The Doppleganger author has smart, cutting insights into the conspiratorial delusions of Naomi Wolf and today’s MAGA right. It’s too bad she can’t face her own.
David Masciotra
David Masciotra, a contributing writer to the Washington Monthly, is the author of several books, including Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy and I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters. His Substack is Absurdia Now.
Posted inPolitics
Cornel West, RFK Jr. Flirt with Antisemites
In the wake of the Hamas attack and the Israeli response, the anti-Biden, third-party spoilers show us who they are.
Posted inNovember/December 2023
What the Clinton Haters on the Left Get Wrong
A new book epitomizes the risible belief that the 42nd president betrayed liberals and the 1990s were a right-wing hellscape.
Posted inPolitics
Latinos Are Not Flocking to the Far Right
The media are misreading the data and ignoring the majority of Latinos who continue to lean left.
Posted inBooks
American Terrorism: From Timothy McVeigh to January 6
Jeffrey Toobin offers a grim portrayal of the growth of the radical right since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Posted inPolitics
Right-Wing Extremism Is Even More Common Than You Think
A scholar who studies white nationalism shares his data and insights on America in the age of January 6 and the Trump indictment.
Posted inPolitics
The Importance of Norman Mailer
Sexist, violent, and a brazen self-promoter, the midcentury giant of the American novel is no longer in style, but he still has a lot to teach us.
Posted inPolitics
“Violence Loses in the Long Run”
At 81, Jesse Jackson reflects on his mentor Martin Luther King Jr., Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Ron DeSantis, and a life spent promoting social change.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2023
Ted Kennedy’s Lonely Liberalism
Liberalism is under assault. Already having suffered decades of reputational damage after Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan battered the word into oblivion, it is now rare to ever hear it with a positive connotation. The right wing continues to equate it with moral decadence and fiscal recklessness, while the hard left of the Democratic Socialists […]
