Never tell them—deny it. They got the audiotape? Deny it!
Timothy Noah
Timothy Noah is a staff writer at The New Republic, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, and the author of The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Why Republicans Should Make Future Minimum Wage Hikes Automatic
Mitt Romney figured this out two decades ago. Now we just need him to remember.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Protecting the Vote
Look Who Else Doesn’t Like Vote by Mail
Amazon is trying to block its workers from casting mail-in ballots for an upcoming union election.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
What’s Wrong With One-Term Presidents?
Leave aside Donald Trump. For swaths of American history presidents being reelected was unusual. Maybe that’s not so bad.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Malick
Terrence Malick’s films probe nature and sin with painterly beauty and occasionally eye-rolling monologues. “A Hidden Life,” the director’s vision of sainthood in the Alps was ignored in 2019. Thanks to the journal “Liberties,” it may get the viewers it deserves.
Posted inHealth Care, Main
COVID, OSHA Complaints, And Unsafe Labor Practices
Owing to the pandemic, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration gets COVID complaints that go unanswered. A Harvard study finds they correspond workplace deaths.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
How Can You Tell a Senate Republican Wants a Coronavirus Deal?
He or she is running for reelection. And it seems like every GOP Conference member who isn’t is denouncing the idea.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Why Won’t the White House Let the CDC Contact Trace Its Rose Garden Event?
The Amy Coney Barrett announcement offered evidence that medical professionals usually can only dream about. But Trump’s staff is shutting them out.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Please, Democrats: Kill the Filibuster
If you capture the Senate, don’t get wobbly and nostalgic about some mythical pre-Mitch McConnell era when the filibuster was good. It’s always been a bad idea.
Posted inMagazine, November/December 2019
The Baby Boom Was a Bust
Unfortunately, the generation does not have a political legacy to be proud of.
