Matthew Cooper is the Managing Editor of White House coverage for National Journal. He has covered the White House for The New Republic, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and Time. He also served as deputy Washington Bureau Chief for both Time and Newsweek, and as Politics Editor for Time.com. He has also been an editor at The New Republic, Conde Nast Portfolio, Politics Correspondent for TheAtlantic.com, and Editor-at-Large for Talking Points Memo. He is a graduate of Columbia University. In 1998, he was named “Washington’s Funniest Celebrity.” He was editor of the Washington Monthly from 1987 to 1989.
Take My President … Please!
Comedy’s challenge in the age of Trump.
Thinking Again About Crime
When the citizens of Ferguson and other communities pushed back against the criminal justice system, MSNBC host Chris Hayes was on the scene. Now he has some thoughts worth considering.
Obama’s Considerable, if Shaky, Legacy
What Trump can and cannot unwind.
Tilting at Windmills
Lost in the supermarket If you’re anything like me, you’re a basket case when it comes to filling your grocery basket. It’s not just the mind-bending options available (37 different varieties of Doritos); it’s also the vexing political and moral calculations. I’ve never gone in for those socially conscious mutual funds; I don’t really see… Read more »
Bill of Right
Of course, as has so often been the case, the conventional wisdom about Bill Clinton was wrong this time, too. Elites may have scorned the book, but its sales have been extraordinary; early indications are that they may even surpass those for Hillary’s memoirs, which themselves wildly exceeded expectations. The whole episode reminds me of… Read more »
