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Among the nonadmirers, the debate continues. Not about whether all of this is no-good, very bad news but about how, exactly, Trump and Trumpism are bad—how to put the man and the movement in historical context. “He is an authoritarian personality devoid of any commitment to the rule of law, political tradition, or even ideology,” the emeritus Columbia historian Robert O. Paxton wrote, in 2017, in Harper’s Magazine. “Are we therefore looking at a fascist? Not really.” Paxton, one of the preëminen…
9 months ago
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This was a thin premise for a film—little more than an excuse for Emmerich to do what he did best, which was conjuring world-famous landmarks onscreen and then, with campy extravagance, blowing them up. (In “Independence Day,” he destroyed the White House with an alien death ray; in “2012,” he would smash it again, this time with a mega-tsunami.) In the movie, the cosmic conspiracy theorists are proved right: the year 2012 ends not with a whimper but with a bang, or really a sequence of cataclys…
8 months ago
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Since October 7th, Columbia, like many universities, has been roiled by protests and counter-protests. (“It’s basically the only thing anyone here can talk about,” one student told me.) Iqbal, an eighteen-year-old from Seattle, is a leader of the Columbia chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, an organization that was suspended in November, after administrators alleged that the group had “repeatedly violated University policies.” Next to the lawn, about a hundred more protesters marched i…
8 months ago
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May 25, 2024 ... It's 1968 all over again, as New York Ivy Leaguers flip the script and stage an unofficial counter-graduation ceremony at the Cathedral of ...
7 months ago
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In 2022, in an HBO special called “Rothaniel,” Carmichael came out as gay, and, while he was at it, divulged several other family secrets. This both elevated his career and shattered his personal life, and the premise of “Reality Show” was that he would let a camera crew follow him around as he tried to pick up the pieces. The cameras would also give him the courage (or excuse) to stage conversations (or confrontations) that he still found difficult to initiate, especially with his parents. (“I’…
5 months ago
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After the President’s debate with Trump, Democratic politicians felt paralyzed. At the D.N.C., they felt giddy relief. How did they do it?
4 months ago
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From the daily newsletter: Andrew Marantz on undecided voters; the case for having lots of kids; Katy Perry becomes the joke; and has Trump’s luck finally run out?
3 months ago
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Some progressives in Michigan say that they won’t support Kamala Harris unless she changes her policy on Israel. Will their tactics persuade her, or risk throwing the election to Trump?
3 months ago
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The rally featured Hulk Hogan, Rudy Giuliani, “Y.M.C.A.,” and a thrum of American nativism.
about 2 months ago
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After his Fox show was cancelled, Carlson spent a year in the wilderness, honing his vision of what the future of Trumpism might look like. This fall, he took his act on tour.
about 2 months ago
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The public intellectual’s Presidential campaign could ease Donald Trump’s path to the White House. Why won’t he drop out?
about 2 months ago