Culture
The Stupidity of Hating Your Senator for Living Where You've Sent Her to Work
Sep 02, 2014Should we really get mad if our representatives spend too much time in Washington, where they're supposed to be doing their jobs?
How Chuck Todd Can Save Meet the Press
Aug 15, 2014If he can make it as awful as it was in Tim Russert's day, he just might succeed.
Robin Williams and the Weight of Being Famous
Aug 12, 2014It's a wonder more celebrities aren't driven to despair by it.
Watch Paul Waldman on Washington Journal
Jul 01, 2014See the Prospect's contributing editor not react to a caller's assertion of a particular sort of enagement by members of a political party with a moose appendage.
Epic! Cheney Made to Answer to Paul Waldman's Assessment of Iraq Record
Jun 20, 2014In an epic bit of television, Fox News' Megyn Kelly reads Waldman's critique of Cheney's Iraq record to the former vice president on the air—and demands a reaction.
Why Grayson Would Make Perfect Opponent to Gowdy on Benghazi Committee
May 12, 2014Many progressives have argued for a Democratic boycott of the House Select Committee to Investigate Benghazi, but that would be a colossal error.
‘Where's Papa Going with that Axe?’ Reading Charlotte’s Web in the Age of Trump
May 26, 2017E.B. White’s barnyard fable remains a striking symbol of social justice in Trump’s America.
Southern Discomfort
May 19, 2017Joan Didion’s notebooks on her 1970 trip through the South offer a ghostly assessment of our current times.
Why Are Men Dropping Out of Work?
Apr 26, 2017A new book highlights the decline of male employment.
Ditching O’Reilly Is Not Enough
Apr 19, 2017The real strike against a culture of sexual intimidation would be for British regulators to deny Fox’s bid for a satellite company.
Could Bill O'Reilly, the King of Cable News, Be Going Down?
Apr 10, 2017Advertisers are fleeing his show and his future is in doubt. Here's why it's happening now, when he used to be invulnerable.
Citizen Activism and the Courts
Apr 10, 2017The surprising impact of popular movements on judicial doctrines
The Neighborhood Activist as Prophet
Feb 08, 2017How Jane Jacobs took on the planners—and how her legacy is at risk.
In the Age of Trump, Resistance Requires Creativity
Jan 18, 2017As the political class in Washington, D.C., struggles to carve a path of resistance to the incoming Trump administration, artists are leading the way. Institutional players in liberal politics should pay attention.
