The mainstream press was far from perfect. But before the era of “hot takes,” information silos, steep budget cuts, and ugly charges of “fake news,” it had strengths that we need now.
Matthew Cooper
Matthew Cooper is Executive Editor Digital at the Washington Monthly. He is also a contributing editor of the magazine and a veteran reporter who has covered politics and the White House for Time, The New Republic, Washingtonian, National Journal and many other publications.
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Posted inWar in the Mideast
Will Trump’s Strikes on Iran Unleash a Global Arms Race?
Since World War II, nonproliferation efforts have limited the number of countries with nuclear weapons. That may be about to change.
Posted inFrom The Archives
What The Washington Post Could Learn From Sports Illustrated
(And vice versa)
Posted inPolitics
I Learned So Much From President Trump’s Address to Congress
And from the Democrats’ very effective protests.
Posted inPolitics
The 47th President’s First Words
Trump took office for the second time with a speech whose omissions revealed as much as what he said and may have left him stronger.
Posted inPolitics
Jimmy Carter, the Washington Monthly, and the Future of Liberalism
As Carter’s funeral and Donald Trump’s inaugural approach, it’s a much-needed time to donate to the Washington Monthly.
Posted inPolitics
Why We Need a New Dickens
Everyone cares about Oliver Twist. Now we need to help the Artful Dodgers.
Posted inPolitics
A Very Rough Day in New Jersey
My home state, the Garden State, is angry mercurial, and Trump came frighteningly close to winning there.
Posted inFeatured
Blue Wall Turns to Rubble; Democrats Despondent; Harris Speaks at 4:00 p.m.
Despite felony convictions, the Republican Nominee will carry the Electoral College; GOP recaptures the U.S. Senate; Legal Abortion prevails in Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado, but not Florida.
Posted inNovember/December 2024
He-e-e-e-re’s Johnny!
He dominated late-night television for 30 years, before our shoutfest era. A new biography of the reclusive Nebraskan is also an elegy for a lost America.
