Conor Friedersdorf
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Reuters / Ilya Naymushin Slightly More Than 100 Fantastic Articles
A list of nonfiction journalism from 2017 that will stand the test of time.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters ‘No Collusion—Rigged Witch Hunt!’ Is the New ‘I’m Not a Crook!’
President Trump is obsessed with the talking point, but it bears no more resemblance to reality than Richard Nixon’s best-remembered words.
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Leah Millis / Reuters What Trump Knew and Voters Didn't
The 2016 election was won amid a cover-up of illegal conduct designed to keep the truth from the electorate.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Senator Burr’s Shortcomings Are Showing
The Republican leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee sided with President Trump in his conflict with John Brennan with a statement that called his own judgment into question.
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John Stillwell / Reuters It Was the Gatekeepers Who Failed
The internet doesn’t actually offer an unconstrained marketplace of ideas.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Apotheosis of Dinesh D’Souza
The polemicist declares that the white nationalist Richard Spencer’s agenda is really that of “a progressive Democrat.”
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Christian Hartmann / Reuters Democratic Socialism Threatens Minorities
Nothing better protects victims of bigotry than a system where they can pursue their needs and wants outside the realm of popular control.
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Hyungwon Kang / Reuters Laura Ingraham Doesn’t Love Her Country Anymore
The Fox News host cites an increase in the numbers of legal and illegal immigrants as the reason for her diminished patriotism.
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Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters The Hunger for a Bold Socialism
The political preferences of two college professors, writing in a prominent leftist journal, are informed by the belief that “making people’s lives materially better isn’t enough.”
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Dominick Reuter / Reuters Stop Bending the Knee to Donald Trump
The 2016 election is over. Voters no longer face a binary choice. So why are the president’s supporters still pledging their fealty?
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eandersk / Flickr Does Hillsdale College’s Approach to Fundraising Jeopardize Its Mission?
Students, alumni, and other members of the Hillsdale community offer their responses to a recent Atlantic story.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Mike Pence’s Damning Indictment of Donald Trump
Eight years ago, the vice president set out his standards for judging a president. His boss fails to measure up.
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Gage Skidmore Is Hillsdale College Gaining the World and Losing Its Soul?
An institution devoted to “pursuing truth” forges ever-closer ties to a president who constantly lies.
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Mary Calvert / Reuters Donald Trump’s Reckless Iran Tweet
Why would the president threaten war over such relatively inconsequential words?
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Scott Audette / Reuters How NFL Players Can Avoid Playing Into Trump’s Hands
The protestors are embracing the spirit of the Founders, but leaving themselves vulnerable to being demagogued.
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Norsk Telegrambyra AS / Reuters ICE Is the Ugly Face of Big-Government Populism
Rather than address its egregious abuses, the Republican Party is uniting in praise for the agency.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump’s Weak Defense of His Meeting With Putin
The notion that America can simply move beyond Russia’s electoral interference is fantasy.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Trump-Putin Summit Shows the Dangers of Executive Power
The president is likelier to damage American interests today because yesterday’s establishment undermined the power of Congress.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Yale Law Fails the Kavanaugh Test
After one of its graduates was nominated to the Supreme Court, the elite school put out a fawning press release, while a group of its alumni released a scathing letter.
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Mike Blake / Reuters A Winning Message for Democrats on Immigration
The president’s pretense of caring most about public safety leaves an opening for Democrats who are adept enough to exploit it.
