Bernie and Hillary on the Waterfront
By Amy Davidson
Bitter exchanges over judgment and the value of political dreams punctuated a rich debate at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thursday night.
Ted Cruz Meets New York Values
By Amy Davidson
Cruz is so willfully divisive that he tells hardworking New Yorkers that they don’t have “New York values”—only the state’s “liberal politicians” do.
Donald Trump’s Nuclear Uncle
By Amy Davidson
Trump mentions his uncle often, and in extravagant terms. What does the professor—and his arcane knowledge—mean to him?
After Wisconsin, Cruz Looks to Churchill and Trump Turns to Troy
By Amy Davidson
What’s the lesson for the G.O.P.? Trojan horses or the Battle of Britain: take your pick.
4–4 at the Supreme Court
By Amy Davidson
The only thing worse than a partisan Court may be one in which partisan fights find no national resolution.
Donald and Melania and Heidi and Ted
By Amy Davidson
“He started it!” Donald Trump said, about his and Ted Cruz’s latest fight, this time over nude photos. Well, no, actually Barbara Walters started it.
Comment from the April 4, 2016, Issue
By The New Yorker
Amy Davidson on the Republican candidates’ responses to the terrorist attack in Brussels.
Who’s Afraid of Merrick Garland?
By Amy Davidson
The Republican Party has drawn a crude, false, partisan caricature of the Supreme Court nominee, who is by all indications an honorable man.
Trump and the Two Underwoods: A Tale of Contested Conventions
By Amy Davidson
The 1924 Democratic Convention is a reminder that history produces characters and scenes more interesting and paradoxical than anything a scriptwriter could come up with.
Donald Trump and the Super Tuesday II View from Mar-a-Lago
By Amy Davidson
In Florida, Trump gave what amounted to a recap of the latest episode in a hit series about the collapse of the Republican Party.