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Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 30, 2015
Is Antonin Scalia reprehensible?
Thinking about Scalia in light of recent Supreme Court decisions
By Michael Miner
Tags:
LGBT
,
Media
,
News
,
Justice Antonin Scalia
,
U.S. Supreme Court
,
Justice Anthony Kennedy
,
Obamacare ruling
,
gay marriage ruling
,
Jeet Heer
,
the New Republic
,
Justice Clarence Thomas
,
Chief Justice John Roberts
,
Appellate Judge Richard Posner
,
John Stuart Mill
,
Justice Samuel Alito
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 24, 2015
The
Point
: Is the new
New Republic
published in Chicago?
A local journal lays claim to the literary tradition of the
New Republic
.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Books
,
Arts
,
Media
,
News
,
The New Republic
,
The Point
,
Leon Wieseltier
,
Franklin Foer
,
Rachel Wiseman
,
Harry Backlund
,
Guy Vidra
,
Sean Wilentz
,
Chronicle of Higher Education
,
Sam Zell
,
Chris Hughes
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 12, 2015
The
New Republic
calls out its own white privilege
The retooled liberal mag looks back at how it covered race.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
The New Republic
,
racism
,
Chris Hughes
,
Guy Vidra
,
Gabriel Snyder
,
Clive Bell
,
Martin Peretz
,
Stephen Glass
,
Ruth Shalit
,
"The Bell Curve
,
" Charles Murray
,
Richard Herrnstein
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 10, 2014
The Newsroom
and headline news collide
Sometimes art and history arrive at the same time.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Television
,
Media
,
News
,
The Newsroom
,
The New Republic
,
University of Virginia
,
campus rape
,
Rolling Stone
,
Aaron Sorkin
,
Gary Dotson and Cathleen Webb
,
Chris Hughes
,
Guy Vidra
,
Franklin Foer
,
Leon Wieseltier
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 26, 2014
Cryogenic preservation may be possible, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea
Tune out tomorrow: The future always looks terrible.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Dystopia
,
utopia
,
death
,
reminiscence
,
girls' basketball rules
,
Judith Shulevitz
,
the New Republic
,
cryogenic preservation
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 25, 2014
Was knowledge of priestly sins ever used to muscle the church?
Why did the silence last so long?
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Books
,
Arts
,
LGBT
,
Media
,
News
,
History
,
Catholic church
,
pederasty
,
Pope Pius XI
,
Mussolini
,
Saul Friedlander
,
"The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
,
" David Kertzer
,
the New Republic
,
blackmail
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 12, 2014
Putting Putin to the test
Two looks at Putin: The difference is style, not substance
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Vladimir Putin
,
Russia
,
the New Republic
,
the Economist
,
Julia Ioffe
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 8, 2013
When darn nice people like Pope Francis and Hassan Rohani turn up, people get excited
What happens when the good guys show up
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
great man theory
,
good guys
,
Hassan Rohani
,
Iran
,
the Economist
,
President Obama
,
Benjamin Netanyahu
,
Qassem Suleimani
,
the New Yorker
,
Dexter Filkins
,
Pope Francis
,
the New Republic
,
Andrew Sullivan
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 5, 2013
What does evidence have to do with war?
Can Obama persuade Americans about Syria who can't imagine him being right about anything?
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Syrian intervention
,
President Obama
,
Nate Cohn
,
The New Republic
,
Chicago Tribune
Arts & Culture
,
Feature
Jul 17, 2013
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.
By Sam Worley
Tags:
Feature
,
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
,
Brooklyn
,
New York
,
gender
,
body type
,
sex
,
reality show
,
McIntyre, Georgia
,
Milledgeville
,
Flannery O'Connor
,
Alana Thompson
,
teacup pig
,
gay
,
Lena Dunham
,
Girls
,
farts
,
People magazine
,
Us Weekly
,
Toddlers & Tiaras
,
children's pageant circuit
,
Bollywood
,
Native American
,
Thanksgiving
,
June Shannon
,
Redneck Games
,
Atlanta
,
1996 Olympics
,
Sugar Bear
,
collard greens
,
southern accent
,
stereotypes
,
The New Republic
,
Atlantic
,
Allison Yarrow
,
Hollywood Reporter
,
Tim Goodman
,
TLC
,
A/V Club
,
Ryan McGee
,
Adam Levine
,
TV Guide
,
Maroon 5
,
Nancy Grace
,
YouTube
,
Crazy Tony
,
Willa Paskin
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 25, 2013
Did Edward Snowden tell us anything we didn't already know?
