Before QAnon and the Deep State, There Was Iron Mountain
Co-founder and Executive Director Jeff Shesol reviews a new book by Phil Tinline that recounts the history of a 1967 hoax and its ongoing influence...
Writing
John Roberts Is on a Collision Course with Trump
Alexander Hamilton saw it coming. In the Federalist Papers, he described the judiciary as a feeble branch of government, easily “overpowered, awed or influenced” by...
WWW Associate Published in Essay Collection
"The cliché goes that history repeats itself, but it feels more accurate to say that history overlaps with itself, that it builds on top of...
The Story Biden Ought to Be Telling in This Debate
The mythology of the presidential debate — as a kind of civic single combat, mano a mano, with the nation’s future at stake — has...
WWW Director Earns Publishing Deal
Irene Vázquez at Levine Querido has acquired D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. by debut author Abby White. The YA novel follows Jewish teenager D.J., whose beloved cousin Rachel...
Total Eclipse Of The Mind
WWW alumn Laurence Pevsner on chasing solar eclipses, the fallibility of memory, and the value of looking at things only our eyes can see.
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How to Nail Your High School Graduation Speech Even If You’re Not that Popular
In his new column, "How to Write Every Speech You'll Ever Need To Give In Your Life," Chandler Dean gives partly satirical, partly genuine advice.Congratulations!...
Is There Fascist DNA in the U.S. Body Politic?
Jeff Shesol reviews Rachel Maddow’s “Prequel” and Heather Cox Richardson’s “Democracy Awakening,” two new books about plots against America hatched by homegrown autocrats.
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