Subterms
It has finally happened. Trump is all in on saving the world from the coronavirus pandemic, not just America, but the whole world. Just so there is no confusion, Trump sees himself as the savior. And the annual resurrection-fest can’t come soon enough for the message to go to all in this land and other […] More
The ABC News White House correspondent first met the 45th president in tabloid New York. His book is a cautionary tale Donald Trump speaks at a coronavirus briefing at the White House. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock At a White House coronavirus briefing late last month, Donald Trump became visibly annoyed. Jonathan Karl, ABC’s chief White House correspondent, […] More
As I reread Anne Frank’s diary — living just a 10-minute walk from her hiding place in Amsterdam and having first read it in an American middle school, only imagining Europe — I immediately recognize many things that were not familiar the first time around. In recounting her life before going into hiding, she describes her […] More
The shock to Western civilization produced by the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 is only beginning to register. Most commentators have focused on the political and economic dimension of a historical moment unlike any other, in which entire nations across the globe have moved into shutdown mode. Other commentators, such as Andrew Sullivan and Umair […] More
The 82-year-old film director speaks out on the president’s handling of the crisis and says Boris Johnson should bring back rationing ‘Half the world’s leaders are idiots’ … Ridley Scott. Photograph: David Dettmann/Rex/Shutterstock Ridley Scott, the director of Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator and The Martian, has taken aim at Donald Trump and Boris Johnson over […] More
The pop icon shared a graphic espousing socialist politics by the writer Mimi Zhu on her Instagram account ‘We will feed each other, redistribute wealth, strike’ … Britney Spears pictured in April 2018. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision Britney Spears has amplified a call for a strike and the redistribution of wealth in the US in a […] More
It seems that on the highest levels, everything is going wrong. In the past few years, populism and authoritarianism have reared their ugly heads. The economy has just reached historic lows, and we are only beginning to reap the effects of a ruined environment. Suicide rates are climbing, refugee crises continue like low-grade political fevers, […] More
David Plouffe went to the White House with Obama then predicted a Clinton victory. Has he learned from that reverse? Have we? On Tuesday, Joe Biden and his juggernaut left Bernie Sanders’ dream in tatters. The former vice-president swept primaries in Arizona, Florida and Illinois. Fact: Sanders looks a lot less appealing without Hillary Clinton […] More
