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Sep 7

Kafka Would Blush

Trump’s latest legal gambit is the height of absurdity and contempt for the law — even for him. Hey, hive mind: is there an app for keeping track of Trump’s various criminal and civil trials? (Ideally one that does not require me to update my operating system.) Between the Mar-a-Lago…

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Kafka Would Blush
Kafka Would Blush
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Aug 30

What Is the Best Case Scenario?

Suppose we beat Trump in ’24, and even convict him of major crimes. What then? This blog is not known for its sunny optimism. In my experience, the light at the end of the tunnel usually turns out to be the headlamp of an oncoming train. That said, I am…

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What Is the Best Case Scenario?
What Is the Best Case Scenario?
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Aug 23

Smiles of a Summer Night (Sorta)

Another summer’s end, and another great unknown ahead. I hate the end of summer. That’s because­ — simple math — I love summer. Like the song goes, it’s my time of year. Part of it is just me, part of it is being a water sports guy (ha ha, I…

Politics

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Smiles of a Summer Night (Sorta)
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sorta)
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Aug 15

Reason’s End

Is there any point in taking the high road when the other side denies there’s such a thing as a “road” at all? On the heels of a federal judge rejecting the Hunter Biden plea deal, Merrick Garland has announced the appointment of a special counsel to look into the…

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Reason’s End
Reason’s End
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Aug 7

The Fast and the Furious

Poor people gonna rise up and take what’s theirs? Faithful readers of this blog would be forgiven for thinking that, after a week that saw the long-awaited Big Indictmentof Trump, one could turn to these pages for some pontification about it it. It’s coming, trust me. For now, The Washington…

Pop Music

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The Fast and the Furious
The Fast and the Furious
Pop Music

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Aug 1

The Last Day of Our Acquaintance

There are pop stars, and then there are artists for whom the audience’s personal connection and emotional investment go way beyond mere fandom, and not always in a healthy way. That can be a testament to the power of the art, but it’s not always great for the artist either. …

Music

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The Last Day of Our Acquaintance
The Last Day of Our Acquaintance
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Jul 26

My One-Way Rivalry with Christopher Nolan

The second act of Robert Oppenheimer’s life might be the seminal American story of the postwar era. Trust me. Christopher Nolan does not know who I am, but he has been messing with me for the better part of two decades. The Batman Movie That Never Was Around 2002, when Warner Bros. decided to reboot the…

Nuclear Weapons

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My One-Way Rivalry with Christopher Nolan
My One-Way Rivalry with Christopher Nolan
Nuclear Weapons

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Jul 15

The Air Crash Inspector: An Interview with Martin Amis

A never-before-published interview with Martin Amis, on the Holocaust as literary terrain, that my wife Ferne Pearlstein and I conducted in 2014. In October 2014, my wife Ferne Pearlstein and I interviewed Martin Amis for The Last Laugh, our 2016 feature documentary about humor and Holocaust. At the time, Amis…

Martin Amis

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The Air Crash Inspector: An Interview with Martin Amis
The Air Crash Inspector: An Interview with Martin Amis
Martin Amis

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Jun 28

One Bullet Dodged

With its decision in Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court rejects one of the gravest legal threats to the republic. Almost exactly a year ago in these pages, I wrote a two-part piece on Moore v. Harper, the case before the Supreme Court that tested the so-called “independent state legislature…

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One Bullet Dodged
One Bullet Dodged
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Jun 21

Notes for the National Portrait Gallery

The verdict that matters most is history’s. In March of 2019, a year before the pandemic, my wife and I took our eight-year-old daughter to DC for her spring break. We hit the usual tourist spots — the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Air and Space Museum, and also…

Politics

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Notes for the National Portrait Gallery
Notes for the National Portrait Gallery
Politics

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Robert Edwards / The King's Necktie

Robert Edwards / The King's Necktie

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