Cynicism and the national defense
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
U.S. Constitution
,
BackStory
,
Civil War
,
Benjamin Franklin
,
the Founding Fathers
,
National Security Agency
,
Washington Post
,
the Guardian
,
Chicago Tribune
,
the New Republic
,
Edward Snowden
,
NSA surveillance
,
President Obama
,
Jack Fuller
,
American Civil Liberties Union
,
American Library Association
,
Distributed Common Ground System
,
Palantir
,
Robert Draper
,
Keith Alexander
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 16, 2013
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.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Barack Obama
,
IRS
,
AP
,
Benghazi
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Scott Stantis
,
New York Times
,
the New Republic
,
the New York Review of Books
,
the Nation
,
the Economist
,
Kenneth Roth
,
Jack Goldsmith
,
Katha Pollitt
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 18, 2012
Scalia—the last word in gun control
On gun control, Judge Richard Posner deferred to his adversary, Justice Antonin Scalia
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Justice Antonin Scalia
,
Judge Richard Posner
,
the Second Amendment
,
gun control
,
District of Columbia v. Heller
,
the New Republic
,
McDonald v. Chicago
,
the 14th Amendment
,
Bryan Garner
,
Judge Joel Flaum
,
Judge Ann Williams
,
Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 26, 2012
New York City needs FEMA and a hug
Hurricane Sandy carries away New Yorkers
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
New York City
,
Hurricane Sandy
,
Leon Wieseltier
,
the New Republic
,
James Atlas
,
the New York Times
,
Edward Gibbon
,
ancient Rome
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 23, 2012
An echo is also a choice
Facts are fairly inflexible, but reporters can have their way with contexts
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Chicago Humanities Festival
,
Mother Jones
,
Monika Bauerlein
,
Adam Hochschild
,
Hurricane Sandy
,
Hurricane Katrina
,
Leon Wieseltier
,
The New Republic
,
George Will
,
context
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 12, 2012
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
By Mara Shalhoup
Tags:
Ideas Week
,
Media
,
News
,
Variations on a Theme
,
Chicago Ideas Week
,
Future of News
,
Richard Stengel
,
Chris Hughes
,
Jonah Peretti
,
Time magazine
,
The New Republic
,
Buzzfeed
,
smartphone
,
walrus memes
,
incessant tweeting
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 24, 2012
The Posner-Scalia row—the latest round
Scalia and Posner continue to disagree disagreeably
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Justice Antonin Scalia
,
Judge Richard Posner
,
Bryan Garner
,
textual originalism
,
legislative history
,
The New Republic
,
Reuters
,
Second Amendment
,
District of Columbia v. Heller
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 6, 2012
Posner v. Scalia
Richard Posner versus Antonin Scalia
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Judge RIchard Posner
,
Justice Antonin Scalia
,
U.S. Supreme Court
,
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
,
Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Text
,
Bryan Garner
,
Heller v. District of Columbia
,
Arizona v. United States
,
Slate
,
Fox News
,
The New Republic
,
Ed Whalen
,
The National Review
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 18, 2012
On pleasure, happiness, and that thing called "better off"
Is happiness riding on the November elections?
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
Politics
,
News
,
Mitt Romney
,
Barack Obama
,
Jeremy Bentham
,
John Stuart Mill
,
Deidre McCloskey
,
the New Republic
,
Manny's Deli
,
London Blitz
,
happiness
,
Thomas Frank
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 11, 2009
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?
By Michael Miner
Tags:
News
,
News Bites
,
Chicago Tribune
,
The New Republic
,
The New Yorker
,
Iraq War
,
Washington Post
,
Evan Osnos
,
Dexter Filkins
,
Foreign reporting
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 14, 2008
How well do we know Barack Obama?
David Samuels in the New Republic on Barack Obama, invisible man.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
News
,
News Bites
,
Barack Obama
,
The New Republic
,
Sarah Palin
,
David Samuels
,
Noam Scheiber
,
Ralph Ellison
,
Invisible Man
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 10, 2008
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?
By Michael Miner
Tags:
News
,
News Bites
,
Barack Obama
,
Chicago Tribune
,
John Judis
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Rudolph Giuliani
,
The New Republic
,
Huffington Post
,
Sarah Palin
,
Amy Goodman
,
Democracy Now!
,
John Raskin
,
Robert Reed
,
Jane Addams
,
Saul Alinsky
,
John Neffinger
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 19, 2007
Silly Us, to Get So Upset
Manohla Dargis doesn't take seriously anyone who took Stephen Glass seriously
By Michael Miner
Tags:
News
,
News Bites
,
New York Times
,
Manohla Dargis
,
Stephen Glass
,
The New Republic
,
Billy Ray
,
Breach
,
Shattered Glass
News & Politics
,
Media
May 26, 1994
Trial by Goudie, Part 2/Staples and Bellow, an Odd Couple/News Speak/The Bosnia Question
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
Hot Type
,
David Protess
,
Rob Warden
,
David Dowaliby
,
Cynthia Dowaliby
,
Helmut Carsten Hofer
,
ABC7 Chicago Suzanne Olds
,
Dean Olds
,
Chuck Goudie
,
Diann Burns
,
Brent Staples
,
Saul Bellow
,
New York Times
,
Hyde Park
,
Wall Street Journal
,
The New Republic
,
books
,
V.S. Naipaul
,
New Yorker
,
book reviews
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Sam McKeel
,
American Publishing
,
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,
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,
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