It’s getting talked about everywhere. It also has the byline of one of our alums and it embodies the spirit of the Washington Monthly.
Paul Glastris
Paul Glastris is Editor in Chief of the Washington Monthly, founder of the magazine’s alternative college rankings, and president of the Washington Monthly Institute. He was previously a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and a correspondent and editor at U.S. News and World Report. He is a co-founder of the National Vote at Home Institute and co-author of two books, “The Other College Guide: A Roadmap to the Right School for You,” and “Elephant in the Room: Washington in the Bush Years.” He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Slate, and other publications.
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Introduction: Who Got More Done?
The Washington Monthly spent months digging into Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s records of achievement. Here’s what we found.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2024
Joe Biden’s Economic Headwinds
January/February/March editor’s note.
Posted inPolitics
Keep Your Wits About You in 2024
How not to get spooked by the panic of the media herd.
Posted inNovember/December 2023
Give ‘Em Hell, Joe
President Biden has been compared, and has compared himself, to FDR. But the real similarity is to Harry S. Truman.
Posted inFrom The Archives
Inside the Temple
In the spring of 1988, Paul Glastris, now editor in chief of the Washington Monthly, wrote this dispatch for The New Republic magazine after he and his wife Kukula Glastris interviewed Sikh separatists who had seized control of the Golden Temple of Amritsar in Punjab, India. Weeks later, the separatists died in gun battles with the Indian military.
Posted inPolitics
Ukraine’s Bogged-Down Counteroffensive
A military intelligence source explains why advanced weapons from the West might not be the answer.
Posted inJuly/August 2023
Home Is Where the Work Is
When I worked at the Washington Monthly in the 1980s, the most notable aspect of the office, aside from its shabbiness, was the almost total physical absence of the boss, founder and editor in chief Charles Peters. Pioneering in so many ways—his column, “Tilting at Windmills,” a collection of delightful, insightful, counter-conventional mini-essays, has often […]
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In a Biden-DeSantis Race, All Politics Will Be Local
In June 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation blocking local governments from requiring that gas stations in their jurisdictions provide electric vehicle charging stations. It was a classic DeSantis move, like his effort to ban certain books from school libraries: aggressively use state power to overturn decisions by local officials that he doesn’t like. […]
