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- Blogs, Bleader Jun 30, 2015
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Is Antonin Scalia reprehensible?
Thinking about Scalia in light of recent Supreme Court decisions
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2015
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The Point: Is the new New Republic published in Chicago?
A local journal lays claim to the literary tradition of the New Republic.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2015
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The New Republic calls out its own white privilege
The retooled liberal mag looks back at how it covered race.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2014
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The Newsroom and headline news collide
Sometimes art and history arrive at the same time.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2014
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Cryogenic preservation may be possible, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea
Tune out tomorrow: The future always looks terrible.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 25, 2014
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Was knowledge of priestly sins ever used to muscle the church?
Why did the silence last so long?
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2014
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Putting Putin to the test
Two looks at Putin: The difference is style, not substance
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2013
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When darn nice people like Pope Francis and Hassan Rohani turn up, people get excited
What happens when the good guys show up
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 5, 2013
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What does evidence have to do with war?
Can Obama persuade Americans about Syria who can't imagine him being right about anything?
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 17, 2013
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Where things stand with Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
Is it exploitation? Is it schlock? Is it an exportable American product? A survey of the TLC reality hit as it enters its second season.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2013
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Did Edward Snowden tell us anything we didn't already know?
Cynicism and the national defense
- Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2013
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Before Obama's enemies came down on him he was catching it from his friends
The case for President Obama as authoritarian didn't begin with his enemies.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2012
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Scalia—the last word in gun control
On gun control, Judge Richard Posner deferred to his adversary, Justice Antonin Scalia
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 26, 2012
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New York City needs FEMA and a hug
Hurricane Sandy carries away New Yorkers
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2012
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An echo is also a choice
Facts are fairly inflexible, but reporters can have their way with contexts
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 12, 2012
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Thanks to smartphones, we're now in the golden age of reading
Chris Hughes (Facebook, the New Republic) has a solution for journalism's woes, and it's pretty simple
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2012
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The Posner-Scalia row—the latest round
Scalia and Posner continue to disagree disagreeably
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2012
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Posner v. Scalia
Richard Posner versus Antonin Scalia
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2012
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On pleasure, happiness, and that thing called "better off"
Is happiness riding on the November elections?
- Blogs, Bleader May 11, 2009
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Who cares?
Readers don't demand coverage of the Iraq war and newspapers can't afford it, so what's the difference if it's important?
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 14, 2008
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How well do we know Barack Obama?
David Samuels in the New Republic on Barack Obama, invisible man.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 10, 2008
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Community Organizers vs. Village Idiots
The Republicans deserve merciless ridicule for their cynical attack on community organizers. Do the Democrats have the chops to deliver it?
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2007
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Silly Us, to Get So Upset
Manohla Dargis doesn't take seriously anyone who took Stephen Glass seriously
- News & Politics, Media May 26, 1994
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Trial by Goudie, Part 2/Staples and Bellow, an Odd Couple/News Speak/The Bosnia Question