support the reelection of a Democratic congressman. The irony that ...
Senator Burr’s Shortcomings Are Showing
Senator Richard Burr, the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, leads the only credible congressional investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. It ...
The Greece Bailout’s Legacy of Immiseration
2010 to 2018 will go down in Greek history as an epic period of colonization; of asset-stripping and privatization; of unfunded health and education; of bankruptcies, foreclosures, homelessness, impov...
The New Enemies List
Reacting to The New York Times’ story that White House Counsel Don McGahn has been speaking with Robert Mueller’s team, President Donald Trump tweeted out that McGahn is not a “John Dean type ‘RAT,’” ...
Trump’s Implicit Defense of Alex Jones Is an Echo of Birtherism
The news cameras showed up, like they always do, and Donald Trump was ready for them. He emerged from a helicopter with TRUMP stamped across the side. He grinned. Then he took one of the most absurd v...