That G.O.P. Debate: Two Footnotes
By Hendrik Hertzberg
According to conventional wisdom, the big winners were Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. Now, two footnotes.
Misrule Britannia: The U.K.’s Screwed-Up Election
By Hendrik Hertzberg
Do the math, as the saying goes. Something is amiss—and, eventually, something’s got to give.
Mario Cuomo: A Miscarriage of Justice
By Hendrik Hertzberg
Mario Cuomo was never on the Supreme Court. That wasn’t just the tragedy of one man’s life; it was a tragedy for the nation.
Red and Red and Red All Over
By Hendrik Hertzberg
Fear (of Ebola, ISIS, economic insecurity) and loathing (of Obama) suffused the dank emotional atmosphere of the campaign.
Bradlee’s Charisma
By Hendrik Hertzberg
“All the President’s Men” is a rarity: a movie in which an actor has less star power than the person he’s playing.
The Wisdom of the Crowd
By Hendrik Hertzberg
It came an hour and a half into the march—like thunder after distant lightning, a wall of sound. No speakers? Not quite. More like hundreds of thousands.
Down Under, a Carbon Tax Goes Down
By Hendrik Hertzberg
Last week, Australia’s right-wingers made a move to outdo their American counterparts, when they won final legislative approval for repeal of Australia’s carbon tax on major polluters.
Shakespeare in America (and the Park)
By Hendrik Hertzberg
William Shakespeare can make you proud to be an American. He certainly made me feel that way on Monday night under a clear sky at…
Cuomo, the W.F.P., and Seven Days in May
By Hendrik Hertzberg
Andrew Cuomo has been having some serious trouble with the activist left of late, but it looks like it got sorted it out last weekend,…
Adventures in Smartness, Assassin’s Edition
By Hendrik Hertzberg
Soon after the Isla Vista mass shooting, an e-mail from Breitbart News, one of the slicker right-wing Web sites, popped into my inbox. Considering the…
