Inside White Rural Rage: A Talk With Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman

White Rural Rage, the new book by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, stands out in its genre for some of the things it doesn’t do. It’s not a long finger-wag at Democrats and liberals for ignoring rural America. It’s not Continue reading Inside White Rural Rage: A Talk With Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman

This One’s “Chiefly” in the Bag: TNR Editors Talk Super Bowl LVIII

Today brings a special-edition Tomaskycast, wherein I jaw with senior editor and writer Alex Shephard about the Super Bowl. Well, when we say Super Bowl, we mean that in the meta sense—you know, the whole scene, the game as a Continue reading This One’s “Chiefly” in the Bag: TNR Editors Talk Super Bowl LVIII

Are We Gonna Talk About the Insane Number of Bomb Threats at State Capitols?

Six states received bomb threats to their state capitals on Wednesday morning, forcing them to stall their newly opened legislative sessions and evacuate their capitol complexes. Those states included Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Montana. No evidence of dangerous Continue reading Are We Gonna Talk About the Insane Number of Bomb Threats at State Capitols?

Ted Cruz Really, Really Does Not Want to Talk About That Texas Abortion Case

According to Gabriel, Johnson has never been interested in environmental causes—a political preference due to his creationist beliefs, which lead him to think that climate change is a function of the planet’s shifting cycles rather than a manmade crisis. “The Continue reading Ted Cruz Really, Really Does Not Want to Talk About That Texas Abortion Case

The U.S. Is in a Spectacularly Bad Position to Talk About Climate Change Right Now

The U.S. has no plan to proactively phase out so-called “unabated” fossil fuel production, despite the pledge it’s made to that effect. There are also no assurances that emissions from ever-expanding fossil fuel production can in fact be abated—a term Continue reading The U.S. Is in a Spectacularly Bad Position to Talk About Climate Change Right Now

It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk

I began to read what I could about the Nazi genocide, which really was very easy because there was actually rather little available in English. The most shockingly relevant anti-Semitic work I found was The Eternal Jew, a 1940 German Continue reading It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk

“Back the Blue” GOP Candidate Won’t Talk About Criminals He Refused to Prosecute

At the time, Coleman expressed deep concern over the pardons and commutations, and promised to try to “aggressively prosecute” cases regarding the people who had received clemency. He was particularly outspoken about those convicted of sex offenses, who, under a Continue reading “Back the Blue” GOP Candidate Won’t Talk About Criminals He Refused to Prosecute