David Barnhizer (Cleveland State): “Something Wicked this Way Comes”: Political Correctness and the Reincarnation of Chairman Mao. Is the Tatler list of important people a Marxist plot? Obama frees American hostages in Iran while the conservative media fumes. Arendt among the Americans”: How did her adopted nation influence her thinking? Restoring King: There is no figure in recent American history whose memory is more distorted than Martin Luther King Jr. (and more) Quoctrung Bui and Margot Sanger-Katz on why the government owns so much land in the West. Jonathan M. Ladd on how the New Republic lost the battle over American liberalism: Interracial politics and skepticism of sending troops overseas became essential to liberalism, leaving the magazine behind. Emily Badger on the problem with too much parking.
Should progressives re-litigate Obamacare? Paul Krugman on how there are many reasons to think that it just wouldn’t work. Put the public option back on the table: It can help bridge the huge divide on health care between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. It’s time to start taking Bernie Sanders seriously. You say you want a revolution, Bernie? Sanders’s theory of political change isn’t as plausible as Hillary Clinton’s. Jonathan Chait on the case against Bernie Sanders: Great person to have in the Senate — terrible choice to be presidential nominee. Don’t be fooled by Bernie Sanders — he’s a diehard communist. Nate Silver on how Donald Trump is really unpopular with general election voters. Portrait of a party on the verge of coming apart: With the Iowa caucuses just two weeks away, can Republicans reconcile themselves to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, or will the GOP break into pieces?
