Nathan J. Robinson
Editor-in-Chief at Current Affairs
Editor of @CurAffairs, former political columnist for the @guardian https://t.co/mIadf5dgrH
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1 week ago |
currentaffairs.org | Nathan J. Robinson
When bold egalitarian policies are proposed, they are inevitably branded impossible, even if they’re feasible. See the case of mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. I have called the Atlantic “the worst magazine in America,” in part because it tends to take unfair swipes at leftists, making contemptuous declarations that aren’t backed up by sources and arguments. I compiled plenty of examples of this in my original essay about the magazine, but now we have one more to add to the pile.
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2 weeks ago |
currentaffairs.org | Nathan J. Robinson
The latest Democratic fad sidelines equality and justice in favor of a focus on cutting red tape. This is not the path forward. Well, it looks like Abundance isn’t going away as quickly as I’d hoped. The book, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, has spent months on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list. It’s “spectacular” (David Brooks). It’s “terrific” (Fareed Zakaria). Klein was recently a special guest at a retreat for Democratic senators.
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3 weeks ago |
currentaffairs.org | Nathan J. Robinson
Who exactly are the doom-and-gloom left? Every leftist I know is trying to build a better world. I think of myself as a pretty forward-looking person. I have written two books of utopian socialist fiction.
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3 weeks ago |
currentaffairs.org | Nathan J. Robinson
The latest substitute for real resistance shows that the Democratic Party still refuses to learn. I groaned when I saw that the DNC is taunting Donald Trump with a taco truck. Featuring a graphic of Trump in a chicken suit, the truck was parked near the Republican National Committee’s headquarters on Capitol Hill this Tuesday. "Trump always chickens out. We’re just bringing the tacos to match," DNC Chair Ken Martin said to Fox News.
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3 weeks ago |
currentaffairs.org | Nathan J. Robinson
Even by the standards of right-wing rhetoric, Miller’s public statements are uncommonly shameless. He treats his audience as stupid and gullible. “The rank and file are usually much more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious.
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