Matthew Cooper is a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly and Washingtonian. 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.
My Jewish Grandfather’s Correspondence with Henry Ford
How a chapter of my family’s history changed the way I think of the notorious anti-Semite.
An Early Veep Pick Won’t Save Joe Biden
The problem isn’t his age. It’s his era.
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.
