Nicholas Clairmont
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Salman Rushdie’s New Novel Is Stuck in the ’90s
One fatwa, three decades in varying degrees of hiding, 21 books, 15 stab wounds, a murdered translator, and an appearance on Curb Your Enthusiasm later, Salman Rushdie has not lost his innocence. Rushdie’s new novel, Victory City, has a certain flinty fun to it. Written before an assassination attempt in western New York state by an American Islamist that left the author on a ventilator and cost… → Read More
Meghan Daum’s 'The Problem With Everything' –
Meghan Daum, in her latest book, The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars, is fed up. She’s a nice old-school liberal who remembers that things weren’t quite the same back in her 1970s childhood or ’90s young adulthood, and she’s the owner of a well dialed-in bullshit detector. What is such … → Read More
Q&A: Bernie Sanders' Campaign Co-Chair Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., on Progressive Foreign Policy –
Ro Khanna is a self-identifying progressive who beat out a Democratic incumbent in 2016 to represent California’s 17th District, comprising most of the east side of the San Francisco Bay and much of the heart of Silicon Valley. A former intellectual property lawyer and previous two-time contender for the office, Khanna is among the vanguard of … → Read More
D.C.'s Misguided Attempt to Regulate Daycare
Requiring child-care workers to have college degrees will likely widen the capital’s economic disparities. → Read More
Is Diesel Doomed In the Volkswagen Scandal Aftermath?
Is the highly efficient fuel doomed? → Read More
Volkswagen's Diesel Scandal Was 80 Years in the Making
A conversation with the reporter Jack Ewing, whose new book explores what led to the company's deadly decision to cheat emissions regulations. → Read More
The Markets Aren't Taking Well to Political Instability
After a rash of allegations against the president and his team, the Dow this week had its worst day since September. → Read More
Will 'Game of Thrones'-Like Alliances Shape the Future of Driverless Cars?
A new partnership between Lyft and Waymo appears designed to contest Uber's dominance. → Read More
What Will Trump’s Executive Order Do to H-1B Visas?
The president ordered a review of the controversial program as part of his "Hire American" agenda, opening the way for reforms that could fix the program, or doom it. → Read More
The Many Ways 'Buy American' Can Harm the Economy
Barring the government from contracting with foreign firms will decrease competition and squander tax dollars. → Read More
A Hybrid Police Car Is Armistice in the Car Culture War
Fifteen years ago, partially electric vehicles incited a culture war. Now, they’re normal. → Read More
Advertisers Are Ditching Bill O’Reilly Over Harassment Allegations
Nearly two dozen companies are pulling ads from the most-watched cable-news show amid yet another scandal at Fox News. → Read More
Trump Claims Credit for Ford's Michigan Move
The president says he’s already succeeded in bringing auto-sector jobs back. Has he? → Read More
Anticipating Protests, Harley-Davidson Cancels a Visit from Trump
The motorcycle maker’s reported about-face underlines the public-relations challenges of cooperating with a contentious president. → Read More
Frequently Asked Questions About Trade Deals, Answered
And other big questions, now that President Trump has gutted the TPP and is planning to renegotiate NAFTA → Read More
Trump Is Turning American Companies Into Reality-Show Contestants
What happens when the satisfaction of the president becomes an important business consideration? → Read More
Flying Rescue Missions in the Most Remote Reaches of the U.S.
An interview with Lieutenant Commander Tom Huntley, a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Coast Guard → Read More
Is Donald Trump an Ur-Fascist?
An essay from the great Italian author Umberto Eco, who was born under Mussolini's brutal regime, sheds some light on one of the most contentious questions of 2016. → Read More
What's NATO For, Anyway?
Why Donald Trump’s recent comments on the alliance caused such an uproar → Read More
Why Bernie Sanders Supporters Should Not Have Attacked the AP for Calling Hillary Clinton the 'Presumptive Nominee'
The scandal over the AP calling Hillary Clinton the “presumptive nominee” says more about how people consume media than the media itself. → Read More